They used to be called "We Are Jeneric." Now they are "The Parlor" and they shocked my heart at last year's Restoration Festival. (Their performance was passionate and breathtaking.) Their new cd is great and I can't wait to hear these new songs played live right in front of me this coming Saturday, 4/7 at Valentines.
Playlist for 4/1/12 show
8:00pm
CANT: Too Late, Too Far
Vampire Weekend: Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
The Parlor: We Are Free // On A Boat On A Sea (See and hear them play their new album tunes this coming Saturday at Valentines. It's a cd-release party! And the cd is excellent.)
Raphael Saadiq: Let's Take A Walk
Elvis Perkins: I Heard Your Voice In Dresden
Joy Kills Sorrow: One More Night (That banjo!! I love how it rings in my head during the song. It's an extra voice almost.)
Pearly Gate Music: Daddy Wrote You Letters
Wild Flag: Future Crimes
Big Troubles: Softer Than Science
Lost in the Trees: An Artist's Song
Johnny Cash: Greystone Chapel
Ra Ra Riot: Dying Is Fine
Daniel Rossen: Golden Mile
Ben Sollee: Bend
Avey Tare: 3 Umbrellas
Mia Doi Todd & José González: Um Girassol Da Cor Do Seu Cabelo (This is the song whose name I couldn't pronounce.)
9:00
Fenster: Fantasy II
Justin Townes Earle: Am I That Lonely Tonight? (Songs like this one, that sing about the radio and/or pinball, are my faves.)
The Magnetic Fields: All She Cares About Is Mariachi
Au Revoir Simone: A Violent Yet Flammable World
Bowerbirds: Overcome With Light
Memoryhouse: All Our Wonder (I had a tough time getting into this album but this song is starting to get me into it. I really like the name of the band and that makes me really want to get into the music.)
Akron/Family: I'll Be On The Water
Andrew Bird: Lusitania
Frankie Rose: Apples For The Sun (At Valentines May 3 (a Thursday!))
Sam Cooke: You're Always On My Mind
Islands: Cold Again
Cat Power: Fool
Josh Ritter: Darlin'
TOPS: Rings of Saturn
Laura Gibson: Red Moon
Nick Drake: Winter Is Gone
Picture note: Awesome poster with tons of my favorite color (yellow) by Phil Pascuzzo