BLOGSCHU

Music Monday: Favorites for Winter's End

 

Can you guess what this is?
Click here to find out.

We are just about a week away from the official start of spring so it seems like the right time for another "Favorites" posting to close out the winter. For those of you who are new to our Music Monday world, every few weeks I like to share intriguing tidbits that I have collected - and for the most part, they don't have anything to do with music. I find interest in just about everything and I fully agree with Brooklyn designer Frank Chimero: "I think we should strive to make our natural state one of wonder and attempt to discover joy in the world around us." 

So here's a bit of wonder and joy from me to you: 

Life, easier. 

Yummy.

No need to step outside to check the weather anymore.

This, this and this are in rotation on my nightstand.

Or maybe I could store my books here or here.

Bye, bye winter weight.

Social media, explained.

Every phone should have this installed.

I want to go here, here and here.

Things to do with your Gun Bun wine crate.

Fun gift idea. More gift ideas here.

Out with the old, in with the new.

This seems too good to be true.

Channel your inner Don Draper by installing this in your home or office.

Can't wait for this to return to television too.

This new NYT blog is really neat. 

Perspective.

____________________________________________________

Listen to the Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 Playlist on Spotify or Everyone's Mixtape.
Watch videos of the track here.
Feel free to drop songs you find into our collaborative Spotify playlist.
Listen to the bands from the Huichica 2012 line-up here or on Spotify.
Listen to the 2011 Music Monday Playlist here.

"Elephant King" - Yellow Ostrich
This band came onto my radar screen via a weekly email from Noise Trade. After joining Ra Ra Riot and the Antlers on the road last year, Yellow Ostrich is now headlining their own tour in support of their new album, Strange Land.    

"No Concern of Yours" - Punch Brothers
According to their Amazon webpage, "The Punch Brothers are nothing less than a youthful band comprising the most prodigious and sought-after musicians from the cutting edge of bluegrass and folk music." That's quite an endorsement. They also got a nice shout-out this week in The Talk of The Town in the New Yorker.    

"All The Rowboats" - Regina Spektor
I have always been a big fan of Spektor's music but after reading her Wikipedia page, I have an entirely new appreciation. It's always interesting to see how family background and early musical experiences can shape an artist. This song is from her upcoming album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, due out May 12. 

"Trip" - Vacationer
Since I can't attend SXSW 2012, I had a virtual listening party this past week previewing many of the artists who are slated to appear there. KCRW DJ Dan Wilcox turned me onto this Philadelphia band. If you'll be in Austin this week, you can catch them live here.   

"Manchester" - Kishi Bashi
There's something about this song that had me coming back to listen to it over and over again this past week. K Ishibashi,(aka Kishi Bashi) reminds me of Peter Gabriel both in his voice and the swelling instrumentation of his music. He will pull double duty on an upcoming tour as both the opening act and violinist for Of Montreal. HIs first full-length album is scheduled to be released in April.

Bonus Huichica 2012 artist preview: "Do What You Will" - Papercuts

Cheers, Lisa

Music Monday: Huichica 2012

 

It is with great pleasure that I present to you...
The 2012 Huichica Music Festival
Sonoma, California
Gundlach Bundschu Winery
 June 1-2, 2012

Jeff Bundschu and Eric Johnson have been hard at work (along with a whole slew of other folks) to bring you an even bigger and better festival this year. I'll let you head on over to the Huichica website for all of the nitty gritty details. Tickets are on sale now.

I plan to sprinkle a song from the line-up of Huichica bands each week as a bonus to my usual five songs in our Music Monday playlist.  I've also put together a Spotify playlist that showcases a few of the bands.

And speaking of music festivals/gatherings:

SXSW - Austin, Texas - March 13-18:

• In my fantasyland where I have infinite sums of money at my disposal and no parenting responsibilities, I am attending SXSW next week. I hope to see you there.
• Here's a mind-boggling list of bands slated to be there. 
• This is another great resource to help you get the most out of the experience.
• Secret SXSW Springsteen show? Yes please! And speaking of Springsteen...

Coachella - Indio, California - April 13-15 & April 20-22:

• First time ever that this event will be held over two weekends. 
• Within three hours of the on-sale, both weekends sold out.
• Radiohead! Nuff said. 
• If you're in LA, many of the bands will be performing locally in between the two weekends.

