<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949</id><updated>2008-05-09T11:18:08.933-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A music and video mp3 blog - Beat Lawrence</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default'/><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>287</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6058671490197711877</id><published>2008-05-07T20:59:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-07T21:42:40.354-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Swell Season at Uptown Theatre</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/IMG_0387-754255.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/IMG_0387-753585.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday night, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/theswellseason"&gt;The Swell Season&lt;/a&gt; performed to a sold out crowd at Uptown Theatre in Kansas City. Coming from their Academy Award win for Best Original Song, their performance was absolutely beautiful and emotional. It was by far, one of the most memorable shows I've gone to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In between the storytelling and jokes, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová along with their band made up of Joe Doyle (bass), Colm Mac Con Iomaire (violin), Rob Bochnik (guitar), and Johnny Boyle (drums), performed songs from &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Once&lt;/span&gt; and songs on the The Swell Season and &lt;a href="http://www.theframes.ie/"&gt;The Frames&lt;/a&gt; albums.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Standing in the crowd, it was obvious that their fan base is quickly growing.  During "Falling Slowly," both Glen and Markéta's voices were drowned out by the 1,700 fans who were singing along. Glen praised the fans and announced that Kansas City has been one of his favorite stops on the tour. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although the show was absolutely brilliant, meeting Glen and Markéta was the highlight of the night. They were sweet and seemed humbled by the entire experience. Holding a box of Partridge Farm cookies, Markéta happily signed autographs for fans while Glen did most of the talking. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you ever get the chance, go see The Swell Season/The Frames live. The entire show was an incredible experience that left me in awe and completely speechless. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/IMG_0341-759235.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/IMG_0341-758412.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/IMG_0355-739707.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/IMG_0355-739003.JPG" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1MQzMmjZThQ&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1MQzMmjZThQ&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Say It To Me Now - Glen Hansard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/FallingSlowly.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Swell Season - Falling Slowly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/Once.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Swell Season - Once&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/05/swell-season-at-uptown-theatre.html' title='The Swell Season at Uptown Theatre'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6058671490197711877&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6058671490197711877'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6058671490197711877'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12603509658229536512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-745934347563918703</id><published>2008-05-02T10:44:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-02T11:05:04.182-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: Scarlett Johansson-Falling Down</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/scarjo_album-703518.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/scarjo_album-703488.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;According to &lt;a href="http://www.nme.com/reviews/scarlett-johansson/9660"target="blank"&gt;NME.com&lt;/a&gt;, "After deciding to record an album of Tom Waits tracks (“I always loved Tom Waits and I thought my voice could lend a fresh take,” she said) she demoed them on her own, but by her own admission they were 'horrible'."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So obviously if this album is remotely good it's because of Dave Sitek, the producer of TV on the Radio. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/fallingdown.mp3"&gt;Scarlett Johansson-Falling Down&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/05/new-music-scarlett-johansson-falling.html' title='New Music: Scarlett Johansson-Falling Down'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=745934347563918703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/745934347563918703'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/745934347563918703'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-5684577056533554023</id><published>2008-05-01T10:03:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-01T10:21:37.199-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: Coldplay-Violet Hill</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/up-cold-774289.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/up-cold-774277.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just admit it.  At one time you were a fan of &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FColdplay%2Fe%2FB000APPUFK%2F&amp;tag=beatlawrence-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325"&gt;Coldplay&lt;/a&gt;.  And it was probably their last album &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;X&amp;Y&lt;/span&gt; that turned you off. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From listening to the single off their new album &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends&lt;/span&gt;, they could potentially be let back into your heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/VioletHill%20.mp3"&gt;Coldplay-Violet Hill&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/05/new-music-coldplay-violet-hill.html' title='New Music: Coldplay-Violet Hill'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=5684577056533554023&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5684577056533554023'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5684577056533554023'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6584966087948351197</id><published>2008-04-25T09:41:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-25T09:59:30.953-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: The Roseline-Lust for Luster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/roseline-771562.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/roseline-771537.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lawrence alt-country group, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/colinpepper"target="blank"&gt;The Roseline&lt;/a&gt;, is back in action with a new album, Lust for Luster.  Their CD release show is tonight at the Jackpot.  The cost is $5 so come by after you hit up Colin Meloy at Liberty Hall.