Dark Night of the Soul

This finally has been released the way it should have been. A project between Danger Mouse, Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse and David Lynch. Due to a dispute between Danger Mouse and EMI, the record was never officially released, so Danger Mouse released it for free for a time. Now it will be released together with the 100 page book of photos that accompany it, compiled by David Lynch. I have posted a video trailer with video introductions to each song. Sort of an album preview through videos. The video trailer I thought was eerie given the suicide's of both Mark Linkous and Vic Chestnutt since it's inception. If you're not already aware of this, pick it up. It's got some great collaborative efforts by The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy and Admiral Radley, Iggy Pop and James Mercer of the Shins (sort of a precursor to Broken Bells, the side project of James and Danger Mouse).




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Daddy's Gone

Yo La Tengo at 80/35

I have made no small deal of my love for Yo La Tengo. They have been making music since 1973? and are still rockin' and will probably continue to rock for many more years. What I find amazing about this band is that it is a husband and wife team who write some of the most endearing love songs as well as songs of heartbreak. Their music and lyrics are intelligent and with the release of their last two albums, their music is still relevant and amazingly complex and hip. Why this band has never reached more prominence than they have is baffling to me. Maybe it's because they're not pretty. Maybe it's because you have to think about their music. I'm not sure, but they are the penultimate rock band as far as I'm concerned. They played an incredible show. They had a guy from the audience at one point come up on stage and play drums during one of the songs so Georgia could come out and sing. Ira broke one of the strings on his guitar during one of his guitar freakouts and used the string to create distortion. It was absolutely incredible. I've seen this band one other time, and I will see them live every chance I get. Truly, truly remarkable.

Setlist:
Periodically Double or Triple
Stockholm Syndrome
More Stars Than There Are In Heaven
Autumn Sweater
Weakest Part
Here To Fall
If It's True
Mr. Tough
You Can Have It All (this is the song Todd from the audience played drums)
Sugarcube
Tom Courtenay
Nothing To Hide
Pass The Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind (this is the song Ira broke his string)








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Check out my previous post on Yo La Tengo here

It's been a long time

Man it's been a busy few months. Plenty to post, but no free time to do it. Not that now is any different, but I have to post this stuff somewhere. So, I'm going to give this another shot. Thanks for playing.