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Live Music From NPR.

ND¢ — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:05:03 -0800

site offers recordings of recent live performances by James Brown, Sinead O’Connor, Iron & Wine and Calexico, Son Volt, My Morning Jacket, The White Stripes, M. Ward, Sigur Ros, Bloc Party, The Decemberists, and live tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. ET, Colin Meloy.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:05:40 -0800

[Via Pitchfork] (2nd story down, don’t hate).

By: Rothko

Rothko — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:14:56 -0800

Pitchfork should be drowned in a vat of vomit-laced Pabst Blue Ribbon. That said, good post.

By: pombe

pombe — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:16:33 -0800

This is really cool. Thanks for pointing it out!

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:21:50 -0800

There are also live shows on the site from Interpol and Bright Eyes.

By: unixrat

unixrat — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:23:37 -0800

This is not snark: Are these only in RealMedia or am I missing the MP3/Other links?

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:32:32 -0800

There is an MP3 available for the Son Volt concert. Also, it is okay to snark. I just put the 'don't hate' in to avoid the usual pitchfork-bashing that occurs whenever you mention that site in certain company. Everything else is up for grabs for snarkiness as far as I am concerned.

By: selfnoise

selfnoise — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:33:44 -0800

Your favorite indie-rock review website sucks.

By: kosem

kosem — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:44:03 -0800

I've spent the last month at work listening to just about everything on the NPR music page. What a fantastic resource. Also: this is a good opportunity to hear some live My Morning Jacket, which I highly recommend.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:46:09 -0800

this is very nice. thank you! maybe Colin Meloy will do his Morrissey set tomorrow!

By: roboto

roboto — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:46:10 -0800

KEXP.org also has a large library of in studio performances available.

By: youarenothere

youarenothere — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:46:48 -0800

There are also MP3s for I&W and Calexico (which I've been looking for - amazing tour). Via Pitchfork or not, thanks for the heads up ND.

By: amarynth

amarynth — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:50:57 -0800

carsonb, Colin Meloy has a new EP of Shirley Collins covers for sale on this tour, so he'll probably skip the Morrisey and do a few of those.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:51:58 -0800

Very cool, thanks!

By: monju_bosatsu

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:57:28 -0800

Excellent, thanks!

By: bardic

bardic — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:00:25 -0800

Hating on Pitchfork is so 2003, SSIH*. *so suck it hatas

By: smackfu

smackfu — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:00:59 -0800

MPR's The Current station does a lot of in-studio performances when bands come through Minneapolis. All on the web too. In MP3, and pretty indie-centric.

By: bardic

bardic — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:05:21 -0800

(BTW, Bloc Party is right up there with Coldplay.)

By: Miko

Miko — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:05:53 -0800

awesome, thanks

By: patricio

patricio — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:12:20 -0800

Laura Veirs! Nice one, thanks.

By: MysticMCJ

MysticMCJ — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:12:42 -0800

My Morning Jacket has been an interesting phenomenon to watch around here... I caught a few shows here before they "made it" - They would play with VHS or Beta pretty much all the time, and those led to some good hipster hunts. It's always fascinating to watch a community react to a band that makes it big, because it becomes almost compulsary to like them if you didn't before, and there's always the cries of them selling out, etc. Invariably, they stop playing shows locally as much. That being said, the new My Morning Jacket is really good. Thanks for the link- Bloc Party in particular is one mf my absolute favorites, and Sigur Ros always puts on a phenomenal show, but it's one that needs to be seen as well as heard.

By: elendil71

elendil71 — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:22:52 -0800

Very nice! I'm a huge Calexico fan, never have seen or heard them live. Thanks for the link. Making my Friday workday go that much swifter.

By: amro

amro — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:30:11 -0800

Excellent!

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:30:56 -0800

(BTW, Bloc Party is right up there with Coldplay.) Whoah, talking about damning with faint praise....

By: fochsenhirt

fochsenhirt — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:38:42 -0800

It's always fascinating to watch a community react to a band that makes it big, because it becomes almost compulsary to like them if you didn't before, and there's always the cries of them selling out, etc. Invariably, they stop playing shows locally as much. I've always thought it was kind of the opposite -- lots of locals make a point to move on to something else when a bind hits nationally, as if to say "we liked them before you'd ever heard of them and that band's so 2003!" I saw some of this in law school in the mid-90s. A bunch of people would trek to the Flood Zone in Richmond to see Dave Matthews, but once he made it big-time, they'd claim to have never been that much of a fan. I thought the same might happen in Louisville to MMJ (I lived there until a couple of months ago), so it was nice to see them on to 2005 Louisville is for Lovers CD (although maybe the real hipsters shunned that compilation anyway). You can also catch some interesting performances, although not full concerts, through the archives of World Cafe. Fridays are especially good for that as some Friday shows are little but live performances at the WXPN studios, with a little chat from David Dye mixed in.