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/roseline-LustforLuster.mp3"&gt;The Roseline-Lust for Luster&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/roseline-Lions.mp3"&gt;The Roseline-Lions&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Previous post on the Roseline:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/2007/01/q-and-the-roseline.html"&gt;January 2007 interview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/2006/06/roseline.html"&gt;June 2006 &lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-roseline-lust-for-luster.html' title='New Music: The Roseline-Lust for Luster'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6584966087948351197&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6584966087948351197'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6584966087948351197'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-5262032662605133875</id><published>2008-04-23T19:19:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-23T19:51:57.366-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: The Lodger - The Good Old Days</title><content type='html'>After 3 sold-out limited 7s and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The Research, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/thelodgerleeds"target="blank"&gt;The Lodger&lt;/a&gt; released their debut album “Grown-Ups”, produced by Alan Smyth and James Ford, in June 2007.  The Lodger completed their first tour of the USA in October 2007 and then entered the studio to record their 2nd album &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Life is Sweet&lt;/span&gt;, which is due out in May.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/thelodger_thegoodolddays.mp3"&gt;The Lodger-The Good Old Days&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-lodger-good-old-days.html' title='New Music: The Lodger - The Good Old Days'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=5262032662605133875&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5262032662605133875'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5262032662605133875'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-897977808349197966</id><published>2008-04-22T12:00:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T12:05:44.019-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pitchfork pulls in 5 million a year on advertising</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2008/db20080421_466682.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily"&gt;Business Week Pitchfork article&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's a lot of dough...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;These days, advertisers aplenty drool over Pitchfork's 18-to-34-year-old demographic. Although many Pitchfork users have a hipster's disdain for the mainstream and for big corporations, the company has no qualms about selling space to the likes of Toyota Motor (&lt;a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?symbol=TM" rel="ticker"&gt;TM&lt;/a&gt;) and American Apparel (&lt;a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?symbol=APP" rel="ticker"&gt;APP&lt;/a&gt;). Its only rule is that ads cannot distract readers with pop-ups, sound, or interactivity. Net ad consultants estimate the site pulls in at least $5 million a year. Kaskie says only that revenue has grown by an explosive 70% each of the past four years.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/pitchfork-pulls-in-5-million-year-on.html' title='Pitchfork pulls in 5 million a year on advertising'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=897977808349197966&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/897977808349197966'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/897977808349197966'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-534742591848298152</id><published>2008-04-21T19:34:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T20:37:37.256-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tour'/><title type='text'>Spoon at Liberty Hall</title><content type='html'>On Sunday, &lt;a href="http://www.spoontheband.com"&gt;Spoon&lt;/a&gt; ended their U.S. Spring 2008 tour in Lawrence. Performing in front of a sold out crowd at Liberty Hall, the band performed some 20 songs, including two encores. Highlights included a mind-blowing performance of "The Ghost of You Lingers" and flawless performances of  "Finer Feelings" and "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My friends and I had the chance to talk to the band after the show and they were all very down-to-earth. We spent the most time talking to Jim Eno about his upcoming projects and friends &lt;a href="http://www.viaaudio.net"&gt;Via Audio&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some pictures from the night:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/136/125/1194450010/n1194450010_30196480_6292.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/136/125/1194450010/n1194450010_30196480_6292.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/136/125/1194450010/n1194450010_30196481_7183.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/136/125/1194450010/n1194450010_30196481_7183.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/136/125/1194450010/n1194450010_30196487_2992.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://photos-h.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v237/136/125/1194450010/n1194450010_30196487_2992.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/FinerFeelings.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Spoon - Finer Feelings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; MP3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/Don%27tYouEvah.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Spoon - Don't You Evah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; MP3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/spoon-at-liberty-hall.html' title='Spoon at Liberty Hall'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=534742591848298152&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/534742591848298152'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/534742591848298152'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12603509658229536512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-4196546027826098053</id><published>2008-04-19T10:54:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-19T11:02:46.041-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/MMJ2-747762.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/MMJ2-747758.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mymorningjacket.com"target="blank"&gt;My Morning Jacket&lt;/a&gt; was nice enough to let us put up the title track to &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Evil Urges&lt;/span&gt;.  The album comes out June 10th on ATO Records.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The past several My Morning Jacket albums have each reflected the passion that the band shares for music of all categories while continuing to nurture their signature aesthetic. Stylistically, Evil Urges is the album that My Morning Jacket has been making for almost ten years. Their previous work has emboldened them with the confidence to continue to grow in ways few artists would be capable of achieving. Admirably, Jim James' songwriting manages to remain as organic and cohesive as ever, making their musical leaps forward fluid, logical, entertaining, and inspiring." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/mmj_evil_urges.mp3"&gt;My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let us know what you think!</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-my-morning-jacket-evil-urges.html' title='New Music: My Morning Jacket-Evil Urges'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=4196546027826098053&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/4196546027826098053'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/4196546027826098053'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-308523361614508882</id><published>2008-04-18T18:54:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-21T09:28:30.013-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Q and A'/><title type='text'>Kimya Dawson Interview</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/Kimya_JB07-704507.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/Kimya_JB07-704081.