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Do You Remember Rock & Roll?

If not, let the Alabama Shakes remind you. They’re selling out shows across the country and their debut album isn’t even out for another couple months. I managed to see these blues-infused soul grabbers play a jam packed show at the Indy in San Francisco last night. Best overpriced scalped ticket I ever bought!

Don’t believe the hype? Are you in Lefsetz’s corner? All due respect to differing musical tastes, but you’d have to be made of stone to hear a song like “Be Mine” and think that this is a band that’s “not ready.” They sound like they were born ready.

Go see the Alabama Shakes, if you can. Pick up their album Boys & Girls when it drops the second week of April. And peep my photos from last night’s show:


Additional photos on my Flickr.

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Did You Hear That: Adele “21″ a brief review

From the first beat of “Rolling in the Deep,” the first track on Adele’s new album, “21”, it is clear that even at such a young age (all of 22 now), singer/songwriter Adele continues to be a force stronger than she may know. As “21” dips into the style of the country South with a rollicking and rocking propulsion, it highlights the strength of Adele’s voice as surely as it asserts the certainty of her dignity. It’s a little sad to hear stories of heartache and loss from such a young girl, but the strength of Adele’s talent is so clear, it almost negates the natural tendency to empathize. For while she laments being misunderstood and left behind, here she is, soaring ahead with her raspy and textured voice, beautiful and sure and stronger than heartbreak.

- Serena Hedison

Stream the entire lp at npr.com

U.S. release via Columbia on Feb. 22, 2011

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Edward Sharpe and the Magentic Zeros “Home”- Cover – Fully Cute Mode

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Let’s talk about how good the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song home is. This band is rapidly becoming one of my favorite discoveries of 2010. ( I was loathe to put together a best of list at the end of the year) . Now this band is showing up everywhere. In this video with a father and daughter doing a super cute cover version, and it does look like its way past her bed time.

The first time I heard this song and fell in love with it’s usage was here:

Which can only be described as a love letter to Fhay

ESATMZ is not a one hit band by any stretch of the imagination. Some Sharpe music supervisor working at Ford’s agency pulled “Janglin” for this spot last spring.

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You  now need to check out the itunes session versions of the tracks  “Janglin” and  “Up From Below” which can be downloaded  here at RCRDLBL.

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