Thursday, December 24, 2009

On Music Worth Checking Out

Before I get to one of his recommendations, if you love music (or if you love good, humorous writing), you should read Paul Shirley's writing. Here's his archive.

Kurt Vile - Blackberry Song (I don't know what's up with the ending or if this is his video):


Here's Jeremy Feist's Top 10 underrated albums of the Aughts. I'm glad to already love some of them. The rest, I shall check out.

I've already introduced you to Vahsti Bunyan's Train Song. I don't know if I ever heard or linked to Ben Gibbard and Feist's cover of it. I was apprehensive about it, as I love the atmospheric original, but I really enjoyed it and all the harmonies and such.

Ben Gibbard and Feist - Train Song:


And here's another song Vashti Bunyan made with the same music, entitled 17 Pink Sugar Elephants:


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