[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: old podcasts
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.
The Vampire Song
[audio:http://earshotpresents.com/sounds/within-earshot/vampire-song-podcast.mp3|titles=Jeff Nowlan’s Vampire Song]In 2002, I set up my friend Brad Kintzer with a minidisc recorder and mic for his trip into Mexico and Central America. Before he set out, Brad did some recording to get comfortable with the microphone.
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…