dylan vs petty: birds & arrows, originally uploaded by minervacat. Since we are — *gulp* — in the back half of 2010, early contenders for my end-of-2010 top five albums: The Black Keys — Brothers Woodpigeon — Die Stadt Musikanten Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed & the True Loves — Come And Get It Gaslight Anthem —…
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the old ceremony @ wallace plaza
the old ceremony @ wallace plaza, originally uploaded by minervacat. there is a song i sing when nobody’s around and i forget the words sometimes but it never lets me down ’cause when i get to the part where i feel just about fine well, i don’t want to wither on the vine
love is a mix tape
jason isbell acoustic @ the berkeley cafe, originally uploaded by minervacat. My music collection, these days, is primarily digital. I still own a ton of CDs — they slide around in the backseat and under the front seats of Azula the Little Red Toyota of Doom, they’re stacked on the bottom shelf of one of…
the butchies @ cat’s cradle
Sometimes you just need to go out and watch a bunch of badass women play pop punk. Sometimes that is, in fact, the answer on a Wednesday night. (I tagged along to the Butchies’ reunion show with Ash, and it was fantastic.)
counting crows traveling circus and medicine show
counting crows travelling circus and medicine show, originally uploaded by minervacat. curiosity, kitten, doesn’t have to mean you’re on your own Full review and photos tomorrow.
one for sorrow, two for joy
August And Everything After is 17 years old this year. I think, for a lot of people close to my age, that album was formative. I was 13 when it came out. I loved it relentlessly and fiercely and as though it was something entirely my own, despite the fact that the video for “Mr….
chatham county line cd release show for ‘wildwood’
There’s no doubt in my mind that Chatham County Line are one of the best traditional bluegrass bands working today; even more so because they’re much more than a trad bluegrass outfit. They’re a group of guys who know the lineage their music comes from, and who recognize and draw from that, all while being…
young wild things tour: fall out boy
young wild things tour: fall out boy, originally uploaded by minervacat. So, the question is, “Are you good? “ Simple, easy, and sure way to find out is you. No one can answer this question but yourself. If you aren’t sure if your work is good, then probably your work is not good enough. Don’t…
i wake in the morning and i step outside
holy ghost tent revival @ the pour house, originally uploaded by minervacat. I’m listening to my 4&5 star songs playlist on my iPod lately, on shuffle — and this afternoon on the way home, it threw up a slice of my teenage years. 4 Non-Blondes’ “What’s Going On” followed by Dog’s Eye View’s “Everything Falls…
they did do a pretty decent cover of ‘tennessee waltz’ once, though
trkfest 2010: hammer no more the fingers, originally uploaded by minervacat. The radio station that I often listen to whilst driving to and from work, when I am too lazy to plug my iPod in or change the CD so it’s not the same CD we’ve been listening to for three weeks straight, has spent…
brand new kind of photography 