In The New Year
The Walkmen ladies and gentlemen.
Built to Spill – “Made Up Dreams”
“No one wants to hear what you dreamt about, unless you dreamt about them. Don’t let that stop you, tell them anyway.”
Django Reinhardt – The Sheik of Araby
One of the greatest guitarists who has ever lived, and he did it all with 2 fingers.
The Magnetic Fields – Take Ecstasy With Me
Originally appeared on their 1994 album “Holiday” with songwriter Stephin Merrit singing. Here Susan Anway sings. She was the vocalist for the first two Magnetic Fields records, Distant Plastic Trees (1991) and The Wayward Bus (1992) .
This version appears on the 1999 album “Merge On”, celebrating the 10th Anniversary of their Durham, NC based record label, Merge Records.
Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing
A song by The Magnetic Fields. Specifically, the one and only Stephin Merritt. Beautiful.
Moogfest 2011
Moogfest 2011. Musical highlights included Battles, Chromeo (in the rain), Crystal Castles, James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, The Flaming Lips, The Antlers, and definitely M83.
Iron and Wine: Tree By the River
“Happy just to be with you, and you were happy for me..”