Video: Various Artists: "Take Away Shows" Birthday Special: Featuring Spinto Band, Jens Lekman, Grizzly Bear, Guillemots, Cold War Kids, and the National [Videos]
Do you know what today is? No, not just Swedish (!!) singer/songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry's 38th birthday, though you can save tonight for him. It's also the first anniversary of La Blogotheque's ingeniously conceived "Take Away Shows", which plunge performers into unfamiliar locales amid the gorgeous scenery of France, and then let their environments become part of the music. As a birthday present to all of us, La Blogotheque's crew is offering six previously unreleased recordings. The least you could've done was buy them a card.
The Spinto Band: "Shortenin' Bread"
Jens Lekman: "A Little Lost" (Arthur Russell cover)
Grizzly Bear: "Plans"
Guillemots: "We're Here"
Cold War Kids: "We Used to Vacation"
The National: "Gospel"