Monday, January 25, 2010

Versus on ABC News?


With all the hoopla surrounding the various reunions over the last several months - Sunny Day Real Estate, The Murder City Devils, Jawbox (if for just one show) - Versus completely slipped past my radar. I had heard that they were playing the occasional show but now comes word that not only are they playing shows, but recording a new album.

OK, so here's where the hilarity ensues. Check out this clip of ABC news correspondent and Versus super fan, Dan Harris, spending some time in the studio with the band. A little awkward? Maybe, but good stuff nonetheless.

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Deseret (mp3)

Friday, January 01, 2010

Top Albums of the Decade

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Happy New Year. One last list for the last decade. Enjoy.

1. Pretty Girls Make Graves - Good Health - April 9, 2002
"Speakers Push The Air" (mp3)

2. The Wrens - The Meadowlands - September 9, 2003
"Everyone Chose Sides" (mp3)

3. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema - August 23, 2005


4. Arcade Fire - Funeral - September 14, 2004
"Rebellion (Lies)" (mp3)

5. PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - October 23, 2000


6. Ted Leo/Pharmacists - The Tyranny of Distance - June 19, 2001
"Squeaky Fingers" (mp3)
"Under The Hedge" (mp3)

7. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago - February 19, 2008
"Skinny Love" (mp3)

8. Cursive - Cursive’s Domestica – June 20, 2000
"The Martyr" (mp3)
"The Radiator Hums" (mp3)

9. The Hold Steady -Boys And Girls In America - October 3, 2006
"Chips Ahoy" (mp3)

10. Spoon - Gimme Fiction - May 10, 2005
"I Turn My Camera On" (mp3)