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Oh. My. Lord.
Jason Mraz’ I’m Yours
as covered by the cutest little kid that I want to stuff in my pocket to keep with me always.
Via Nicki Clyne
The beauty of music venue Hotel Cafe is the ability to discover new artists, they typically have a 40-50 min set format that rotates artists through the evening on the hour. Sucks when you want to see talented musicians and jam bands play for 6 hours straight, but there is an advantage. You can hear something new before/after the set you’ve come to see.
(How I heard Brooke White, The Rescues, Ollabelle, Eric Hutchinson, etc for the first time… YEARS ago… )
The luck of finding good music happened again last week. Saw Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss after Oren Lavie, and seeing them walk up to the stage I just knew they’d be charismatic. They would either suck terribly or rock.
You can’t be mediocre and dress like these guys…
And they rocked. A punk and bluegrass twist on Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger. With original songs. Couldn’t have asked for a more interesting band to stumble upon at Hotel Cafe…
Check out some more videos
(I apologize for the crappy Moo-ing intro… stupid lead-in by the production company)
13 Days
Good Pussy (Language NSFW)
Phantom Switch Man
Check out their myspace and see when they’re playing around, they’ll sell you a 5 track demo CD and it’s worth every penny!
Has anyone seen this Kia Moters teaser ad for their spot due out during the Super Bowl?
Two things.
One – I will watch the game only for this commercial. I’m sorry, but a sock monkey on a mechanical bull? Brilliant.
And we all know women love robots….
Two – The song rocks. Rocks my socks off.
The Heavy’s How You Like Me Now
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Blahhhh! There’s a second one! Wonderful!
Last night I had the awesome pleasure of seeing Oren Lavie play at Hotel Cafe. Not only is HC an intimate setting to see musicians play, but sitting in the front row there essentially puts you on stage with the band, almost like you’re sitting in during a living room session.
The place was hushed during his set, you could hear a pin drop… everyone waited to hear each delicate note and lyric. My friend Jonathan and I sat at the edge of our seats watching each musician in the band play along with Oren with the same pensive look and love for the music… it was really amazing.
You have probably seen Oren’s music video that went viral on the internet a few months ago, it was also nominated for a Grammy in the Short Form Music Video category (sadly it did not win the night before last)
All of the songs he played were lovely and haunting, the melodies delicate, and each song manages to linger in the air… really spectacular to witness..
You can hear some of his songs on Oren Lavie’s Myspace
Or you can head over to Amazon / iTunes and buy the record The Opposite Side of the Sea
For some unknown cosmic aligning of the stars I have a ton of live music events lined up this month, so don’t be surprised if all I talk about are talented musicians and how much I love them.
Heck, if you’ve read for any length of time you’ve had to weather some unhealthy obsessions with musicians and an overabundance of YouTube videos.
On the schedule –
(not including new discoveries, nor shows yet to be scheduled)
Oren Lavie – Hotel Cafe
Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss – The Echo
The Silent Comedy – The Vault
Fight From Above – Troubadour
In The Mood – California Theater
Links – The Continental Room
Keaton Simons & Tony Lucca – Hotel Cafe
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