[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/hard-drive.mp3|titles=Evan Dando — Hard Drive] Years before there was Facebook and Twitter, Ben Lee wrote Hard Drive. Here it is as performed by Evan Dando.
Category: Music
Sometimes the Wheels
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/sometimes-the-wheels.mp3|titles=Neil Halstead’s Sometimes the Wheels] Neil Halstead was a member of cult shoegaze band Slowdive before forming Mojave 3 in 1996. His first solo record Sleeping on Roads was released on 4AD records in 2002 and he has a new album Oh! Mighty Engine out now on Brushfire records.
Time by Otis the 3rd
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/time-otis-3rd.mp3|titles=Time by Otis the 3rd] Otis the 3rd is one of 16 young artists featured on Home Schooled, a collection of 1970s “kid soul”from the Numero Group. For some reason, this song of seasons passing is all the more beautiful coming from a pre-pube.
Diggin’ the scene with a gangsta lean
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/be-thankful.mp3|titles=Be Thankful for What You’ve Got – William De Vaughan] Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac Gangsta whitewalls, TV antennas in the back ‘ You may not have a car at all But remember brothers and sisters You can still stand tall Just be thankful for what you got. Diamond in the…
Smokey Mountain Bill and His Song
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/smokey-mountain-bill.mp3|titles=Smokey Mountain Bill and His Song, Delmore Brothers (1934)] Taken from a brilliant 4-disc Delmore Brothers collection called Classic Cuts: Chicago, 1933-1941. This song is even more fun when you know the words, so I’ve done my best to transcribe them here.