____________________________________________________

Listen to the Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 Playlist on Spotify or Everyone's Mixtape.
Watch videos of the track here.
Feel free to drop songs you find into our collaborative Spotify playlist.
Listen to the bands from the Huichica 2012 line-up here or on Spotify.
Listen to the 2011 Music Monday Playlist here.

I had a very long week (me + chaperoning junior high school regional honor choir + Reno, Nevada) so you'll have to excuse the lack of information behind my music selections this week.

"Every Little Thing" - Soft Swells

"Is It Alright" - Mikal Cronin

"Safe and Sound" - Capital Cities

"Old Pine" - Ben Howard

"Tourists" - Bright Moments

Huichica 2012 Bonus: "Skinnybone" - Sea of Bees

Cheers, Lisa

P.S. - As an experiment, I am embedding our playlist via Everyone's Mixtape below to see if it comes through in the email version of this post. Sorry if there is just a blank space here:

Music Monday

 

Snow Drawings at Rabbit Ears Pass by Sonja Hinrichsen 

Here are two upcoming Gundlach Bundschu music-related events that I wanted to make sure and tell you about:

SXSW WINE DINNER WITH WINTERSLEEP

Jeff Bundschu is hosting a wine dinner on Wednesday, March 14th during the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The four-course dinner will feature the exceptional wines of Gundlach Bundschu and Jeff's Blue Nomad Wine Company and a live set by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep. If you are lucky enough to be attending SXSW this year, you can reserve your seats by calling Flemings Downtown Austin directly at 512-547-1500.

 

FRUIT BATS & FRIENDS AT GUNDLACH BUNDSCHU

Long-time friends of Gundlach Bundschu, the Fruit Bats, will be returning to the winery's historic barn to perform on Saturday, April 28th along with opening acts Gold Leaves and Garrett Pierce. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. More information on the event and the bands can be found here.

 

Listen to the Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 Playlist on Spotify or Everyone's Mixtape.
Watch videos of the track here.
Feel free to drop songs you find into our collaborative Spotify playlist.
Listen to the 2011 Music Monday Playlist here.

"Open" - Rhye
The website TheOwlMag.com has the most information that I can find about this band: "an unknown group out of Los Angeles has released a tasty little EP that you’d never believe was birthed in the city of angels. Rhye has left no paper or digital trail giving clues to the members of the band, where they’re originally from, or if they’ve ever been in bands before." You can listen to all six "tasty" tracks of their debut on Spotify.

"Working Titles" - Damien Jurado
Damien Jurado is a prolific indie rock singer/songwriter from Seattle. This track is from his latest album Maraqopa, which was produced by Huichica's own Richard Swift.  

"End of the Line" - Sleigh Bells
Fresh off their unfortunately underwhelming performance on SNL, Sleigh Bells is nonetheless continuing to impress their legions of fans with their latest album Reign of Terror. 

"Sweet Sour" - Band of Skulls
This alternative rock band from the UK will be returning to Austin this year as part of KCRW's 2012 SXSW Nighttime Showcase on 3/14. This infectious track is from their latest album of the same name.

"Genesis" - Grimes
The music blogosphere has eagerly been awaiting Grimes' new album Visions. And from this review, I wish I had caught her show last weekend at The Echo. It's fascinating that she creates her music alone in her bedroom, with the application Garage Band.  

BONUS SONG: "Weighty Ghost" - Wintersleep
Enjoy this tune from the band that will be a part of Gun Bun's special dinner at SXSW. They most recently performed it on the David Letterman Show.

Cheers, Lisa

Music Monday on a Tuesday

 

Lisa & Billy - Tongue Tied at Sundance

I made an ass of myself at the Sundance Film Festival this year and I lay the blame solely on Gundlach Bundschu. Why is it so hard to pronounce? And why has Jeff Bundschu created a music festival with a name that is equally hard to spell?

So here's the story. I went to hear We Are Augustines (one of my favorite bands) perform at the ASCAP Music Cafe. Afterwards, I hung around a bit to talk to (stalk) Billy McCarthy, guitarist, lead singer and all around awesome dude. It's always nerve-wracking to be face to face with a person you admire who is somewhere on the "famous" spectrum; so, perhaps the cards were already stacked against me.

