Ryan Adams - Two

Youtube video here.

Jessica Lea Mayfield: For Today

Jessica Lea Mayfield's MySpace page here.

Jessica on Wikipedia.

Video #1

Avett Brothers singing "For Today" here....

Youtube video... interview.

Guitar tabs here.

Jessica Lea Mayfield and Scott Avett.... here.

Chittlin...

FOR TODAY - LYRICS:I was walking with your left hand in my back pocket
And I stared at the sky while you kissed me
And you were running away, away from everything
And I stayed behind so you'd miss me
And all these words would sound so sweet
I could care less about you
Care less about you
And I love the sound of you walking away
And I can see clearer and I'm getting closer
To finding out to just who I am without you in the way
So hold me
But only for today
Despite my best ambitions
I get into the worst situations
But here I am crystal clean
And all my nights are lonely
The workers said you are phony
Cause there's nothing left to say
I know you say you can't live without me
And every single night you think about me
I could care less about you
Care less about you
And how I love the sound of you walking away
And I can
See clearer
And I am getting closer
To finding out just who I am
Without you in the way
So hold me
But only for today

Lisa Hannigan - I Don't Know....

Fabulous video here...

Ray LaMontagne - You Are the Best Thing

Check out Ray LaMontagne's MySpace page here.

YouTube video here.

Live rendition here and here.

LYRICS:

Baby
It’s been a long day, baby.
Things ain’t going my way
you know I need you here
here by my side
all of the time

And Baby, the way you move me its crazy.
it’s like, you see right through me, you make it easier,
You please me and you don’t even have to try.

oh because,
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

Baby,
We’ve come a long way, baby.
you know, I hope and I pray that you believe me
When I say this love will never fade away

oh because
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

Now both of us have known love before,
To come on up promising, like the spring, just walk on out the door.
Our hearts are kind and are hearts are strong.
well, let me tell you what exactly is on my mind.

you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

you are the best thing
you are the best thing
you are the best thing
ever happened to me

yeah, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah,
now, now, now, now

Ray LaMontagne - Be Here Now

YouTube video here, and here.

BE HERE NOW - Lyrics:Don't let your mind get weary and confused
Your will be still, don't try
Don't let your heart get heavy child
Inside you there's a strength that lies

Don't let your soul get lonely child
It's only time, it will go by
Don't look for love in faces, places
It's in you, that's where you'll find kindness

Be here now, here now
Be here now, here now

Don't lose your faith in me
And I will try not to lose faith in you
Don't put your trust in walls
'Cause walls will only crush you when they fall

Be here now, here now
Be here now, here now

Video #1

Radiohead - Strange Fishes

Here.

K.T. Tunstall and "Lil Bastard"

David Bowie - Tom....

Ring of Fire

Social Distortion Ring of Fire....

Talking Heads - And She Was..

Social Distortion - Ball and Chain

Video here.

Ben Harper and Relentless 7 - SXSW

Ben Harper and Relentless 7: Good review here....

Ben Harper at Stubbs....

Ben Harper, miscellaneous....

Morning Yearning video, directed by Heath Ledger...

Ben Harper and Eddie Vedder... here. "Indifference"

Relentless Seven on MySpace.

Relentless SEven homepage.

RElentless Seven, Facebook.

Facebook videos...

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Lucinda Williams - You Took My Joy

Lucinda Williams - Honey Bee

Martin Sexton - Beast in Me

27 Jennifers

Hey Eugene!

TV on the radio...

Insert Ting Tings - 3 or 4 songs

Sara Watkins - All This Time

Sara Watkins, formerly of Nickel Creek, has a new solo album out...

Check out "All this Time."

LYRICS:

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

I feel like the wind just came and blew all the crumbs away
I'm finally breaking it off with your memory

You're still in my cupboards
Get out of my cupboards
Get off of my walls

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

You're where I hang my keys when I walk in the door
You're the jacket I borrowed and proudly wore
But with you in my head you stay under my skin and interfere with my heart

All this time
All this time
All this time
And you on my mind

I feel like the wind just came and blew all the crumbs away
I'm finally breaking it off with your memory

Check out Sara's MySpace page.

