*Sixeyes: by Alan Williamson

Tom Waits LIVE: Atlanta 2008 + Akron 2006

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:15:00 PST

To me, Tom Waits is the antithesis of The Beach Boys, and I can't stand The Beach Boys. I've been fascinated with Waits ever since stumbling upon an appearance he made on the Dinah Shore Show in the mid to late seventies, and that was one hell of an exciting stumble. I guess that's why I might envy youth, not for their age, but for having so much ahead of them, something like the discovery of Tom Waits, or Bob Dylan. I think that's why I, still, at half a century on this planet, seek out new music, I want to feel that thrill and excitement once again... but I'm a picky son of a bitch. Here's some Tom for you, in the small hope that you are making your own discovery through this post.

I've posted these two shows to encourage you to get out and buy Tom Waits' Glitter and Doom Live CD which will see the light of day on November 23rd. After all, now that you've heard unofficial Live Waits, just imagine how good the official product is... and it is, believe me. Find all you need to know and more by following the link to Tom's web page above.

Fox Theater Atlanta, Georgia July 5, 2008
Intro
Lucinda / Ain’t Going Down To The Well
Down In The Hole
Falling Down
Chocolate Jesus
All The World Is Green
Cemetery Polka
Cause of it All / Til The Money Runs Out
Such A Scream
November
Hold On
Black Market Baby
9th And Hennepin
Lie To Me
Lucky Day
On The Nickel
Lost In The Harbour
Innocent When You Dream
Hoist That Rag
Make It Rain
Dirt In The Ground
Get Behind The Mule
Hang Down Your Head
Jesus Gonna Be Here
Singapore
Encore:
Eyeball Kid
Anywhere I Lay My Head

Civic Theatre, Akron, Ohio August 13 2006
Make It Rain
Shore Leave
Falling Down
Tango Till They're Sore
Tom Traubert's Blues
Eyeball Kid
Murder in the Red Barn
Trampled Rose
Bottom of the World
Til the Money Runs Out
Get Behind The Mule

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Eels: New Video "Little Bird"

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:02:33 PST

Eels will see their latest record, End Times, on shelves (that's physical and digital) this coming January (that's the 19th, if you wanna mark it on your calendar). I know that's a while to wait, but from hearing the simple, honest beauty of this song, it's well worth it.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin: Tour Dates, New Video

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:17 PST

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin have new shows slated for December/January and will be previewing new songs from their forthcoming third album (produced by DCFC's Chris Walla), due out this coming summer on Polyvinyl. (Tour Dates Below)

To keep your hopes up, or to snag a couple of new fans, here's a brand spankin' new video for "Glue Girls" off of their most recent album, Pershing.

TOUR DATES
12/6 - Vestal, NY - Mandela Room/Binghamton University
12/7 - Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House
12/8 - Columbus, OH - The Summit
12/9 - Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
1/28 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
1/29 - Urbana, IL - Courtyard Cafe
1/30 - Columbia, MO - Mojo's
1/31 - Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon

Charlotte Gainsbourg: "Heaven Can Wait" Video

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:09:48 PST

Charlotte Gainsbourg isn't a newcomer to the world of music or video, her latest film is Antichrist with Willem Dafoe. Have you seen it? I like things different and even weird compared to most people, but this film doesn't do it for me. It's been labeled horror, but it's not in the traditional sense. This is the horror which people, in this case a man and woman, can inflict on each other, psychologically and physically. I did, however, like the amazing beauty of several slow motion sequences in the film. Anyway, Gainbourg has a new record coming in January called IRM (Beck Hansen produced and co-wrote the disc) and this video has landed in an effort to pique your interest (I won't bother describing what happens in the video... I know you can figure it out yourselves).

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Phoenix Remixes: "Lisztomania" & "1901" + KEXP MP3s

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:41:42 PST

Here are several remixes of "1901" and "Lisztomania" which are the two best tracks from Phoenix's latest release Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. But to start off here's the band's live performance in the KEXP studios from early summer 2009. Okay, now that that's out of the way, you've listened and/or downloaded, let's get that great big ol' glitter ball out of storage and boogie (Jesus, I even feel stupid typing that, much less saying it aloud).