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singer/songwriter, &lt;a href="http://www.kimyadawson.com/"&gt;Kimya Dawson&lt;/a&gt;, one of the main contributers to the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Juno&lt;/span&gt; soundtrack will be performing tomorrow night at The Granada. The day before the show, Kimya was kind enough to take some time off and talk to us about her music, the busy tour schedule, being a mother to the adorable &lt;a href="http://users.livejournal.com/kimya_dawson_/"&gt;Panda&lt;/a&gt;, and her side projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kimya Dawson:&lt;/span&gt; Hey, this is Kimya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Megan Do:&lt;/span&gt; Hey. How are you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD: &lt;/span&gt;Sorry about that, I was on a tricky part of the highway pulling into Omaha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD: &lt;/span&gt;Oh don’t worry about it. Are you driving?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Is that safe? You driving and doing an interview at the same time?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; I can call you in five minutes when I pull into the venue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; OK, sounds good.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD: &lt;/span&gt;Bye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Bye.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;20 minutes later…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD: &lt;/span&gt;Hey, it’s Kimya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Hey. How was the drive?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD: &lt;/span&gt;It was good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Well first off, I heard your mom just had surgery. How is she doing?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; She’s good. They did the procedure and sent her home the next day. It’s amazing what they can do today with cameras. They can just go in and fix everything without cutting someone up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; That’s great to hear. I’m glad your mom is doing well. So you’re playing in Lawrence tomorrow. Is this your first playing here?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; No, no I was part of this show for the Planet X tour. It was a couple summers ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; How’d that go?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Oh, it was great. It was a fun show.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; You’re on tour right now with Angelo [husband], how’s that going? Did you guys bring Panda [daughter] on tour too? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, we brought Panda and it’s going good. She’s liking the tour. I’m having a good time but there are those moments where we’re completely exhausted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; What’s an average day like for you, Angelo, and Panda?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Well, we’re also on tour with our friends from France. They’re a band called L'Orchidee D'Hawai. Usually, we wake up, do a little driving, eat food, do a little more driving. Sometimes me and Panda will check into the hotel while the boys unload the van. We’ll unload her toys and play in the dressing room at the venue. If it’s too loud there, we’ll go back to the hotel and play and have dance parties. We do a lot of reading in the car.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; What are some of your favorite cities to perform in?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; New York City is always a big homecoming for me. I have a ton of friends that I bring on stage to dance. I really like Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Chicago. Philadelphia is probably my favorite though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; With the success of the Juno soundtrack, how do you feel about so many people listening to your music and associating it with the movie?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; It’s fine. The only weird thing is sometimes it’s people’s introduction to my music so they it’s this glossed over Hollywood type thing. People expect some sort of professionalism from me and that’s not the case at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD: &lt;/span&gt;Has the whole Juno experience changed your outlook on projects and how you approach them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Well, this wasn’t my first soundtrack. I’ve had music on &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Glue&lt;/span&gt;, The Moldy Peaches had a song on the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Murderball&lt;/span&gt; soundtrack, and there was some music for a movie called &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Robot Boy&lt;/span&gt;. I’m not gonna do projects that are lame. I don’t want to be ashamed to attach my name to a something. There are a lot of movies that send out the wrong message or other weird shit and I don’t want to be a part of that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Do you have any other projects you’re working on that we can look forward to?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; I have a kid’s album called&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; Alphabutt&lt;/span&gt; coming out in September. I also met with some people at “Sesame Street” so hopefully I’ll be doing that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Has motherhood changed your choice of projects and your song writing process?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD: &lt;/span&gt;A little bit. I have less time to be self-absorbed about writing. It’s a very drawn out process and I can’t pull myself of this world with a baby around.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Do you prefer playing solo or with the rest of The Moldy Peaches?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; For now, I prefer playing on my own. I think it’s the same for all musicians. If we weren’t all okay with playing by ourselves, we’d be playing together right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; What was performing on “The View” like?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Well, we played the song. The fact that it was "The View" wasn’t a big deal but the fact that I was going to meet Whoopi Goldberg was huge for me. They were going to censor “shit a turd” so I said “blew a load.” During rehearsal, Adam kept wondering what I was going to say but he knows me too well. If you watch the YouTube video of the performance, when I say “blew a load,” you can see Adam’s face like “Ah. There it is.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; I’m a huge fan of Ellen Page. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, so am I.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt;I have to ask, what’s she like in person?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;KD:&lt;/span&gt; She’s super nice. She’s a normal person. She’s really nice, really smart, funny, and down to earth. She’s exactly what you want her to be. I mean, sometimes you watch a character and hope she’s cool but then she ends up being the complete opposite and you’re like “nooooo!”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/LooseLips.