(03.11.08) Recommends:

Dawn Landes, "Fireproof" (Cooking Vinyl, 2008).

We've blogged about Dawn Landes before here and here, and this week she released a new album. We've been listening to it all week and we're really enjoying it. "Tired of This Life" is thus far our favorite track of the year. Luckily for you the new album can be streamed right here.

Dawn Landes -- Fireproof -- streaming audio.
Dawn Landes @ Myspace.

(04.25.08) Recommneds:

A Survey!

This is the third installment of the series.

This installment:
Dawn Landes vs. Colin Meloy.

Dawn Landes is playing a show at Spaceland on Monday evening.
Colin Meloy is playing a show at the Henry Fonda on Monday evening.

Who wins out?

Dawn Landes' pros:

1. The show is free.
2. Her new album is one of our favorite of the year.
3. We love blogging about her.
   

Dawn Landes' cons:
None that come to mind.

Colin Meloy's pros:

1. We've been on this huge Colin Meloy solo kick lately, listening to Colin Meloy Sings Live! pretty much non-stop for a week now. Then, the other night, while out walking, we noticed his name of the Fonda marquee, so it seemed pretty fitting to go.
2. We've had this Decemberists-California connection for a while now. Nearly five years ago, when we first visited the Bay Area as part of the due diligence period that led to use moving there, we came with only a week's worth of clothes and a single CD: Her Majesty The Decemberists. We drove around the City, listening only to this CD, and falling in love with both. We're thinking this show would be a good close to an otherwise crappy month.

Colin Meloy's cons:

1. The show is twenty five dollars more than free.
2. Most events that we see advertised at the Henry Fonda seem way sketch, so we're curious why he choose that venue.
   

So, you get to decide. Let us know in the comments or in email which show we should attend.

(09.04.07) Recommends:

A Dawn Landes Update.

We were first introduced to Dawn Landes through her Young Folks cover. Today we heard from her again when this track showed up in our inbox. We love our inbox because it can smell purity. Also: because it once contained an email from Jim Myers, better known as George "The Animal" Steele. By that time he had replaced his green tongue turnbuckle eating ways with the life of a born again Christian. He was reluctant to allow us to interview him for a project we were working on. Eventually he stopped returning our emails. But those three email exchanges remain in our Top Twenty Five Email Moments.

Anyway, back to Landes. We really like this track. It's from a previous album of hers. She is releasing a new one in early '08. So the story is still developing.

As for George "The Animal" Steele, we're not sure what he's got on his plate these days. We remain hopeful that eventually he will realize that our project proposal is completely earnest and upon its release will be met with far reaching acclaim. The world we live in is full of the generous and the gentle. What it lacks is a coming of age tale involving many of the mid-80's finest wrestlers. He knows our inbox will always welcome him with open arms.

Editor's Note: You may be wondering why we wrote this post in the first person plural, when there is clearly just one of us. We have no good answers for that. What do you think? Does the first person plural sound more convincing? We think that it might. We might keep this up. Let us know what you think.

Dawn Landes -- Suspicion -- mp3.

George "the Animal" Steele vs. Macho Man Randy Savage (w/ guest appearance by Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat):

(05.19.07) Recommends:

Dawn Landes.

So you've probably seen the bluegrass version of Peter,Bjorn, and John's "Young Folks". If not, it's really a must-hear. This Dawn Landes is new too me, so it's a developing story! I'll have more about her to write soon.

Here's the youtube:


Dawn Landes + WST Bluegrass Band -- Young Folks -- mp3.