Broken Bells ‘The High Road’ The new single from the celebrated accord between indie pop (James Mercer of The Shins) and electronica powers (Danger Mouse). The album, released last week, ...
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4:59 p.m. Monday 15th March 2010 EST
Joanna Newsom ‘On A Good Day’ Newsom is an acquired taste. And her latest work, ‘Have One on Me’ (released last week) is a sprawling two-hour, harps-driven, three-CD opus. ‘On ...
Beach House ‘The Arrangement’ Recorded for a Sirius Radio session next month, this song will be one of four tracks in their Zebra EP due in April. The duo’s ‘Teen ...
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7:12 p.m. Tuesday 23rd February 2010 EST
Peter Gabriel ‘The Book of Love’ Surprised that as much as I love this Gabriel cover of the Magnetic Fields’ song, I hadn’t posted in until now. What makes this ...
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8:23 p.m. Monday 22nd February 2010 EST
Jason Mraz ‘Life is Wonderful’ An incredible acoustic version that strips the song to its core for maximum awesomeness. However you feel about Mraz, I’d urge you to give this ...
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8:59 p.m. Wednesday 17th February 2010 EST
Erick Macek ‘Home’ Just the kind of bouncy upbeat song you need to jump-start the work (i.e. if you were off for President’s Day). Macek lists his Damien Rice, Paul ...
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9:29 p.m. Tuesday 16th February 2010 EST
Josh Ritter ‘Change of Time’ From his latest CD, So Runs the World Away, due in May, here is a sparse piano ballad that towers into a triumphant outro.
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6:55 p.m. Tuesday 9th February 2010 EST
Helping Haiti ‘Everybody Hurts’ While not as star-studded as this week’s re-recording of ‘We are the World’ in Los Angeles, this pondside effort to help Haiti’s earthquake victims has one ...
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6:11 p.m. Wednesday 3rd February 2010 EST
Laura Veirs ‘July Flame’ The title track from her latest album released January 12. Much like the language, the arrangement is a model of sublime economy, built around Veirs’ slender ...
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8:11 p.m. Tuesday 2nd February 2010 EST
Joe Purdy ‘Wash Away’ Joe Purdy, a singer/songwriter from Arkansas, was working at a loading dock and as a counselor at a private high school when he was contacted by ...
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7:27 p.m. Monday 1st February 2010 EST