So, I'm going through a bit of an Antony phase. After downloading his fantastic concert podcast, I've been listening non-stop to his entire catalogue. Newly released, the Epilepsy is Dancing single includes a b-side from their Crying Light sessions called "Where is my Power". A great track, percussive and plucky, it's a bit of a sonic departure, though I would have loved to see it on the album proper. The album art is also quite lovely, very Bjork-esque.

Download: "Where is My Power"

You all know how I feel about iTunes, iPods, and all things Apple. Well, further to that, I wanted to gush for a moment about podcasts. While not everyone should have one, anyone can, so that means there can be a lot to wade through. National Public Radio, however, provides some really great ones, from features on writers and personalities to live music. Obnoxiously well-read hosts and interviewers notwithstanding, these are the podcasts I tend to go for.

I recently snagged the live concert and interview they did with Antony Hegarty (and the Johnsons) in February and it's amazing. Not only are podcasts free, but they're generally quite high quality. So, for nothing, you're getting a live concert album that wouldn't be released for commercial consumption. Marvelous!

Using Adobe SoundBooth, I imported the large, uncut, nearly-two-hour MP3 file and chopped it up into tracks, faded in, faded-out, the whole nine yards. I tossed together some album art and everything. Please enjoy.

Download:
Antony and the Johnsons

Live in Washington

I will swipe my first entry from These Roving Eyes. Cheap, I know.

A little Winter Mixed Tape for y'all. A collection of songs I'm loving - some old, some new, all receiving constant play in my world. Enjoy and check these artists out on iTunes.

1) Epilepsy is Dancing – Antony and the Johnsons
2) Went Walking – Bosque Brown
3) Tailor – Julie Doiron
4) Hold Time – M. Ward
5) Mykonos – Fleet Foxes
6) Paddy’s Gone – Antony and the Johnsons
7) Broken Chair – Jim Guthrie
8) He Doesn’t Know Why – Fleet Foxes
9) Another World – Antony and the Johnsons
10) Prescilla – Bat for Lashes
11) Aeon – Antony and the Johnsons
12) You Are Free – Cat Power
13) Streetlights – Kanye West
14) Oh My God – Gentleman Reg
15) Gossip in the Grain – Ray LaMontagne
16) Man Under the Sea – Patrick Watson
17) Oh Lonesome Me – M. Ward
18) Little Tornados – Aimee Mann
19) Call it Off – Tegan and Sara
20) Magpie to the Morning – Neko Case

Download the zip!