Many of the recognizable features of modern life are decidedly missing from Laura Veirs’s Phone Orphans. Throughout the album’s 14 songs, the singer-songwriter is surrounded by tall trees and clear blue skies, providing her with space and serenity. This quaint setting, a distillation of her real-life home of Portland, Oregon, may on its surface suggest an affinity for cottagecore romanticism. But in stripping back her lyrics to plainspoken refrains throughout the album, Veirs highlights the simple and unavoidable truth that human life, no matter how seemingly advanced and complex, is defined by mortality.
The album’s acoustic arrangements, which consist mostly of guitar and conversational vocals, are delicate and bright, but its sparse instrumentation makes Veirs’s preoccupation with death all the more unavoidable. The minor-key incantation “Creatures of a Day,” for one, begins with the refrain, “Creatures of a day/Born to fade,” with the track offering no...
The album’s acoustic arrangements, which consist mostly of guitar and conversational vocals, are delicate and bright, but its sparse instrumentation makes Veirs’s preoccupation with death all the more unavoidable. The minor-key incantation “Creatures of a Day,” for one, begins with the refrain, “Creatures of a day/Born to fade,” with the track offering no...
- 10/31/2023
- by Eric Mason
- Slant Magazine
The music of Elizabeth “Libba” Cotten has never stopped shaping folk, roots, and rock music. More than a half-century after the singer-songwriter’s originals like “Freight Train” and “Shake Sugaree” influenced the biggest names of the Sixties folk revival — including the Seeger family, Bob Dylan, and, later, the Grateful Dead — Cotten’s music is still making its mark upon younger generations of musicians, from Gary Clark Jr. to Laura Veirs to Yasmin Williams. “How she played, I can’t figure it out,” Williams, a 25 year-old guitar virtuoso said last year...
- 5/11/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Whether it’s coming out of Nashville, New York, L.A., or points in between, there’s no shortage of fresh tunes, especially from artists who have yet to become household names. Rolling Stone Country selects some of the best new music releases from country and Americana artists.
Brit Taylor, “Back in the Fire”
Brit Taylor goes full Bobbie Gentry in the new single “Back in the Fire,” mining the funky acoustic guitar-plus-strings combo from “Ode to Billie Joe” for a searing, soulful number about the pull of desire. Penned...
Brit Taylor, “Back in the Fire”
Brit Taylor goes full Bobbie Gentry in the new single “Back in the Fire,” mining the funky acoustic guitar-plus-strings combo from “Ode to Billie Joe” for a searing, soulful number about the pull of desire. Penned...
- 9/7/2020
- by Jon Freeman and Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
A tribute to the life of the late director Lynn Shelton will air Wednesday night live on YouTube and will feature special dedications and performances by Emily Blunt, Reese Witherspoon and Shelton’s partner Marc Maron, among many more.
The program titled “Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music” will air live on YouTube on June 10 at 9 p.m. Et/6 p.m. Pt and will be available for streaming and sharing immediately afterwards. The stream will be available here.
Shelton, the director of “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister” and episodes of “Glow” and “Mad Men,” died suddenly on May 16 at 54 of a previously undisclosed blood disorder.
Also Read: Director Lynn Shelton's Death Stuns Hollywood: 'I Can't Believe I'll Never Hear Her Laugh Again'
Some of Shelton’s closest collaborators, including Emily Blunt, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, the Duplass Brothers, Jeff Garlin, Joshua Leonard, Sean Nelson, Michaela Watkins,...
The program titled “Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music” will air live on YouTube on June 10 at 9 p.m. Et/6 p.m. Pt and will be available for streaming and sharing immediately afterwards. The stream will be available here.
Shelton, the director of “Humpday,” “Your Sister’s Sister” and episodes of “Glow” and “Mad Men,” died suddenly on May 16 at 54 of a previously undisclosed blood disorder.
