Music Monday 10.11.10

• $5 October Albums: All My 30+ Favs | Don't Miss: Antony & The Johnsons: I Am A Bird Now
• Daytrotter FREE: Dark Dark Dark (check out their new album, Wild Go) | Bear In Heaven
• Streaming Albums: Bob Dylan: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 | The Extra Lens: Undercard (Mountain Goats) | Darkstar: North
• NEW Music I'm Loving: Avett Brothers: Live, Volume 3 is outstanding (as usual). The Social Network Soundtrack is still $5. 
• Music I'm STILL Loving: This week our family listened again to both Melanie Penn: Wake Up Love & Miranda Dodson: Change A Thing on our trip home from Grandpa's house. So thankful for these two albums.

Sufjan Stevens on his new fantastic album, The Age of Adz, in comparison to his previous masterpiece, Illinoise: "I was getting tired of that self-conscious, rambling psychobabble. I got really sick of myself and my own flawed, epic approach to everything." (via)

Glen Hansard plays "Paper Cup." Everything this guy does is good.

I have my Man Card handy just in case someone calls that into question. But here we go. I've never watched an episode of Glee. I've only ever caught it on TV once, and that was this song. I think it's a remarkable reworking of The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand." It's a fun, famous pop song made into an emotional dedication. Some of this is sorta hard to watch as, you know, it's a bit cheesy. But I really like what they did to the song.

@ Yahoo! Video

Comments

[Brian Moats]

I thought the arrangement was cool as well. My wife checked it out and found out it was originally arranged for the movie Across the Universe, which we never saw.

Here's a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D92Lyxj7U7Q

[Kyle]

I love the new Sufjan album and can't wait for it to come in today. But, that Darkstar album might be the best album I have heard this year. It is so so good.

[Steve McCoy]

Thanks Brian. Didn't know that.

Kyle, I'm liking Darkstar too.