Cursive will release their seventh album I Am Gemini on February 21st on longtime label Saddle Creek Records. The first single "The Sun and Moon" is available for download. Since the album's subject is the story of a set of twins, I thought it would be fun to talk about both this new song and an older one.
It is now time to unveil a playlist made from you our awesome readers' favorites from 2011. Thanks to everyone that sent us something!
In this edition of This Book is a Song, I am revisiting something I initially read several years ago: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Though I liked it the first time, it felt more relevant and enjoyable this time around. And I had some fun thinking about what music connects to it.
Unfortunately I won't be able to complete my Label Year feature within the year 2011, but I am at least getting one last post in today with a look at the self-titled debut album from The Darcys.
A few months ago, we featured the cool and bluesy song "Momma Devil" by Old Wives Tale in a Weekly Roundup (link here). We recently had a chance to ask singer and bassist Felipe Valencia (he founded the band with his brother Jaime, who also sings and plays guitar) some questions about their latest release Late Night Paraphernalia and more. Here's the interview.
Over the past month or so, we've gotten a lot of Christmas music submissions. It seemed like an appropriate time to share some of those with you. They range from straightforward covers of classics to interesting interpretations to originals – some of which address the stressful or unpleasant aspects of the holiday. Have a listen and more importantly, have a happy holidays! Whatever it is you celebrate, all the best to you from all of us at Those Who Dig!
I'm pretty excited about my Top Ten this year. There's some legends, some givens, some surprises, and a few that unfortunately I haven't seen on anyone else's lists. There's something for everyone and I hope you all dig some new music for yourselves, because all of these albums are brilliant.
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Last year, I didn't listen to enough albums to make anything more than a top five list. That was not the case this year. Here are my ten favorite albums of 2011. These are the ones that I spent the most time with because they sounded good and, more importantly, because they spoke to me.
Eric & Magill – Fields
Our pals Eric & Magill have magically released a new album despite being continents apart. Kick The Covers Vol.1 is the first in a series of cover albums they're completing of songs originally written by collaborators and friends like The Snake The Cross The Crown and Shearwater. It's a perfect thank you gift and hearing the Eric & Magill spacey, heartfelt spin on each song is awesome. Head over to their Bandcamp page to download the EP for free!
The lads also just released a great video for the song "You Make It So Good" from their lovely first album, All Those I Know.
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I've seen a lot of people complaining about this being a sub-par year for releases. I call bullshit on that. I can't remember there ever being a year where there weren't at least 20 albums I loved. This year was certainly no exception.
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