Also Read: Director Lynn Shelton's Death Stuns Hollywood: 'I Can't Believe I'll Never Hear Her Laugh Again'
Some of Shelton’s closest collaborators, including Emily Blunt, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, the Duplass Brothers, Jeff Garlin, Joshua Leonard, Sean Nelson, Michaela Watkins,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Marc Maron, Emily Blunt, and many more are set to appear during the star-studded streaming telecast of “Her Effortless Brilliance: A Celebration of Lynn Shelton Through Film and Music.” The Lynn Shelton tribute will air live tonight at 9pm Et/6pm Pt on YouTube and will continue to be free to stream on the platform afterwards. Viewers can watch the live stream in the embedded video below.
Shelton’s longtime friend Megan Griffiths directed the tribute and produced it alongside Mel Eslyn, the Duplass brothers, and Adam Kersh. Among the actors slated to speak are Blunt, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark and Jay Duplass, Jeff Garlin, Joshua Leonard, Sean Nelson, Michaela Watkins, and Reese Witherspoon. Musicians scheduled to perform include Maron, Andrew Bird, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Laura Veirs, and Tomo Nakayama.
“It has been really meaningful to me to work on this project,” Griffiths said in a statement.
Shelton’s longtime friend Megan Griffiths directed the tribute and produced it alongside Mel Eslyn, the Duplass brothers, and Adam Kersh. Among the actors slated to speak are Blunt, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark and Jay Duplass, Jeff Garlin, Joshua Leonard, Sean Nelson, Michaela Watkins, and Reese Witherspoon. Musicians scheduled to perform include Maron, Andrew Bird, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Laura Veirs, and Tomo Nakayama.
“It has been really meaningful to me to work on this project,” Griffiths said in a statement.
- 6/10/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Pickathon has announced its first round of artists for the 2019 installment of its Americana-in-the-wilderness music festival, with Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats joined by fellow headliners Khruangbin, Mandolin Orange and Tyler Childers.
Held across several stages in the rugged, remote woods of Happy Valley outside Portland, Oregon, Pickathon celebrates its 21st anniversary with not one but two performances from Rateliff, who will play a solo set and with his band the Night Sweats. This year marks Rateliff’s first appearance at Pickathon.
The three-day lineup features more than 50 artists: Mike and the Moonpies,...
Held across several stages in the rugged, remote woods of Happy Valley outside Portland, Oregon, Pickathon celebrates its 21st anniversary with not one but two performances from Rateliff, who will play a solo set and with his band the Night Sweats. This year marks Rateliff’s first appearance at Pickathon.
The three-day lineup features more than 50 artists: Mike and the Moonpies,...
- 1/21/2019
- by Jeff Gage
- Rollingstone.com
Neko Case has added a 2019 spring leg to her North American tour in support of her latest album, Hell-On. The trek is set to launch April 16th at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After a handful of Canadian dates, Case will hit several cities throughout the Midwest including Detroit, Chicago, Iowa City and St. Paul. The tour wraps May 10th at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri.
Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams will serve as support throughout most of Case’s spring tour. Tickets...
Shannon Shaw of Shannon and the Clams will serve as support throughout most of Case’s spring tour. Tickets...
- 12/4/2018
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
How did we come up with our chart? By tallying the votes of our pop writers – and here's what they plumped for
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
Tim Jonze
Albums
John Wizards – John Wizards
Disclosure – Settle
Paramore – Paramore
Hebronix – Unreal
Kanye West – Yeezus
Christopher Owens – Lysandre
Julia Holter – Loud City Song
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time
British Sea Power – From The Sea To The Land Beyond
Tracks
Julia Holter – Hello Stranger
Miguel and Mariah Carey – #Beautiful
Drake – Hold On, We're Going Home
Sky Ferreira – You're Not the One
Justin Timberlake – Suit and Tie
Jeffrey Lewis – Wwprd
Paramore – Still Into You
Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge – White Noise
The 1975 – Chocolate
Stylo G – Soundbwoy
Tom Hughes
Albums
15-60-75 The Numbers Band – Jimmy Bell's Still in Town
Meat Wave – Meat Wave
The Drones – I See Seaweed 4
White Fence – Live in San Francisco
Ooga Boogas – Ooga Boogas
Superchunk – I Hate Music
Bits of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Tom Hughes, Maddy Costa, Tim Jonze, Michael Hann, Malik Meer, Rebecca Nicholson, Nosheen Iqbal, Alexis Petridis, Dom Lawson, Paul Lester, Louis Pattison, Kitty Empire, Kate Hutchinson, Betty Clarke, Paul MacInnes, Kieran Yates, Ian Gittins, Jude Rogers, Dave Simpson, Alex Needham, Dan Hancox, Daniel Martin, Sam Wolfson, Ally Carnwath, Stevie Chick, Dorian Lynskey, Sam Richards, Caroline Sullivan, Chris Salmon, Michael Cragg, Alex Macpherson, Sean Michaels, Tom Lamont, Killian Fox, Adam Boult, Harriet Gibsone
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – Flawed females are often feared by Hollywood because of their questionable commercial appeal. Yet 2012 has provided moviegoers and TV fans with a rich assortment of characters—led by Lena Dunham’s Hannah Horvath on HBO’s “Girls”—that prove women can be every bit as immature, developmentally arrested and utterly fascinating as the guys.
