That Bon Iver can sure make me blush! At a recent show at Lee’s Place in Toronto he closed out the night with a cover of Sarah Siskind’s “Lovin’s For Fools” and damn if it doesn’t echo a little similarity/sound to the late great Jeff Buckley too! Take a listen:
Bon Iver – “Lovin’s [...]
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Video: Bon Iver – “Lovin’s For Fools” (Sarah Siskind cover)
Video: Hayes Carll – “It’s a Shame”
“When I started, I moved down to this place called Crystal Beach, Texas where you need to take a ferry from Galveston across the bay to get to this little peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico,” recalls Carll. “It’s this isolated coastal community with a wild assortment of people either hiding out, hanging on or [...]
Tonight: Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping Listening Party
Don’t forget to stop by Strictly Discs tonight to be some of the very first ears to hear Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping. We’ll be pressing play at 7PM and will have some cool giveaways as well.
Skeletal Lamping will see its official release on October 7th via Polyvinyl.
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5 Questions with Gentleman Auction House
Welcome to the latest installation of the 5 Questions with MoB feature–this time around I caught up with the cool cats of Gentleman Auction House, and instead of the standard 5 Q&A routine, we scored big with 5 Q’s and 35 A’s! Well, I guess that’s how this collaborative septet of indie pop rockers roll, [...]
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Rubin
Crosby, Stills & Nash follow The Avett Brothers as the most recent group to enlist legendary producer Rick Rubin’s touch. Today, Billboard.com reports that Crosby, Stills & Nash will record an entire album of only cover songs with “recording to start in early 2009 for a release later in the year.” More info [...]
Update: No Alejandro Escovedo @ Madison Roots Festival
Many were looking forward to Alejandro Escovedo unleashing his Real Animal at this weekend’s Madison Roots Festival. Sadly, due to medical restrictions, Alejandro had to withdraw from his performance. We wish him a speedy recovery and since we’re on the subject, Alejandro’s got the video blog thing going. Check it out.
Thanks to [...]
New Album Alert: The Rosebuds :: “Life Like”
It’s been some time since we checked in with MoB favs The Rosebuds. They were instrumental in our musical enjoyment last year, giving us our favorite live show of the year and the beautiful Night of the Furies, which made our top 5 albums of 2007.
Today comes the wonderful news that The Rosbuds will [...]
Tim Fite Interview
I guess I’m a Fite fanatic. . . As all you lovely MoB readers can tell by now, I’ve caught up with Tim a few times within the past few months in promotion of his most recent release, Fair Ain’t Fair. Since we had such a jolly time chatting the last time around, we had [...]
Video: Wilco – “Cars Can’t Escape”
A couple times a year I dust off my DVD copy of Wilco’s I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. The scene below features the since removed Jay Bennett at the piano and Jeff Tweedy gently strumming an acoustic, navigating an initial take on “Cars Can’t Escape,” a known beauty to anyone who’s crossed [...]
Madison Concert Announcement: Ryan Adams
Well, this one comes as a huge surprise. I just opened an e-mail stating that “In anticipation of the tentative fall release of their new album,” Ryan Adams + The Cardinals will play Madison’s Overture Hall on Sunday, October 5th. This show/line up is interestingly being billed as Cardinals (Ryan Adams, Neal Casal, [...]
MP3: Lee “Scratch” Perry – “Pum Pum”
There was a unified sigh when Lee “Scratch” Perry postponed his show in Madison earlier this month. Now, we’ve got a little less than a month to see what happens when/if he takes the stage at the Majestic on Monday, August 25th.
Everyone enjoyed the Pitchfork video featuring Mr. Perry and producer Andrew WK talking [...]
5 Questions with CSS
I first came to know CSS a few years ago at the Pitchfork Music Festival. Since that time I’ve come to enjoy their high energy live performances and, especially lately, their most recent release, Donkey. In addition to their upcoming festival spot at Lollapalooza this weekend, the group will join label mates The [...]
Madison Concert Announcement: Damien Jurado
With the excitement of an upcoming Damien Jurado album coming soon, it’s time to keep tabs on his touring schedule.
Damien Jurado will play UW at a venue TBA on Saturday, September 27th. Yes, that’s sadly the same night as the recently announced Hayden show. Oh well, perhaps scheduling would afford the chance to [...]
5 Questions with Johnny Hickman (Cracker)
As previously mentioned, I’ve been on a Cracker binge lately, currently spinning Kerosene Hat. I had the pleasure of talking with Johnny Hickman of Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker fame for our continuing 5 Questions with Muzzle of Bees feature.
The internet has dramatically altered the way artists can reach an audience. With things like blogs/myspace/etc, what are [...]
Madison Concert Announcement: Broken Social Scene
This post may bring about some déjà vu. Broken Social Scene is confirmed for a performance at the Union Theater on Saturday, October 11th. This will be a make up for their unfortunate cancellation of their last announced show in Madison. They’re one of a handful of bands that I consider must [...]
This Week: Concerts We Recommend
Here are the Wisconsin and Chicago shows we recommend you take in this week. Check them out below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list.
Upcoming Wisconsin Shows:
7/31 – Listening Party :: Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping – Strictly Discs, Madison
7/31 – Toadies/The Whigs – [...]
Madison Concert Announcement: Hayden
Touring in support of the Tuesday’s Gold stamped In Field & Town, Hayden will play Cafe Montmartre on Saturday, September 27th. As we’ve talked before, Hayden has a deep catalog of records that come highly recommended, and seeing him live, in such a perfect venue choice, will make this a show that’s not to [...]
The Hive :: Weekend MP3’s :: Volume 29
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3’s for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent.
It’s our hope that you’ll [...]
Photos: The Police – Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee
The Police and Elvis Costello tour came through Milwaukee last night. When acts of such quality and tenure come through the state, it’s impossible to ignore the longevity and greatness of their work. Lucky for our readers MoB contributor/photographer Daniel Brielmaier was in the photo pit at the Marcus Amphitheater providing all of [...]
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