The Blogger Lowdown is a feature where we ask the good people who run our favorite, essential blogs to give some insight on themselves and their sites. There are some great resources for discovering all kinds of music on the interwebs and our hope is to introduce you to a few of these outlets and the people behind them. Up today is music lover, vinyl enthusiast, and resident music blog technician, Matt Dyson of dysonsound.
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I've always had a soft spot for "art punk" bands, as vague and misleading as that label may be. If nothing else, it means that the music is intelligent and interesting. In the case of Young Circles, it's both and more. A lot more.
Young Circles – Sharp Teeth
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It's probably becoming painfully obvious that I'm slightly obsessed with Aloe Blacc. This video of him taking it back to his hip hop roots with Stones Throw label-mate MED just dropped and it's a great track. Side 2 of the single is MED with Talib Kweli, so pick up the damn 12"!
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Old School Freight Train is a bluegrass outfit that I recently stumbled upon and have become really infatuated with.
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Somehow in all my years of living an hour and a half from Cleveland, I never made it to the Grog Shop. Sunday night for Aloe Blacc was my first show there and I knew as soon as I walked into the venue that the show would be awesome. I sure as hell wasn't disappointed.
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Those Who Dig was lucky enough to take in a show last Friday, November 12th, from The Punch Brothers at the Strathmore in Silver Spring MD.
This fabulous five is a rare collection of musicians for whom technique is a non-issue and musicality is paramount. They are innovative, immensely talented, gracious, and capable of anything.
Read on, devour their records, and then go see for yourself.
The Punch Brothers: You Are
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Every once in a while I come across a piece of great writing on the internet. These writings seem to have a way of seeping into my subconscious and replicating below the surface. Days after my initial read I am still thinking about it, going over the subtleties, doing my best to add my own subtext, and generally trying to relate the work to my life in an effort to better myself from it. This writing falls into that category. Not music based per se, but I challenge anyone to read it and not be able to relate it to music in some way. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you, The Hipster in the Mirror.
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Here's an interesting duo of DJs I'd like to share with you on this fine Friday morning. The act is called the Hood Internet. For those that are not already familiar with them, they have been making a variety of mashups and remixes for the past few years. And they're quite talented at it.
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I stumbled across this MySpace/SPIN presented Bad Religion tribute album a few weeks back, and although it has some questionable artist inclusions (Switchfoot?!), it also has pretty awesome covers from Those Who Dig favorites William Elliott Whitmore and Ted Leo. Hit the jump for more thoughts.
Ted Leo – Against the Grain
William Elliott Whitmore – Don't Pray On Me
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Recently, I purchased Surfa Rosa by The Pixies on vinyl.
Although I've listened to this album an infinite number of times before, hearing it this time taught me something about myself as a classical musician.
Today, I present my epiphany as an induction into The Shrine for one of my favorite bands: The Pixies.
The Pixies – Vamos
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