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Meiko - Boyfriends with Girlfriends

I accidentally saw Meiko at SXSW '09. I had never heard of her... But the people I was standing with were total groupies. In fact, the Korean guy I met had actually become a partial owner of "The Parish" bar in Austin, Texas because he was so in love with Meiko (and she plays there when she comes to town ;-)

And, needless to say, she was very talented and extremely humble ;-) I'm hooked!!

She's currently on tour, so check out her MySpace page for her gig schedule.

And here's the song that has catapulted her to instant stardom:

BOYS WITH GIRLFRIENDS

Listen here, and here.

Lyrics are below:
when i first met you i knew you were the one
till you took me home and met her
she had your boxers on
she was listening to your song
and i thought right then that you had everything

but i knew
she was jealous from the start
yeah i knew
she was jealous from the start

cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh oh oh oh oh oh X 2)

we started hanging around after 9
i couldve sworn you i was yours
you looked at me and said
its a little too late for bed
we went to hopesal and
talked about everything

but i knew
she was jealous from the start
yeah i knew
she was jealous from the start


cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh)

what she did to us was tragic
oh oh oh
and i have to do what's right
oh oh oh
what we had was really magic
oh oh oh
but i have to get what's mine
oh
i don't get what's mine
and you get yours

cos i know better not to be friends with boys with girlfriends
oh i know better than that i know better
you play the victim and i'll be the bad guy
i know better than that, i know better
(oh)
X 2

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Neko Case - Vengeance is Sleeping Video on YouTube

Also check out:



Listen to her new album, Middle Cyclone, here: http://www.nekocase.com/news/

Vengeance is sleeping is the fifth song, I think...

Neko Case - Vengeance is Sleeping

VENGEANCE IS SLEEPING
Neko Case 2008

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT A BRUTE I WAS
I DIPPED MY CIGARETTE AND RODE THE BUS
VENGEANCE BUILT ME HASTILY

AND I DRAGGED THE CLANGING NOTION I WAS NOBODY, NOBODY... NOBODY
ALL I HAD WAS MY INTENTION
AND MY LOVE INVENTED ALL OF YOU

OH, LOOK WHAT THOUGHTS CAN DO
WHAT THOUGHTS CAN DO

IF BY NOW YOU ARE NOT DEAD AND BURIED
YOU ARE MOST CERTIFIABLY MARRIED, OH MARRIED

I'M SURE YOU'RE SLEEPING SOUND
WITH THE MISTRESS OF THE HOURS
THE HOURS THAT GRIND YOUR LIFE TO DUST
YOUR EASY LOVES YOU KEEP LIKE PETS
DENIED THEM YOU ARE POWERLESS

WHATEVER KEEPS YOU SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT

I'M NOT THE MAN YOU THOUGHT I WAS

MY LOVE HAS NEVER LIVED INDOORS
I'VE HAD TO DRAG IT HOME BY FORCE
HIRED HOUNDS AT BOTH MY WRISTS
DAMP AND BRUISED BY STRANGERS KISSES ON MY LIPS
BUT YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I STILL MISS

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I STILL MISS

AND IT'S RUTHLESS THAT IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE

I'M NOT THE MAN YOU THINK I AM

Bon Iver: For Emma

For Emma performed here.

And an amazing cappella rendition here! Holy shit!!

Acoustic version here.

One more here.

FOR EMMA LYRICS:

Her:

"Forgoe the parable."

Him:

"Seek the light."

Her:

"...My knees are cold."

(Running home, running home, running home, running home...)

Her:

"Go find another lover;

To bring a... to string along!"

"With all your lies,

You're still very lovable."

"I toured the light; so many foreign roads for Emma, forever ago."




Bon Iver on MySpace here.

Bon Iver tour schedule here.

Bon Iver and Feist on Australian radio here.

Bon Iver on Wikipedia.

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