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Phoenix Live @ KEXP (Thomas Mars, Christian Mazzalai)
lisztomania
1901
playground love (air cover)
armistice

"Lisztomania" Remixes
alex metric remix
holy ghost love paris remix
clasixx remix
der die das remix
yuksek remix
dr rosen rosen remix
25 hours a day remix

"1901" Remixes
teenagers garage band remix
l'aiglon remix (my personal favourite)
immuzikation remix
alan wilkis remix
saycet remix

Sixeyes Mix: Friday Nov. 13th

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:43:56 PST

john cale in a flood
brian eno here come the warm jets
john vanderslice above the sea
spoon the beast and dragon, adored
the phantom band the howling
richard buckner believer
arab strap you shook me all night long
toots and the maytals broadway jungle 98
the national slipping husband
ben lee catch my disease
the mountain goats lovecraft in brooklyn

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Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Live 2009

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:12:00 PST

Tom Waits will release a glittering distillation of his 2008 Glitter and Doom tour on Anti Records this November 23rd. Glitter and Doom Live is comprised of performances from many shows on the tour, and a second disc, called Tom Tales gathers many of the strange, twisted, and nearly believable, stories that Mr Waits shares with the adoring fans lucky enough to see him live. I was surprised to learn that his label, Anti, has pushed Ol' Tom into the present by getting an official website up and running. If you visit the site you can download a preview of the album (the first eight tracks are yours, free of charge) by giving up your email address. Here's the track list and, below that, a sample of the second disc, Tom's Tales.

Glitter and Doom Live
01. Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down
02. Singapore
03. Get Behind The Mule
04. Fannin Street
05. Dirt In The Ground
06. Such A Scream
07. Live Circus
08. Goin' Out West
09. Falling Down
10. The Part You Throw Away
11. Trampled Rose
12. Metropolitan Glide
13. I'll Shoot The Moon
14. Green Grass
15. Make It Rain
16. Story
17. Lucky Day

Disc Two: Tom Tales
36 minutes of Tom telling you stories... almost as good as the music.

rats [mp3] from Tom's Tales

Sixeyes Mix: Monday Nov. 9th

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:33:00 PST

the national theory of the crows (for Srah Rod)
the national pretty in pink (daytrotter session)
grizzly bear foreground (live at sound opinions 2009)
grizzly bear while you wait for the others (live at sound opinions 2009)
hancock basement oh todd
pj harvey down by the water
avett brothers will you return
silverchair english garden
bob dylan tonight i'll be staying here with you
alec ounsworth south philadelphia (drug days)
cat power werewolf
forest fire echoes coming

Nick Cave And More: "Stagger Lee" MP3s

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:02:14 PST

Nick Cave put his own spin on the oft recorded story about Lee "Stag Lee" Shelton, and called his take "Stagger Lee", on the classic 1996 album Murder Ballads. I say "his take" because other recordings have various versions of the name (and details) likely due to the story spreading across the US orally in the late 1800's (Stagolee, Stack O' Lee, Stackerlee, Stackoo Lee, Stack O' Dollars, etc. are some of the examples used by artists over the years). After listening to quite a few versions of this story in song, recorded since the mid 1920's, it sounds to my ears, and others as well, that Cave was heavily influenced by the 1969 version done by Johnny Otis.

Now below are several versions I tracked down beginning with the two mentioned above by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Johnny Otis. The first classic version was recorded by Mississippi John Hurt in 1928, Lloyd Price recorded another classic version in 1958, a version which has been covered by dozens including James Brown. The actor Samuel L Jackson does a fine live reading of the story helped significantly by the backing of a great blues band in the film Black Snake Moan. Obviously, from the picture I've used above and the inclusion of two versions by him and his band, Nick Cave's version is my favourite.

Here is a newspaper clipping I found online about the murder on Christmas eve 1895 of Billy Lyons by Shelton (of course there is no way to verify it's authenticity).

“William Lyons, 25, colored, a levee hand, living at 1410 Morgan Street, was shot in the abdomen yesterday evening at 10 o'clock in the saloon of Bill Curtis, at Eleventh and Morgan Streets, by Lee Shelton, also colored. Both parties, it seems, had been drinking and were feeling in exuberant spirits. Lyons and Shelton were friends and were talking together. The discussion drifted to politics and an argument was started, the conclusion of which was that Lyons snatched Shelton's hat from his head. The latter indignantly demanded its return. Lyons refused, and Shelton withdrew his revolver and shot Lyons in the abdomen. Lyons was taken to the Dispensary, where his wounds were pronounced serious. He was removed to the City Hospital. At the time of the shooting the saloon was crowded with negroes. Shelton is a carriage driver and lives at 911 North Twelfth Street. When his victim fell to the floor Shelton took his hat from the hand of the wounded man and coolly walked away. He was subsequently arrested and locked up at the Chestnut Street Station. Shelton is also known as 'Stag' Lee.” - St Louis Globe-Democrat, December 26, 1895.