First things first, I tried to establish my music cred by telling him that I'm a "music blogger." He of course asked me the name of the blog:

Me: It's called Blogschu and it's the blog for the Gundlach Bundschu winery.

Billy: Uh huh.

Me: And the winery puts on the most amazing music festival in the summer. It's called Huichica.

Billy: Uh huh.

Me: You should really check it out. If you just google it you can find out all of the details.

Billy: Ok. What's it called again?

So this is the part where my nerves + the altitude of Park City + a wee bit of alcohol = me tongue tied

Me: Huichica. W. H. No wait. It's H. W. No, no, no--

And now the spelling of this random word that has something to do with an Indian tribe or a soil type or something like that completely leaves me.

Me: Hold on. Let me start over again--

Why oh why can't it just be called "The Jeff and Eric Fun Time Band Show"?

Billy: Yeah. So it's been nice talking to you.

And there you have it. 

-------------------------

Here are a few music tidbits before we get to this week's playlist picks:

• Justin Timberlake nailed Bon Iver on SNL.
• You can listen to the soundtrack of my latest television obsession on Spotify.
• Daytrotter has posted some phenomenal videos from Huichica 2011. 

Listen to the Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 Playlist on Spotify or Everyone's Mixtape.
Watch videos of the track here.
Feel free to drop songs you find into our collaborative Spotify playlist.
Listen to the 2011 Music Monday Playlist here.

"Lost In The Light" - Bahamas
Canadian singer-songwriter Afie Jurvanen of Bahamas says that this track is the one he is most proud of from his recent album, Barcords. His sound reminds me of other intimate, indie-artists that I like such as Amos Lee. If I was going to SXSW, I would definitely check him out.

"The Real Thing" - Audra Mae & The Almighty Sound
I dig songs that showcase feisty women making strong statements and that's what you'll find on Audra Mae's debut album with her new band The Almighty Sound.   

"The Well" - Adam Arcuragi
I came across this artist after reading an interview he gave to  American Songwriter. His songwriting process was fascinating so I checked out his music on Spotify and I really liked it. According to wikipedia, Arcuragi is the founder of the music genre Death Gospel, whatever that is. This track is from his recently released album Like A Fire That Consumes All Before It."

"Heaven" - Emeli Sande
I took notice of this artist when Ed Sheeran (who I highlighted in an earlier post) recently tweeted that Emeli Sande's new album "will be the best of 2012." After writing and appearing on the tracks of many UK artists, Emeli finally decided to go out on her own. "Heaven" is her debut solo single.

"Origins" - Tennis
I've been waiting for this husband & wife duo's new album since last year's Cape Dory. They have a fun backstory: after finishing college, this couple sold their possessions and headed out to sea on a sailboat. Their songs are reflections based on these experiences.   

Cheers, Lisa

Music Monday

 

This photo is from 500px, a photographic community
for sharing and discovering inspiring photographs from all over the world.

 
I spent the last few days in an intensive writing program at UCLA workshopping my novel so when I sat down this morning to write about all of the music news on my mind (The Grammy's, Whitney R.I.P.), I found myself just too tapped out. I'm going to let the music speak for itself. Here are five tunes for last week (sorry I missed a posting!) and five for this week:  

Listen to the Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 Playlist on Spotify or Everyone's Mixtape.
Watch videos of the track here.
Feel free to drop songs you find into our collaborative Spotify playlist.
Listen to the 2011 Music Monday Playlist here.

"Come Home" - Chappo

"Down" - Summer Camp

"That Old Black Hole" - Dr. Dog

"Eyes Wide Open" - Gotye

"Liberal Arts" - Hospitality

"Flesh & Blood" - The Year of the Tiger

"Dancing With The DJ" - The Knocks

"Go Ego" - Eight And A Half

"The Lion's Roar" - First Aid Kit

"Just Ride It" - Cuckoo Chaos

Cheers, Lisa 

Music Monday :: Mid-Winter Favorites

Winter Escape: Six Senses Con Dao, Vietnam

Normally at this time of year I would be writing words of comfort for those of you battling the snow and freezing temperatures but it seems that most of us have been blessed with a mild winter. So instead, I'm sharing a "favorites" list to lift you out of the doldrums of January with its broken resolutions and post-holiday credit card blues. Here are some mid-winter finds that I love:

This designer.

