links Today's Fresh Links: Modest Mouse, The All-American Rejects, Eugene Mirman and more
The latest single “Satellite Skin” from Modest Mouse is now streaming on their MySpace.
“The All-American Rejects” latest album, When The World Comes Down, and their musical process are the focus of this Sun Chronicle article.
“It was just, wow, we have all these great songs, but we’re just missing the boat,” Ritter said. “Like we told ourselves we need one more song, like one more great song. I just knew it wasn’t complete. It’s a chain. The whole record is a big chain, and without one link, the whole thing breaks.”
Extra Golden talk about their history and political connections on the LA Times Music Blog.
“Obamaâs office arranged an earlier interview on the day the band was supposed to fly to Chicago, which meant someone went into the office at midnight to speak to the Kenyan embassy the moment it opened in the morning. It all worked out — they did the interview, went home and packed and left immediately.”
Dave Alvin and music’s history come together in this article on the Cincinnati Enquirer.
“I think it’s the nature of American culture not to preserve things,” Alvin says. “I don’t think that people tend to see it as folk music, as part of the storytelling tradition.”
Eugene Mirman offers up a crazy awesome crooning baby singing familiar songs.
posted May 14 '09 at 12:23PM by Tyler McPherson in all american rejects, comedy, dave alvin, eugene mirman, extra golden, modest mouse, music
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