Stagger Lee MP3s:
nick cave & the bad seeds stagger lee [mp3] 1996
johnny otis the great stack a lee [mp3] 1969

mississippi john hurt stack o' lee blues [mp3] 1928
lloyd price stagger lee [mp3] 1958
stella johnson trial of stagger lee [mp3] 1961
james brown stagger lee [mp3] 1967
john holt stagger lee [mp3] 1972
gomez stagger lee [mp3]
samuel l jackson stack-o-lee [mp3] 2007

BONUS: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Live from The Abattoir Blues Tour
stagger lee [mp3] 2007

Patrick Watson: CMJ 2009, Black Session, Tour Dates

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:36:47 PDT

Montreal's (the city of my birth) Patrick Watson, played a showcase set at the recent CMJ Music Festival in NYC. Here is that performance and as a bonus, I've included the band's 2007 Black Session, as well. Also, on November 17th, Patrick Watson will re-release Just Another Ordinary Day. Self-released in 2003, in a limited run, this was the first recording with all four members of the band. The shiny vinyl LP version of Wooden Arms will be in stores on November 17th, as well. These two would make a great Christmas gift, don't you think? And these mp3s will be a great gift to yourself, go on splurge. Look further into the Just Another Ordinary Day and Wooden Arms details at Secret City Records.

Patrick Watson: Live at CMJ 2009 - MP3s
Fireweed
Tracy's Waters
Beijing
Big Bird in A Small Cage
Travelling Salesman
Man Like You
Luscious Life

Patrick Watson: Black Session 2007 - MP3s
Drifters
giver
Tracy's Waters
Weight of the World
Great Escape
The Storm
Mr Tom
Luscious Life
Man Under The Sea

TOUR DATES
November 4 - Epicerie Moderne, Lyon
November 5 - Victoire 2, Montpellier
November 7 - Krakatoa, Bordeaux
November 8 - La Nef, Angoulême
November 9 - Chabada, Angers
November 11 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen
November 12 - La Laiterie, Strasbourg
November 14 - Festival RDV Sonics, Saint-Lô
November 15 - Aeronef, Lille
November 17 - Olympic, Nantes
November18 - La Cigale, Paris
November 19 - La Cartonerie, Reims
November 21 - Crossing Border Festival, The Hague
November 22 - Crossing Border Festival, Antwerp
November 25 - Rote Fabrik, Zürich
November 29 - Tivoli - Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht
November 30 - Paradiso, Amsterdam

December 10 – Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC
December 12 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Toronto, ON
December 16 – Metropolis, Montreal, QC
December 30 - Falls Festival, Tasmania
December 31 - Falls Festival, Lorne

January 7 - Brisbane Sunset Sounds, Brisbane
January 9 - Southbound Festival, Perth
January 15 - Grappa’s Cellar, Hong Kong
January 17 - Mao’s House Live, Beijing
January19 - Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay, Singapore
January21 - Astro Hall, Tokyo

Phoenix: Live Radio Performance MP3s

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:15:04 PDT

French band, Phoenix, made a visit to Chicago based radio program, Sound Opinions, and along with a great interview done by the show's hosts, the quartet played several songs in studio. Guess what? Here they are:

1901 [mp3]
lisztomania [mp3]
playground love [mp3]
one time too many [mp3]

Sonny & The Sunsets: "Too Young To Burn" MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:56:57 PDT

This song by Sonny & The Sunsets has an unmistakable Beach Boys swing, plus more than a little Wilson Brothers nasal twang. It also has the simplicity of a demo (acoustic guitar, hand claps--no more than what you need and no less than what you want), which is a plus in my books. Maybe this is a demo... the perfect demo.

too young to burn [mp3] from Tomorrow is Alright (due this fall)

The Harlem Shakes: "Nothing But Change Part II" MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:38:49 PDT

