“Baby Please Don’t Leave Me” – Buddy Guy. Good god! How much dirty, sexy, soul-wrenching blues can you survive in 7 minutes?
– Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
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In anticipation of Fire Records’ June 12th release of the country rock opera, Tucson, Giant Giant Sand have released the new track “Detained.” The track, was inspired “by the clutch of cumbia that fevers the many particles of this album,” says Howe Gelb. See below to hear the tune. As a sort of homage, . . . → Read More: Giant Giant Sand Offer Free MP3 From Upcoming Album, Tucson, Tour Europe Click HERE to download “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)” live featuring Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses). My Morning Jacket North American Tour Dates % = $1 from each ticket will be donated to the local charity listed * = with Band Of Horses ^ = with Trombone Shorty + = with Trampled By Turtles . . . → Read More: My Morning Jacket Announce Summer Tour Dates, Offer Free MP3 “When The Levee Breaks” – Kristin Hersh. Know everything about this LZ song? NOPE! Plug into this + get hella lifted n loved. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days Dead Ship Sailing brings their raw Suicide meets Jesus and Mary Chain rock to the Crocodile May 17th for an all ages show with the Grizzled Mighty and Bellingham’s Sugar Sugar Sugar. This is an early show starting at 8pm. Dead ship sailing plays middle at 9pm. Dead Ship Sailing’s upcoming album is . . . → Read More: Dead Ship Sailing Will Rock Seattle’s Crocodile 5/17 With Grizzled Mighty and Sugar Sugar Sugar “Heavy In Your Arms” – Florence + The Machine. Just the right balance of daring + drama. A voice that joyfully cuts diamonds. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days
Girl in a Coma On the evening of May fifth, the night of Cinco de Mayo and the night of the big moon, I headed to The Vera Project at the foot of Seattle’s Queen Anne Neighborhood. There three acts played with San Antonio’s Girl In A Coma headlining. Sara Radle, also from San . . . → Read More: Girl In A Coma Heats Things up at The Vera Project – Piñata Protest and Sara Radle Spark Fiery Performances, By Holly Homan The latest from Chop Love Carry Fire – Choplovecarryfire.com Their new album is due out May 8 – reneeandjeremy.com “Every Time We Say Goodbye” – Cole Porter. Matchless melody and charm. He loved singers. Best version done by Annie Lennox. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days As I have posted many times, I usually don’t “get” Coldplay. I find their music pretty boring, and they just don’t do it for me, but I will stand here now and say that they earned respect today from me. This is just one of the most beautiful songs and so well done, chilling . . . → Read More: Coldplay – “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” – Live May 4, 2012, By Gary Heffern Check out Ayron Jones and the Way, Seattle’s only all-black, neo-blues, power-rock trio. They began with some potent Jimi Hendrix/Stevie Ray Vaughan influences and have crafted a sound all their own. They recently won the Seattle leg of the global Hard Rock Rising competition and last year won the “Best in Show” award at . . . → Read More: Ayron Jones and the Way – Baptized – Band to Perform at Portland’s Duff Garage 5/18, the Hoppy Brewer 5/19 and the Good in the Neighborhood Festival 6/24 Emerging Swedish indie pop act Soso takes DIY to a whole new level– she wrote, recorded, and self-produced each track on her new album in the bedroom of her Stockholm apartment. The result is a record that is lyrically raw, yet undeniably pop. Released May 1st, Soso’s debut album, That Time I Dug . . . → Read More: Soso – That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up In China – Entire Album Available as Free Download The Spring Standards’ yellow//gold, released May 1st on Parachute Shooter Records, is a double-disc record flush with rolling piano, wistful strings, and booming percussion. The two emotionally-charged EPs tell intertwining stories of growing up and leaving home to embark on a new adventure. yellow evokes a sense of nostalgia for the trio’s shared childhoods—they . . . → Read More: The Spring Standards – Only Skin – At Portland’s Doug Fir Lounge 6/21 and Seattle’s Crocodile Cafe on 6/22 Hailing from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Wintersleep makes music that MTV Hive has called “a pulsing dose of indie rock, with bright pops of guitar and a glistening synth line.” Having won a Juno Award in 2008 and performed on The Late Show With David Letterman for their 2010 release, Wintersleep’s new album, Hello Hum, . . . → Read More: Wintersleep – Nothing Is Anything (Without You) – New Inheritors – At Portland’s Doug Fir 5/31 and Seattle’s Columbia City Theater 6/1. “In Your Room” – The Bangles. Can’t clean my apartment without it! Makes me grab a mop and dance. They’re still going strong, btw. – Alicia Dara, Supposed Former Amateur Pie Maker – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days “Downton Abbey” – John Lunn. Why are you hooked on DA? The soul-stirring music. Passion, longing, grief + love won’t let go. – Alicia Dara, Supposed Former Amateur Pie Maker – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days “I’m celebrating my love for you with a pint of beer and a new tattoo.” For all of his politics, Billy Bragg’s gift for relating the pinnacles and pitfalls of human relationships has always been quite remarkable. I know my friends in East Portland can dig it. – Steve Stav “Whatta Man” – Salt ‘N’ Pepa ft. En Vogue. Dedicated to all the good and great ones I know who are actively fighting against the War on Women. – Alicia Dara, Supposed Former Amateur Pie Maker – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days Salt'n Pepa & En Vogue – Whatta Man by . . . → Read More: Alicia Dara’s 100 Songs in 100 Days – Salt ‘N’ Pepa ft. En Vogue – Whatta Man |
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