This, this and this - all made of felt. And this gorgeous store's felt walls.

Marking your place.

This twitter feed.

Yum, Yummier, Yummiest.

And speaking of food, this is a super resource for online recipes.

Fantasy hideaways: cabins and treehouses.

Life in a bottle.

Literate sheet wrinkles.

One day. One photo.

Make a name for yourself.

Modular, customizable wall hangings.

A place to put the pits.

A clever take on band merch.

This is the latest "if you're not on it, you're not hip" website.

Put an end to email spam.

Feed your office supply addiction.

Track your coffee addiction.

File this and this under simple and practical.

If only he and she would stop torturing me each week.

For a good laugh, this is a must watch.

For a good cry, this is a must listen.

Listen to the Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 playlist on Spotify or Everyone's Mixtape.
Watch videos of the tracks here.
Feel free to drop songs you find into our collaborative Spotify playlist.
Listen to the 2011 Music Monday playlist here.

"Unless You Speak From Your Heart" - Porcelain Raft
Dreamy, ephemeral sounds from Italian/Brooklynite singer-songwriter Mauro Remiddi's debut album, Strange Weekend. 

"Great Life" - Caveman
Yet another band from Brooklyn. Yet another breezy tune. What can I say? I definitely have a "type."  

"Madeleine" - Lissy Truille
Elizabeth McChesney goes by the stage name of Lissy Truille when she's modeling for famous clothing lines or fronting her four piece rock band. This track is from her self-titled full-length album due out in March.   

"Lay Your Cards Out" - Polica feat. Mike Noyce
This track is from Polica's debut album, Give You The Ghost, which dropped late last year, two months ahead of it's scheduled release. Apparently, Jay-Z likes this foursome from Minneapolis because he debuted this song's video on his website, Life+Times. 

"Guilty As Charged" - Chairlift
I might as well close out with yet another indie band from Brooklyn! At least this group has the unique distinction of originally forming to make background music for haunted houses. 

Cheers, Lisa 

Music Monday

I am on the road today so I don't have time to write much but I have added five great songs to the playlist. I hope you'll take a listen.

• Listen to Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 playlist on Spotify or on Everyone's Mixtape.
• Suggest songs via the collaborative playlist here.
• Watch videos of the tracks here.
• Listen to 2011 Music Monday playlist here.

"Back of Your Neck" - Howler

"Home Again" - Michael Kiwanuka

"You Wish You Were Red" - Trailer Trash Tracys

"Some Love" - A Lull

"We Are Young" - Fun feat. Janelle Monae

Cheers, Lisa

Music Monday

Winter, Los Angeles

Music has always played a significant role in my life. I started playing the piano at a very young age, plunking out the tunes I heard in my head, and I have continued making and enjoying music throughout much of my life. 

But there was a time when the music went dark.

A few years ago I was living in a "rural, sophisticated" town in Connecticut. I found it to be a lonely, isolating place; of course, it didn't help that I was contending with an unravelling marriage and a partner with an undiagnosed mental illness. It was around this time that I stopped hearing music. I know I played it - I was always playing music for my two young daughters - but it stopped resonating with me. It became background noise to the chaos in my life.

And then I met Joe and Carol.

Joe and Carol were the parents of my daughter's friend. Soon after meeting them, they invited us over for dinner and a dip in the pool. With everything falling apart in my life I wasn't too keen on going, but I accepted the invite.

That night, Joe and Carol fixed a delicious homemade meal and poured many glasses of wine. And they had the best music playing. After dinner, while Carol entertained the kids in the pool, Joe and I sat in lawn chairs, under the setting sun, and talked music. We both had a deep passion for it and he turned me onto the radio station that we had been listening to, WFUV. You know how some people just shine a little brighter than everyone else? That's Joe. His zest for life and passion for following his dreams (he had recently given up a lucrative job at a mutual fund to become a math teacher) was infectious.

Between the food, wine and conversation, I felt a part of myself come back to life that night. 

After that, I listened to that radio station all the time. Sometimes it was the best part of my day, letting the music sweep me away from everything else that was going on around me.