The Harlem Shakes have been featured here several times over the past couple of years and still they haven't exploded across the blog-o-sphere as I think they should. They've got great hooks, hell, they've got killer hooks in many of their songs; they've got an idiosyncratic and distinctive vocalist in Lexy Benaim (Benaim can sound like a frenetic, and definitely indie, Frankie Valli); and the band churns out these catchy songs with the passion and skill of the E Street Band. And on this song,"Nothing But Change Part II" , (from Technicolor Health) The Harlem Shakes are the E Street Band... at 78 rpm.

nothing but change part II [mp3]

Sixeyes Mix: Monday Oct. 26th

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:22 PDT

gossip jealous girls
ted leo already too late
alejandro escovedo always a friend
ida maria keep me warm
hancock basement we started something
feist mushaboom (black session)
patrick watson luscious life
thomas dybdahl one day you'll dance for me, new york city
franz ferdinand katherine kiss me
born ruffians hummingbird
patrick cleandenim hypnotized

Thom Yorke: "Hearing Damage " New Moon

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:47:34 PDT

Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack

The National: White Session Radio France

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:17:25 PDT

Here's The National's White Session for France Inter radio on May 7th 2007. White Sessions are the same as Black Sessions, but without an audience.

Read Sixeyes most recent interview with band singer and lyricist, Matt Berninger.

Check tour dates here.

07/05/28 - White Session - Radio France
01. start a war
02. brainy
03. slow show
04. squalor victoria
05. apartment story
06. racing like a pro
07. ada
08. you've done it again virginia
09. mistaken for strangers
10. fake empire
11. about today

Sixeyes Mix: Canadian Indie

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:30:00 PDT

wolf parade language city
mohawk lodge wear 'em out
bob wiseman man of misery
ox prom queen
joel plaskett gone gone gone
lily frost enchantment
sandro perri city of museums
miss emily brown sleeping lions
mark szabo by a nose
sunparlour players the detroit river is alive
jason collett roll on oblivion
hayden steps into miles
constantines young lions
basia bulat snakes and ladders
the weakerthans reconstruction site
andre ethier infant king
elliott brood second son
gentleman reg we're in a thunderstorm
chad vangaalen i wish i was a dog

Andy Shauf: Darker Days

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:00:00 PDT

Yes, I am Canadian (I wish that phrase, 'I Am Canadian', didn't stir up memories, for me, of an old beer commercial with jingoistic overtones) and I have found yet another Canadian talent worth sharing with you (the last one being Dark Mean).

Andy Shauf makes his home in western Canada, in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan, where he has nurtured a talent for clear-eyed intimate pop. Darker Days is his latest release, a full length on P is For Panda Records, and it is surprising to me that I've never heard mention of his name or music until now. His songs bear the shadows of his influences (he is a young guy, who appears to me, even younger in photographs) and yet they still manage to sparkle with his own personality.

Vocally Shauf has a charming inflection, a timbre perhaps, which almost recalls a drawl, it also brings to mind singer/songwriter Josh Rouse in it's quieter moments. I can also hear the critically acclaimed Luke Temple in a song like the third track "You Remind Me". Highly recommended.

you remind me [mp3]

Darker Days Track List:
Your Heart
Crushes
You Remind Me
In Town
Gone
The Darker Night
The Greatest Moments
Let's Be
Were You In Love With Me
How Long
Give Me Words

"All For The Best": Thom Yorke Video

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:20:36 PDT

This is Thom Yorke covering the music of a musical hero of his, Mark Mulcahy, for the benefit album, Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy. This song was originally done by Mulcahy's band Miracle Legion. The album will be released on Shout Factory, September 29, 2009.

Learn more about Mulcahy and this album here via Newsweek.

Sixeyes Mix: Monday Sept. 21st

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:43:00 PDT

the constantines cinnamon girl (live @ detroit 2003)
leon russell this masquerade
steve earle pancho and lefty (Townes Van Zandt cover - live @ sound opinions)
dan deacon get older (live @ sound opinions)
fiery furnaces teach me sweetheart (kexp 2005)
fiery furnaces here comes the summer (kexp 2005)
the walkmen in the new year
giant sand increment of love
rafter juicy
shapiro if i'd known
spoon cherry bomb (demo)
brian setzer trio stray cat strut (Live @ Wildhorse Saloon, Nashville July 18/03)

Dark Mean: Frankencottage EP FREE Download

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:40:00 PDT

Dark Mean make their home in the medium sized city of Hamilton, Ontario, right around the corner from Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario. Hamilton isn't striking in a big city way, there are no majestic towers, towering skyscrapers, or hipster-centric shopping areas, but it does impress with a natural rugged physicality that fittingly matches the working heart of the city, the steel mills. Now you may expect this band to blaze forth a molten slab of metal, but you'd be wrong, very wrong, Dark Mean have their roots in indie rock, with branches reaching into alt country and folk.

