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Eat right, exercise regularly, die anyway.

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on March 14, 2008

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sup dickheads? there’s so much to love about dbt’s brighter than creations dark that i really could spend the better part of at least 9 -10 beers gushing over it. there are two things i would like to point out that i think put this dbt record just about every other one. the first being shonna’s backing vocals have been moved to the front of the mix. it has always seemed that her vocals were burried deep underneath the 3 guitar attack, which i have always thought was a god damn shame. no better use of her vocal talents are evident than on the beautifully penned hood track “two daughters and a beautiful wife.” shonna plays the part of the grieving wife as hood spins yarn as the husband who met an untimely death and reminisces of all the shit he left behind. “two daughters..” is probably the best lead track i have heard in a long, long time - truly gorgeous. secondly, i love all the piano/organ fills throughout, which is something that i feel has been missing out on most of the dbt records. this is actually the densest sounding dbt record yet. i didnt even think that was possible. i dont even miss jason, in all honesty. cause i would rather have an isbell solo record as opposed to two or three isbell songs on a typical dbt record. while shonna, at this point, cant replace jason’s voice and skills as a songwriter, her 3 songs are very, very good - “i’m sorry houston” in particular. i know we’re only three months into the new year, but its going to be really hard to beat this as record of the year.

two daughters and a beautiful wife

drive by truckers site / myspace

here they are performing their classic, southern rock opera, over the course of two evenings @ the zephyr in salt lake city on 1.18/19.02. thanks very much to the original taper!

act I/night 1

1. days of graduation

2. southern rock opera intro

3. ronnie and neil

4. 72

5. dead drunk and naked

6. guitar man upstairs

7. birmingham

8. southern thing

9. the three great alabama icons

10. wallace

11. zip city

12. buttholeville

act II/night 2

1. dont cock block the rock

2. let there be rock

3. road cases

4. women without whiskey

5. plastic flowers on the highway

6. cassie’s brother

7. life in the factory

8. shut up and get on the plane

9. greenville to baton rouge

10. angels and fuselage

take what you have gathered from coincidence

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gregor

on March 9, 2008

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jason covering dylan’s “its all over now, baby blue” he looks as if he needs some rest

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Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.

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gregor

on February 24, 2008

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i have really only heard this track, which i am really diggin, from nyc via louisville songstress dawn landes but couple that with the fact that she is just finishing up opening jason isbell and i can only hope for great things from her full length, fireproof. fireproof is due out in the us via cooking vinyl on 3.4. she’s quite loverly too, which doesnt hurt. after her stint with jason is over, she starts a tour across the pond opening for josh ritter.

she plays in athens @ the georgia theatre on wednesday w/ jason. tonight they are in wilmington, nc @ the soapbox.

bodyguard

dawn landes site

if you have never checked out oakland’s why? i must contend you are missing out on something quite interesting. part hip hop, part slacker rock, part contact high in your ears, they blur genres better than any band around. the hardest part of getting into their records is yoni vocal stylings, but once you get past that its all gravy. their lastest anticon release alopecia is thus far one of my favorites of the year. i know its still early, but its a damn fine record.

alopecia is out on 3.11. you can download a bunch of previous releases via their myspace page.

close to me - cure

the hollows off alopecia

dumb hummer

why myspace

captains dead’s top 13 records of the ‘07

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gregor

on December 9, 2007

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i listened to a lot of records this year, probably too many for my own damn good. i tend to obsess over records over extended periods of time. this personality defect doesn’t really lend itself well to giving other, obsessive worthy records the ability to firmly plant themselves into my brain. so, here are my 13 favorite, see most obsessed over, records of 2007.

13. phosphorescent.pride

wolves

a picture of our torn up praise

myspace

12. bon iver.for emma forever ago

skinny love

myspace

11. chris whitley and jeff lang.dislocation blues

stagger lee

changing of the guard

10. bruce.magic

9. zookeeper.becoming all things

8. aesop rock.none shall pass

catacomb kids

39 thieves

myspace

7. richmond fontaine.thirteen cities

the disappearance of ray norton

moving back home #2 (live)

myspace

6. of montreal.hissing fauna, are you the destroyer

hemidalsgate like a promethean curse (live)

cato as a pun (live)

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5. jason isbell.sirens of the ditch

in a razor town (live)

the magician

myspace

4. iron and wine.the sheperds dog

innocent bones

boy with a coin

myspace

3. band of horses.cease to begin

is there a ghost

islands on the coast (live)

myspace

2. glossary.the better angels of our nature

little caney

blood on the knobs

download the entire record

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1. the everybodyfields.nothing is okay

i am god of the sea people!

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gregor

on October 19, 2007

in shows and youtube

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i had all good intentions of doing a big post but laziness won over creativeness. so, it will have to wait until tomorrow. in the mean time, here is bruce and the seeger sessions band live in stockholm on 10.30.06. part two will show up some time tomorrow.

