A morsel from Earle

Hey ladies and gentlemen!
I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been working on my school play and things got a bit crazy. So much for my New Years' Resolution, right?
I don't have a full-length post for you right now, but I just thought I'd shoot this one out there:

Justin Townes Earle's new album comes out March 27th, but you can listen to his new single "Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now." Unsurprisingly, it's a but of a melancholy song, but it's beautiful, and definitely worth a listen. I'm a huge fan of his and can't wait for his new album.

Here is this GOOD SONG:
"Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now" by Justin Townes Earle.

Nothing's gonna change and it looks like Justin just don't give a hoot.

Over and out,
Anna

Animal Lover

OK! Really trying to post more, like I said. 
Here goes:


GOOD SONG: Animal Life by Shearwater, from their upcoming album "Animal Joy" (due out next month).
A little bit about Shearwater first. The band's frontman, Jonathan Meiburg,  is obsessed with birds (like my dad!) so they named the band after the bird. A lot of their music has really interesting natural themes, especially bird themes. They focus a lot on the natural world, but not in an annoying, hyper-obsessed enviro-freak kind of way. I respect them for their fascinating and gorgeous and very well-crafted album covers, inserts, and other stuffs that go along with that. There is real craft going on here, folks, on many levels. Meiburg and bandmate Will Sheff were both members of the band Okkervil River, which is also based out of Austin, TX. Their sound is quite different, though, which you might not automatically have expected. Their fourth, fifth, and sixth albums (which were awesome) entitled "Palo Santo," " Rook," and "The Golden Archipelago" respectively, were a sort of trilogy. This new album is a departure from those. 


As for the song: I love Meiburg's voice. And the music builds and swells. I think it would be a good song to run to, if I ever did any running. 

I know. I don't get the tuxedo either. I like the bird, though.

If you liked this song, you might also check out:
The National
Wye Oak (Wye Oak opened for Shearwater)
Midlake
Coldplay (and Shearwater opened for Coldplay)


Over and out,
Anna


P.S. I love this little story about Meiburg coming to D.C.'s Smithsonian Museum:

"I had an amazing experience in D.C.," Meiburg says. "I went into the Natural History Museum and called up a scientist who works there who a paper of his I'd read 15 years ago about specimens of a giant, flightless, extinct bird of prey that he had discovered, basically. And sure enough, he was there, and he came down, and I talked to him about it for about 45 minutes. It was fantastic."

And that was an amazing experience?

"Oh, it was magical," Meiburg says. "I got to see the bones." (from npr.com)

Speak From Your Heart!

Hey there folks! Welcome to 2012. I hope you're prepared to listen to some good music while you wait for the end of the world to roll around.

I promise I will try to be better about posting more good music more regularly this year.

Speaking of good music, Porcelain Raft is releasing a new album "Strange Weekend" on January 24th. Here is a single off the upcoming album that I thought was a great tune. I love the refrain,
"And I don't wanna listen/
Unless you speak from your heart."

GOOD SONG: Unless You Speak From Your Heart by Porcelain Raft

Who is Porcelain Raft, you might well ask. Well, it's one dude whose name is Mauro Remiddi. He was born in Rome (one of my top five places in the world). And that's about all I know about him, folks. Sorry.

Apparently he looks like this.

If you liked this song, you might also check out:

Washed Out

Toro Y Moi

The XX

Panda Bear

Beach House

Over and out,

Anna

Best of 2011

Sorry this is a bit late...

Here are my favorite albums of 2011, in no particular order:

Laura by Diego Garcia
GOOD SONG: All Eyes On You

El Camino by the Black Keys (back again from last year!)
GOOD SONG: Gold on the Ceiling

Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
GOOD SONG: The Shrine/An Argument

Stone Rollin' by Raphael Saadiq
GOOD SONG: Heart Attack

Bon Iver by Bon Iver
GOOD SONG: Michicant

The Rip Tide by Beirut
GOOD SONG: Goshen

Ceremonials by Florence & The Machine (back again from last year's list, too!)
GOOD SONG: Spectrum

There were a lot of other good albums from this year, and a lot of bad ones, too (I won't mention those) but I'd say these are the ones that I find myself listening to the most, and are consistently, track-to-track, good.


But what do YOU think??


Over and out,
Anna