Mmmmm Mmmm

since it’s Saturday, here’s a elbowload of music by artists beginning with M. This should last you the weekend, eh?

Making April- Roses and Butterflies
Marie Leforet- Ils S’en Vont Sur un Nuage
The Monolith- The Sounding
My Brightest Diamond- Something of an End
Mellowdrone- Fashionably Uninvited
The Marshmallow Kisses- Everyone Else is Ahead, Far Ahead
Mat Kearney- Chicago
The Magnetic Fields- I Wish I Had an Evil Twin
Margot and the Nuclear So-and-So- Skeleton Key
The Mountain Goats- Family Happiness
Morningwood- Nth Degree
The Magnetic Fields- Washington, D.C.
Marie Sioux- Buried in Teeth
Measles Mumps Rubella- Algorithm of Desire
The Motifs- Diagonal
Metric- Combat Baby
The Midnight Hours- Get Gone

new home, new music, new love for all

Hi everyone, I’ve decided to merge my untitled music blog and my previously defunct Fanterview site into an invigorating mp3 blog. I know, I know, mp3 blogs are a dime a dozen these days, but I have nothing better to do with my time and music is my one true love.

Old posts can be viewed at http://jamina.vox.com, and I’m working on uploading all the old band interviews.

On to the good stuff.

Last night I saw Jack’s Mannequin play at UIC Pavilion. I first fell in love with Andrew McMahon’s music when it was featured in One Tree Hill over a year ago. However, I overdosed on the album and hadn’t listened to any of the songs in months. But when my friend Bethany offered me a ticket to see them, I couldn’t refuse. Plain White T’s was the opener and Panic! at the Disco was the headliner, unfortunately. While I detest P! atD like the elitist I am, I must admit they put on a very entertaining show. The show was more of a circus-type performance than an actual concert. I got a headache halfway through, so I just sat down in the back and watched it on the screen. They covered “Eleanor Rigby” though, and I enjoyed that.

Speaking of the circus and Eleanor Rigby, the “new” Beatles album, LOVE, was released two days ago. The album was created for the Cirque du Soleil show of the same name. The songs all have a kind of wonky, surreal feel to them. And Octopus’s Garden is one of the Beatles stranger songs, but I love it, so here are three versions.

Octopus’s Garden (LOVE version)

Octopus’s Garden (original)

Glass Octopus (Beatles vs. Blondie mashup)

>>Purchase LOVE

The Watson Twins

Here is a very old interview conducted on February 24th, 2006, with The Watson Twins, Chandra and Leigh Watson. They are most famous for their collaboration with Jenny Lewis for the album Rabbit Fur Coat, but they have also released their own solo album, Southern Manners. Their music is labelled “indie folk” and they have been featured on the show Grey’s Anatomy.

You are What You Love- Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins

 Shoot the Lights Out- The Watson Twins

>> buy Rabbit Fur Coat

 >>buy Southern Manners

How did you begin your musical career?
We’ve been singing since we were little, started in church choirs and then took some guitar lessons in high school… we had a couple bands in college and then when we moved out to Los Angeles and started a band with some fellow musicians called Slydell. We also sang back-up in that band. The Watson Twins is the first project in many years where we are the main vocalists.

Have you both always loved singing?
Singing is something we have both always enjoyed and it seemed to come naturally for us, don’t know if that is because we are sisters or twins… but some people think that siblings generally have an easier time singing together. We’ve always wanted to pursue music and feel lucky that we’ve met folks along the way who have helped that happen.