tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12551935871518955492024-03-13T22:04:46.721-07:00Horns of a RabbitA blog for music and videos! This blog will be my way of keeping track of what I've been listening to and concerts I've been going to. I'll post interesting videos and info that I come across along the way. Hopefully you'll like it too. I have eclectic tastes so that will keep things interesting! Please follow my blog with the links on the right!hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-4302026884010457522012-04-22T14:00:00.000-07:002012-04-22T14:15:49.489-07:00Ani DiFranco, The Divine Comedy, Sambassadeur, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and HeliumI haven't been getting many of the new albums from 2012 yet, but one of the ones that will be on the top of my favorites list is Which Side Are You On? by Ani DiFranco.
Here is one of my favorites off the album, Amendment, which is up there with my all-time favorites of her work:
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I discovered The Divine Comedy's Bang Goes the Knighthood album and found this charming and acerbic critique of the bankers that caused the Second Great Depression:
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I am still really liking the Los Campesinos Hello Sadness album. Here's the title track. It's a great video and as to be expected from their work, it is about troubled relationships:
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Remake That Caught My Attention Lately:
Sambassadeur remake of "Small Parade" by Tobin Sprout of Guided By Voices:
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and the original:
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Some Old Songs That Caught My Attention Lately:
Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and reminded me how good the song and video are. I love the emotion on her face from 2:20 to 3:00:
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I watched Wild Flag live streaming from Coachella, which inspired me to watch some old Mary Timony and Helium videos. Here's Honeycomb off the Dirt of Luck:
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Los Campesinos! - Straight in at 101
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Los Campesinos! - By Your Hand
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See my interpretation of the lyrics here: <a href="http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858880873/">http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/3530822107858880873/</a><br />
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Los Campesinos! - Hello Sadness
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<br />Parenthetical Girls - A Song for Ellie Greenwich
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Birth of Serpents by The Mountain Goats<br />
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Queen of Hearts by F-ed Up<br />
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There's A Starbucks (Where The Starbucks Used To Be) by John Wesley Harding<br />
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1. The Dead Milkmen: The King in Yellow<br />
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2. Mother Mother: Eureka<br />
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Baby Don’t Dance<br />
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3. The Grates: Secret Rituals<br />
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Sweet Dreams<br />
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4. Eisley: The Valley<br />
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Smarter<br />
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5. Tori Amos: Night of Hunters<br />
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Carry<br />
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6. I’m From Barcelona: Forever Today<br />
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Come On<br />
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7. The Belle Brigade: The Belle Brigade<br />
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Losers<br />
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8. Mates of State: Mountaintops<br />
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Sway<br />
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9. Lake: Giving and Receiving<br />
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Within/Without<br />
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10. Bright Eyes: The People’s Key<br />
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11. Black Francis: The Golem<br />
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The Obedient Servant<br />
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12. Deerhoof: Deerhoof vs. Evil<br />
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Secret Mobilization<br />
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13. Vetiver: The Errant Charm<br />
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Wonder Why<br />
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14. Architecture in Helsinki: Moment Bends<br />
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15. They Might Be Giants: Join Us<br />
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Here is another chaotic video, "Understand at All" from Cloud Nothings. What is it about? It almost goes without saying, you won't understand at all.<br />
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Instead of "more cowbell," you'll be screaming "more flute" after hearing "Orange Blossom" from Gardens & Villa:<br />
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Here is a fun video of Times New Viking pretending to be Yo La Tengo for Yo La Tengo's song "Something to Hide" off the album "Popular Songs": <br />
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Next Maya Rudolph's Prince cover band Princess played a few songs. <br />
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That Dog (Anna Waronker, Petra Haden, Rachel Haden, and Tony Maxwell) played a mix of songs off all three of their albums. Here are a couple of favorites off their final album "Retreat From the Sun," one of the best albums of the 1990's in my humble opinion. Although it sounds like no widespread tour is planned, let's hope they work on some new material for the future!<br />
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"Never Say Never"<br />
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"Minneapolis"<br />
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Here are a couple of videos of Anna Waronker's solo work:<br />
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"Beautiful" off Anna from 2002:<br />
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"How Am I Doing" off California Fade from 2011:<br />
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hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-13033982723816667532011-08-15T15:33:00.000-07:002011-08-15T15:33:31.369-07:00Aimee Mann Concert at Burton Chace Park, Marina Del Rey, August 13, 2011Aimee Mann put on a great show at Burton Chace Park for the Marina Del Rey Summer Concert Series on August 13, 2011. Here are a few of the highlights from the performance:<br />
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Aimee Mann performing a new song "Daisy" that is sure to make you cry:<br />
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Aimee Mann performing the beautiful song "Wise Up" off the Magnolia soundtrack:<br />
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I recently discovered Art Brut and I like what I am hearing. Black Francis from the Pixies has been producing their albums and the influence is clear. Here is "Alcoholics Unanimous" from their album Art Brut vs. Satan.<br />
