Video: Deer Tick “Main Street” (Neil Young Cover)
The 40th anniversary of Neil Young’s Harvest will occur on February 14. This was a subtle recording that quickly became the best selling album of 1972. Although this album will be “over the hill” this year, it is safe to say that it will not soon be forgotten. This release is significant because it serves as a baby boomer recommendation that most of us have accepted. This is the album your dad not only introduced to you when you were younger, but also still plays routinely. If you own this album then you play it regularly. I am not particularly insane about Neil Young, but I always find room for Harvest. This has always been a valuable suggestion that has earned a seat in my rotation.
What better way to pay homage to this milestone than a cover? Watch John McCauley and Rob Crowell of Deer Tick cover Harvest opener “Main Street” on Live & Reel’s January session:
Written by Brett McGrath
Band to Watch: Jonquil
Jonquil make the type of music you wish was playing the soundtrack of your life. And honestly, that’s maybe the best compliment I can give these guys. Because if their songs did indeed play as you made your way through each day, chances are your days would be pretty fantastic. Full of catchy high-pitched guitar riffs, tropical beats, and soulful falsetto vocals, these cats roll up multiple genres and decades of music into a giant spliff of happiness.
A quartet from Oxford, England, the band’s previous record, One Hundred Suns, was released in 2010 and is still to this day underrated. Featuring solid singles “It Never Rains” and “I Know I Don’t Know”, it’s really surprising to me that you don’t see/hear more of these guys in the US. Perhaps that will change with the upcoming release of their second record, Point of Go, later this spring. Check out a live performance of the first single released from the album, “It’s my Part” and interview with the band.
So as you wake up today and get ready to step out into the world full of potential, take a second and sit down, drink a cup of coffee (or do whatever it is you do to wake up) and enjoy a few new songs from Jonquil. If you’re going to be alive, you might as well carpe diem.
Jonquil will release Point of Go on Blessing Force/Cooperative Music on 3-5-12. You can check out the second single from the album, “Mexico” below.
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Written by Greg Dahman
New Video: Hollis Brown “The Fly” (ft. DMC)
NYC’s Hollis Brown is an NYC band that we’ve had our eyes on for a while. The band just dropped a new video for their song “The Fly” featuring legendary hip-hop artist DMC. Yes, that DMC. Both Hollis Brown and DMC will be in Indianapolis this week, with shows surrounding the Super Bowl. DMC will take stage at Madame Walker Theatre this Friday (Tickets). Hollis Brown will perform at Bu Da Lounge this Saturday. Check out the video below and keep your eyes peeled for HB’s new LP Nothing & The Famous No One, recorded in Nashville with the Deer Tick/Middle Brother crew, due out on February 28th.
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Written by Rob Peoni
Thought on Tracks 