Category: Music

Ivan & Alyosha- “Be Your Man”- See/hear their entire performance on KEXP here. I do want to see them live sometime. Sarah Jaffe- “Clementine”- an indie singer from Texas. I can’t get enough of this song after hearing it on Gaby’s blog (and her beautiful little daughter’s name is Clementine!). The Staves- “Eagle Song” because … Continue reading “Music Monday”

Broken Social Scene: Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl. A Canadian indie-rock band which uses grand orchestration in many of its songs, I enjoy the violins in particular in this song, but also really enjoy the piano in Lover’s Spit. And though the video is all kinds of messed up, I love the song Sweetest Kill. … Continue reading “Music Monday”

Alt-J, Tiny Desk Concert. I am kind of obsessed with this British indie rock band right now. Their album An Awesome Wave won the British Barclaycard Mercury Prize (whatever that is, it sounds smart and must be smart, because these guys are incredible!). My favorite song, Hand-Made (also from An Awesome Wave) has no video, … Continue reading “Music Monday”

Mutual Benefit– “Advanced Falconry” from the album “Love’s Crushing Diamond.” I can’t stop listening to this song while I’m doing work around the house- but I will stop long enough to watch the video, which is all kinds of awesome. Father John Misty– “O I Long to Feel Your Arms Around Me” – I have … Continue reading “Music Monday”

Our friends Brent and Ingrid made this video of our kids playing around on the computer (while Ingrid and I were in the other room with Emil). They sent it to us and I just had to share it. We love these guys so much! Happy Monday!