One of the year’s most engaging heroines is Amy (Melanie Lynskey) in Todd Louiso’s indie romance, “Hello I Must Be Going.” She’s a 35-year-old divorcée who moves back in with her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein) and is startled to find herself falling for a smitten 19-year-old actor, Jeremy (Christopher Abbott). In this exclusive two-part interview, Hollywood Chicago spoke with Abbott (star of “Girls” and “Martha Marcy May Marlene”) as well as the married filmmaking team of director Louiso and screenwriter Sarah Koskoff.
Part I: Christopher Abbott
Christopher Abbott stars in...
One of the year’s most engaging heroines is Amy (Melanie Lynskey) in Todd Louiso’s indie romance, “Hello I Must Be Going.” She’s a 35-year-old divorcée who moves back in with her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein) and is startled to find herself falling for a smitten 19-year-old actor, Jeremy (Christopher Abbott). In this exclusive two-part interview, Hollywood Chicago spoke with Abbott (star of “Girls” and “Martha Marcy May Marlene”) as well as the married filmmaking team of director Louiso and screenwriter Sarah Koskoff.
Part I: Christopher Abbott
Christopher Abbott stars in...
- 9/10/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
It has been over a month and a half since One Tree Hill has aired a new episode, which is why I found it strange that it seemed like over half of "Quiet Little Voices" was footage from seasons past.
On the one hand, you could say that the numerous flashbacks were a great way of cutting corners so they didn't have to shoot new footage. On the other hand, many of the flashbacks they used were fantastic at building the emotion of the characters.
For me, they were mostly a time to relive the glory days of One Tree Hill. You know, the days of the overbearing father and a young couple falling in love. Oh and a pimply faced James Lafferty that had not yet learned how to act. Those were the days people.
I'm not entirely sure what the point was of a couple of those Quinn flashbacks,...
On the one hand, you could say that the numerous flashbacks were a great way of cutting corners so they didn't have to shoot new footage. On the other hand, many of the flashbacks they used were fantastic at building the emotion of the characters.
For me, they were mostly a time to relive the glory days of One Tree Hill. You know, the days of the overbearing father and a young couple falling in love. Oh and a pimply faced James Lafferty that had not yet learned how to act. Those were the days people.
I'm not entirely sure what the point was of a couple of those Quinn flashbacks,...
- 4/20/2011
- by d4cella@gmail.com (Dan Forcella)
- TVfanatic
What the band's #1 Billboard debut means for our Britney-loving nation, in Bigger Than the Sound
By James Montgomery
The Decemberists' <i>The King Is Dead</i> cover art
Photo: Capitol/ Emi
By the time you read this, the Decemberists — the Pacific Northwest's leading purveyors of bookish indie and songs with titles like "The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone" — will have the #1 album in the country. I would say this marks perhaps the whitest moment of the SoundScan era, but, then again, Cake had the #1 album on the Billboard chart just last week.
So instead, I'll just call it the most hopeful moment. Because, quite frankly, I have been waiting for something like 15 years to live in a society where a group like the Decemberists can top the charts. It's about as close as we'll probably get to Utopia, after all, a beatific, egalitarian existence in which we debate issues, study great tomes,...
