Small Plane...

So Bill Callahan's album 'Dream River' is a real treat and I'm enjoying it immensely. It's a very quiet, thoughtful, intimate, and beautiful record and I love it more with each listen. Below is a video from one of my favorite tracks thus far, Small Plane. Enjoy!

Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)...

Dexys Midnight Runners are treating me pretty well this week; definitely a punchy change of pace from two weeks with Bach. Today I thought I would share one of the my favorites tracks from the record thus far, Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile), which also happens to be a Van Morrison cover. The video is from a 1982 appearance on Top of the Pops, though obviously mimed like most TotP performances (I hear lots of horns, but I only see fiddles and guitars) it's still a lot of fun. Gotta love those outfits! Enjoy!

The Mother We Share...

I'm really enjoying Chvrches debut so far this week. Full of great hooks, fantastic beats and memorable lyrics; it's a very exciting record and one that I'm pretty stoked to spend more time with. Today I thought I would share with you all two videos: first, the opening track from the record, The Mother We Share, which serves as a great introduction to what Chvrches are all about (some maybe slightly NSFW language at the 2:14 mark, just a heads up):


And secondly, here's an interview that provides some nice background on the band and some clips from a BBC 1 session they did (which is pretty excellent and worth a watch). 

Each One Dub...

I've been enjoying my time with Augustus Pablo/King Tubby and their reggae-dub stylings thus far this week. Dub is a hard thing to explain so I thought I would share with you one of my current favorites, Each One Dub, from 'King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown' so you can get a little taste of the spacious, wonder I've been enjoying the past couple day. Great music to get lost in. 

In the Court of the Crimson King...

I thought today I would share a scene from one of my favorite movies, 'Children of Men' (a totally amazing and wonderful sci-fi/dsytopian movie that I can't recommend enough to people), which contains King Crimson's song In the Court of the Crimson King. This was the first instance that I ever heard a King Crimson song so I thought it would be neat to share it in that context:



Really, if you haven't seen this movie, you should check it out. And here is the full song without dialogue on top of it, if you care to listen:

Pt. 2: Resolution...

It's been an interesting week thus far with John Coltrane and I've got some thoughts formulating for Sunday. 'A Love Supreme' is an album with four tracks/movements and I thought I would share one of these today. Pt. 2: Resolution has been the section of the record I've been enjoying the most at this point so I thought I would offer it up as this week's video (though to be fair the video is not much of a video); enjoy your listening!

'Feel the Love' & 'Waiting All Night'...

Good times this week with Rudimental's 'Home'. I thought today I would share two singles from the album that I have really been enjoying; both with pretty excellent videos. First, Feel the Love:

And here is Waiting All Night:

Paranoid...

The week thus far with Black Sabbath has been pretty awesome, and I've already got five listens under my belt. A great kick in the pants after spending last week with Katy Perry. Please enjoy this video (I'm not sure what TV program it's from) of a 1970 appearance by the band and their hit Paranoid. Gotta respect that hair! And that bass! And the swirly background!

Firework...

You have to ask yourself: do you ever feel like plastic bag? Well, do ya?

Check the Rhime...

So I'm really enjoying 'The Low End Theory'. Quite a bit. I'm very excited to report back to you all on Sunday. In the meantime, please enjoy the first single released from the album, Check the Rhime, and its awesome, totally-early-90s video.

Wall of Voodoo - Tomorrow

Mid-week video time! Today I thought I would share (thanks to the suggestion of one dedicated reader) a live rendition of the opening track from this week's album, 'Call of the West'. Mexican Radio would have been the obvious song choice since it's the one we all know, and by all means you are encouraged to listen to it here. But for now let's enjoy a few minutes with Wall of Voodoo giving an excellent and energetic performance of Tomorrow . Enjoy, kind listeners!

Wakin On A Pretty Day...

Here's our mid-week video! It's the title-track (of sorts) from this week's album. Though the video is essentially 10 minutes of watching paint dry, the song itself is a thing of beauty. Slap on a good pair of headphones and enjoy!

Downtown Train...

I thought that on Wednesdays (halfway through my listening journey) I would start posting a song that I have been really enjoying from the weekly album. This song was made famous by Rod Stewart but I am really, really enjoying the original Tom Waits version. Great video as well. Sorry about the subtitles; this was the best quality version of the full video that I could find.

Excited to write about this one come Sunday.