Yo La Tengo continued...

Looks like I have a job now, so expect weekly posts now instead of every other day. Trust me I feel just as bad about it as you do.

Well a little update for you on the ylt tip. The nashville concert will be broadcast on comcast channel 9. link. It will air some time in march, there is a free clip on the page as well of ylt performing the first song from that show. Looks and sounds great, so if you missed the sold out show...good news??? eh.

Also looking over their myspace about us section the channel 9 arts network plans to do more local original programing including something with stone jack jones and famous art body "Harry." They suggest writing to them and have included their address. Its good to see some television types besides the bat poet has taken a notice to the Nashville music scene. Much love to the poet.

On that note here is a track of stone jack jones on the stage back in the day. This, as I'm told was their first live performance as the band "stone jack jones" and the first live version of the pitchfork media loved blue folk material, link to review. Also we liked it quite a bit too.

Stone Jack Jones - Evermore (on the stage)

yo I like yo la tengo

Last night yo la tengo played in nashville at the belcourt, a lovely theatre. The show was amazing and a joy to behold. I recommend going to see them when ever there is a chance. Also I recommend when in nashville you go to prince's hot chicken shack, as ylt do.

I was not able to record the show, sorry. However there was a film crew there and it looks like a dvd will get put out at some point, but who really knows. I do have a consolation for you reader.

Every April WFMU has a pledge drive for their station and every year ylt performs songs on request. You can request any song seriously, they'll play it. They'll attempt it and it'll only cost you 100 dollars. It goes to a great cause though upkeep for the greatest radio station in the world WFMU. I happened to be listening and I recorded the whole show.

This is the finale of their on-air performance where they usually do a medley to round down all the requests. As a bonus I've thrown my 2 other favorite songs from this years requests.

yo la tengo - ice cream (modern lovers)



yo la tengo - outdoor miner(wire)

Keep in mind this last one is 10 minutes long. Using love will tear us apart by Joy Division ylt go through I don't know how many songs... to name a few: Frank Sinatra - That’s Life; Bee Gees - Night Fever; Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night; Joey Scarbury - Believe It Or Not I’m Walking on Air (“The Greatest American Hero” theme song); Van Morrison – Madame George; Queen - Another One Bites The Dust; David Bowie – Starman; White Stripes – For The Love of Ivy. So yeah, enjoy.

Yo La Tengo - Love Will Tear Us Apart Medley

If you haven't yet go check out WFMU's amazing blog and tune in to the station. The best show on WFMU comes highly recommended. Cheers.

More Seth? NO... Give him the finger "The Ghostfinger.

Seth Moore is a local singer/song writer with a unique and interesting style. His sound is entirely his own and though his influences are clear... upon first listen a special sort of something occurs you feel sad and happy. Though you can't explain why...

Richie Kirkpatrick lead singer of ghostfinger is similar in his ability to illicit a response of sadness and joy. Its a more direct approach RK takes to convey this. Normally you find Richie backed by his gf but on this show he plays acoustic.

I'm glad I can share some of these sessions with you now from the first semester of the stage. Its clear both these men are trying to wake up the listener to an experience that is completely their own and immediate.

Richie Kirkpatrick - Shine a Light

Seth Moore - In The Intrest of Keeping the Peace

enjoy

R kelly loves bread

There was a great and wonderful show on right before the stage, The Best of Bread. The host Chris Crofton (later joined by his brother Greg) discussed culture with a dry wit unheard on Nashville radio. Best of Bread is still on the air as well and if given the chance you should tune in.

Every once in a while I would accidentally record a little bit of their show. In this reoccurring segment Chris breaks down "skeptically" the finer points of a popular song/artist.

Chris Crofton - R kelly (Best of Bread)

Yr cut of the trust

Marty Linville is the perfect example of someone who plays music for the love of it. A transplant from Memphis, Marty has continued to make amazing music since his arrival here. First playing with szechuan chocolate and Richard James primarily known for his drumming prowess, marty soon became Dave Cloud's drummer of choice, joining his gospel of power.

These days Marty has focused intently on perfecting his own songs and has put a series of home recordings on his myspace page. Occasionally playing drums with the indescribable Father Figure and pool hall mainstays Bad Friend, he still plays for the sheer thrill of it.

Catch his band Yr Cut of the trust any given night, at springwater or other fine music venues of Nashville. This early track should give you a taste of what your in for.

Yr Cut of the Trust - Your boyfriend

Scream

I'm sure like me you all love anything Will Oldham does. Well maybe thats a bad assumption, irregardless. I loved the collaboration he did with tortoise, I especially love his work with Marky Nevers. I think that may be his finest moment.

The first and only time I have seen him play was May of 2006 which seems like yesterday but was actually a long time ago now. The show for me never lived up to the bar the first song placed, "four screams." This I found was a b-side from the superwolf single for "I gave you." I went to the "merch" table and picked it up, unfortunately the arrangement was lacking the intensity of the live version.

So sad was I... until

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 2006-05-02 - nashville, tn - four screams

Speaking of Dave Cloud...

This show featured the legendary Dave Cloud with the sadly departed Red Lion. Dave started the show with a rockin set of hits on his brand new guitar and amp set. The rock was bad ass to say the least. This show was co-hosted by red lion and on this particular track Candice gave it her all backing Dave on his salute to Molly Ringwald.


Dave Cloud - hitchhiker to hell(w red lion)

Lone Official of nashville

Hey ya'll,
I wanted to post something today from the very first radio show we did, this is from 2005. I was not present on the show but did book the band to play, the band was lone official. I really think this show set the bar pretty high for preceding shows.

The song at the time had no title, and now we know it as pretty waters. The instrumentation is striped down to guitar and banjo, with pots and pans for drums. The players are Matt Button, Brian Nichols and Ben Martin.


Lone Official - Tribute to Dave Cloud

gone fishin'

I'm on vacation today. I'll be back tomorrow, i hope to keep up my stride. I really want to share my piles of Nashville related recordings with you. I hope to post more cherry blossoms, lone official, altered stateman, ghostfinger, seth moore, miss ms ruby, patty le may w/ justin earl, and the corndawg. I have so much more really from the radio show and from shows around town. Oh how could I forget dave cloud, expect dave cloud tomorrow. Have a good hangover all.