In honor of The Mynabirds’ debut album release, the band has offered up another track off of What We Lose in the Fire, We Gain in the Flood to follow the fabulous, blue-eyed soul jam “Numbers Don’t Lie.” This time it’s a frenzied carousel number ending with an ex-lover booted from the ride. The Mynabirds … Read more
It’s no secret around these parts that I love a good soul jam. I’ve been eating up The Mynabirds’ “Numbers Don’t Lie” (and eagerly awaiting the debut album, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood which drops April 27th), and that cover of Wilco’s “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” by … Read more
Almost a year ago, Laura Burhenn, one half of the now-defunct Georgie James, traversed the country, set up shop in Oregon, and recorded the debut album of her new band, The Mynabirds. Burhenn, “always want[ing] to make a record that sounded like Neil Young doing Motown,” does the blue-eyed soul genre proud on “Numbers Don’t … Read more
The Apache Relay We must take a quick pause from our Best of the 2010 reindeer games to round up a collection of new holiday songs. We posted the link to download the awesome Target Christmas album a few weeks ago, but here we offer a random assortment of thingamabobs, whatchamacallits, and widgets to boost … Read more
Artwork credit: Alyssa Shapkoff Want more? Check out the entire list of albums here. (And don’t forget about best songs here). Delorean | Subiza (True Panther Sounds) [buy] The Spanish electro-synth quartet Delorean has come a long way from its early punk rock roots. 2009 brought about this punk-to-dance transformation with the Aryton Senna EP. … Read more
Artwork credit: Alyssa Shapkoff Click here to see the entire list, from 100 – 1. 25 Sufjan Stevens – From the Mouth of Gabriel The most classic Sufjan song of the 2010 onslaught of Sufjan songs, “From the Mouth of Gabriel” is haunting and just plain beautiful. Flutes and clarinets, plucking guitars and lyrics that … Read more
Photo by Daniel Muller It was almost two years ago when we became hopelessly devoted to The Mynabirds’ blue-eyed soul Jam of the Day, “Numbers Don’t Lie.” The single’s album, What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood, went on to become one of our favorites of the year. So, imagine our … Read more
On Today’s Jam of the Day, “Body of Work,” the second single from The Mynabirds’ upcoming album, GENERALS, percussion is a main character, taking center stage again after its original work in the lead single, “Generals.” However, while the latter is a drumming battle cry, this new track contains a steady global beat that’s as … Read more
Photo by Shervin Lainez I’ve been a Mynabirds fan since the band’s inception, doting on singer-songwriter Laura Burhenn more than sporadically on this here blog. I’ll keep this interview introduction simple: after talking with her, I think I’m in love. A whip-smart, creative, grounded/groundbreaking woman is, of course, not an anomaly, but I still feel … Read more
As we make our way into the second half of 2012, we want to take a minute to look back at what we saw, what we wrote, who we spoke to, and who we shot in January through June. In the coming days, we’ll also be posting our favorite songs of the first half of … Read more