Recent Posts from You Ain't No Picasso

You Ain't No Picasso — Apologies for all the Bonnarumors as of late, but it’s really been occupying a lot of my time lately. According to Live Daily (via Stereogum), this year we can count on getting Paul Simon and maybe — just maybe — Paul McCartney. I’d be excited to... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Painting by someone who is definitely not me and super talented Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have a new record I Learned the Hard way out April 6. I downloaded this yesterday afternoon, but had to wait many excruciating hours until after work an... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Photo via Deerhoof’s Myspace Uh… someone please record this so that I can listen to it forever and ever. Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu are teaming up to cover Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures at the Donaufestival in Austria. The fest takes place April 28-M... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Today I’m back in the hospital for another fun run through the American medical system. But because I’d hate to leave you guys without entertainment and me with nothing to do, I’ve decided to run this contest and kill two birds with one stone. MP... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Spinner just confirmed that the Flaming Lips will be performing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety at Bonnaroo. Giiiiiantly excited for that. It’s going to be a late night set that will surely be one of the most memorable moments i... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Frog Eyes signed to Dead Oceans to release their new album Paul’s Tomb: A Triumph. Here’s the nine-minute opening track, “A Flower in a Glove.” MP3: Frog Eyes – A Flower in a Glove I’m unfortunately at work right now, so I can’t exactly dive into ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — MP3: Ben Sollee + Daniel Martin Moore – Something, Somewhere, Sometime For those of you who don’t know, I work at CD Central in Lexington. So any time I can get my jobs to come together, I’m always super happy. Case in point, I made sure that Ben ... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — The Apples in Stereo’s new record Travellers in Space and Time is due out in April and now we’ve got some tour dates to go along with it. On this go around, they’re bringing along Generationals and Laminated Cat. But possibly the best news? They’r... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Here’s the super cool video for the Happy Hollow’s “Death to Vivek Kemp” off their new album Spells. The band gets traced, water colored and decorated and it couldn’t be more fun. Plus the song is one of my favorites of the year, so it’s really wo... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Now, it’d be really easy for me to say that “Springville” sounds like the Decemberists are headed back toward their folksy ways. However, it’s a solo performance by Colin Meloy, so it’d be hard for any song to sound as proggy as their last few alb... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Two years ago when I saw the Magnetic Fields, their merch guy told me that Stephin and Merge were trying to work out a way to release 69 Love Songs on vinyl. Looks like they finally got it figured out. read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — It’s a little late, but this video of “100 Calorie Man” from BOAT’s last album Setting the Paces is too cute not to post. It’s a stop motion/hand animated video that switches gears halfway through into what everything on the internet eventually be... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — In 12 hours I’ve gone from knowing nothing about Efterklang to being convinced that they’re going to have a big impact on my 2010. I’ve got to buy/track down/see if I got a promo of their new album Magic Chairs (out 2/22) because this track is jus... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Last year I had Diplo to tweet all through the Grammys and keep me entertained. No such luck this year. However, he did manage to make today a special day by mentioning that he’s hard at work on MIA’s record and sharing this cover. MP3: Major Laze... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Just a quick reminder that One for the Team are playing a YANP-sponsored show in Lexington tonight at Al’s Bar! Unfortunately LYLAS got snowed in and can’t make it, but we’ve replaced them with the new local group Welcome, Strangers. So come out a... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — I love it when great music comes together with a great cause. Of course, I’d prefer it that the problem requiring the great cause didn’t exist, but this is second best. The Polyphonic Spree and the Take Away Show are teaming up with non-profit or... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — After hearing Stephin Merritt’s interesting cover of Chris Knox, I was worried that he might have lost his previously golden touch with covers. I mean, this is the guy responsible for that awesome “If I Were a Rich Man” cover. Seems like it was ju... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Thanks to Muzzle of Bees for pointing me to this cover on Twitter. This is a great video of St Vincent covering my favorite National song at Brooklyn Vegan’s Haitian Benefit. As if we needed more proof that Annie is a Godsend… read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — Photo by MBR MP3: Seedy Seeds – Drive Me to the Center Cincinnati’s the Seedy Seeds are coming to Lexington tonight to hit up the Green Lantern. They’ve been getting a lot of buzz around the OH/KY/IN area, but I’ve still yet to see them. Ironicall... read more »

You Ain't No Picasso — If you didn’t know, I’ve had an intern for a couple months now. Mostly she’s transcribed and set up interviews, but I’m starting to try to give her more stuff to do. Part of her 2010 assignment is to head up the giveaways department around here. W... read more »