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Mary Timony and Carrie Brownstein worked together previously on an EP called "The Age of Backwards" in 1999 as The Spells. Their new material is a great mix of their musical styles. Fans of Helium and Sleater-Kinney will be pleased when their new album comes out September 13, 2011. <br />
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This was an exciting concert because it was a small venue (holds about 250 people) and you really had no idea what they would play. They had no recorded material available and had only played a couple of shows in the preceding days. They did not disappoint and put on a show filled with energy.<br />
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"Electric Band"<br />
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"Future Crimes"<br />
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"Arabesque"<br />
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Jam session from "Racehorse"<br />
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"Beast of Burden"<br />
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Wye Oak did a brillant cover of Danzig's "Mother" as a part of the A.V. Club's Undercover project:<br />
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Björk recently made a song for the film "Moomins and the Comet Chase." This is beautiful, moving, and dark:<br />
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Lastly, "It Ain't Gonna Save Me" from Jay Reatard. Again, great music but depressing stuff, especially since it seems to foreshadow his death last year. <br />
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Now that some of the depressing stuff is out of the way, maybe we can have an upbeat rest of the week!hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-88536962308706900732011-07-01T16:41:00.000-07:002011-07-01T16:41:52.483-07:00Arrah and the Ferns, Mates of State, Vetiver, and Rogue WaveArrah and the Ferns is a great, relatively unknown band. This is their video for "Slim 5" off their album "All the Bad in One Place." I just ordered their cd this week and am looking forward to it! I am wondering why I waited so long. Make sure you get to 2:54 in the video, when the build-up explodes. Good stuff!<br />
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Mates of State announced their new album "Mountaintops" will come out on September 13, 2011. After seeing an amazing concert put on by them at the Echo last July, I am looking forward to this album. Here is the video for their upcoming single, "Maracas":<br />
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Vetiver is sounding like Fleetwood Mac in the song "Wonder Why" off their album "The Errant Charm," which is a very good thing in my humble opinion. They also have a cute video to go along with the song's charm: <br />
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I came across this great cover of the Pixies' "Debaser" by Rogue Wave this week and wanted to share it with you.<br />
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The album Rolling Blackouts by the Go Team is finally starting to sink in with me, after not feeling that strongly about it with the first couple of listens. One of my favorites is "Secretary Song" featuring Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof:<br />
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"Punk Rock Changed Our Lives" I've been listening to Minutemen's 1984 classic Double Nickels on the Dime lately. Here is one of my favorites off the album, "History Lesson Part II":<br />
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<iframe width="640" height="510" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KHZtS4LaRaU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-9467647667528180502011-06-17T12:25:00.000-07:002011-06-17T12:25:38.315-07:006/17/2011: Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, and OthersHere are a few of the albums I got this week that are new to me:<br />
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Paul Simon: Surprise, 2006<br />
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Wow! I forgot about what a genius Paul Simon was until I saw him perform on SNL in May. Those were some great performances. I don't have "So Beautiful or So What" yet but I got "Surprise," his previous album. It features one of his most beautiful songs, "Father and Daughter." So, Happy Father's Day to all the Dads out there! I love when he tears up at 2:06 in this performance of the song:<br />
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Suzanne Vega: Close-Up Vol.1, 2010<br />
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This album features a beautiful version of Gypsy, one of my favorite songs by Suzanne Vega:<br />
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Morrissey: You are the Quarry, 2004<br />
Tori Amos: Scarlet's Walk, 2002<br />
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Nocturama, 2003<br />
Lisa Loeb: Cake and Pie, 2002<br />
Dick Dale: Guitar Legend, 2011hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-63147099603181486932011-06-13T14:15:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:36:05.123-07:00Kaputt by DestroyerThe beginning to the video for "Kaputt" is hilarious. I laughed hard when I first saw it. The Destroyer album "Kaputt" is interesting to say the least. I didn't want to like it. The smooth jazz sound at first was bewildering but then it actually grew on me. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pf-ONpLXzGs?hd=1" width="640"></iframe>hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-36624066883558125872011-06-13T13:35:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:42:29.320-07:00Always Spring by I'm From BarcelonaI'm enjoying the new album "Forever Today" by I'm From Barcelona. It features another set of upbeat songs that will keep you happy ... maybe too happy! Here is the video for their first single "Always Spring"<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0W0-9ii8ycE" width="640"></iframe>hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-46187643968048317062011-06-13T10:49:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:23:51.646-07:00Super Duper Rescue Heads! by DeerhoofI keep expecting Deerhoof to disappoint me for some reason, but they never do. "Super Duper Rescue Heads!" is a cute catchy song that is one of my favorites right now. Just try to get it out of your head ... it's infectious!<br />
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<iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7SHcNVvnh7U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-47060977025906162662011-06-13T10:34:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:41:56.315-07:00The Last Living Rose by PJ HarveyI recently got "Let England Shake" by PJ Harvey. After watching a few of her songs at Coachella, I wasn't sure what I was going to think of the album. It is still growing on me, but "The Last Living Rose" is a stand-out on the album for me so far. It makes me both wish and not wish that I was from England! Watch her performance on Conan:<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ecJHRImstiQ?hd=1" width="640"></iframe>hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1255193587151895549.post-36025564995489186392011-06-13T10:28:00.000-07:002011-06-13T14:32:31.569-07:00A blog for music!I listen to a lot of music. This blog will be my way of keeping track of what I've been listening to and concerts I've been going to. I'll post interesting videos and info that I come across along the way. Hopefully you'll like it too. I have eclectic tastes so that will keep things interesting! Please follow my blog with the links on the right!hornsofarabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198956554146865553noreply@blogger.com0