She & Him – Volume Two
Volume Two is the second studio album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It was released on March 17, 2010 through P-Vine Records in Japan, in the United States on March 23, 2010 through Merge Records, and on April 5, 2010 on Double Six Records in the UK.
The album’s track listing was announced on December 8, 2009. “In the Sun” was published online by Pitchfork Media on January 22, 2010 and was released as a single with “I Can Hear Music” on February 23, 2010. A video of “In the Sun” was released on March 9, 2010.
On 9 February 2010, She & Him were interviewed on BBC 6 Music and performed “Thieves” and “Gonna Get Along without You Now” from the not-yet-released album. Two versions of the song “Thieves” were made available on-line. One was that played for the BBC interview and two weeks later Stereogum premiered the studio version from the album. On 14 March 2010, the entire album became available for streaming on NPR’s website. Yeah, I was lazy and took the description off Wikipedia.
Track List
- Thieves4:08
- In the Sun2:51
- Don’t Look Back3:23
- Ridin’ in My Car (Alan G. Anderson)3:15
- Lingering Still3:02
- Me and You3:20
- Gonna Get Along Without You Now (Milton Kellem)2:32
- Home4:41
- I’m Gonna Make It Better3:32
- Sing3:14
- Over It Over Again3:30
- Brand New Shoes3:05
- If You Can’t Sleep2:49
I missed updating yesterday, had to get a filling that fell out replaced… and I guess now I need a root canal. Anyhow, here is another artist from plan-it-x. Spoonboy (born 1983) is a member of Washington, D.C.-based punk-pop band, The Max Levine Ensemble. He is definitely a political artists whose actions reflect that. Anyhow, I need to get work done, so I will just leave this album here for you to listen to.
Kepi was the bassist and vocalist for Sacramento, California based pop-punk band the Groovie Ghoulies. He has been recording and touring both with a full band and as an acoustic soloist since the Ghoulies’ break-up in mid 2007. If you ever get a chance to see him play live, do it. Great music, great stories, and a great person to grab a sandwich and have an great conversation with. The crowds always love him and rightfully so. His presence live makes you smile and just generally feel good. He has a few CDs under Kepi Ghoulie as well as the CDs under Groovie Ghoulies, all of which have pretty sweet artwork.
“…The catchy, heartfelt crunch of the album’s opener, “Circles Round The Moon,” segues seamlessly into the brassy, beautiful circus-lullaby, “Tambourine-n-Thyme.” Things get sad and stripped down with “Tiny Rainbows” — a gentle plaint nudged toward the light by the brilliant horns. And “Broken Cityscapes” gets positively naked: Theo’s adamant vocal sounds above his acoustic guitar and a couple rattles.
Just a heads up, I will most likely not be updating this weekend. The Avett Brothers are a non-traditional bluegrass band that originated in Concord, North Carolina. The two brothers, Seth and Scott, formed the group after the breakup of the former rock band, Nemo, adding a third member, Bob Crawford. More recently, they have been joined by cellist Joe Kwon. The Avett Brothers combine old-time country, bluegrass, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk and ragtime to produce a sound described by the Washington Post as “post civil-war modern rock”, or by other reviewers as “grungegrass”.
I got a chance to see this band play at the Trunkpsace in Arizona. Great music can really bring a great crowd together. I would write out more but I wiped out on my bicycle (first go at a foot retention system) a bit ago and my hand is really not liking to space bar. This local Santa Cruz, CA band includes Zack (accordion), Caspian (banjo/piano), Mars (singing saw/mandolin,) David (washtub bass), and KC (washboard/piano). They are often seen on Pacific Ave. performing for spare change.
I am super excited to post this one. Between bluegrass and punk you will find this incredible band. From Gainesville, FL, Greenland is Melting is a hardworking trio that finds it possible to get by with the help of a suitcase bass drum instead of a drummer, a banjo, acoustic guitar, bass and words that can be screamed at the top of your lungs. This is another band who has posted their entire album as a free download on their bandcamp site, so check it out in the external links.
Yeasayer (pronounced “yay-sayer” /’jeɪseɪ.ər/) is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York. Live performances sometimes include trippy, psychedelic visuals projected in the background. The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, and Ira Wolf Tuton. They describe their music as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel”. Yeasayer recently revealed in an interview with Pitchfork that they had finished their sophomore album and it would be released on February 9, 2010. On October 30th, 2009 Yeasayer revealed details for the first single release from “Odd Blood” entitled “Ambling Alp”.
If you like any of the folk punk I posted you will love this band. I thought I already posted this, but must have forgot to. Defiance, Ohio is an acoustic punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. They are known for their extensive touring and intense, enthusiastic live shows. They are named (tongue in cheek) after the real town Defiance, Ohio. The band has a unique line-up for a punk act, featuring violin, cello, banjo, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, and electric bass (formerly an upright bass). Since Defiance, Ohio formed in 2002 they have released three full length LPs, Share What Ya Got, The Great Depression, The Fear and several singles, B sides and split EPs.
Stage name of Portland, Oregon based singer-songwriter Matt Ward. Ward grew up in Newbury Park, CA and attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Ward was previously with the band 
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
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