Exciting things...

So, Tindersticks are touring in North America and are going to make me very happy in March since I'll be seeing them in Montreal and Toronto. They're a band that I slowly grew to love and now can't find wrong in anything they do... I kind of figured that I'd never get to see them live and was thinking about flying to London to see them when they were playing all of II at ATP. That didn't pan out and I'm already setting my expectations ridiculously high for the shows. The Montreal show could be extra fun since there's a good chance Lhasa De Sela will make an appearance, I know she did when Stuart Staples was touring solo. Anyway, here's some good stuff from them... there's been a fair bit peppered throughout this blog in the past too if you go digging.
Tiny Tears (BBC Session)
A Sweet, Sweet Man
No More Affairs (Instrumental)

Heartless Bastards have a new album called The Mountain coming out next Tuesday (feb 3rd). I'm looking forward to this though I'm not too happy that they're not coming to Toronto on the first run of touring for their album... Here's the title track that leaves me wanting to hear the rest of the album right now. The Mountain

And here's some other goodies that put a smile on my face...
Mickey & Sylvia - Dearest
The Night Marchers - Who's Lady R U
Mark Eitzel - No Easy Way Down


And this is insane... thanks for turning me onto this sweet girl Dave.

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I don't come around much anymore. I guess I'll just have to make sure when I do that it's a sweeter deal to get people to drop by.

Anyway, I'm curious to hear more of this...

another year

Well, it's 2009 so it's time to put up a bunch of my favorite stuff from the last year...

Woven Hand - Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
Tindersticks - The Hungry Saw
The Saturday Knights - Patches
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank, AB
The Gutter Twins - The Stations
The Breeders - Night Of Joy
The Black Keys - Remember When (Side A)
South San Gabrel - Kept On The Sly
Sigur Ros Við Spilum Endalaust
She & Him - Sweet Darlin'
Portishead - Magic Doors
Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking
Magnetic Morning - Out In The Streets
Land Of Talk - Got A Call
Kyle Fischer - Thousand Points Of View
Hayden - Where And When
Hauschka Ginsterweg
Frank Black - When They Come To Murder Me
Fantasy Bar - Much Drinking, Little Thinking
Dr. Dog - 100_Years
DeUS - The Vanishing Of Maria Schneider
Calexico - Man_Made_Lake
Breathe Owl Breathe - Sabertooth Tiger
American Music Club - Decibels And Little Pills
Adem - To Cure A Weakling Chile (Boy Girl Song)