http://themusicfile.com en The Music File helps you find great music easily. Find the best undiscovered, newly discovered, and rediscovered music and bands. Music downloads and Internet radio. http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14443 We Uncover The Covers What a great year it's been for cover songs. In fact, it's been a year where several new artists broke out because of, as opposed to in spite of, some great covers. We saw Sweden's young sisters Johanna and Klara SPsioumlOmicronde ... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:38:39 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14443 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14442 Every year we like to shine a special light on the women in music who rocked our world over the past 12 months. Why? Because the music blogosphere is still predominantly male dominated and we are largely a blog run by woman. So yes, we are a bit partial t ... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:14:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14442 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=The_MusicFile_Presents&display=14438 THE ROAD TO SXSW IS NOW PAVED WITH SPANISH MOSS "Mother used to always say to us: Savannah is a trap. It will try to imprison you. Even if you manage to get away it will find a way to drag you back." %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2 ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:48:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=The_MusicFile_Presents&display=14438 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=14294 Hand Made, Limited Edition, One Of A Kind. In a perfect world, we'd get all our music this wayOmicron hand scribbled track listings on a piece of paper folded over a freshly burned CD delivered right out of the back of the band's van. No way you wouldn't ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:18:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=14294 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14394 I Have Seen The Future! It's ten years from now and I am sitting in a bar having a cold beer before seeing Futurebirds for the umpteenth time. We are having a rousing debate about which of their five albums is their finest and the talk eventually centers ... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:17:58 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14394 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1907 "All my favorite singers couldn't sing" There is no one who can't relate to this line. Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Tom Waits. Berman makes his pointOmicron a beautiful voice isn't the defining element in great musical storytelling. Being real is. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:46:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1907 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1901 Our full playlist representing some of the best lines in Rock %FC Roll. Listen as you read or get the full mix on iTunes: ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:45:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1901 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1876 It all started in the last issue when I proclaimed %2014"The ashtray says/you were up all night" %2014 one of the best lines in Rock %FC Roll. It's from Wilco's "Shot In the Arm" and I laid down said proclamation because of that line's ability to paint an ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:41:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1876 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1916 "At the back of the bar there's a couch where the lonely people go and lie They talk to the honky tonk psychiatrist into the wee hours of the night" We started off this article talking about lyrics that are able to paint an entire picture with just a fe ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:41:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1916 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1915 "What's with all the handsome grandsons In these rock band magazines? And what have they done with the fat ones? The bald and the goatee'd?" I could go on and on about the hysterical squirrel references in this song ( more non sequiturs or a metaphor f ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:40:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1915 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1922 "The drums march along at the clip of an I.V. drip like sparks from a muffler dragged down the strip." Lyrically, this entire song is a string of non sequiturs that mess with your mind. I have no idea what Berman's intent was here but this song may have ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:40:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1922 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1914 "Marry me, leave Kentucky and come to Tennessee. Cause you're the only ten I see" This line is so damn corny that you can't believe it comes out of Berman's mouth and yet...damn if it doesn't work. Stuck in your head like a bad caricature of every poo ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:39:54 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1914 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1913 "When the sun sets on the ghetto all the broken stuff gets cold" Perhaps my favorite Joos songOmicron one that is eery and yet intoxicating. A modern day buddy story that results in a drive to witness a midnight execution. The two most common American ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:39:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1913 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1912 "Where does and animal sleep when the ground is wet? Cows in the ballroom, chicken in the Farmer's corvette Sometimes a pony, sometimes a pony gets depressed" This is such a great song but frankly, the title is its' best line. With the Pony as a metap ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:39:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1912 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1911 "You've got Tennessee tendencies and chemical dependencies" I posted this as one of our "Song of the Day" entries the minute I heard it. A song about a sad washed up jukebox trapped in small town Tennessee. Pure genius. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:36:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1911 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1910 "On the last day of your life, don't forget to die" Wow. From the 1994 debut album. You could contemplate this line with a bottle of scotch for hours on end but remember "your third drink will lead you astray". ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:36:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1910 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1909 "When I go downtown I always wear a corduroy suit Cause it's made of a hundred gutters That the rain can run right through" I have not been able to think about corduroy the same way since I first heard this song. Never will be. This is the line that ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:35:50 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1909 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1908 "Send us your coordinates, we'll send a Saint Bernard" Some David Berman Lines live outside of the song, all on their own. This is one that is very much "of the song" and yet, once you hear it's context-complete with squawking Seagulls and boat horns- it ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:35:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1908 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1905 "I've been working at the airport bar It's like Christmas in a submarine Wings and brandy on a winter's night I guess you wouldn't call it a scene" The visual image of this line is almost more than I can bear and provides the context for a life where ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:34:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1905 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1877 "How'd you turn a billion steers into buildings made of mirrors?" If you've ever been to Dallas, let alone lived there, you get this. It's an entire history of the city in 11 words. ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:34:08 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1877 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1878 "In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection" The best opening line to an album ever. This was the first Silver Jews song I ever heard. They had me at hello. I have a secret longing to scroll this line across a stall in the men's room of all ... Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:33:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=The_Best_Lines_In_Rock_-amp-_Roll_Are_All_By_Silver_Jews&display=1878 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=14402 Four Fingers Deep In A Mason Jar. Our weekend playlist is here. The title comes from a line in a great new song from Apex Manor called "Southern Decline" and yes, this mix has a nod to the south, though not exclusively. There are bands from the south that ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:04:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=14402 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=14409 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do... While everyone else in these United States is knee deep in lines at the mall, this Post-Thanksgiving weekend finds me reflecting rather than shopping. Let's call it my own version of Black Friday. A time to weed through the ca ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:04:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=14409 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=14122 Rain, mud, sun, food, friends and fantastic music! Just back from a fantastic 5 days in New Orleans at the 2010 Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, La-my old college town. They say a picture paints a thousand words so here's thousands of words, se ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:53:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=14122 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=storytellers&family=&category=&display=1714 ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:39:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=storytellers&family=&category=&display=1714 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13980 Everything Old Is New Again! Here are are top ten covers of classic songs that were reborn in unexpectedly delightful ways in 2009: (1). Beck covers Velvet Underground %FC Nico's "Sunday Morning"- from one of the coolest music projects ever.. Check out B ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:32:43 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13980 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13967 Every year, we like to shine a light on the women in music who have really grabbed us over the past 12 months. No, not the ones that are dominating the entertainment press. Taylor, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Alicia don't need any ink from us. But there are w ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:30:21 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13967 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13978 Our Top 10 Songs of The Year. Hint: there are some surprises! Tracks 11-30 Here Tracks 31-50 Here Full 50 Song Playlist at the end! ...This list reflects the musical hand wringing of Chelsea Girl, DJ Losaida, CoreyDu, KC Tinnitus, BBublick and JenCad wi ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:29:46 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13978 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13975 And so it goes on...our next batch of greats songs from 2009. You can see the others Here. 30. "To The Sea" by Katzenjammer from Le Pop**. Oslo, Norway. Punky sea shanty's with a gypsy vibe? Fantastic. This is the kind of song you want to sing at the to ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:29:17 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13975 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13970 Our top 50 songs of the year! Every time we do this, it truly does restore our faith in music, not only because of the sheer scope and range of great music being created today but in the increasingly global nature of its' origins. Hot pockets of musical ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:28:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13970 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13982 When we say 'album', we tend to hold that word to a pretty tough standard. More than just a collection of songs, the records chosen here spoke to us in a coherent fashion. They hang together as works of art, like a collection of short stories that are wil ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:27:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13982 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14021 A Cover Band With Chops! It was just last Saturday night that a few of us were talking about great covers, listening to some reinterpretations of Hendrix and VU songs and going through the list we had chosen of our top covers of 2009. %2014 Seems fitting ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:26:51 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14021 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=home&family=&category=&display=13738 ... Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:48:37 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=home&family=&category=&display=13738 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=14358 Five For Five! (Or Why Albums Still Matter). One band. Five albums. Five nights. Terminal 5. It's got such a nice ring to it, doesn't it? But it's not until you actually see one of these nights that it hits you just how much of a feat it is for a band t ... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:57:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=14358 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=The_MusicFile_Presents&display=14029 What If Somebody Threw A Five Day Party For Bands? What: A tiny bar, a back patio, a food trailer and and a large empty lot. Transformed. When: Tuesday, March 16th- Saturday, March 20th. 11am-2am Every Day. Yep, that's SXSW week! (3/16 kickoff is at 5pm ... Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:42:28 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=The_MusicFile_Presents&display=14029 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14355 Catch Them While You Can! Our top ten picks for new bands to check out at this years CMJ Music Marathon. Click thru to CMJ showcase date and times but do check the band's MySpace or Web page as many are playing additional parties. 1.Dominant Legs. San Fr ... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 19:43:11 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=14355 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=14341 If You Give Up New York, I'll Give You Tennessee. %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 %2014 ... Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:54:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=14341 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=14198 The Band, The Show and The Album Of The Summer? You Bet! ~~By Summer Teal Simpson Eight months is a long time to wait for a good thing. Which is why May 26 was especially sweet, when a carload of restless women and red wine took to the highway, headed fo ... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:03:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=14198 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=14157 Redefining 'Same As It Ever Was' In 1981 Talking Heads released the song "Once In A Lifetime" with it's culturally defining lyrics: You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful w ... Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:45:18 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=14157 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=14091 Album Of The Month: April 2010. We first heard Frightened Rabbit by mistake at SXSW 2008, intending to see White Rabbits. One of the top musical happy accidents of all time. I was so smitten with the song "Old, Old Fashioned", I could barely speak. Fas ... Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:26:27 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=14091 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=2004 Philadelphia-based Dr. Dog has been around for a few years and three albums. %2014I need to thank the music gods for sending me a band that is without a doubt my album of the year to date. %2014No ifs, ands or buts. %2014Actually, the music gods took the ... Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:40:06 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=2004 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=13745 I think its safe to say that it is pretty difficult to get from one place to another in Los Angeles. %2014The quality of life is damn good in most parts and people are pretty easy-going, but from initial urban sprawl and unmerciful traffic, any destinatio ... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:56:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=13745 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13748 Wilco Will Love You Baby! Wilco's 7th studio album instantly feels like a sort of greatest hits, except that its' 11 songs are brand spanking new. Each track feels like it existed in a past life on one of the band's previous albums- and for a band t ... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:15:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13748 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=28 A few years back, the Omaha-based indie label Saddle Creek records began to garner credibility. %2014Led by the Conor Oberst vehicle Bright Eyes, Saddle Creek was receiving buzz that they were the new Matador. %2014I was intrigued, but I have to admit, ot ... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:13:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=28 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=storytellers&family=&category=&display=927 The Story: He is Elliott Smith's voice, but without the baggage. He is Bob Dylan's wordsmith, but without the politics. He is Neil Young's sense of place, but without animosity. %2014He is Sam Beam and he has quietly %2014literally and figuratively %2014b ... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:37:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=storytellers&family=&category=&display=927 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=1697 There is no doubt that there is something up in Sweden. An embarrassment of musical riches has been pouring out of their shores over the past few years (see Editors' Picks for our faves) and no band has as much talent and promise as Stockholm's Shout Out ... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:35:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=1697 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newsletters&family=&category=&display=13984 Happy New Year from your friends at The MusicFile! We've gathered all of our proverbial 'best of' lists for 2009 in one place for you to sift through while you use up all those Amazon Gift Cards and iTunes credits. You may notice a decidedly low tech or ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:33:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newsletters&family=&category=&display=13984 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1161 Wilco has never been bashful about a liberal sprinkling of decidedly non-radio friendly songs on every one of their albums and at every one of their shows. In fact, they've been known to put the most interesting yet challenging song as the first track. We ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:22:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1161 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=13742 In celebration of Wilco's seventh studio album, simply entitled Wilco (The Album), we have undertaken the daunting task of trying to put together the definitive Wilco playlist. As one of our favorite bands here at The MusicFile, we're a bit obsessed with ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:20:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=13742 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=13751 I'm down on my hands and knees Every time the doorbell rings I shake like a toothache When I hear myself sing All my lies are only wishes I know I would die if I could come back new This song tells you what a very, deep dark and scary place Jeff Tweed ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:18:25 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=13751 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=13744 In the days leading up to Memorial Day weekend in 2002, I bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot simply because of all of the positive buzz. %2014I had known about Wilco because of Uncle Tupelo, but never really got into them. %2014Younger in my musical journey, YHF ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:18:01 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=13744 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=1038 On a cold January night in 2003, I ventured to a warehouse space just under the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn to see a very sold out, two-night only, Loose Fur show. My friend, %2014a huge Wilco fan, %2014invited me to see frontman Jeff Tweedy's latest pro ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:17:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=1038 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=1041 "Working with Jim and Glenn really opened my eyes to something I had intuited for a long time but had not honored. And that is musicians inspire and help each other. The best thing you can do is open yourself to their inspiration and creativity and learn. ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:17:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=1041 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=1057 It is hard to argue that the sphere of influence emanating from Wilco is anything but far reaching. Pre-cursors, side projects, spin offs and friends all contribute to their larger musical Universe. Think of it as the Wilco extended familyOmicron filled ... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:16:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=1057 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13946 Revival Of The Fittest! I walked into the Marc Jacobs store in Savannah last week and there it was playing amidst the $100 T-Shirts, the song I had just posted as Song of The Day, less than an hour before. This always spooks me out. The song was "Home" ... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:42:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13946 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13887 Album of The Month: October 2009. The evolution of afro-pop in the "western" world has been a slow one. It's been 13 years since Paul Simon's Graceland first burst on the scene and made the sounds of Africa accessible to even the very whitest of us (I can ... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:41:55 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13887 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13786 Old Dudes Reviewing New Music! As part of our month long "All Wilco" Issue, we unearth some of the most unlikely rock critics we have ever seen with their review of "Wilco (The Song)" (as well as "Stillness Is the Move" by Dirty Projectors). Rising ge ... Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:41:02 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13786 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=13845 New York, New Friends, New Band: Truth %FC Salvage Co. You know how it starts- your friend has a friend who's in this band and they're really cool and you gotta meet them and he can hook you up. Yada, yada, yada. Ok. Whatever... It was over cocktails on ... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:41:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=13845 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=430 Opened in 1980, The 9:30 Club has consistently provided Washington with some of the finest live music in the metro DC area. %2014The club is located in DC's increasingly trendy U Street Corridor areaOmicron it used to be in the northwest part of town and ... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:52:48 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=430 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=533 During the fall of 2003, I was in my second year of law school and I was making a daily hour and a half commute from Orlando to Gainesville. %2014The drive was grueling, but I utilized my extensive driving time to explore bands, old and new, that I hadn't ... Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:53:42 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=533 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=2005 Blitzen Trapper actually became 'new to me' twice. The band's name always conjured up a picture of Blitzen, the famous reindeer and Trapper, as in an animal trapper. As humorous as that picture is, it left me with a distinct image in my head of what their ... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:45:44 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=2005 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13838 Arctic Monkeys Imogen Heap Matisyahu Mew A few picks from four great albums that released this week: Profile: The MusicFile ... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:51:49 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13838 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=13871 For anyone who cares about where the music industry is heading, The MusicFile is happy to be attending The Future Of Music Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. where musicians, government, record labels, and technology are all getting together to discuss the ... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:16:15 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-&display=13871 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13702 Album Of They Year? The third full length album from Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear was released on Tuesday, May 26th and it's yet another quantum leap forward for the band. Grizzly Bear's rise from uber-underground well-kept secret to the frontrunners of indi ... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:28:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13702 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=2126 Let's face it, when it comes to music, it's still largely a "man's, man's, man's world" as James Brown said. This is true across labels, managers, venue owners, rock bands and critics. By and large, it's the 80/20 rule. Yes, females tend to lead in the wo ... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:37:04 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=2126 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=&display=13837 The MusicFile is on our dog days of summer recess while we work on some site upgrades, new ideas and generally clear our heads. See you in September and enjoy scanning our all Wilco issue and catching up on archives! Here's a nice piece on Wilco from t ... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:34:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=&display=13837 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=13821 Here's a band that was a big surprise hit for us at Lollapalooza 2009. Caught them Saturday afternoon on the Budweiser Stage and they did not disappoint. Here's some pics we shot and some music to go with it... Delta Spirit Learn More... ... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:28:00 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=13821 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=456 Let's start with the true confessions: I can't surf, unless you count riding a boogie board at Va. Beach when I was 7. %2014I tried windsurfing a zillion times and failed miserably. %2014And yet %2014I am inexplicably drawn to the surf culture. %2014I'm i ... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:14:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=456 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=13750 From the new Wilco (The Album), this track contains some of the band's most poignant cultural observations. Wake up will you It's so much worse than we feared There's nothing left here The country has disappeared It's a lament against what has happened ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:26:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=13750 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1048 Though Sky Blue Sky might be my least favorite of the band's efforts, this track, along with the much better known "Impossible Germany" , are two standouts. It was the slow grow for meOmicron a song that I kept coming back to. When Nels Cline kicks in wi ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:15:22 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1048 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1050 One of the best songs Wilco has ever written, yet seemingly mainly by hard core fans. I still get chills every time it starts, even after 10 years. %2014Ken Coomers metronome-style drumming is the backbone and Tweedy's vague and twisting lyrics are enough ... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:13:30 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1050 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=664 When I first heard Eric Bachmann's voice, it was safe to say I found it haunting and pleasantly affecting, maybe more the former than the latter. %2014It hit me where a vocalist would hope it would hit someone. %2014 The first song I remember hearing by ... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:36:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newtoyou&family=&category=&display=664 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newsletters&family=&category=&display=13752 Wilco released their 7th studio album yesterday and in celebration, we've reprised our love of all things Wilco. The record is simply titled Wilco (The Album) and kicks off with the incredibly fun-loving %2014track "Wilco (The Song)" ...with it's instantl ... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:29:40 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=newsletters&family=&category=&display=13752 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=bands&family=&category=Los_Angeles,_CA&display=13746 Wilco at The Wiltern proved to be everything I wanted it to be: a near-flawless performance of great songs, some new to me and others classic favorites that were re-worked ever so slightly to make them sound incredibly tight, fluid and fresh. %2014That is ... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:42:53 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=bands&family=&category=Los_Angeles,_CA&display=13746 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=13610 Twenty years later, the Red Hot Organization is still sadly fighting the AIDS battle but it's been 7 long years since they put out a CD compilation. Musically speaking, it's been worth the wait. Dark Was The Night is one of the best albums of 2009 and a ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:23:47 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=13610 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=1781 There has been a lot of great music to come out of 2008 so far that reinforces the increasingly global, eclectic and fast spreading nature of today's music scene but these 5 bands top our list as the best up and comers to watch: Madcon- Oslo, Norway Adel ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:22:10 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=The_New_Music_Bin&display=1781 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=2189 We listen to a lot of "new" music and our tastes obviously influence our choices but there is also that little bit of something you can't quite put your finger on that says "these guys have something". There's a slew of them bubbling up in 2009. We think ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:21:32 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Band_to_Watch&display=2189 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-.&display=2400 Has it been ten years? It's hard to imagine life before the iPod....or B.i.P. Consuming music was confined to where ever your stereo wasOmicron primarily your home or your car. Yes, there were boonboxes and Walkmen and those worthless portable CD players ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:18:09 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Spotlight_On-elipsis-.&display=2400 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=2121 2008 again posed the pleasant dilemma of forcing me to whittle down a slew of releases to a concise list of my ten favorites. %2014Suffice it to say, it was a daunting task, and I'm sure I'll continue to second-guess myself as I begin listening to my holi ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:17:26 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=2121 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=2120 I'm thankful that my favorite music this year seemed to quickly find me, and then like a comfortable chair, a worn pair of sweatpants, or the perfectly broken-in baseball glove, I knew when it just fit and felt right. %2014Other than a couple of selection ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:16:20 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=2120 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=2127 This year has been all about the live show for me and, I'm ashamed to admit, sticking to my faves from late 2007. Q4 of 2007 produced so many phenomenal full albums that the well may have been a little dry in 08. Tons of great songs, a little light on gre ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:15:57 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-squo-_Picks&display=2127 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13637 Out With The New, In With The Old I am heading to New Orleans for the 40th Anniversary of The New Orleans Jazz %FC Heritage Festival on ThursdayOmicron known the world over simply as "JazzFest". A trend that seems to be rearing it's pretty head this ye ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:15:34 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=13637 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=1836 Fingerlakes Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival Outside Lands Music Festival Monolith Music Festival Telluride Blues and Brews Festival Most people have heard of the big ones: Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lol ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:15:16 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=1836 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=2366 Our Rotating Hot Five For SXSW 2009 Only 2 weeks away....Austin awaits. 