If It's Too Loud...

Photo via Facebook Wyn Doran is known around these parts for her gorgeous and absolutely heartbreaking songs. "Eleanor Rigby" is already a sad, mopey kind of song. Put "Eleanor Rigby" in Doran's hands, and it becomes even more sad, almost soul crushing. Gone is any shred of the sappiness in any McCartney song (I'm a huge, huge Paul McCartney fan, but the man does love his songs dripping with sap) and instead it's injected with Doran's trademark gloom. But Doran's gloom almost feels a little tongue in cheek here, kind of like how The Smiths and The Cure had fun with their reputations and made some of the most fun sad music of all time.  Wyn Doran explains her cover and the accompanying video: " Things got weird in my apartment Friday when I last minute asked my husband if we could cook up a Halloween The Beatles  cover video of 'Eleanor Rigby'... I quickly scrambled to lay down a live audio take with my iZotope  Spire, dug out my Beat...

In a slower week than we've had as of late, there seems to be a common theme... The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion : Many have heralded this album (songs of which came out of the same sessions as last year's The Carpenter ) as the next Migonette from the Avett catalog. While I'm still waiting for the next Emotionalism , this is now the third album in a row where the Avetts seem to be happy to fill a more roots/bluegrass-oriented spot next to The Lumineers or Mumford and Sons as opposed to the mix of bluegrass, punk, and rockabilly that their earlier works had. While I and Love and You was a worthy, superlative breakthrough, it appears the Avetts are sticking with what broke them through as opposed to what worked about their sound, which means you get a handful of great songs and a few more unmemorable moments. I wanted more, I wanted different. Paul McCartney - New : As someone who was never really able to get into the Beatles for whatever reason (people...