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Kimya Dawson - Loose Lips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; MP3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/AnyoneElseButYou.mp3"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else But You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; MP3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/kimya-dawson-interview.html' title='Kimya Dawson Interview'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=308523361614508882&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/308523361614508882'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/308523361614508882'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12603509658229536512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-4040547894123125872</id><published>2008-04-17T15:25:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-18T09:43:48.578-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: M83</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/m83-781189.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/m83-781184.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Two things: I love 80s music and I love 80s movies. Love them.  I remember spending summer afternoons when I was ten watching Karate Kid on HBO and Aloha Summer (a very guilty pleasure and a film hardly anyone has heard of). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I saw the cover to &lt;a href="http://www.ilovem83.com"&gt;M83's&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=vKC3naBbMOU&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fi%253D276720949%2526id%253D276720846%2526s%253D143441%2526partnerId%253D30"&gt;Saturday=Youth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; album I flipped with excitement.  Pretty in Pink/Sixteen Candles/Say Anything(?)/Karate Kid (isn't that supposed to be Johnny?).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was glad to hear a couple of solid tracks in what is a very ambitious concept.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/graveyardgirl.mp3"&gt;M83-Graveyard Girl&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-m83.html' title='New Music: M83'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=4040547894123125872&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/4040547894123125872'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/4040547894123125872'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6910905986800957478</id><published>2008-04-16T00:20:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-16T15:04:24.780-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Video: The Republic Tigers - "Buildings &amp; Mountains"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a741.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/54/l_81224f7ab717d01b9d40ba4b3ba88224.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://a741.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/54/l_81224f7ab717d01b9d40ba4b3ba88224.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kansas City, Missouri natives, &lt;a href="http://m.web.umkc.edu/mrmb6b/trtsite/trtyell.htm"&gt;The Republic Tigers&lt;/a&gt; have just released a video for their single, "Buildings &amp; Mountains" off of their upcoming &lt;a href="http://www.chopshoprecords.net"&gt;Chop Shop Records&lt;/a&gt; debut, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Keep Color&lt;/span&gt;. Check it out:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/R6VuCl-flto&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/R6VuCl-flto&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/buildingsandmoutains.mp3"&gt;The Republic Tigers - Buildings and Moutains&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-video-republic-tigers-buildings.html' title='New Video: The Republic Tigers - &quot;Buildings &amp; Mountains&quot;'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6910905986800957478&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6910905986800957478'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6910905986800957478'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12603509658229536512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-2129353704444291908</id><published>2008-04-15T13:10:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T21:16:21.567-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>Upcoming Event-The Dodos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/dodosunset-771677.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/dodosunset-771605.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Dodos will be at the &lt;a href="http://www.replaylounge.com/"rel="nofollow"target="blank"&gt;Replay&lt;/a&gt; on Sunday, April 20th in Lawrence.  I'm really looking forward to checking this band out and was only going to provide you one mp3 to sell you on the band but decided to add "Ashley" to this post as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Originally formed in 2006 under the moniker Dodobird as a one man acoustic act, Meric Long would gig around SF playing folky guitar w/ a combination of loops and ambient keyboards. Having already studied West African Ewe drumming, Meric got turned onto country blues fingerpicking and sought to create a band where the drumming could be a center role and help bring out the syncopated rhythms coming out of the acoustic guitar. Through a chance introduction by a roommate, Meric met Santa Cruz transplant Logan Kroeber, who had also been experimenting with drumming, but in the area of progressive metal. Eventually the band changed their name to the Dodos" -&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/thedodos" rel="nofollow" target="blank"&gt;Dodos Myspace&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/Fools.mp3"&gt;The Dodos-Fools&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/Ashley.mp3"&gt;The Dodos-Ashley&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=vKC3naBbMOU&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewArtist%253Fid%253D216669015%2526partnerId%253D30"&gt;Purchase the Dodos tunes on iTunes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/upcoming-event-dodos.html' title='Upcoming Event-The Dodos'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=2129353704444291908&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/2129353704444291908'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/2129353704444291908'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-8210189919884521442</id><published>2008-04-15T12:15:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T21:17:43.141-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: Ra Ra Riot</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://a511.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_405db5144688497f08093e0b6328b556.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://a511.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/52/l_405db5144688497f08093e0b6328b556.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the past month or so, &lt;a href="http://www.rarariot.com"&gt;Ra Ra Riot&lt;/a&gt; has become my obsession. Their self-titled EP has been on repeat and I've listened to every live session they've done on WOXY and Daytrotter. Luckily for me and other residents of Lawrence, they're playing at Jackpot Saloon on May 8 with The Little Ones and Boo and Boo Too. And although they label their music as "Healing &amp; Easy Listening" on &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/rarariot"&gt;MySpace&lt;/a&gt;, their sound is more of a combination of indie rock and classic strings, think Arcade Fire-esque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Five of the six members are recent Syracuse University graduates and although they suffered a tragic loss with the death of original drummer, John Pike, they're still making a name for themselves having gone on tour with Editors and Art Brut. They also call bands like Vampire Weekend, Tokyo Police Club, and Mason Proper their buddies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/EachYear.mp3"&gt;Ra Ra Riot - Each Year mp3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/CanYouTell.mp3"&gt;Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell mp3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=vKC3naBbMOU&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewArtist%253Fid%253D250419889%2526partnerId%253D30"&gt;Purchase Ra Ra Riot tunes on iTunes&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-ra-ra-riot.html' title='New Music: Ra Ra Riot'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=8210189919884521442&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/8210189919884521442'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/8210189919884521442'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12603509658229536512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6279596802119639178</id><published>2008-04-14T21:27:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-14T21:31:29.969-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stella Splice Music Blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.stellasplice.com"&gt;Stella Splice&lt;/a&gt; gave us props and called us one of the top 20 music blogs.  