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This is an incredible performance. The Avett Brothers I and Love and You is a strong contender for my favourite album of &#8216;09. But Rick Rubin&#8217;s sparse production strips away the Avett&#8217;s to their bare essentials. This video shows what they can do if you let them plug in and set up a drum kit.</p>\x0a<p>I <i>need</i> to see these guys live.</p>\x0a<p>The Interface has a great looking library of live performances. But why do they geo-block us Canadians out? Arrgghh. Oddly, I can see these Avett Brothers vids, but not others.</p>\x0a<p>Thanks to <a href="http://eceu.tumblr.com/post/235128960/the-avett-brothers-live-on-the-interface">ECEU</a> for the pointer.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_audio_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_audio_player">\x0a                    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/javascript/tumblelog.js?7"></script><span id="audio_player_234961627">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 9</a> is required to listen to audio.]</span><script type="text/javascript">replaceIfFlash(9,"audio_player_234961627",\'<div class="audio_player"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/234961627/tumblr_ksoxmaVibU1qz4vkd&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed></div>\')</script>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><b>Ben Harper - <i>The Drugs Don&#8217;t Work</i> (The Verve)</b></p>\x0a<p>Great cover of a great song.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_photo_post">\x0a                <img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksoqroUDwd1qz4vkdo1_400.jpg" alt="Funny exchange on Aardvark.\x0aFound on TechCrunch." class="tumblr_photo"/>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p>Funny exchange on <a href="http://vark.com/">Aardvark</a>.</p>\x0a<p>Found on <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/05/ok-now-i-totally-get-aardvark/">TechCrunch</a>.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_audio_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_audio_player">\x0a                    <span id="audio_player_234199556">[<a href="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" target="_blank">Flash 9</a> is required to listen to audio.]</span><script type="text/javascript">replaceIfFlash(9,"audio_player_234199556",\'<div class="audio_player"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/234199556/tumblr_ksnld3OdS81qz4vkd&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed></div>\')</script>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><b>Mumford &amp; Sons - <i>Little Lion Man</i></b></p>\x0a<p>I&#8217;m loving Mumford &amp; Sons album <i>Sigh No More</i>.</p>\x0a<p>Why do I do this? I somehow miss or ignore a recommendation from one &#8220;music friend&#8221; that I trust. But then react to another one. David Noel (and I think others) pointed us to these guys <a href="http://david-noel.com/post/188440487/mumford-sons-but-my-head-told-my-heart-bijan">back in September</a>. But it was <a href="http://bijansabet.com/post/229646483/roll-away-your-stone-mumford-and-sons-david">Bijan&#8217;s post of </a><i><a href="http://bijansabet.com/post/229646483/roll-away-your-stone-mumford-and-sons-david">Roll Away Your Stone</a></i> a few days ago that made me listen to the song and then buy the album. Oh well. I&#8217;m on it now. Heavy rotation the last 3 days. Had a hard time picking a song from the 12 wonderful ones that make up this album.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_video_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_video">\x0a                    <embed wmode="opaque" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/video/flvplayer/flvplayer.swf?v=200910310159" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nodepression.com%2Fvideo%2Fvideo%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fid%3D2342817%253AVideo%253A84245%26ck%3D-&amp;video_smoothing=on&amp;autoplay=off&amp;isEmbedCode=1" width="400" height="301" bgcolor="#89BD98" scale="noscale" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><b>Cracker (w/ Patterson Hood) - <i>Friends</i></b></p>\x0a<p>This is wonderful. Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) playing <i>Friends</i> with Cracker. <i>Friends</i> is from Cracker&#8217;s latest album, <i>Sunrise in the Land of Milk and Honey</i>.</p>\x0a<blockquote>&#8220;Friends&#8221; is an earnest and amusing ode on the airtight bonds of a pair of drinking buddies.</blockquote>\x0a<p>I love Cracker, but haven&#8217;t given this album much of a listen. Will have to revisit it.</p>\x0a<p>Found the video over at <a href="http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-video-premier">No Depression</a>.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_quote_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_quote">\x0a                    <span class="tumblr_open_quote">&#147;</span>It’s an all-in wager on the economic future of the United States. I love these bets.<span class="tumblr_close_quote">&#148;</span>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_source">\x0a                        <a href="http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/berkshire-to-buy-rest-of-burlington-northern-for-44-billion/">Warren Buffet on Berkshire buying Burlington Northern railways for $34 Billion - NYTimes.com</a>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_link_post">\x0a                <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/davehyndman/charts?charttype=weekly&amp;date_to=1257076800" class="tumblr_link" >My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)</a>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_description">\x0a                        <ol>\x0a<li>\x0a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Gibbard%252C%2BBen%2B%2526%2BJay%2BFarrar">Gibbard, Ben &amp; Jay Farrar (11)</a> </li>\x0a<li>\x0a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Avett+Brothers">The Avett Brothers (9)</a> </li>\x0a<li>\x0a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/U2">U2 (8)</a> </li>\x0a<li>\x0a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Low+Anthem">The Low Anthem (8)</a> </li>\x0a<li>\x0a<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+National">The National (7)</a> </li>\x0a</ol>\x0a<p>Imported from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com/post/23488847/last-fm-tumblr-weekly-top-artists">Last.fm Tumblr</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://joelaz.com">JoeLaz</a></p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_video_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_video">\x0a                    <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=AyMm14OhkkFvFYzFMSw3B9SrIfaWIeil&amp;hide=endscreen"></script>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><b>The Low Anthem - <i>Charlie Darwin</i></b></p>\x0a<p>The Low Anthem&#8217;s <i>Oh My God, Charlie Darwin</i> is one of my current heavy-rotation albums. Simple, beautiful, haunting.</p>\x0a<p>Here&#8217;s a wonderful animated video for the album opener, <i>Charlie Darwin</i>.</p>\x0a<p>(found over at <a href="http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new_low_anthem_video__charlie_darwin_st_096971.html">stereogum</a>)</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a            <li class="tumblr_post tumblr_video_post">\x0a                <div class="tumblr_video">\x0a                    <object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nmj5I8ME1m0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nmj5I8ME1m0&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object>\x0a                </div>\x0a                \x0a                \x0a                    <div class="tumblr_caption">\x0a                        <p><b>Guitar lessons from The National&#8217;s Aaron Dessner</b></p>\x0a<p>A while back I <a href="http://davehyndman.tumblr.com/post/113710255/the-national-runaway-new-song-the-best-thing">posted video from The National&#8217;s appearance on CBC&#8217;s Q</a>. But I missed this gem: Aaron Dessner giving a couple little guitar tips for how to play <i>Fake Empire</i> and <i>Slow Show</i>.</p>\x0a<p>One thing that always strikes my about The National&#8217;s music is the rhythm. Many of their songs seem <i>off</i> just a little bit, but in a beautiful, perfect kinda way. Aaron shows how he plays <i>Fake Empire</i> using two rhythms simultaneously (one with the thumb, one with the index finger). Maybe this is standard stuff for a half-decent guitar player. I&#8217;m poor-to-mediocre and I simply don&#8217;t have the coordination to handle this.</p>\x0a<p>Found over at <a href="http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/10/29/mom-dad-i-want-guitar-lessons/">Heather&#8217;s blog</a>.</p>\x0a                    </div>\x0a                \x0a            </li>\x0a        \x0a        \x0a        \x0a\x0a                        \x0a    \x0a</ol>');