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[mp3] The Rosebuds // Woods

Written on May 13, 2011 by in Music

the rosebuds loud planes fly low [mp3] The Rosebuds // Woods

With all the hype surrounding the new album from Bon Iver, his subsequent tour in support of the release will showcase another band worthy of some talk: Raleigh, NC’s The Rosebuds.  The duo has been around since 2003, with a rotating cast (including Justin Vernon at one point) that supports them on tour or in the studio.  The male half of the duo – Ivan Howard – was also part of the whole GAYNGS thing that happened last year.  It’s a pretty close-knit band of artists, with each helping the other and contributing when possible.

The Rosebuds’ new album Loud Planes Fly Low is slated to be released on June 7th, and they just released this track from it, the second to this point.  “Woods” is a rollicking type of affair, filled with toy piano and driving drums, and showcasing Howard’s scratched-up vocals.  If this is your first take on The Rosebuds, like it was for me, don’t expect a Bon Iver clone.  The Rosebuds put a little more back into their songs, and it’s dusty and worn down in all the right places.

You can head to the band’s website to grab another track from the album in exchange for your email address, and you can head over to their label – Merge Records – to pre-order Loud Planes Fly Low right now.

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The Rosebuds // Woods [mp3] from the forthcoming Loud Planes Fly Low

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[mp3] 1000 Minutes: Andy #60

Written on August 2, 2010 by in Music

[mp3] 1000 Minutes: Andy #60After a little more than a month away from doing one of these posts, it’s been interesting to think about what I might want to put in my next one.  If you hadn’t noticed, we tend to shy away from posting tracks from, say, The Beatles.  This isn’t because we don’t love The Beatles, but more that their music isn’t personally defining.  But maybe I’m just speaking for me.  Let’s get back into it.  It’s probably going to be another month before I do another one of these.

121. Badly Drawn Boy – Disillusion (mp3) from The Hour of Bewilderbeast [mp3] 1000 Minutes: Andy #60 (4:07) [Time Remaining: 448:39]

I haven’t been much of a fan of Damon Gough’s work after his Mercury Prize-winning The Hour of Bewilderbeast.  But my appreciation for his first album is so complete that I could include at least two more songs from it on my particular list.  That’s in addition to this one and “Once Around the Block,” which I talked about previously.  ”Disillusion” is just such a flat out great feeling song that it is impossible to ignore.  It ends with a rollicking minute and a half jam session that defines what I love so much about it.  It’s like he sings in the lyrics: “Why’d you have to make it so complicated? Can’t it just be beautiful?”  Sometimes, that’s all any of us need to hear.

122. Ben Folds Five – Selfless, Cold and Composed (mp3) from Whatever & Ever Amen [mp3] 1000 Minutes: Andy #60 (6:10) [Time Remaining: 442:29]

On the opposite end of the spectrum from Badly Drawn Boy is Ben Folds Five’s “Selfless, Cold and Composed.”  I play this song often when it gets into fall around here.  With the falling leaves and the autumn rains, it becomes much more apropos.  It’s a sweeping, sad song about the end of a relationship. (Ben Folds has been married four times, so he has plenty of experience on that subject from which to draw.)  And while my own relationships might not end with such gorgeous music, I can certainly identify with the sentiment of wanting the other person to display some kind of emotion over the end of a relationship.  Thankfully, it’s been a while since I’ve had to feel that way.

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