By: keswick

keswick — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:40:25 -0800

I agree with Rothko: Pitchfork sucks and this is a great post. <3 Son Volt

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:43:21 -0800

A bunch of people would trek to the Flood Zone in Richmond to see Dave Matthews, but once he made it big-time, they'd claim to have never been that much of a fan. posted by fochsenhirt at 12:38 PM EST on January 27 [!] Dave Matthews Not That Into Himself Anymore

By: funambulist

funambulist — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:44:24 -0800

Very very nice. I'm going straight for the Calexico stuff, but I'll try and give the others a listen too. Thanks, ND¢!

By: funambulist

funambulist — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 09:56:23 -0800

elendil71, you can also find some live mp3s from their website and full shows on archive.org. (apologies if you knew already!)

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:18:11 -0800

Hurrah! This is a great resource, even if (or maybe especially) I was at most of these shows. Thanks.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:28:30 -0800

elendil71, archive.org has a decent live Calexico collection. The 2003 China Theater show is extremely good. In the same vein, there's a good deal of Giant Sand.

By: zsazsa

zsazsa — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:28:49 -0800

Oops. Damn you, funambulist!

By: daHIFI

daHIFI — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:49:16 -0800

Justconcerts.com Has some great sets online, both concert and studio stuff, even some videos so check them out.

By: elendil71

elendil71 — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:05:52 -0800

Thanks to you both! I'll look em up!

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:07:26 -0800

Last time I saw The Decemberists, it was a packed house. The marquee read: "The Decemberists - Sold Out." That marquee proved prophetic indeed.

By: notsnot

notsnot — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:11:58 -0800

elendil71, oh, man, you've gotta see calexico live. Flat-out amazing. Even made my g/f, who doesn't get excited about music, say, "awesome!"

By: squirrely

squirrely — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:17:55 -0800

very nice for friday. thanks

By: Rawhide

Rawhide — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:48:43 -0800

I had plans to see Colin and Laura tomorrow at the Birchmere, but thanks to all the publicity, it sold out! My fault for be too lazy and cheap to do the early ticketmaster thing. Damn. Well at least I can catch a recording of it off the web while I sit at home drowning my sorrows. Damn. P.S. I was seeing little Davey Matthews play TRAX in Charlottesville way before they were big enough to go to richmond to play the flood zone. ;-P Also, I hear Dave isn't that into himself anymore.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:51:50 -0800

This post is one of those that remind me why I love metafilter; the original links are great, and so are the ones being contributed in the comments. Thanks everyone!

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:09:33 -0800

Last time I saw The Decemberists, it was a packed house. The marquee read: "The Decemberists - Sold Out." That marquee proved prophetic indeed. Oh please. That's so tiresome.

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:20:36 -0800

Oh please. That's so tiresome. It was a joke. However, while the last thing I feel like having is a tired argument about selling out, spare me your reverse-snobbish scorn. I'm not going to stop paying for The Decemberists products, but I'm not going to pretend they didn't sell out. They went from an indie label to a major label - that's what selling out means. Like I said, I don't hate them for it, and I'm not trying to lead a boycott, but I'm calling a spade a spade. If I one day move from an indie label to a major label, feel free to tell me that I've sold out.

By: oncogenesis

oncogenesis — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:00:06 -0800

Are these only in RealMedia or am I missing the MP3/Other links? Notice the links are javascript. for example, the Sinead set: javascript:getStaticMedia('/asc/live/20051206_asc_sinead','RM,WM'); On my WinXP box, following that link brings me to: http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?mediaURL=/asc/live/20051206_asc_sinead&mediaType=RM Note the 'RM' at the end. If you just change it to 'WM' and reload, you should get the Windows Media stream. You can also open the URL directly in Media Player. Hope that helps.

By: elendil71

elendil71 — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:07:17 -0800

elendil71, oh, man, you've gotta see calexico live. Would love to notsnot, but according to their schedule they start a European tour at the end of the month, and I cant make it to SF before then, dammit. Havefta catch 'em next time around. T'il then, I'm all about listening to them online.

By: Ryvar

Ryvar — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:20:07 -0800

Pitchfork sucks and has pointed me towards some very nice things. It's like that really obnoxious 'friend' you despise with self-proclaimed 'good taste' in music. Maybe a fifth of what he listens to is any good, but it's really, really good.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 13:51:42 -0800

Thanks, this is cool. Calixico's web site has MP3s.

By: insomnia_lj

insomnia_lj — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:38:12 -0800

Sure, the concerts are primarily for RealPlayer, but it gives you a good reason to use these fine apps... and maybe this app too.

By: insomnia_lj

insomnia_lj — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:39:22 -0800

(...eyes the Sigur Ros and Interpol menacingly!)