Thanks, Stellaaaaaaaaaa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stellasplice.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/twenty-great-music-blogs-a-review/"&gt;http://stellasplice.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/twenty-great-music-blogs-a-review/&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/stella-splice-music-blog.html' title='Stella Splice Music Blog'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6279596802119639178&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6279596802119639178'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6279596802119639178'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6933495745550413225</id><published>2008-04-09T14:13:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-15T19:41:26.099-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Q and A'/><title type='text'>Bon Iver Interview</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/Image-82093-1122441-bonivernew9-778977.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;While the city of Lawrence was watching the nail-biting championship game between KU and Memphis (and later celebrating the win), my friends and I took a road trip to see &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bon-Iver/9996131563?ref=s"&gt;Bon Iver&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=vKC3naBbMOU&amp;offerid=78941&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0&amp;tmpid=1826&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewAlbum%253Fi%253D273428135%2526id%253D273428119%2526s%253D143441%2526partnerId%253D30"&gt;iTunes&lt;/a&gt;) perform at Mojo’s in Columbia, Missouri. Justin Vernon, the brilliant singer/songwriter behind Bon Iver, was far from what we expected. With incredible sideburns and a body built for hard labor, it was hard not to be intimidated. It almost seemed fitting if he were to throw on a flannel shirt and wield an axe. Nick and I sat down with him after the sound check to discuss the new album and the story behind it, and he proved our initial impressions wrong—he was sweet, genuine, and more than willing to open up about his experiences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Megan Do: What was the story behind – what were the intentions behind your move out to the cabin?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Justin Vernon:&lt;/span&gt; To get away from stuff; I had no choice but to go somewhere: I had no money, but I didn't want to make money, you know? I didn't want to be stuck in the cycle of “Shitty job, shitty house, no insurance.” I wanted to live off the land, my intentions weren't to make a record.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Nick Lundgren:&lt;/span&gt; How did you fill your days before you began to record?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; Nothing... being depressed. Just having a good day in the woods, for days I'd just split wood, cut trees, pull trees. There was a tractor there, so I'd take a ride on the tractor. I'd keep busy, or not. Some days I'd just do nothing at all, and that was nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NL:&lt;/span&gt; Sort of liberating?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; Definitely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD: &lt;/span&gt;And this was your father's cabin?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV: &lt;/span&gt;Yes, he built it in 1979.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; How did your friends and family react to this decision?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; They were whatever. I moved to North Carolina for a year and a half; they weren't worried, they were very supportive, and said “do your own thing.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Did you bring your equipment with you?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; I just had what I had packed from North Carolina, you know I never really unpacked, I spent two weeks unpacked, just cleaning out cobwebs up there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Was there a moment where it just hit you? Where it just clicked, where you were inspired to begin writing this album?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; There was never a “click,” it was a very vague and unmentionable period. There was this three month period of my life that's very hard to recall; I was just fiddling, I mean there was no magic moment; it never came out in one thought, but it was all a part of the same thought, part of the same mental energy. The whole experience was very normal, only I was separated from people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NL:&lt;/span&gt; Even so, the album is remarkably cohesive; I feel that there's an underlying attention, and feel free to shoot me down if I'm way off base here, an underlying attention to the pauses in between moments, like a great poem, there's weight in the dead space. Was this a conscious decision?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; No.... It wasn't conscious. The album's more sub-conscious for me. Intentions? Those words don't even enter my mind, it was just me exploring my subconscious; losing my brain and getting into the zone. The mind shuts off and allows the subconscious to free-form. It was all just a result of how I felt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; You said you were separated from people, did you have access to a phone or a TV?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; I brought my laptop and a satellite phone, but I never really used it; I didn't have anything to say to anyone, only to myself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NL:&lt;/span&gt; It's obviously a very intensely personal album, so I was wondering how it feels to play those personal songs on-stage for other people?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; I don't even know how to answer that question.... I mean I'm very happy about it, but the process pushes you along into touring and finding band members, which is something I've always wanted. It gets built up, especially in a record like this, it becomes something different. I'm still learning the songs, I'm still learning about the songs. When you play a personal song you have to be humble enough to let the song cross-over. You never know what the song could mean to someone else, you just have to play hard. Work hard. And make the song sound right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; As Nick said, all of these songs on the record are extremely personal, and I was simply wondering if you had had any fans approach you and had told you how your songs have had an effect on them?