P L A Y List - (one)

The snow dumping continues here in the 'Burgh. No worries. I will be off to see Horse or Cycle opening up for dream-popsters, Action Camp, at Howler's tonight (we may have a little more up on that show in posts to come). I was considering staying in, seeing that my co-worker Joe let me borrow his Netflix arrival, The Brown Bunny. I had the pleasure? Yeah, I had the pleasure of seeing that one in a small theater downtown during its limited 2004 US release. I've been fondly recalling the silence of the room during a particularly gripping scene, ahem! Anyway, my viewing companion and good friend, Sarah, strode out of there feeling slightly changed. I remember us both not wanting to admit that we actually liked Vincent Gallo's newest offering. Ah, awkwardness. Ah, memories.

Still lots of big things to come, here at psov. We've got the facebook fan page up and running, and our first 'Follower' (every blog must have its first post, hence, every blog must announce its follower). Thanks, Karen!!

And, finally, thanks to Andrew Duncan over at ZapTown for worlds of support!!

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There's a ton of new music in the banks. I figured it was time to serve up some of the goodies, new and old, that's been splashing the walls.



A little P L A Y List for you...

01' Speed (Rush Ah) - ArpLine
02' Doubt/Hope - Wildbirds & Peacedrums
03' Please Don't Put Me on a Slow Boat to Trowbridge - Hugh Cornwell
04' January Wedding - The Avett Brothers
05' Silver Trembling Hands - The Flaming Lips
06' Last Flowers - Radiohead
07' Kingfisher - Joanna Newsom
08' Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Radar Bros.
09' Cold Milk, Big Bombs - Alan Charing
10' Quiet Little Voices - We Were Promised Jetpacks
11' I've Smoked Too Much - Lawrence Arabia
12' Everyday - Vetiver

Check out Horse or Cycle at MySpace!

'But this feels so unnatural, Peter Gabriel too'

The man is keeping busy. Some of us have heard him working with Hot Chip with his quaint interpretation of 'Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa'. I'm sure the boys in Vampire Weekend were flattered. He's selling out major city tour dates and tweeting up a storm. But, with all of this, he's wrapped up in the studio and ready to put out a new record. Finally, I might add.

Peter Gabriel (the birthday boy today) is about to release Scratch My Back in a couple of days. It's a covers album with some very adventurous selections. I had the pleasure of previewing a few of the tracks off the record. It's certainly a direction I didn't expect him to venture into. Am I surprised to see him covering Radiohead and Regina Spektor? I think so. But, I really can't wait to listen to them. The Magnetic Fields cover is probably the same one he released years back on the Shall We Dance? soundtrack. I'd really like to hear his renditions of David Bowie's 'Heroes' and Neil Young's 'Philadelphia'. But I was blown away with his version of 'My Body Is A Cage' by Arcade Fire, and was, moreover, excited at his choice of doing 'Flume' by Bon Iver.

My Body Is A Cage (Arcade Fire cover) - Peter Gabriel
Flume (Bon Iver cover) - Peter Gabriel

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Speaking of Thom Yorke and company, Stereogum reports that Radiohead may just have finished up a new album. See story here.