Musical gods among men.
Category Music
More Tiny Desk Concerts
The Decemberists play a few tunes from their most recent album, The King Is Dead.
Chris Thile, of Nickel Creek fame, rocks some bluegrass. Hold on to your faces when the second song rolls around.
One More Thing*
Apple launched iCloud yesterday, which includes the “iTunes in the Cloud” service. Apple is comparing this to Amazon and Google’s cloud music offerings (see above chart pulled from Apple.com). PCMag has a more detailed comparison chart.
When you duck outside the warmth of the reality-distortion field, you realize that Apple is offering a substantially different type of service than Amazon and Google. It’s a little misleading to compare them on only the factors Apple has detailed above.
Josh Ritter’s Tiny Desk Concert on NPR
Josh Ritter is one of my favorite musicians. This is the video of his performance for NPR’s excellent “Tiny Desk Concert” series (other great installments include Raphael Saadiq and the Avett Brothers).
We’re in exam season now, and so I’ll be signing off until mid-to-late May. See you on the other side.
New Vampire Weekend
Can’t listen now because I’m in a meeting, but here’s the new Vampire Weekend album (on sale tomorrow).
