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HappyParts Little Data: Best New Tunes 2012

December 26, 2012
Categories: Classic Track of Day, Mp3, Music, True Believers . Tags: 2012 Best Tunes, Black Apples, Bleeding Rainbow, Cat Power, Chad Valley, Crybaby, Desaparecidos, Die Antwoord, EX Cops, Foxygen, Grizzly Bear, Jonn Hart, Lower Dens, Mr. Little Jeans, Parquet Courts, Phosphorescent, Rudimental, Rye Rye, Santigold, Sea Wolf, Sharon Van Etten, The Fresh & Onlys, Tropical Popsicle, Wild Nothing . Author: happyparts . Comments: Leave a comment

The talk on the street, says you might go solo.

Note to concerned folks: Don’t Trip. ‘Petty Intervention’ in the works. The opening lyric on this number just kills me. True soul.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – I Need to Know

March 16, 2010
Categories: Classic Track of Day, Music, True Believers . Tags: 1978, I Need To Know, Shelter Records, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Willie Dixon . Author: happyparts . Comments: 1 Comment

New Energy Encounter Group

Marriage Records

New Energy Encounter Group – Chrome Location

March 13, 2010
Categories: Mp3, Music, True Believers . Tags: Chrome Location, Erik Bluhm, Marriage Records, Mp3, New Energy Encounter Group, Portland . Author: happyparts . Comments: 1 Comment

Memo to Northern Souls: Click on exclusive NME link for new Richard Ashcroft album release news – or skip the middle man, and score the straight dope, here. Sounds promising: Memphis sound & Manchester swing. And on the other side of town, Nick McCabe is adroitly mixing Black Ships tracks for imminent release. Godspeed.

January 18, 2010
Categories: Music, New Release, True Believers, Video . Tags: Are You Ready?, Black Ships, Manchester, Memphis, New Track, Northern Soul, Richard Ashcroft, Verve, Video, Wigan . Author: happyparts . Comments: 1 Comment

Smile! Presents in San Francisco – Friday Night

January 7, 2010
Categories: Flyer, Music, Show, True Believers . Tags: 2010, Friday, January 8th, Mantra, Neil Martinson, Paula Frazer, The Knockout, The Wrong Words, These Hills of Gold . Author: happyparts . Comments: Leave a comment

Classic Track of Day – Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Maps is a classic. Stripped down it’s even more clear. Karen O’s pristine vocal shimmers when wrapped in a string arrangement. I consider their last release a pop diversion sorts. But as history reveals – if you have the talent you can take many roads. It will be interesting to see where they go next, together or as individual artists.