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RIMON – Where Do We Go?
Kudos to the director and DoP on that video. Great idea gorgeously and movingly executed. Perfect.
Leto s Monikou – Asi ma mรกลก
The language is Slovak — that might be the only song I have in that language. And it’s a good one.
Soap&Skin – Italy
Whoever was the DoP on this vid knew a thing or two about a thing or two. Beautiful.
Magic
She does a great job of learning a song in 40 minutes. And what a fun personality!
Heartworms – Extraordinary Wings (Live)
I’m glad to see that the singer is just as good and as weird live as she is in their music vids. Great performance and great outfit.
Lari Basilio – Seasons
Another guitarist with mad skills. And I’m not usually a fan of gold, but that’s a beautiful Ibanez she’s playing.
Winter Live
I’ve embedded this before (on the old iteration of this blog). I’ll probably do so again. And that’s because it might be the best live performance of all time.
Also, it’s so beautifully and empathetically filmed. What a masterpiece in every way.
Kashmir
This is not to take anything away from Sina. She’s great. An amazing drummer. But there’s never been a pure rock drummer like John Bonham. Perhaps Karen Carpenter. And…that’s about it.
That’s a great cover. And there’s nothing wrong with this, but she’s not Bonham. She’s a little too on top of the rhythm. Bonham dances with the rhythm, he plays with it and brings it where he needs it to be before you know it needs to go there. He’s behind the next note when that’s what makes sense and emphasizes or drags out a few phrases to make the music better. And, mostly, Sina doesn’t do any of that. Because what Bonham does can’t be imitated and probably cannot be taught.
Sina’s cover is technically perfect. But it’s also a bit shallow. It just doesn’t have the same soul.
Sina is better than almost any drummer who has ever lived. But when you’re playing against Bonham that simply does not matter.
Now compare Sina’s version with the original.
That hurried little fills in Kashmir are so great. How you learn to do something like that I cannot even begin to imagine.
Nutshell
Impressive. She really captures the feel of the song. My second-favorite AIC song; my favorite is “Rooster.”
Bowerful
God she’s good. She really just has the touch. I don’t think I’ve seen her play that white Fender Strat before. Beautiful guitar with a bright but still melancholy sound.
I like that she’s not a show-off; Grace cares about the music and what would make a good sound, not merely playing the most difficult possible thing. And just think: she’s only 18. She is only going to get better.
(Also, I love her zip cord coat.)
Rachmaninoff – Prelude in C Sharp minor
That’s amazing. That she preserves the harmony and the spirit of the piece while playing it on guitar is so impressive (it was written for piano).
Horsegirl – Switch Over
They make it feel like the 90s again. Horsegirl is like the best of Stereolab and thatdog combined.
REMMI – Minimum Wage
It’s too bad Remmi never got more popular. This is musically interesting, fun, funny and incisive.