Music!

So apparently the 9:30 club website doesn't actually post all the upcoming shows...for some reason. This is actually where all their upcoming shows are posted
Been listening to some new stuff lately
Speech Therapy By Speech Debelle
Mariachi El Bronx By Mariachi El Bronx
Miike Snow By Miike Snow
Telekinesis! By Telekinesis
Ambling Alp & All Hour Cymbals By Yeasayer
The Satanic Satanist By Portugal. The Man

Exploring

Listened to NPR's best of 2009 podcast today and realized how much music i have been missing. NPR All Songs Considered is such a great new music resource. Sure I've listened to most of the listener pick's but the contributors to the show played and spoke about some of their lesser known favorites; of those my fav's are: Telekinesis, Bill Callahan, Mount Erie, Dry Spells, Noah and the Whale, Laura Gibson, Speech Debelle and Marianne Faithfull.

Watching...

Some upcoming shows of my attendance.
RJD2 at the 9:30 club ~ this Sat (my first time at the 9:30 club)
Furthur at Hampton Coliseum ~ Fri, Feb 12
Trey Anastasio Band at the Jefferson Theater (c'ville) ~ Mon, Feb 8
Hot Chip at the 9:30 club ~ Sat Apr 24

Listening...

The new animal collect ep Track 2 is my fav featuring the Unbroken chain sample.

Found this on a jambase list. Mountian Meadows by Elliott Brood. This front loaded album has some pretty catchy folky songs intermixed between some mediocre blandness.

Poetry of the Deed by Frank Turner. Gave it a listen cuz i thought the cover looked cool. I nearly quit listening after a few seconds but I ended up enjoying the whole album. It definitely skirts on brand of sucki new rock i abhor but it manages to stay on the avette bros/REM side of things.