What they're offering on their EP, Frankencottage, is four songs that all bear a distinct personality offered in differing moods, or shades. I'm especially enjoying "Happy Banjo" and "Lullaby". Both these songs gain strength from that much maligned instrument the banjo. The banjo being the guitar's forgotten brother. Many of us love the guitar, it's like a nice cold glass of milk, or warm milk, whereas the banjo is a glass of curdled milk, the sound is murkier, veiled, much more mysterious. Yes, the banjo has a sunny brightness to it, but there's something else there, it's like watching a scary film about a haunted house and the scariest scene in the movie takes place on the sun drenched front lawn. That's what the banjo can bring to a piece of music... a sunny menace--and, as I said, Dark Mean use the banjo and use it well.

lullaby [mp3]

Visit the band's website to find a FREE download of the EP, Frankencottage. What you won't find there, or in the band's music is darkness, or meanness.

Sixeyes Mix: Sunday Sept. 20th

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:34:45 PDT

chad vangaalen cries of the dead
arctic monkeys take it or leave it (strokes cover - live)
culture reject museums
the national wasp nest (alternate version)
christine fellows what makes the cherry red?
devastations mistakes
elliott brood oh alberta
they might be giants electric car
chuck prophet new years day
sloan coax me

Arctic Monkeys: "Cornerstone" MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:00:01 PDT

The latest release by The Arctic Monkeys, Humbug, takes the young band in a different direction than what you might expect. Working with Queens of the Stone Age leader, Josh Homme, in the producer role, the Brits take a confident step away from their past and come up with something that works for the most part. I can't get enough of a song called "Cornerstone", the only track not attributed to Homme, but to their old producer, James Ford. Any of you familiar with Arctic Monkey singer/songwriter Alex Turner's sideproject, The Last Shadow Puppets, and it's step back into the sound of the '60s, won't be too shocked that his main band have shifted gears a bit... but not so much into the '60s as towards the dry desert throb of Josh Homme's QOTSA.

"Cornerstone" is a lovely song (and my favourite), with the emphasis on melody bolstered by Turner's restrained melancholic vocal. These boys are growing up and looking back, but don't we all?

cornerstone [mp3]

BUY Humbug (2009)

Sixeyes Mix: June 8th

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:59:20 PDT

wheat hott (from upcoming release White Ink. Black Ink)

regina spektor folding chair (from Far)
regina spektor loveology (from Demo Cassette)

neil young music arcade (from bootleg Europa Summer '96)

blitzen trapper furr

franz ferdinand you're the reason i'm leaving

peter von poehl may day

canadians it's over

bryan ferry & antony lowlands low

jeff buckley so real (kcrw - morning becomes eclectic)

Nick Cave: Live Melbourne Australia 2009 PART 2

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:55:00 PDT

Now, I know what you want. Yeah, you, sittin' over there all alone in the corner, with a pile of books on the table, a laptop across your lap, and a smudge of ash from that last cigarette across your little finger, or is that newsprint? What you need is some Nick Cave. Some Bad Seeds. I'm here to do the plantin'.

PART TWO
papa won’t leave you, henry
into my arms
get ready for love
stagger lee

Get PART ONE here.

Jenn Grant: 'Echoes' MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:25:02 PDT

There are an endless number of talented singers and songwriters toiling under the mainstream radar. We call it (okay, I call it) indie land, and it's a great place to travel, you never know who, or what, is right around the corner. Sometimes you even rediscover a place you'd found before (quite often the places in indie land move around on their own, it is a magic place) and feel the same wonder or maybe even awe, but definitely surprise. Well, Jenn Grant is one those those places, I first found her back in 2006, not long before the release of her second album Orchestra For The Moon (I wrote about it here).