1.The Decemberists Scheduled to play their new album Hazards of Love in it's entirety. All 17 songs. It's a "Rock Opera". Stubb's. Midnight on Wednesday, 3/18. Heartless Bastards to ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:14:56 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Editors-apos-_Picks&display=2366 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Best_Of-elipsis-&display=13592 Here's How We're Callin' 'Em After Our Week In Austin. 1.Best Night Of Music: Heartless Bastards/The Avett Brothers/The Decemberists at Stubb's 2.Best Surprise: Thao And The Get Down Stay Down 3.Worst Surprise: Kanye West's in town? 4.Best Overall New ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:14:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Best_Of-elipsis-&display=13592 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Best_Of-elipsis-&display=2112 This was really the year of the song. So many, many great songs that it had us wondering "is the album dead"? Why should a band invest so much time and effort into creating a seemingly cohesive entity when it seems far more lucrative to just churn out in ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:14:00 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=editorspicks&family=&category=Best_Of-elipsis-&display=2112 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=13740 The penultimate Wilco Track 9 clocking in at almost 11 minutesOmicron a song that actually pissed me off the first time I heard itOmicron had they gone TOO experimental? I grew to adore it. It's repetitiveness gives way to catchy guitars at the 4:00 minu ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:25:19 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=13740 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1056 So many havefocused on the twelve-minute portion of this song that follows the gorgeous, piano-driven three-minute opening. %2014The bulk of the track is an eerie sound collage/installation in the vein of Phill Niblock, and careful, patient listens will u ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:24:31 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1056 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1049 An amazing song because of it's ability for us to identify with what Tweedy is saying. %2014We've all been lonely and we've all had to mask it in some way. This song perfectly captures the difficulty to do soOmicron it's musically light but lyrically deep ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:24:07 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1049 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1053 Usually "Misunderstood" gets more of the attention than this song. %2014Both songs are the anchors that lead off each CD on their second effort, the double album Being There. %2014"Sunken Treasure" is a little more revealing in showing Tweedy's frustratio ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:23:38 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1053 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1052 From Yankee Hotel Foxtrot %2014if there is one song that gets lost in perhaps Wilco's best and most complex album, it is this one. %2014Truly a deep cut, it is a softer and haunting song anchored by the heavier piano keys and guitar strings. %2014In Tweed ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:23:13 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1052 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1047 One of the prettiest songs Wilco has ever produced. %2014Clocking in at over six minutes, complete with what sounds like a muffled organ, a soothing dobro or lap guitar, this is a song that takes me to a Mexican hacienda and puts a relaxed smile on my fac ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:22:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1047 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1045 An overlooked and more subtle song, I like Tweedy's imagery that the Devil and Hell is not fiery and red with a forked tail. %2014Instead, the idea that evil incarnate is a sleek, smooth and shiny metal- things are never what they seem. %2014I love this s ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:21:59 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1045 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1046 From the first album when Wilco was still pumping out excellent alt-country cuts. %2014Songs like this(and Uncle Tupelos Acuff Rose) sometimes get forgotten as the band's sound has evolved so much. %2014But with an electric guitar and a banjo cranking out ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:21:36 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1046 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1055 This is one of the band's shorter songs clocking in at under 3 minutes with more than a third of that devoted to an addictive and haunting whistle at the end. %2014A poignant and telling song about being bleary eyed and depressed wasting away a day in the ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:20:24 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Wilco_Track_9s-col-_Outnumbering_The_Hits&display=1055 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Track_9_Sings_The_Blues&display=2401 The Blues Ain't Even Close To Being Dead. In this installment of track 9 we spotlight some of the very best bands that are keeping the blues alive and kicking today. Many of these songs (and some of these bands) remain relatively unknown but we send out a ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:59:12 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=tracknine&family=&category=Track_9_Sings_The_Blues&display=2401 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=2124 45 For 2008! Remember the days of 45's? When the single was king? Well this was certainly the year for the return of the song. So many, many great songs, we hardly new where to stop...so we decided to stop at 45. Seems appropriate, don't you think? Thi ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:57:52 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=mixesforthemoment&family=&category=&display=2124 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=1891 The Opera House really had me guessing it was, well, opulent. %2014Its not. %2014Its actually an old Vaudeville theatre built for the late 1800's crowd that frequented the area of Toronto known as Leslieville. %2014It operated as an old school type of mo ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:52:29 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=1891 http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=13588 Sometimes a picture truly is worth a 1000 words. This might have been the most outrageous thing we saw at SXSW '09. Like an episode of Yo Gabba Gabba for metal headsOmicron complete with a merch table and a pink Peelander sales girl who loooooved posing. ... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:52:05 EST http://themusicfile.com/index.php?page=theshow&family=&category=&display=13588