The sophomore album from Minneapolis band Ice Palace, Wonder Subtly Crushing Us, will be available April 21 through Earthology Records. Ice Palace is the first band to join Cloud Cult on eco-friendly Earthology Records roster.
Hill Country Revue, the band formed by Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, will take the stage at Highline Ballroom this Thursday, April 9. The band features NMA band mate Chris Chew as well as Kirk Smithhart, Ed "Hot" Cleveland and Dixie Dan Coburn. Check them out if you get the chance.
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I went 'round to see Adam Taylor and Kate Young again. It was exactly a week to the day that I saw them last. This time they were playing Lower East Side venue The Living Room. It's a comfortable place that's name is fitting especially in light of Taylor and Young's shows making you feel warm and welcomed.
Of course, I expected nothing less. They started the show with "Jazzonia" which thanks to NYC mass transit I only got to witness the last bits of. As a treat, we were presented with an untitled new song that didn't stay untitled for long. A fellow audience member decided it should be named, "Treat." They did "Oliver," a song that I've come to love thanks to multiple plays of a YouTube video (I believe they did it when I saw them last December too if memory serves me correctly). It's a rather catchy number. It was nice hearing that one. Another delight is "Ali," a song in which Taylor incorporates his audiences into. They closed the set with "Cat's Cradle," a poignant song that I heard them perform the first time saw them.
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e of a cross between Sheryl Crow and Rickie Lee Jones with a touch of Aimee Mann. I've had a listen to some of her songs but I'm a bit up in the air about her though. She has a pleasant enough voice that I think might appeal to me in a live setting more than on record. Her sound is on the pop side of folk rock with a tinge of country flavor tossed in. I think if you're into that sound and into singer-songwriters, she's worth having a listen to.
UK songwriter Ed Harcourt will release his new six-song EP, Russian Roulette on May 5 via online retailers. This is Harcourt's first new material in almost three years and is said to be a very personal bit of work. A full-length record is due sometime next year.Describing the song, Harcourt says, "It's the first song I've written about her. She was a little ill and we waited for her in the hospital for the chrysalis so we could take her home."
So, a number of years ago, I became a fan of a lady by the name of Sass Jordan. I think at one point my CD player was on the verge of staging a protest I played her music so much. Anyway, the lovely and talented Sass did a webcast about a week ago and it's up on her YouTube channel now. Here are a couple of clips from that performance.
Singer/songwriter Jeannine Hebb is doing a show at Sidewalk Café, tomorrow, April 2.
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