Dirty Projectors - "When The World Comes to an End" (Jimmy Fallon 9/28)

"The vocals on this song are batshit insane" - Danny Fraser. WORD. So ridiculous.

NPR - Tiny Desk Concert: The Avett Brothers

I had never heard of these Tiny Desk Concerts produced by NPR before today, and I'm already in love. Oh, how I so wish we could do this where I work.! Live music, right next to my desk, making my work go so much smoother... Le Sigh... The worst of phone calls could be soothed over! Rivals could work together as BFF! Raises for all! (Ok, maybe I went too far). Still, please watch and adore, as I am doing right now. Keep the video open behind your work, and pretend The Avett Brothers are right there with you, getting you through the day :)

ps - Avett Brothers just released a new CD, I AND LOVE AND YOU. Lovely!

FANFARLO, THE ANTLERS, LAURA MARLING @ Brooklyn Vegan CMJ Fest

EXCITEMENT!


FANFARLO

THE ANTLERS

LAURA MARLING

Get your ticket now. CMJ is back!!

James Pomerantz Photography

Everyone should check out this guy. Very, very cool stuff. And on top of it, he's started a blog about getting his MFA at The School of Visual Arts! I'm interested to read along, especially since hardly anyone gets their Photo MFA these days.

[video] The Antlers: Two

I haven't really been moved by a band like I have with The Antlers in a long while. I saw them open for Here We Go Magic earlier this year at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, and it was a pretty incredible experience, though I never appreciated their music as much as I do now after their release of Hospice, their first full length album.

Everyone is raving, and it's not hard to see why. Below is their lovely video of Two, an animated interpretation of music's ability to flow out from instruments and vocal chords, and then fill us (overcome us) in the space we inhabit. brightening our day.

Hooves on the Dirt: Motel Motel's Super Secret Garden

Secret Garden Series: Motel Motel from hoovesontheturf on Vimeo.

Hi-definition, black and white, Motel Motel; swoon. Raw, unfiltered music like this is so deliriously satisfying!

See the rest of the Secret Garden Series here. Previously freatures: Tallest Man on Earth, Olof Arnalds and Middle Distance Runner (a band, not the song by Sea Wolf).

The Calm Blue Sea - Siegfried (An Original Score)

http://www.thecalmbluesea.com/

Back in early 2007, the band called The Calm Blue Sea was still just the twinkle in some young kids' eyes in Austin, Texas, a collaborative thought of something experimental that involved a lot of passion and complexity, and some general rockin' out and good-times. Now in 2009, with an acclaimed self-titled release under their belts and a wealth of praise and pride from their home town and beyond, the Calm Blue Sea has also completed an exalting project: composing an original score to the Fritz Lang movie Siegfried.

In a show of old-world charm and deep nostalgia for the day before recorded sound, the original score premiered live to a sold out show on March 29, 2009 at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas juxtaposed to a rare big screen showing of Siegfried. 96 minutes later, the show ended to a standing ovation and rave reviews. The response was in fact so amazing, that the Calm Blue Sea decided that it was something that should be shared with everyone, and set forth to put the full score into recorded form. On August 18th, 2009, 200 handmade and numbered double disc CDs will be released to those lucky few who put their orders in now at The Calm Blue Sea's online store.

"I'm really, really proud of this one," said Jeff Crews, guitarist for the TCBS.

Buy it, wait with anticipation until August 18th and then gather your friends with a copy of Seigfried to see the magic happen.

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