Oh my God,Whatever,Etc [MP3]
I Taught Myself How To Grow Ol [MP3]
From a mail by a music drunk:
A new record, another masterpiece. I have read some reviews of “Easy Tiger”. I could virtually see the stressed-out scribes struggling with the lines that were still to be written, after the inevitable passage on how prolific Ryan Adams is was completed. I’m appreciative of the difficulties those writers encounter, of their woeful lifes, their dreadful bosses, of the snow and Cratchit’s family. I understand, those poor souls were condemned into an existentialist hell, which isn’t “other people”, but one’s very own opinions and the compulsion to speak them out. Look into their eyes, hazy from tears that settled down. Oh, you can’t be angry with them. Instead, forgive them, befriend them and teach them this helpful lesson of logic: All reviews of all forthcoming Ryan Adams records are to be schemed like this: Ryan’s the master. A record’s a piece. Therefore Ryan’s record’s a masterpiece. Simple it is.
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Taken form an email of a friend.
Rhythmic quirks, melodic folk and jazzy lines surround here an irresistible bridge-choruses blending into the eccentrically theatrical sound of The Denver Gentlemen. Delivering the atmosphere of the smoked piano sound of Tom Waits’ ballads and the festive cabaret of The Dresden Dolls’. The Denver Gentlemen’s music is dark, yet very seducing. The attached songs are from their self-titled studio release (recorded in 1995 and reissued in 2005).
The NPR live concerts series is a wonderful initiative, which through its life managed to host many of the best active musicians, and to do something that not many do: to share the show for free on the Internet. However, the shows are shared as podcasts, meaning as uncut sets. Here we would like to share what’s already been shared, and just cut it for you to have a wonderful record. This is here is the performance the wonderful Neko Case gave on the show.
The guitars start. Country rhythm. The dames and the lads are moving the sits, a twitch to the left, a tilt to right. The first start to desire. Desire to get up and dance. They move their feet, they take their beer, the start to get up. They freeze in mid-motion.