Eventually, Joe and Carol moved away. And then so did I. As will happen, we didn't keep in touch. This year, as I was putting my holiday card mailing list together, something resonated with me when I came across Joe and Carol in my address book. So I sent them a card. I didn't think much about it until a few days ago when I received a large envelope in the mail with their return address on it. Inside was a letter from Carol and a page full of pictures: Joe and Carol and their two children in front of a pyramid in Egypt; Joe with full camping gear on his back, knee deep in a riverbed, giving the thumbs-up; and Joe on horseback, giving a big old wave goodbye.

And there at the bottom of the page were the terrible words that Joe had passed away in August from inoperable lung cancer at the age of 49.

I never got to tell Joe how much he helped me that night.

The world has lost one of the good ones.

Joe, thank you for bringing music back into my life. This one's for you.

Listen to Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 playlist on Spotify or on Everyone's Mixtape.
Suggest songs via the collaborative playlist here.
Watch videos of the tracks here.
Listen to 2011 Music Monday playlist here.

"The A Team" - Ed Sheeran
This post by Bob Lefsetz made me take a listen to Sheeran. This twenty-year old musician leads the nominations for the 2012 BRIT awards and you can catch him here in the U.S. opening for Snow Patrol's upcoming tour.

"Eyes Like Pearls" - Van Hunt
I hate to be a name-dropper but I can't resist on this one because Van Hunt and I go way back. Ok, not really. He offered me a copy of his first CD on the streets of Park City at Sundance eight years ago. I had no idea who he was but I took the CD and I actually listened to it when I got home. I listened to it a lot. So I'm very excited to see that he's back with a new one. 

"Simple Song" - The Shins
This is the first single from the Shin's upcoming fourth album. James Mercer wrote it when he and his wife were about to have their first daughter, as a tribute to their whole new life ahead of them. Ironically, Mercer told Q Magazine that this "Simple Song" was the most difficult song to put together in the studio. You can preorder Port Of Morrow now.

"We Were Children" - Tribes
NME turned me onto this band with this cerebral declaration: "This track is actually fucking great." I have to agree. I love that this UK band initially rebuffed the interwebs and insisted that their fans find them the old fashioned way, through concert posters. I supposed with their increasing success, they had to give in.

"Thieves and Kings" - The Peach Kings
Sometimes to find new and interesting music, I follow the internet breadcrumbs and see where they lead me. This time, it led me here and I think the fact that they do this is so cool (food + music = a good combo). And then I read this and I had to add this track to the playlist. 

For those of you who aren't on the Spotify bandwagon, I'm trying out an alternative method for listening to the playlist - Everyone's Mixtape. You can give it a try here.

Cheers, Lisa 

P.S. Here's a fun mashup that's worth a download.

Music Monday

Image courtesy of the To Resolve Project

Happy New Year! I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday season. Do you have any resolutions for 2012? I'm keeping it pretty simple by following the straightforward diagram on the poster from the To Resolve Project above.

Here are a few things that I am looking forward to in 2012:

This movie.

This book.

This album.

New seasons of this, this and this.

My geeky inner child is excited to play with these.

Taking my girls to this concert.

Attending this with my BFF (it's our tenth year!).

This music festival of course.

And finally, I am thrilled to be bringing you Music Monday posts again. So let's get to it.

To access the playlist, you need to download Spotify to your computer. And you really should, it's pretty darn revolutionary. If you are already using it, here are some features that might be new to you: Spotify Radio and Spotify Apps.

New for us in 2012, I have created a collaborative playlist on Spotify that will allow you to suggest songs that I should take a listen to. I have also set up a YouTube channel where I will post videos of the songs each week. Last year's playlist will also stay active. 

Listen to Gun Bun Music Monday 2012 Spotify playlist here.
Suggest songs via the collaborative playlist here.
Watch videos of the tracks here.
Listen to 2011 Music Monday playlist here.

"Stay Gold" - The Big Pink
In 2009, this English electro-rock duo won the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award for Best New Act at the NME Shockwave Awards. This track is from their upcoming album, Future This, due out on January 16th. Expect to see this act make waves at this year's SXSW music festival. Anyone else think of Johnny urging Ponyboy to "stay gold" when you hear this song?  

