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The Blogger Lowdown w/ Largehearted Boy

November 10, 2010

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. Today we get the Lowdown on our absolute favorite resource for free music, literary writings, and pop culture news: David of L argehearted Boy .

New Releases

Kid Cudi Day

November 9, 2010

| Kyle

It's Kid Cudi Day and since I can't pick up the album until after work, this awesome performance on Jimmy Fallon will have to tide me over. "Maniac" is the best song I've heard from the new album and this performance is boss. St. Vincent's vocals are creepy, Cudi is all tripped out, and some dude throws down the beats on his iPhone. Dig it.

Man on the Moon, Vol. II: The Legend of Mr. Rager drops today on GOOD Music.

Tours!

Erie Show – The Defibulators

November 8, 2010

| Kyle

I think I'm a music alcoholic. Admission is the first step. I am uncontrollably driven to a) bands that sing about drinking, and b) bands whose music is ideal to drink to. The Defibulators are stopping into The Crooked I this Friday the 12th to fulfill both of those roles for me. There will probably be drinking involved.

The Defibulators – Ol' Winchester

The Defibulators – Get What's Coming

Gigs We Dig

Digging Erie Gigs

November 7, 2010

| Kyle

Hey, Erie-based members of Dig Nation. Just a quick post to introduce you to a Those Who Dig related project. The good people at ErieBlogs have asked me to write a feature profiling local and nationally touring bands playing in Erie. I'm calling it Digging Erie Gigs, and the first post is about The Defibulators (teaser for tomorrow's post) so go check it out!

Guests of the Dig

Nation's Greatest Public Radio Station

November 7, 2010

| Kyle

I spent two years in Asheville, North Carolina and during that timespan I have many fond memories of people, places, and things. The soundtrack to my time spent in Asheville comes from both the amazing live music scene, and the most amazing public radio station that I have encountered in my life to date, WNCW 88.7

You can listen live to their radio stream through iTunes by clicking here.

What initially attracted me to this radio station was the mountain music. Growing up in Erie, Pennsylvania my only outlet to traditional styled mountain music was the occasional recommendation. WNCW's "Goin' Across the Mountain" program (10:30am to 7pm EST every Saturday) introduced me to more fabulous mountain music than I could keep track of. Every time I would hear the radio in the car I would be frantically writing down artist names and song lyrics (I found out months later that they have a very user friendly section of their site to help you find a song's information. There is also a Sunday block called "This Old Porch" (2:30pm to 6:30pm EST every Sunday) which features some good ol' fashioned pickin'.

But Goin' Across the Mountain and This Old Porch are only the beginning.

Videos

The Streets Return!

November 5, 2010

| Kyle

A few videos from The Streets have popped up the last couple days. I have a soft spot in my heart for Mike Skinner because of all the memories I have associated with his tunes, so these developments are more than welcome.

Videos

Ronnie Moipolai

November 4, 2010

| Kyle

Ronnie Moipolai is a street musician from Botswana.

This genuine expression of music making accompanied with beautiful (albeit massively unorthodox technique) makes for an irresistible video that has made my day.

Videos

Nyle – Let The Beat Build (Single Take Video)

November 4, 2010

| Kyle

In honor of #FreeWeezy Day, here's a remaking of his track "Let The Beat Build" by NYU-grad Nyle. I'm going to go ahead and say that this live band (drums, bass, violin, BANJO) version is superior in every way to Lil' Wayne's. The video is shot in a single take(!) and the heart and energy is free-flowing and appreciated.

Scenes and Songs

Pirate Radio

November 3, 2010

| Kyle

Today we are presenting Scenes & Songs, a new feature at Those Who Dig that looks at the intersection of music and film. We have already begun sharing our love of great music videos with you. This feature takes that further and is intended to examine movies that involve significant musical subject content and/or distinct soundtracks, or maybe even just an excellent song for a specific scene.

Check out the first installment on the film Pirate Radio.

Episodes in Virtuosity: Leo Brouwer

November 2, 2010

| Kyle

In this installment of Episodes in Virtuosity I look at Leo Brouwer's performance of his own piece entitled "La Espiral Eterna"

It is from his Duetsche Grammophon released album Rara, and it changed my life.

Leo Brouwer – La Espiral Eterna