i hate the sound of guitars

Artists of the week: Theoretical Girl, Veda Hille

Theoretical Girl did an avent calendar thing on the theoretical girl blog, offering up a mix of live tracks, alternate versions, and covers of folks from Joni Mitchell to Tokyo Police Club. Well worth the time it took to persuade the file hosting service to let me download the tracks.

…and Veda Hille also offered up a handful of songs at advent time. The teaser for an upcoming 2010 release is particularly fine.

Album of the week: Tokyo Police Club, Elephant Shell

Speaking of Tokyo Police Club, Theoretical Girl’s lovely version of “Nursery, Academy” inspired me to revisit Elephant Shell, the album where it originally appeared. When I first heard it I was really disappointed — but now I can’t imagine why I had that reaction.