wanderlust

Last Sunday I went to see Dark was the Night, a benefit for the Red Hot Organization at Radio City. The lineup included Bon Iver, David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, The National, Feist, Dave Sitek and Sharon Jones. No surprise, Bon Iver stole my heart. I actually didn’t recognize him until he was announced for his [...]

Around New Years I always compile a disc of the songs I loved throughout the year. Here is this years list: (Please note these songs were not necessarily recorded or released in 2008, but a lot of them were.) 
Ray Lamontagne, You Are the Best Thing
Blitzen Trapper, Furr
Bon Iver, Skinny Love
Coldplay, Viva la Vida
Keaton Simons, Without [...]

I was recently introduced to Blitzen Trapper, a band from my home-state of Oregon. Their newest album, Furr, has been getting a lot of press, most notably by Rolling Stone who ranked it #13 on the list of best albums of 2008.

Rolling Stone calls the music “positively boisterous, jumping from glam-y folk rock to latter-day [...]

I am completely obsessed with Bon Iver’s new debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. I happen to be a big fan of slow, mellow music, and this album may be a little too “wrist-slitting” for most people. But, I just can’t stop listening to it.
Here’s a little background on the album from the Bon Iver [...]