“Not My Time” is the first single from the May 20th release of the bands fifth studio album. It’s been played on the radio since February and I realized this morning on my way to work that when it comes on I never flip the station. That means it’s a good one in my book. So, I decided then that this was going to be my post for the day.

Jakob Dylan is the fourth son of Bob Dylan, the former lead-singer of the rock band The Wallflowers, and more recently a solo artist with the release of his 10 track debut, Seeing Things. “Something Good This Way Comes” was released in April as a single. I posted this song last month as a clip from his David Letterman performance but now here is the video.

And, I can’t resist posting an old Wallflowers song. Remember this grammy winning number, “One Headlight.”

I have just returned from my ten day 4th of July vacation. Ten days is a long time but it went fast. I was back in my home state of Michigan at Higgins Lake with my family. Contrary to what some of you Texans think, it does not snow in Michigan in the middle of July. The weather was beautiful. Anyway, I was without internet access for over a week, thus my lack of postings. Today I thought I would put up one with a fitting song title, “Going North” off Missy Higgins’ 2007 album, On A Clear Night. A nice little acoustic number for you.

Also, here’s Kid Rock’s, “All Summer Long” from his 2007 album, Rock N Roll Jesus. Sorry, I just had to use it because it refers to summertime in northern Michigan. And, this is what I was doing all last week; boating, wakeboarding, skiing…ok, I’ll stop bragging now. It’s just been so long since I had a vacation.

I’m streaming Tiger Lou from IMEEM at work right now and thought I’d post another off their 2005 The Loyal. “Nixon” is the last single off this album.

While I’m at it I want to share this one that a friend of mine suggested a while back. It’s Kellerman’s wife, Andrea Kellerman. She goes by Firefox AK. This is the first single, “Winter Rose”, off her album If I Were A Melody. The song features her husband. Her last full length from 2006 was titled Madame! Madame!. She had a debut EP in 2005 and another in 2006, Love To Run. All have been released on Razzia Records, a label out of Stockholm, Sweden. If you love electronic/dance music you should give this track a serious listening to. You can hear some others too on her myspace page.

Ok, you’ve waited long enough and now I have finaly found something on Low vs Diamond. A non-official video for “Heart Attack.” Enjoy!

Seeing Things is Jakob Dylan’s first solo studio album. The album was released on June 10, 2008 by Columbia Records. This clip is Dylan’s performance from his appearances on Late Night with David Letterman on June 11th. Listening to him I don’t think of Bob Dylan, for some reason Tom Petty comes to mind.

And so my obsession with bands on the Barsuk Record label continues. My obsession at your expense because I am about to make you dizzy with a crummy bootleg version of my favorite song off the album. Oddly it’s the title track, “Re-arrange Us”. Now, my favorite may change as my LP just arrived in the mail and I have only begun listening today. Yes, I did not take advantage of any internet leakage and I did not buy the CD the day it came out. I simply ordered it from the comfort of my office desk and waited patiently for its arrival. So, without further ado, I present to you– “Re-Arrange Us” from the fifth album by the husband-and-wife duet, Mates of State.

I’ve been listening to Shinedown for the past week. They have a new album coming out so I thought I’d brush up on some of thier old stuff. Turns out I really enjoy them. So here’s a song released back in July of 2003 on their debut album Leave A Whisper. You will all know this one for sure. This album also had a great cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man.” My favorite song is one off thier second album, Us and Them. It’s called “I Dare You” and it was released as a single in 2006. “Heores,” also released in 2006, is a pretty good tune with the opening few measures sounding exactly like Tool. All in all, I’m really looking forward to the release of thier third studio album, The Sound of Madness, coming out tomorrow (June 24,2008).

Annuals are an indie-pop group signed to Ace Fu Records out of Brooklyn, NY. It’s the independent label that has Man Man and Devotchka as well. This song is off thier 2008 Wet Zoo EP. They have several other EP’s and a Demo but no full-lengths yet.

I just ordered the Mates of State vinyl yesterday and I have been listening to a lot of the Barsuk bands lately due to Death Cab’s Narrow Stairs. Here’s one by Travis Morrison Hellfighters. The Hellfighters were added when Morrison decided he wanted to tour with his solo songs. That only lasted a year and in 2005 the group was touring with all new material. The album All Y’all (and that’s what we say here in Texas folks to refer to a group of Y’all’s) came out on August 21, 2008 on Barsuk Records.