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Best Of 2013 – Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind

Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on January 5, 2014
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MakeUpYourMind

I hate doing “best of” lists!  It is really hard to decided what’s best and I change my mind day to day.  I can really identify with the sentiment of that great old song by the Loving Spoonful…..

But I have a post to so let’s make some decisions…..

TOP FIVE SONGS OF 2013

Go In Peace – Sam Baker

She Will – Savages

There’ll Be Hard Times – Joe Matzzie

All The Kids – Iska Dhoof

Used – Ashley Monroe

And the best song of 2013 is Used by Ashley Monroe.  This song speaks to me on a very personal level and I just can’t hear it enough!

Top Five Albums Of 2013

Silence Yourself – Savages

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Stories Don’t End – Dawes

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Say Grace – Sam Baker

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Let’s Be Still – The Head and The Heart

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Like A Rose – Ashley Monroe/Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves

I just couldn’t decide between these two albums so I’m recognizing both of them.  There are some brilliant new female country singer/songwriters coming out of Nashville and these are two of the best!

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And the album of the year is Stories Don’t End by Dawes.  This album is close to perfect and has been my go to album since it was released this year.  It shows the incredible songwriting growth of the band over the past few years and includes some amazing music.  Here is one of my favorite songs from the album…..

At the scene of all I’ve left unlearned, in the directions to your house
In every swing I took to crack the code
I need a cold beer from a dressing room, I need a string of dates back out
I think there are a few of us that still belong out on the road

Biggest Musical Disappointments 0f 2013

Trouble Will Find Me – The National

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An incredible let down, and a big step in the wrong direction, after the brilliance of High Violet!

Best Music Related Movie Of 2013

Springsteen and I 

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After being a rabid Bruce Springsteen fan for over 40 years I didn’t think that anything could make me love the man more than I already do.  I was wrong!  Springsteen & I is a movie about Bruce from the fan’s perspective and it shows that Bruce is not only a great musician but he is also a great human being.  You need to watch it!  I got an email from my friend Gerard from the Netherlands just this morning indicating that he had seen it and enjoyed it….you will too!

Sunday Sessions #23 – Jackson Browne and Dawes (Occupy Wall Street)

Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on December 16, 2013
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Jackson Browne and Dawes

Today’s Sunday Session features one of my all time favorite performers, Jackson Browne, performing with the group that released my favorite record this year, Dawes, during the Occupy Wall Street protests.  Enjoy….

Most People – New Dawes Video

Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on August 10, 2013
Posted in: Add This To Your Playlist Now, Collaborations, I Got You Covered, New Music That Doesn't Suck. Tagged: , . Leave a comment

Dawes

I’m a big Dawes fan (you already know this if you have been reading this blog!).  They recently released a new video for Most People from their Stories Don’t End album.  It includes some good tour footage so I thought you might enjoy it.

As a bonus, here is a great clip of a Dawes/Mumford and Sons performance of a little ditty that some of you might be old enough to have heard before 🙂

Add This To Your Playlist Now – Dawes (Stories Don’t End)

Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on May 16, 2013
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Dawes 2013

If you have been paying attention over the past year you already know that Dawes has been featured in several posts.   The first time I heard them I knew that it was just a matter of time until they produced an amazing record and I am very happy to tell you that that time has arrived.

I am going to characterize their new album in an way that will probably be controversial but if you give me time I think you will understand.  Here goes……Stories Don’t End is the best Jackson Browne album I have heard in many years.  Let me explain…..Jackson Browne, at the height of his talent, produced some of the best albums of all time.  His albums were an amazing combination of brilliant songs, beautiful vocals, and incredible instrumentation.  Jackson wrote, and sang about, things that I had either been through, cared about, and/or wondered about.  Put more simply Jackson’s music spoke to me in a very personal way.  Stories Don’t End is the first album in ages that makes me feel the  same way I felt when listened to some of Jackson’s best albums like Late For The Sky.  Does that help??

Enough talking, let’s listen…..

This is my favorite song from the album.  When the instruments drop out leaving only the drum beat for the following lyrics I knew for sure that I was listening to something special

At the scene of all I’ve left unlearned, in the directions to your house

In every swing I took to crack the code

I need a cold beer from a dressing room, I need a string of dates back out

I think there are a few of us that still belong out on the road

This is my second favorite song from the album.  I am absolutely entranced each time I listen to this song  and hear to breakdown where counterpoint vocals sing the chorus.  Really good stuff!

To top things off here are a couple of really good live performances of other great songs from the album.

If you like great music you owe it to your self to buy this album.

Freebie Friday – Paste Festival Sessions

Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on January 26, 2013
Posted in: Freebie Fridays, New Music, New Music That Doesn't Suck, Overlooked Music. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

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This is the first of what I hope will be a series of free music Fridays.  To kick off this series we have a free Newport Folk Festival sampler pulled together by Paste magazine.  This sampler has some amazing performances from many artists that that we have highlighted in this blog including Of Monsters And Men, First Aid Kit, and Dawes.  I high recommend you check it out…..you sure can’t beat the price!

Here are the performers and songs from the sampler…….

Blind Pilot – Always

Joel Rafael – Racing And Chasing The Sun

Robert Ellis – Comin Home

Jonathan Wilson – Ballad Of The Pines

Trampled By Turtles – Keys To Paradise

Preservation Hall Jazz Band – A Good Gal’s Hard To Find

Ben Sollee – The Globe

Rodriguez – Like Janis

Deep Dark Woods – Virginia

Dawes – So Well

Apache Relay – Stay Naive

Jonny Fritz – Put Another Log On The Fire

First Aid Kit – Waltz For Richard

Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks

Dawes featuring Ben Sollee – I Dig Love

Here is the download link for the sampler…..

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2013/01/the-2012-paste-festival-sessions-sampler.html

One of the bands on the sampler that I have not written about but have been following for years is Blind Pilot from Portland, Oregon.  I particularly enjoyed their 2008 debut album, 3 Rounds and a Sound.  To give you an appreciation for this group I have two songs for you, a live performance from this years 2012 Newport Folk Festival and the title song from their debut album.  Enjoy!

As always…..let me know what you think.

New Music That Doesn’t Suck #5 – Dawes

Posted by thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard on July 6, 2012
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No….I haven’t forgotten that we need to finish up the Southern California Sound Series of posts!  I have just gotten diverted by other music over the past couple of weeks.  That happens a lot with me so you might as well get used to it 🙂

To get us moving back in the right direction, today I am introducing you to Dawes….some more new music that doesn’t suck.  Dawes is a modern day embodiment of the Souther California Sound and I really like their music.  They released their second album, Nothing is Wrong, about this time last year and I have listened to it frequently since then.  Take a listen to my favorite song from the album, If I Wanted Someone, and see what you think…..

Sometimes groups can sound great in a studio but just don’t have the raw talent to pull off their sound in a live setting.  To prove that this is not the case with Dawes, I offer you this live acoustic version of If I Wanted Someone that was recorded in a Chicago alley.

Awesome performance, especially the harmonies!

Over the last couple of years Dawes has spent time backing up Robbie Robertson and Jackson Browne.  Jackson in particular has had some pretty high praise for the group stating: “It’s a pleasure to play with these guys, who are themselves some of my favorite songwriters.”   As a bonus, here is a clip of Jackson and Dawes playing a new Jackson song called Whose Side Are You On at Occupy Wall Street late last year.

So, while we are on the topic,……whose side are you on????