So here, we list quotes from Anastasio about his five current faves, coupled with a sampling of the artist’s work:
Panda Bear
“I heard one of the songs, maybe on Pandora or something, and I bought the album and I really liked it. I would be cooking in the kitchen and listening to ‘Comfy in Nautica.’ Really weird and layered.”
MGMT
“I’m always looking for a new band to fall in love with. I went through an MGMT thing for a while there. You heard that record, right? I love discovering new stuff.”
The great Nashville troubadour Todd Snider headlined Bowery Ballroom Thursday night, a rare semiseated show at the venue. He performed solo and, as is his wont, shoeless. I find staring at a man’s bare feet to be repugnant, but otherwise was enthralled with the performance. This is nothing new: Snider has been on a serious roll since 2004’s East Nashville Skyline, and it extends through his new The Excitement Plan. (Click here for Snider’s TONY rendition of the album’s leadoff track, “Slim Chance,” performed at Shake Shack.) He’s even better onstage, where his songs bleed into patter and vice versa—a working man’s Jonathan Richman.
Snider’s crowd was appreciative and rowdy, a strange amalgamation of the kind of folks one usually doesn’t encounter at Bowery Ballroom. Read more »
Combing through each week’s stack of new ones can be a pain, and that’s what we’re here for—to tell you what to do. So check out these fresh discs:
Dirty ProjectorsBitte Orca David Longstreth & Co. conduct a sonic experiment on your ears. (Check out our recent feature on the group here and listen to the record here.)
Elizabeth and the CatapultTaller Children The local trio hits the big time with quirky, catchy tunes. (Read our review here.)
Mos DefThe Ecstatic Mos takes a break from acting to get a proper one out there. (Listen here.)
Todd SniderThe Excitement Plan The Nashville songwriter makes exciting plans. (Watch Snider perform the lead track in an exclusive Time Out performance here.)
Sonic YouthThe Eternal The New York group is eternal, all right: By our count, this is its 159th release. Might be slightly off. (Read our review here and listen here.)
As always, check out Largehearted Boy for a more exhaustive release wrap.
Todd Snider, one of the sharpest songwriters in Nashville and, by extension, America, meets Time Out at his in-laws’ apartment on a gloomy Friday morning. As Snider walks to the elevator, he strums a borrowed acoustic guitar. A neighbor passes the singer and shrugs. “Sounds good,” he says. Snider walks up Broadway to Madison Square Park, tuning and strumming as he passes commuters in the thick of the morning rush. The singer parks himself by Shake Shack’s ordering board. While Shake Shack employees set up shop for the day, Snider sings “Slim Chance,” the leadoff track from his lovely new album, The Excitement Plan. Below is Snider’s performance; after the jump, the singer talks about his album. (Todd Snider plays Bowery Ballroom Thursday 11.) Read more »
The story of Dock Ellis reads like a great American tall tale, a ’70s equivalent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry. A major-league baseball pitcher in the years when the sport was riddled with eccentrics and facial hair, Ellis had an outsize, utterly reckless personality. He beaned batters at will. He feuded and drank. And, in a notorious 1970 incident recounted in the new Todd Snider song “America’s Favorite Pastime,” Ellis threw a no-hitter…supposedly while on LSD. Read more »
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During the course of TONY’s recent interview with Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio, he revealed quite a bit, but what was probably most striking is that the dude is a closet indie-rock fan.
The great Nashville troubadour Todd Snider headlined Bowery Ballroom Thursday night, a rare semiseated show at the venue. He performed solo and, as is his wont, shoeless. I find staring at a man’s bare feet to be repugnant, but otherwise was enthralled with the performance. This is nothing new: Snider has been on a serious roll since 2004’s East Nashville Skyline, and it extends through his new The Excitement Plan. (
Combing through each week’s stack of new ones can be a pain, and that’s what we’re here for—to tell you what to do. So check out these fresh discs:
The story of Dock Ellis reads like a great American tall tale, a ’70s equivalent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry. A major-league baseball pitcher in the years when the sport was riddled with eccentrics and facial hair, Ellis had an outsize, utterly reckless personality. He beaned batters at will. He feuded and drank. And, in a notorious 1970 incident recounted in the new Todd Snider song “America’s Favorite Pastime,” Ellis threw a no-hitter…supposedly while on LSD. 