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; More than I can count. It's astonishing. The depth of the stories is astonishing; I'm overwhelmed, we've just gotten a lot of feedback, and we're very thankful for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NL:&lt;/span&gt; This is a more straightforward question than the last few, but what was the intention behind the misspelling of “Hiver?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; It just didn't look right. I'm not a French speaker, and I know nothing about the French culture, or the French-Canadian culture for that matter, but I heard someone say it in a story, and I didn't know it was French, I didn't know it was anything, but I knew that was the name of my band. I went home and looked it up, and the “H” just didn't look right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NL:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, even I, as a French speaker, first called the album Bon Eye-ver, which is cool, it's sort of like a pseudonym you can adopt at will.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; We have a lot of people pronounce it Bon Eye-ver, and I'm not going to correct them, I mean, I didn't even know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Do people come up to you and say “Hey, Bon!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; Yeah, but I don't care. We get a LOT of that in emails, but it doesn't go to my head. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Do you have a favorite song to play live or is there a certain song that means a lot to you? Why?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; I have to think about that... It's... It's different every night, the songs surprise you. I like playing The Wolves live, because we try to get the crowd to sing, and if they do it right, it sounds really cool. I really love the set, though, I mean, the set is we basically play the album. The album is one entity, I don't like one song more than another. It's not that I'm afraid to be pinned down to one song, it's just that there isn't one specific song.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NL:&lt;/span&gt; This is another semantics question: what is the purpose of the “Re:” in “Re: Stacks?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV: &lt;/span&gt;It's “Regarding.” People use it in letters and emails. It's about pointing towards and idea, to amplify that “This song is about the stacks.” I mean, every song title does that in a way, but I just really wanted to point it out: this song isn't the stacks, it's about the stacks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;MD:&lt;/span&gt; Some of my friends saw you at SXSW, and they said it was just a breathtaking show, what was that experience like for you, and what did you take away?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;JV:&lt;/span&gt; It's a lot like this, but four times a day. We played a few shitty shows, but a few great shows like the NPR day stage and the Pitchfork feature, that was really fun.We had a great time, we saw a lot of friends we hadn't seen in a while; I mean my friends are all musicians, so even when I'm back in town, they're out of town, it was like a little family reunion. You don't leave empty, but you don't really come away with too much you can understand from SXSW. We're still trying to figure it out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVUdr5mprE4&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YVUdr5mprE4&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Skinny Love"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/skinnylove.mp3"&gt;Bon Iver-Skinny Love&lt;/a&gt; mp3</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/bon-iver-interview.html' title='Bon Iver Interview'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6933495745550413225&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6933495745550413225'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6933495745550413225'/><author><name>Megan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12603509658229536512</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-5062807354388079401</id><published>2008-04-04T14:07:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T14:16:51.275-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: Hello Tokyo mp3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/hellotokyo"target="blank" target="nofollow"&gt;Hello Tokyo&lt;/a&gt;, the female fronted, power-pop experience from Brooklyn, NY, is releasing their debut LP &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Sell The Stars&lt;/span&gt; on April 22, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upcoming Tour Dates&lt;br /&gt;4/11 - Bar Matchless - Brooklyn, NY&lt;br /&gt;4/16 - Lit Lounge - New York, NY&lt;br /&gt;4/25 - The Fire - Philadelphia, PA&lt;br /&gt;4/26 - The Rock &amp; Roll Hotel - Washington D.C.&lt;br /&gt;4/29 - The Raven - Burlington, NC&lt;br /&gt;4/30 - New Brookland Tavern - West Columbia, SC&lt;br /&gt;5/1 - Smiths Old Bar - Atlanta, GA&lt;br /&gt;5/3 - Coffeehouse - Johnson City, TN&lt;br /&gt;5/4 - Cock &amp; Bull English Pub - Covington, KY&lt;br /&gt;5/6 - The Poison Room - Cincinnati, OH&lt;br /&gt;5/8 - Brother Bean Global Coffee House - Seneca, PA&lt;br /&gt;5/16 - Dr. Watson's Pub - Philadelphia, PA&lt;br /&gt;6/7 - Ulysses - New York, NY&lt;br /&gt;7/6 - Knitting Factory - New York, NY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/HelloTokyo_SteadyTheGun.mp3"rel="nofollow"&gt;Hello Tokyo-Steady The Gun&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-hello-tokyo-mp3.html' title='New Music: Hello Tokyo mp3'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=5062807354388079401&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5062807354388079401'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5062807354388079401'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-5609507273312296151</id><published>2008-04-04T10:47:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T11:18:58.978-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: Boo and Boo Too</title><content type='html'>Local Lawrence band, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/booandbootoo" target="blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Boo and Boo Too&lt;/a&gt;, is increasing in internet popularity as their 2007 EP makes the rounds.  If you like noisy guitar, you'll enjoy Boo and Boo Too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/DavidTurnsaMystic.mp3"&gt;Boo and Boo Too-David Turns a Mystic&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/EverydayISawYouinEgypt.mp3"&gt;Boo and Boo Too-Everyday I Saw You in Egypt&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-music-boo-and-boo-too.html' title='New Music: Boo and Boo Too'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=5609507273312296151&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5609507273312296151'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5609507273312296151'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-4247952092499191795</id><published>2008-04-01T16:38:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-04-01T17:03:21.023-05:00</updated><title type='text'>New Order-Temptation mp3</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 320px;" src="http://retroforward.com/files/neworder/newordermain.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a lot of electro-pop groups out there these days.  Some are good. Some are awesome. Some are just, eh, okay.  I felt the need to take a step back and give some love to one of electro-pop's founding fathers, New Order.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the death of Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis, the other surviving members started New Order.  New Order went on to become one of the most critically acclaimed bands of the 80s.  