Whathaveyou - Friday, February 25, 2011

Various and Sundry Goings On About Music:

• The Grammys happened. Arcade Fire, Black Keys, the artists formerly known as the White Stripes all won stuff. Avetts performered with Dylan. And there was much rejoicing.
• FANTASTIC news out of the ANTI- Records camp. Tom Waits is working on his next album! Woo! Wonder where it will fall on the Waits-o-meter?
• Congrats to Toro y Moi for earning a Best New Music review from Pitchfork. This is usually a Midas touch for up-and-comers. Chaz's ship might have just come in.
• Official release date for TV On the Radio's new disc: April 12, which puts them out of consideration for Indie Music MAYhem Part Deux.

Recent Listening:

• Radiohead - The King of Limbs
• Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
• Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone
• My Morning Jacket - At Dawn
• Bob Dylan - Basement Tapes

Upcoming Releases of Import:

• Felice Brothers - Celebration, Florida (March)
• Strokes - Angles (March 22)
• Cass McCombs - WIT'S END (April 12) 
• TV On the Radio - Types of Light (April 12)
• Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Here We Rest (April 12)
• Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues (May 3)
• Okkervil River - I Am Very Far (May 10)
• Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys (May 31)

My Upcoming Concert Schedule:

• Bright Eyes (Asheville, March 5)
• The Avett Brothers (Savannah, March 30)
• Iron and Wine w/Low Anthem (Savannah, April 23)
• The Fleet Foxes (Atlanta, May 14)

A Tube For You:
I need a little pick-me-up this morning, so here's the video to one of the most uplifting songs from the past few years: "Who Knows, Who Cares" by Local Natives, who wrote my favorite album of 2010.