Echoes, her new album, out since February, offers 13 tracks like it's predecessor, but unlike that record this latest lacks that knockout standout track that "Dreamer" was to Orchestra For The Moon. What it does have is the outstanding voice of Jenn Grant and that's a great bonus... I've got to say that I am extremely picky. I'm fifty years old and don't listen to the music I listened to when I was twenty, hell I don't listen to what I listened to five years ago. What I'm saying is this: You should give Jenn Grant a chance, give her a listen, her myspace is here. Her website has a player that streams some of the new record (five Echoes' tracks and the aforementioned "Dreamer"). I know many of you who take this advice will like what you find. I recommend you explore her music and I highly recommend you get a copy of her album Orchestra For The Moon. Oh, one last thing, she's Canadian... enough said.

from Echoes
heartbreaker [mp3]

BUY her records here.

Check her tour dates here. If she's not coming to your neck of indie land, try contacting the friendly people at Six Shooter Records, they might be able to bring indie land to you.

Nick Cave: Live Melbourne Australia 2009

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:59:14 PDT

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds played Melbourne Australia last January and the show was broadcast on FM radio. I believe this is just part of the show, as there aren't many new songs in this bunch, but there are some great ones (and great sound). PART 2 of the performance will be available soon!

tupelo
midnight man
love letter
moonland
we call upon the author to explain

PART TWO
papa won’t leave you, henry
into my arms
get ready for love
stagger lee

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noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Sun, 31 May 2009 09:10:00 PDT

I just noticed a link on another blog for email subscriptions and then took a look at my own link for that service. Oops, that link doesn't work... who knows how long it's been like that. So, I've fixed that problem, this is the new link for those who want to subscribe and receive updates via email: Subscribe to *sixeyes by Email. The email link can also be found in the right sidebar under the heading SUBSCRIBE.

Thanks to all who've subscribed in the past.

Also, I'm seriously considering switching to my own domain sometime this year, sooner than later, I hope.

Take care.

kings of convenience winning a battle losing the war
the national mr november (may 23/09 - Boston)
the veils night thoughts of a tired surgeon
patrick watson weight of the world

The National: "Blood Buzz Ohio" Lyrics + MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:49:20 PDT

This is another new song that The National trotted out during their just wrapped East coast mini-tour. The new songs sound great, but it's how they sound if (and that's a big IF) they make it on the new record. I, for one, am hoping that if they do make it to the next album, that they grow and evolve into something a little different than these live mp3s. Live versions that I will grow to know too well before the new record is out.

blood buzz ohio (live - Boston May 23/09)

"BLOOD BUZZ OHIO"
Stand up straight at the foot of your love
I'll lift my shirt up
Stand up straight at the foot of your love
I'll lift my shirt up

I'll rest my eyes till the fever's outta me
I'll rest my eyes till the river's in the sea
I'll rest my eyes till the fever's outta me
I'll rest my eyes till the river's in the sea

I was carried to Ohio in a storm of bees
I never married but Ohio don't remember me
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
I never thought about love
When I thought about home
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
The floors are falling out from everybody I know

I'm on a bloodbuzz
Yes I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I'm on a bloodbuzz
God I am
I'm on a blood buzz

Lay my head on the hood of your car
I take it too far
Lay my head on the hood of your car
I take it too far

GET the lyrics and a live mp3 of new songs, "Vanderlylle Cry Baby" here and "The Runaway" here.

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The National: "Vanderlylle Cry Baby" Lyrics + MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:48:05 PDT

This is my transcription from listening to a live recording and youtube vids . Of course there may be errors, or you may hear it differently, so if that's the case, please leave your changes in the comments. Thanks.

vanderlylle cry baby (live - Boston May 23/09)

"Vanderlylle Cry Baby"
Leave your home
Change your name
Live alone
Eat your cake

Vanderlylle cry baby cry
Oh the waters are rising
Still no surprising you
Vanderlylle cry baby cry
Man it’s all been forgiven
Swans are a swimmin’
I’ll explain everything
To the geese

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the

Vanderlylle cry baby cry
Oh the waters are rising
Still no surprising you
Vanderlylle cry baby cry
Man it’s all been forgiven
Swans are a swimmin’
I’ll explain everything
To the geese

Hanging from chandeliers
Same small wall
At your heels

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the

Vanderlylle cry baby cry
Oh the waters are rising
Still no surprising you
Vanderlylle cry baby cry
Man it’s all been forgiven
Swans are a swimmin’
I’ll explain everything
To the geese
I’ll explain everything
To the geese
I’ll explain everything
To the geese

All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for the

GET the lyrics and a live mp3 of new songs, "Blood Buzz Ohio" here and "The Runaway" here.