But this is stuff you already know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is one of my favorites:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/Temptation.mp3"&gt;New Order - Temptation&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/04/new-order-temptation-mp3.html' title='New Order-Temptation mp3'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=4247952092499191795&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/4247952092499191795'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/4247952092499191795'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-5643970087328754321</id><published>2008-03-26T16:46:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-31T12:56:26.485-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Win Bravery Prize Packs</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g65/beatlawrence/Unknown.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your chance to win one of two prize packs that include a copy of The Sun and Moon, along with a poster.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;leave a comment&lt;/span&gt; or &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;send us an email&lt;/span&gt; if you're interested in winning one!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Bravery will be playing in KC at the Voodoo lounge on Friday, April 11th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We'll choose a winner next Monday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until then, check out their video Believe on youtube: &lt;a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=6G7ZLaiPxu0"&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=6G7ZLaiPxu0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or read our interview with their drummer: &lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/2007/04/q-bravery.html"&gt;http://www.beatlawrence.com/2007/04/q-bravery.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.showhype.com/story/000/150/150314.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;a href="http://showhype.com/story/win_bravery_prize_packs/"&gt;ShowHype - Win Bravery Prize Packs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;showhype_story_widget_150314(false);&lt;/script&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/win-bravery-prize-packs.html' title='Win Bravery Prize Packs'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=5643970087328754321&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5643970087328754321'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5643970087328754321'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-1299986526810153270</id><published>2008-03-25T16:10:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-25T16:38:09.983-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: The Ting Tings</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;width: 320px;" src="http://a45.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/78/l_686eb372da4bd597aa52e71d4cec7504.jpg"  alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indie pop favorites in their native Britain, &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/thetingtings"target="blank"rel="nofollow"&gt;The Ting Tings&lt;/a&gt; have made their way to the U.S. The duo of Katie White and Jules de Martino jumped in ranks on Mediaguide's alternative specialty chart last week from 14 all the way to 3.  Not too shabby.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/tingtings_greatdj.mp3" rel="nofollow"&gt;The Ting Tings - Great DJ&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It sounds like &lt;a href="http://theguide.latimes.com/blogs/soundboard/2008/03/15/sxsw-ting-tings-brings-the-indie-spice/"target="blank"rel="nofollow"&gt;they rocked SXSW&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/new-music-ting-tings.html' title='New Music: The Ting Tings'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=1299986526810153270&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/1299986526810153270'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/1299986526810153270'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6336657572934526791</id><published>2008-03-24T11:24:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-24T11:29:12.136-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: N.E.R.D. mp3</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://www.beatlawrence.com/uploaded_images/dtop1_800-707532.jpg"  alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the track "Everyone Nose" from N.E.R.D.'s upcoming album &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Seeing Sounds&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/everyonenose.mp3"&gt;N.E.R.D. - Everyone Nose&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N.E.R.D. Tour Dates&lt;br /&gt;3/26/08 Knoxville, TN The Valarium&lt;br /&gt;3/28/08 Jacksonville, FL Freebird Live&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Kanye West's Glow in The Dark Tour&lt;br /&gt;4/16/08 Seattle, WA KeyArena at Seattle Center&lt;br /&gt;4/18/08 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena&lt;br /&gt;4/19/08 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion At San Jose&lt;br /&gt;4/20/08 San Diego, CA San Diego Sports Arena&lt;br /&gt;4/21/08 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. Live&lt;br /&gt;4/22/08 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. Live&lt;br /&gt;4/24/08 Tucson, AZ McKale Memorial Center&lt;br /&gt;4/25/08 Las Vegas, NV Red Rock Casino Resort&lt;br /&gt;4/26/08 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion&lt;br /&gt;4/27/08 Denver, CO Pepsi Center&lt;br /&gt;4/29/08 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center&lt;br /&gt;4/30/08 Austin, TX University Of Texas&lt;br /&gt;5/1/08 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Centre&lt;br /&gt;5/2/08 The Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion&lt;br /&gt;5/4/08 Duluth, GA The Arena At Gwinnett Center&lt;br /&gt;5/5/08 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre @ State Fairgrds.&lt;br /&gt;5/6/08 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena&lt;br /&gt;5/8/08 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Bobcats Arena&lt;br /&gt;5/9/08 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion&lt;br /&gt;5/10/08 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion At Stone Ridge&lt;br /&gt;5/11/08 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach&lt;br /&gt;5/13/08 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Arena&lt;br /&gt;5/15/08 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center For The Perf. Arts&lt;br /&gt;5/16/08 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center&lt;br /&gt;5/17/08 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center&lt;br /&gt;5/18/08 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain&lt;br /&gt;5/20/08 Montreal, QC Bell Centre&lt;br /&gt;5/21/08 Toronto, ON The Molson Amphitheatre&lt;br /&gt;5/22/08 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Of Auburn Hills&lt;br /&gt;5/23/08 Chicago, IL United Center&lt;br /&gt;5/24/08 Chicago, IL United Center</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/new-music-nerd-mp3.html' title='New Music: N.E.R.D. mp3'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6336657572934526791&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6336657572934526791'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6336657572934526791'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-7514079885712314790</id><published>2008-03-20T10:59:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-28T09:49:09.235-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>New Music: Adele</title><content type='html'>There's something in the water over in England and it all started with Dusty Springfield.  