A Few Words – The American Dollar.mp3 (right click to save)

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Equinox – The American Dollar.mp3 (right click to save)

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The two man instrumental band known as The American Dollar has done it again!
Their latest album, Atlas, provides a vast soundscape with some fresh perspective.  There’s more character in this album and they took some risks by trying some new techniques and sounds.
Check out their MySpace and grab the album if you enjoy it as much as I do.

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on February 25, 2010 at 10:06 pm, filed under Song of the Day. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Curse Your Branches – David Bazan.mp3 (right click to save)

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Lost My Shape – Davis Bazan.mp3 (right click to save)

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David Bazan is the greatest songwriter of this decade. There I said it. The Christians hate him because he’s turned his back on them, the atheists scoff at him because he still talks about God. He may have lost his faith but he hasn’t lost his ability to engineer lyrical genius. After a long wait and a string of house shows across the west coast Bazan released his highly anticipated full-length solo album a few months ago. Curse Your Branches from Barsuk records is in stores now and on iTunes.

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on February 3, 2010 at 4:51 pm, filed under Song of the Day. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Haley Barnes isn’t a month into her freshman year at Baylor and she is already stealing the Waco music scene. Her charming voice that reminisces of Zooey Deschanel and Jenny Lewis turned heads and quieted the usually chatty coffee shop scene. Her sweet demeanor pairs perfectly with her delicate voice. Tonight she covered great tracks from Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Beruit, She & Him and even a little Johnny Cash. She was joined by Reagan Smith and together they created a memorable dent in “Common Grounds Open Mic Night”.

This entry was written by becca, posted on September 10, 2009 at 1:10 am, filed under Featured Artists, Reviews and tagged haley barnes waco common grounds baylor. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

I’m really going to miss the summer time, here are two songs that I’ll keep listening to well into the school year.  This ones for Hallie with a special thanks to Mike for his sophisticated musical taste.

Daylight – Matt and Kim.mp3 (right click to save)

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Five Years Time – Noah and the Whale.mp3 (right click to save)

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This entry was written by Ryan, posted on August 9, 2009 at 8:11 pm, filed under Song of the Day. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

When working on the film Dan In Real Life director Peter Hedges brought in singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche from pretty much the very beginning of production. What Sondre Lerche came up with really compliments the film and adds to its honest feel. Here are my two favorite songs from the soundtrack.

My Hands Are Shaking – Sondre Lerche.mp3 (right click to save)

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To Be Surprised – Sondre Lerche.mp3 (right click to save)

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This entry was written by Ryan, posted on May 11, 2009 at 6:45 am, filed under Film and tagged sondre lerche. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Donnie Darko had some of best 80’s music.  In fact, if it hadn’t been for this film I would have continued to believe all my naive friends who claimed “there was no such thing as good music in the 80s.”  Here are a few songs from one of my favorite movie soundtracks.

Head Over Heels – Tears for Fears.mp3 (right click to save)

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The Killing Moon – Echo and The Bunnymen.mp3 (right click to save)

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Notorious – Duran Duran.mp3 (right click to save)

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Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division.mp3 (right click to save)

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Never Tear Us Apart – INXS.mp3 (right click to save)

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If you like Donnie Darko check out the “Mad World” music video by Gary Jules.

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on May 10, 2009 at 6:22 am, filed under Film and tagged duran duran, echo and the bunnymen, inxs, joy division, tears for fears. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.

Grapevine Fires – Death Cab for Cutie.mp3 (right click to save)

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The fires in Southern California are incredibly dangerous, scary, and costly.  I wish we never had to deal with wildfires but in all the destruction there is something awfully beautiful that serves as a reminder of how powerless we really are.

This entry was written by Ryan, posted on May 9, 2009 at 2:21 pm, filed under Song of the Day and tagged death cab for cutie. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.