"Devils Work" - Miike Snow
This Swedish indie pop band's self-titled debut album topped many Album of the Year lists in 2010. Prior to forming Miike Snow, two members of this group shared success under the moniker of Boodshy & Avant, producing and writing songs for such artists as Madonna, Kelis and Britney Spears. They even won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording for Spears's track "Toxic." This song is from their second full-length album, Happy To You!!, which will be released on March 26th. 

"I'm His Girl" - Friends
This Brooklyn band formed, no joke, after a group of friends shacked up together to escape a bedbug infestation. "I'm His Girl" is the band's first single.

"The Believer - feat. John Legend" - Common
Common is an American hip-hop artist and actor. He won Grammy's in both 2003 and 2007 for his R&B and Rap work. He also also starred in films such as Terminator Salvation, Date Night and Just Wright. You can see him now on AMC's television show Hell On Wheels. This track is from his new album The Dreamer, The Believer and it features John Legend.

"In The Wild" - LP
L.P. (Laura Pergolizzi) is a pop/rock musician who has been performing on the NYC music scene for many years. Tip of the hat to my friend Rod for turning me onto this song. It's infectious. You can watch her perform it live here.
Note: This track is not on Spotify but you can download it here and put it in your computer's music library. It will then show up in the Spotify playlist. 

Cheers, Lisa

Music Monday

BEST WISHES FOR HAPPY HOLIDAYS
AND A MAGNIFICENT NEW YEAR! 

This time of year always brings back memories of holidays past. I can still feel the giddy anticipation of Christmas morning, sitting at the stop of the stairs with my brothers and sister, all in our footed pajamas, anxiously waiting for our parents to give us the nod to go downstairs. Or the annual tradition of my siblings and I staging the manger scene with an old refrigerator box, some stuffed animals, and inevitable arguments about who was going to get to play Mary and Joseph. And remember the time before TiVo when you had to actually plan in advance to watch Christmas specials? We would curl up around our tiny television set, wrapped up in blankets, popcorn in little bowls, watching Rudolph, Frosty and the Charlie Brown crew inaugurate yet another holiday season.

Now I have the pleasure of making Christmas memories for my own children and I absolutely treasure it each and every year. 

This is going to be my last post for 2011 as I plan to take the next two weeks "off" to relax and enjoy the holidays with my family and friends. Thank you for lending me your ear each week. If you hit "play" in our Spotify playlist, it would take over twelve hours to listen to the 186 tracks that we have accumulated over the year. I look forward to discovering and sharing lots more in 2012.

Here are my picks for the final playlist of 2011 which you can listen to via Spotify here: GunBun Music Monday 2011.

"Default" - Django Django
Django Django is made up of four mates who met at art school in Edinburgh. This single is from their self-titled debut album which will be released January 30th, 2012. 

"Hell, Heaven" - Parlovr
This track comes courtesy of my friends Steven and George who are avid SXSW'ers and who have created a Spotify playlist of bands that are slated to perform there in 2012. Parlovr is supposed to be killer live, so you should definitely try to catch them at SXSW if you are going next year.

"Boy Lilikoi" - Jónsi
I am a big fan of Sigur Ros frontman Jónsi so I was very excited to see that Director Cameron Crowe tapped him to score his new film, We Bought A Zoo. I think that the entire album is fantastic and I can't wait to see the film. 

"Ribbons & Detours" - Silversun Pickups
Another favorite of mine is the alt rock band Silversun Pickups - especially their 2006 hit Lazy Eye. This track is from a three-song vinyl they put out in late November for Record Store Day's "Back To Black Friday." I am looking forward to the release of their third studio album in Spring 2012.   

"Woo" - Anthony Hamilton
Anthony Hamilton is an R&B/soul singer-songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina. I came across his new album, Back to Love, on Spotify and put it on as background music while I worked. Before I knew it, I was dancing around a bit in my seat - it's just that kind of music! Funk-pop meets R&B meets hip-hop. And not a lurid lyric to be found.  

"Riverside - Lulu Rouge Remix" - Agnes Obel
Agnes Obel is a Danish singer/songwriter with lots of prizes and awards under her belt. Her cover of Elliot Smith's "Between The Bars" is worth a listen (available on iTunes here). This remix of her 2010 song Riverside is my bonus song to end the year!

Until next year - Cheers, Lisa