There's another soulful female British singer to be on the lookout for and her name is &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/adelelondon"rel="nofollow"&gt;Adele&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's her performing a Dylan classic, "Make You Feel My Love" in NYC&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="325" height="255"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eIdCa7yEk3k&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eIdCa7yEk3k&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="325" height="255"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.showhype.com/story/000/145/145732.js"align="left"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;a href="http://showhype.com/story/new_music_adele/"&gt;ShowHype - New Music: Adele&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;showhype_story_widget_145732(false);&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/HometownGlory.mp3"&gt;Adele-Hometown Glory&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/MakeYouFeelMyLove.mp3"&gt;Adele-Make You Feel My Love&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/new-music-adele.html' title='New Music: Adele'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=7514079885712314790&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/7514079885712314790'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/7514079885712314790'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-8272192850276440088</id><published>2008-03-17T11:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-17T11:33:02.523-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lou Reed N.E.R.D. Fader Fort at SXSW</title><content type='html'>Check out a couple of badass performances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="167" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=785436&amp;amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color="&gt; &lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt; &lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt; &lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=785436&amp;amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/785436/l:embed_785436"rel="nofollow"&gt;N.E.R.D. at the Levi's®/FADER Fort&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user400030/l:embed_785436"rel="nofollow"&gt;The FADER&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_785436"rel="nofollow"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="167" data="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=785237&amp;amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color="&gt; &lt;param name="quality" value="best" /&gt; &lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /&gt; &lt;param name="scale" value="showAll" /&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=785237&amp;amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;show_title=1&amp;amp;show_byline=1&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;color=" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/785237/l:embed_785237" rel="nofollow"&gt;Lou Reed at The Levi's®/FADER Fort&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="http://www.vimeo.com/user400030/l:embed_785237"rel="nofollow"&gt;The FADER&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://vimeo.com/l:embed_785237"rel="nofollow"&gt;Vimeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thefader.cachefly.net/thefader_issue52_audio.mp3"rel="nofollow"&gt;Fader #52 Podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/lou-reed-nerd-fader-fort-at-sxsw.html' title='Lou Reed N.E.R.D. Fader Fort at SXSW'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=8272192850276440088&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/8272192850276440088'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/8272192850276440088'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-5140483808270373707</id><published>2008-03-14T10:09:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-14T10:33:56.478-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>Grand Avenue the next Coldplay?</title><content type='html'>Four Danish dudes are being touted as the next Coldplay and will be making their debut in the States on April 29th at the House of Blues in LA.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's their 2003 single that got them a deal with EMI.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mediamax.com/beatlawrence/Hosted/Grand%20Avenue%20-%20whats%20on%20your%20mind.mp3"&gt;Grand Avenue-What's On Your Mind&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And their recent music video "Bullet"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="325" height="255"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c7WbrGf-cqM&amp;hl=en"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c7WbrGf-cqM&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="325" height="255"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/grand-avenue-next-coldplay.html' title='Grand Avenue the next Coldplay?'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=5140483808270373707&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5140483808270373707'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/5140483808270373707'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28045949.post-6594689810762465407</id><published>2008-03-11T16:37:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-03-11T21:16:18.403-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new music'/><title type='text'>Science for Girls Album Debut Today</title><content type='html'>&lt;img src="http://b5.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00504/57/83/504443875_l.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The debut album fromm &lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/scienceforgirls"target="blank" rel="nofollow"&gt;Science for Girls&lt;/a&gt; features an eclectic group of guest vocalists from NYC's indie music scene, in collaboration with songwriter and producer Darren Solomon.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted below is a track called Northern Lights. The music and lyrics of the song really take the listener on a journey.  It's comforting.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Darren was nice enough to discuss it with us, &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;"I used to work as a touring bass player -- Ray Charles &amp; Barry Manilow were the two longest tours I did.  I don't always scream it out, because I think it can skew how people hear my music.  But the experience of touring, as much or more than the music I played, really did affect me.  And the feeling of that song really comes from some great memories of the travel on the road."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beatlawrence.com/music/northernlights.mp3"&gt;Science for Girls - Northern Lights&lt;/a&gt; mp3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=vKC3naBbMOU&amp;offerid=78941.632581163&amp;type=10&amp;subid="&gt;Buy Science for Girls on iTunes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="icon" width="1" height="1" src="http://ad.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/show?id=vKC3naBbMOU&amp;bids=78941.632581163&amp;type=10&amp;subid="&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.beatlawrence.com/2008/03/science-for-girls-album-debut-today.html' title='Science for Girls Album Debut Today'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=28045949&amp;postID=6594689810762465407&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://beatlawrence.com/atom.xml' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6594689810762465407'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/28045949/posts/default/6594689810762465407'/><author><name>the bL crew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046286639843534498</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author></entry></feed>