1. intro

2. atlantic city

3. john henry

4. old dan tucker

5. further on (up the road)

6. jesse james

7. o’ mary dont you weep

8. growin up

9. jesus was an only son

10. erie canal

11. my oklahoma home

12. love of the common people

13. the ghost of tom joad

14. mrs. mcgrath

oh yeah, vic chesnutt and jason isbell are playing in atlanta tomorrow evening. not together unfortunately, that would be awesome. jason is playing at the variety and vic is at the earl. i havent seen vic in probably 6 years, but the last time i saw him it was at schubas and he was unbelievable. this would be a tough call.

here are two tracks from vic’s classic 91 release west of rome

where were you

stupid preoccupations

the recording of “ghetto bells”

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i really got nothing for you up here today

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gregor

on September 20, 2007

in nirvana, shows and the 1900's

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can one or two of you fine peeps do me a solid? i am testing out this new theme but i seem to be having an issue when viewing it with internet explorer. for those of you using ie, can you either confirm or deny that when you click on a single post, the sidebar is all the way at the bottom of the page? kisses, greg.

oh, yeah if you are looking for an internship and are in the new york area domino records is looking for someone. they are saying that you must be available at least one full day a week, be committed to at least a 3 - 6 month internship, have a knowledge of their catalogue, friendly, focused, blah blah and you must get virtually hard or wet at that prospect of working at domino. if this sounds exciting and you think you are more than capable, email them at radio@dominorecordco.com

i forgot to mention that the teenage prayers are playing at star bar, atlanta, tomorrow evening as part of the atlantis music fest. check em out and report back.

if you are a new yorker, please do go check beirut’s two performances as part of the wordless music series. well, in this case there will be words, but thats really not the point. tonights show is at the brooklyn masonic temple and their performance on the 24th is at ny society for ethical culture. tickets are a measely 25 bucks and doors open up @ 6.30. upcoming participants in the series are grizzly bear on 11.3 and fat cat recording artist max richter, who is making his first ever us concert appearance.

wordlesss music

i cant say i was a huge azure ray fan, but i was a big fan of the ladies of azure ray - orenda fink in particular. well, azure ray is no more, but fear not orenda has a new band, art in manila, and a new record, set the woods on fire, out now saddle creek. art in manila are out on tour, right now, with rilo kiley. orenda will be pulling double duty during the tour as not only the leading lady of art in manila but a member of rilo kiley during their performances.

set the woods on fire

the abomination

art in manila myspace

check out this outtake from 1900’s cold and kind entitled “everybody’s got a collection.” cold and kind comes out on 10.2 and they are playing a few shows with oakley hall. check their myspace page for dates, including info on the record release party at the empty bottle on the 12th.

everybody’s got a collection

the 1900’s myspace

on a presumably cold night this past february in chicago, the men of backyard tire fire took the stage for a sold out show at the double door. that show featured the band playing their most excellent vagabonds and hooligans in its entirity. didnt make it to the show? no problem, they have the entire show available for download on their site, for free bitches! they are starting a fall tour on oct 5 at the university of illinois and along the way they will share the stage with jason isbell, craker, lynyrd skynard, and phonograph. check their site for exact dates. here are a couple of tracks from the show..

vagabonds and hooligans

apparitions

backyard tire fire site

here is a very cool comp of the originals of some of the more popular nirvana covers. even i have never heard the original “love buzz.” another idea i had been playing with but yet have been to lazy to get around to. someone is always one step of me, or is much more ambitious than yours truly.

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i had a bride, sawed her in half

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gregor

on September 12, 2007

in shows, the deadly syndrome, the teenage prayers and youtube

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hey! hey! how goes it? oh man goes just fuckin awesome on my end. keep your fingers crossed for me cause its lookin like i am going to be off that god damn 11 pm - 7 am shift and put on a more manageable 3 pm - 11 pm shift. so if you got vibes send em my way, or dont, whatever..

the teenage prayers are kickin off their no sex 15 city in 15 days tour starting on the 14th. if you havent checked em out yet what the hells is your problem. king solomon burke thinks they’re worthy. you sayin you’re cooler than the king? who the hell are you? here are a couple of tracks off their yet to be released record everyone thinks you’re best. check their myspace page for dates.

they play in atlanta @ the star bar on the 22.

im in love again

dreams of the south

heiroglyph

the teenage prayers myspace

the deadly syndrome sound like a warm breeze on an otherwise cool night - if that make sense. there’s a very folksie, not jon baez folk but like a califone inspired folk quality about em that just reminds me of an edge of summer/fall evening. their new record the ortolan can be streamed on their virb page.

eucalyptus

winter in you

the deadly syndrome site / virb

here is mr isbell and the 400 unit on 8.24 in nashville

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