By James Montgomery
The Decemberists' <i>The King Is Dead</i> cover art
Photo: Capitol/ Emi
By the time you read this, the Decemberists — the Pacific Northwest's leading purveyors of bookish indie and songs with titles like "The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone" — will have the #1 album in the country. I would say this marks perhaps the whitest moment of the SoundScan era, but, then again, Cake had the #1 album on the Billboard chart just last week.
So instead, I'll just call it the most hopeful moment. Because, quite frankly, I have been waiting for something like 15 years to live in a society where a group like the Decemberists can top the charts. It's about as close as we'll probably get to Utopia, after all, a beatific, egalitarian existence in which we debate issues, study great tomes,...
- 1/26/2011
- MTV Music News
Daring to dig deeper Tift Merritt’s first three releases were so solid they seemed calculated; her shifts from alt-country (2002’s Bramble Rose) to soulful Americana (2004’s Tambourine) to homespun lo-fi (2008’s Another Country) were almost too surefooted to fully capitalize on the aching vulnerability that lay below the surface of nearly every song. Though See You On The Moon retains the singer’s classic polish, it’s her first album to successfully capture the intimate tone of her songwriting. Much of the credit for that goes to producer Tucker Martine (Sufjan Stevens, Laura Veirs, The Decemberists), who drapes her in pedal steel...
- 6/4/2010
- Pastemagazine.com
HollywoodNews.com: The 40th Annual Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival in Seattle, Washington has become a great venue to showcase emerging talent alongside veterans. The festival has just announced the lineup for the weekend, which includes a festival kick-off by the legendary Bob Dylan.
The opening night will also feature Neko Case and The Decemberists among others. Weezer will take the stage on Sunday, and Mary J. Blige will close out of the festival on Monday.
Programming Director for One Reel’s Festival Division, Chris Porter, said, “Bumbershoot has a strong history of showcasing emerging talent alongside veteran superstars. This year for our 40th Festival, we’re excited to have artists that span more than four decades of phenomenal music. With this roster of talent, we’re truly offering a music lineup that will engage and entertain people of all ages and interests.”
A couple of changes have been made to the tickets this year,...
The opening night will also feature Neko Case and The Decemberists among others. Weezer will take the stage on Sunday, and Mary J. Blige will close out of the festival on Monday.
Programming Director for One Reel’s Festival Division, Chris Porter, said, “Bumbershoot has a strong history of showcasing emerging talent alongside veteran superstars. This year for our 40th Festival, we’re excited to have artists that span more than four decades of phenomenal music. With this roster of talent, we’re truly offering a music lineup that will engage and entertain people of all ages and interests.”
A couple of changes have been made to the tickets this year,...
- 6/2/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
On this week's One Tree Hill episode, characters dealt with the consequences of actions and developments.
For Nathan and Haley, it was the latter's mother’s death. For Brooke, Alexander’s affair with with Victoria this week.
We've collected some of the best One Tree Hill quotes from "Learning to Fail" and also compiled all singles played during the hour in our One Tree Hill music section. A few samples are listed below:
Turtle Giant - "Beat Through" Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Beat the Devil's Tattoo" Wakey!Wakey! - "Dance So Good" Everly - "Flying Machine" Laura Veirs - "July Flame"
Below, Meanwhile, Get An Early Look At Next Week's New Episode Of One Tree Hill.
What's In the Ground Belongs to You Promo...
For Nathan and Haley, it was the latter's mother’s death. For Brooke, Alexander’s affair with with Victoria this week.
We've collected some of the best One Tree Hill quotes from "Learning to Fail" and also compiled all singles played during the hour in our One Tree Hill music section. A few samples are listed below:
Turtle Giant - "Beat Through" Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Beat the Devil's Tattoo" Wakey!Wakey! - "Dance So Good" Everly - "Flying Machine" Laura Veirs - "July Flame"
Below, Meanwhile, Get An Early Look At Next Week's New Episode Of One Tree Hill.
What's In the Ground Belongs to You Promo...
- 5/4/2010
- by matt@iscribelimited.com (M.L. House)
- TVfanatic
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