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Sixeyes Mix: MAY 27th

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:05:41 PDT

the national halo chagrin
the national warm singing whores
the national theory of the crows

devin davis moon over shark city
yeah yeah yeahs our time (acoustic)
andre ethier pride of egypt
hayden where and when

BONUS: Phoenix (RTL 2 France Radio Session 2004)
alphabetic order
everything is everything
run run run

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JASON COLLETT: CBC Radio3 Session 2008

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:54:00 PDT

A great session done in October of 2008 by Broken Social Scene member, Jason Collett (with backing support from the band Zeus). I think you'll like this, I love Jason Collett. These are almost all new songs (except for "Blue Sky") which haven't been seen on any album yet.

what goes is gone
northern light letdown
love song to canada
blue sky
vanderpool vanderpool
love is a chain

The National: New Songs LIVE

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:42:58 PDT

I wonder how much great music I've missed out on by not checking other blogs as much as I should. I Am Fuel You Are Friends, for example, has some great new live songs by The National right here.

Thanks, Heather.

The National: "The Runaway" Lyrics

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:02:00 PDT

This is a quick transcription of the new song by The National, tentatively titled "The Runaway". There's sure to be a mistake or two, if you feel the need to reprimand me for my bad hearing, feel free. Here's an idea, since the song title isn't set in stone, perhaps all of you faithful and rabid National fans out there can leave a comment as to what you feel the song should be called... if we get a good variety of answers I'll send them to the band. Get a free, remember it's free (and low quality) preview of the song here.

"The Runaway"
There's no savin' anything
Now we're swallowin' the shine of the sun
There's no savin' anything
From the shine of the sun

But I won't be no runaway
Cause I won't run
No I won't be no runaway

What makes you think I’m enjoyin' being led to the flood
We got another thing comin' undone
That’s taking us over

We don't bleed when we don't fight
Go ahead go ahead
Throw your arms in the air tonight
We don't bleed when we don't fight
Go ahead go ahead
Throw your shirts in the fire tonight

What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing comin' undone

But I won't be no runaway
Cause I won't run
No I won't be no runaway
Cause I won't run
No I won't be no runaway

what makes you think I’m enjoyin' being led to the flood
We got another thing comin' undone
That’s taking forever

We don't bleed when we don't fight
go ahead go ahead
Throw your arms in the air tonight
we don't bleed when we don't fight
Go ahead go ahead
There’s our shirts in the fire tonight

what makes you think I'm enjoying being led to the flood
we got another thing comin' undone
we got another thing comin' undone
That’s taking us over

I'll go bravin' anything
With you swallowin' the shine of the sun
I'll go bravin' everything
With you swallowin' the shine
But I won't be no runaway
Cause I won't run
No I won't be no runaway
Cause I won't run
No I won't be no runaway

What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing comin' undone
They’ve taken us over
We don't bleed when we don't fight
go ahead go ahead
Throw your arms in the air tonight
We don't bleed when we don't fight
Go ahead go ahead
Lose our shirts in the fire

What makes you think I’m enjoying being led to the flood
We got another thing comin undone
We got another thing comin' undone
That’s taking us over
That’s taking forever

The National: NEW SONG "The Runaway" MP3

noreply@blogger.com (alan williamson) — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:02:43 PDT

Last Thursday night Brooklyn's best, The National, hit the stage of Toronto's Kool Haus (let's hope they don't make that mistake again, just about any other venue would be preferable) and earlier in the day they made an appearance on CBC Radio's program Q. They were emphatic in the interview that their next album won't be called Shine, and they played a new song whose working title is "The Runaway".... with Thomas Bartlett on keyboards and their touring horn section.

There's no savin' anything
Now we're swallowin' the shine of the sun
There's no savin' anything
From the shine of the sun

But I won't be no runaway
cause I won't run
No I won't be no runaway

I tried to transcribe the entire lyric here.

Unfortunately CBC podcasts are mono and in the fantastic 64 kbps format.

the runaway [mp3]
Download the entire podcast here - it's the Monday May 25th show.