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Friday Morning Music

Usually on Friday morning at this time I am stuck in lab meeting wondering 'dear lord, when will this end?' The last two weeks have been lab meeting free, and I'll take advantage today to post for the 2nd time this week, who knew? Amazing! Picked up a new band through my 'Gaslight Anthem' channel on Pandora yesterday.  The Weeks hail from Jackson, Mississippi, and remind me a lot of Kings of Leon.  In fact lead singer Cyle Barnes sometimes sounds so much like KOL frontman Kaleb Followell, I had to check that The Weeks were not a side-project.   Two songs that came up on Pandora grabbed my attention and I decided to pick up their debut record "Comeback Cadillac" this morning.  Two spins in and I really dig it.  Mostly unique, straight ahead rock with some slower songs arranged around the acoustic guitar that really stand out.  Here's what I heard on Pandora, illustrating this pretty well.  Love the hook in  'Buttons', and 'Sai...

The Avett Brothers - Live and Die

  I have really fallen in love with The Avett Brothers over the past couple of years, and am excited for their upcoming album The Carpenter out September 11.  I'll see the tour at the Fabulous Fox here in St Louis about two weeks later.  A great preview of the new record from NPR in this field recording of the first single "Live and Die".  Love, love this song.  Seth Avett's voice is just amazing, so distinct.  Scott's voice goes perfectly with it, and the harmonies on this one are great.  Check it out!