Video Bonus: Evelyn Evelyn

Evelyn Evelyn - Elephant Elephant (2010)

also, hooray puppets!

Video Bonus: St. Vincent

So, St. Vincent's sophmore album, Actor, came out last year, which I totally missed. Here's the video from the single Actor Out of Work (2009).

Remake Arena 002: Need You Tonight

INXS - Need You Tonight (1987)


St. Vincent, Beck, Liars, Os Mutantes - Need You Tonight (2010) You all know Beck, yes, but St. Vincent is a personal favorite. More from her later.

Record Club: INXS "Need You Tonight" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo. Via Minneapolis Fucking Rocks.

WIN. Full of win.

Video Bonus: Spoon

This is from 2007 and is a public service announcement for anyone who missed this on any of its many rounds of the internet.

Spoon - Don't You Evah with Hideki Kozima and Marek Michalowki's robot, Keepon (2007)


Oh, hey. Looks like they were also at the Current in 2007, and performed Don't You Evah.

Song-a-Day 010: Spoon (Live)

Spoon - Written in Reverse (2010) performed and recorded live in St. Paul, MN on 2 April 2010.


Now, all browsers seem to have recently decided to hate my computing resources, so watching video has been an issue lately. For those of you in the same boat, here's a plain mp3.
Spoon - Written in Reverse (2010)

You may note that they sound basically the same. What's the point? Well, I do like having a face to put on music. You may not agree. That's OK.

Here's the radio segment from that day in The Current studios.

I think Written in Reverse goes really well after yesterday's Tighten Up, playlist-wise.

Album Absorption 002: A Badly Broken Code

I wasn't going to post again today, but this is pretty timely. Dessa just won three of City Pages' Best-Ofs: Best Local Album of the Last 12 Months, Best Songwriter, and Best Local Girl Made Good. I first saw Dessa at the Doomtree Blowout (IV) at First Ave. I next saw her open for Ani DiFranco at the State Theatre. I'm just starting to sink teeth into her first solo LP, A Badly Broken Code, and so far I love it. (Also if you click through to that review, there are two songs, Go Home, see below, and Matches to Paper Dolls.)

Let's start with an honest-to-god music video: this is Dessa - Dixon's Girl (2010) from Ted Romeo for Doomtree.


This is Dessa - Seamstress (2010) performed for the first time ever (beware of shaky phone-cam footage) at Doomtree Blowout IV (2008).


She also revisits the song Mineshaft from her first EP, False Hopes (2005)


With Mineshaft II (2010)


If I'd been on the ball in January, I'd have known she was live at the Current 20 Jan 2010:

This is video of her in studio talking about the song The Chaconne (2010). Yes, that is Jeremy Messersmith. Is he a big deal elsewhere? Also, Aby Wolf, who I haven't mentioned yet, performs with her for solo shows and is awesome.

She also played live on Seattle's KEXP on 12 Feb 2010: Seamstress, Go Home (2010), and Alibi (2010):

Sunday Song Set 001: Weird, Loud and Noisy

The White Stripes - Icky Thump (2007)



Quasi - The Rhino (2006)



The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 2 (2002); I hate to do the youtube thing to you, but I can't find a plain mp3 anywhere.



For further listening, here's Quasi live at The Current (15 April 2010):

Song-a-Day 005: Metric

Metric - Help I'm Alive (2008)



I like songs whose titles sum up the human predicament.

I also quite like the acoustic version:

Live Show Log 001: Amanda Fucking Palmer in Reykjavik

Dresden Dolls - Missed Me (2002): performed yesterday by Amanda Fucking Palmer in Reykjavik at a Volcanic Ash Sekrit Ninja Gig while her flight was grounded, recorded by Whitechapellian Iceland Bob:

Towards the end she broke the piano and nearly blew up the PA system (screaming “I´M A VOLCANO!”), before bringing it all to a close with a soft rendition of Leonard Cohen´s “Hallelujah”.

Song-a-Day 004: Muse

Muse - Time is Running Out (2003)



I like the Dr. Strangelove feel of the music video; I should dig into that movie with both hands and drag out the squirming Kubrick quotables to make a tasty dub.