Old J is no stranger to the Mazzy Star classic, having previously covered it for a 7″ single. Here, he enlists Fred Armisen to play it on Late Night with Seth Meyers. It actually works quite well, considering the circumstances.
Live
Built to Spill has a new album coming out. Here is a live version of one of the songs.
A huge “shit yeah!” to the fact that DU is the next band in line to get the “Live in San Francisco” treatment from Castle Face. This almost makes too much sense.
Have you seen this 120 Minutes archive? Pretty cool. I forgot Lou Barlow once looked this young.
The Vaselines just played Philly. Evident via many of the post from my old WKDU friends in those parts. Anyhow, this is great of course. And today is a good day for it. My first day back to work post-surgery. One more stepping stone!
Marshall Allen, from the Sun Ra Arkestra. You’ll recognize his style. Pretty great stuff.
This is some pretty cool old live footage of ESG. The dancing kiddo is quite good. This video was posted with a couple other videos here. This quote from that post cracked me up:
I only saw them live once, myself — in 1990 or so at a weird hippie warehouse space in Manhattan called Wetlands.
I worked at Wetlands in the mid-1990s so know it pretty well. Mainly though, “weird hippie warehouse space” is a fairly accurate description.
Woods has always been a bit hit-or-miss for me, but this live version of “With Light and Love” from last year’s Pickathon sure does hit hard, especially around the 4:30 mark.
I’m a wimp about the cold. But I suppose, if you’re band is called Rural Alberta Advantage, you should be expected to play outside at the north pole. Or at least in a cold park in Germany.