a six and a half minute rap-a-thon featuring Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, and Nicki Minaj, who steals the whole thing with a blacked-out verse that is several kinds of crazy.
The wife and I got to see Willie Nelson last night at Radio City Music Hall. If your knowledge of him doesn’t stretch much past “On the Road Again,” listen to this song now.
Levon Helm opened.
I swear to god that if you come back to me, it’ll be better. It’ll be great.
Often hopping out of coffins, steady rocking while you’re rotting
Perhaps the greatest guest appearance ever? Percee-P (on the previous) track would have an argument with that, but still. Solid track all around.
I don’t understand popular hip-hop. How is this not one of the biggest songs of the year? Seriously, I imagine “the clubs” would love this.
From Definitive Jux Presents 4… If you buy the download, they send you stickers and shirts and stuff.
I Was an Island - Allison Weiss
You guys should check out Allison Weiss’ new album if you haven’t yet.
These guys are kinda super awesome. Unfamiliar? Do the math:
These guys are fantastic and they’re playing tonight at Webster Hall. I happen to have an extra ticket, anyone want it?
Without question, The Band is greatest Canadian band of all time. Canadians (with an American drummer) who came to embody the sound of a romanticized American south. As I’m sure you know, they have so many great songs that I could have posted, so I’ve settled on this old classic.
Also, my favorite fun fact about The Band is that the name suposedly comes from people referring to them as ‘the band’ when they were backing Bob Dylan, they were actually called ‘The Hawks’ at the time.
And with that, Canadian music week is dead. Long live Canadian music week!
This song is great. It reminds me of Neutral Milk Hotel, if Neutral Milk Hotel did a concept album about being a mechanical horse.
Tomorrow, which will be my final day of Canadian music week, will conclude with the greatest Canadian band of all time. There shall be no discussion on the righteousness of that band, nor the definitiveness of the decision.
With a name like this, it’s got to be good. And while this song isn’t quite Gram Parsons great, but it’s pretty good.
This is from their album “Going Steady,” which is reasonably solid. They wear a good deal of influences on their sleeve throughout the album. Influences that, for a song or two, are so overwhelming it would seem as if Arcade Fire was actually in the studio with them. Then Broken Social Scene seemingly comes through to record some demo tracks with toy Casio keyboards and twangy guitars.
Canadian music week does not rest on American national holidays.
While this song was written by her, she shares some of the songwriting credits on this album with Ron Sexsmith, amongst others. Give this one a shot, it’s great and a perfect listen while coming out of a turkey induced coma.
I declared my love for Canadian music and have been posting it throughout the week. Today I’m upping the ante by posting a song by Canadians with “Canada” in the name. What will tomorrow bring?
This song is great.
Yesterday I claimed that I’d continue posting Canadian music as the week progressed. I’m making good on that promise by posting one of my favorite songs from the past few months. This whole album plays like a band that spent several months listening to The Cure and then went immediately into the studio to record an album in one long three day weekend… in a good way.
I heard this song and immediately wanted the whole album. I searched and searched for months and months until I came upon my new love, who happened to carry it in flac.
Lately, I’ve been of the opinion that “if it’s not Candian, it’s crap” when it comes to music. This is an odd position for someone raised just outside Chicago who moved to NYC by way of 5 years in Portland. In fact, I’ve spent no more than two uneventful nights in the Great White North. It is however, for the moment, fact. I’ll post more Canadian music as the week progresses.
