POST #205

Here's a quick FYI post. I know that many of my regular visitors are fans of The Waterboys, and lead Waterboy Mike Scott, so I wanted to make sure everyone was aware that Mike has just created an account over at SoundCloud. He currently has 21 unreleased tracks up for grabs, mostly his own demos, or tracks with the band, but in some cases something completely different.

The songs can be had through his own site, or directly from SoundCloud.

Here's a few to get you started:

Mr Wickham Composes by mickpuck

Mick Puck Writes 'Something That Is Gone' In The Shower by mickpuck

If You See Jimmy Hickey by mickpuck

While you're over there, take a look around SoundCloud, if you haven't already. There's a lot of cool stuff up there.

POST #204

POST #203

And now, the interesting new release list:

Caribou - Swim (buy)

Doves - Best Of (buy) A fantastic band. If I had more rare stuff from them, I'd do a post.

Willie Nelson - Country Music (buy) Brand new one from the legend that is Willie Nelson.

Rufus Wainwright - All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (buy)

Hmmm. Not the best week ever for new releases. Oh well, at least what is coming out is mighty good.

POST #202

POST #201 (CHRIS MARS)

Just wanted to do a quick post to inform any of you who may be local (AZ) that the Mesa Arts Center currently has a show of Chris Mars' paintings on display. I took in the show a couple days ago, and was floored by his work. If you're a fan of visual arts, and live anywhere near here, I highly recommend you give it a look.

Even better news: though the show has been up for several weeks already, the "opening reception" is next Friday, April 9th.

More info and images at the Mesa Arts website, or Chris Mars website.

While many of you are already aware, I'll mention for those who may not be familiar with him (and may not know how this post is music related), Chris was the drummer in the seminal Minneapolis band The Replacements. He's been concentrating on painting ever since the end of the band.

Since I haven't posted any music as of late, here's an interesting track I came across a while back:

This banjo-based goody, and many many more, can be found over at Nick's blog.