Acoustic Archives - Up Here In My Tree

Portugal. The Man:
Sea Of Air

By B.G., on April 23rd, 2013

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Of all the bands I’ve come across in the past couple of years, the one I seem to listen to on a nearly weekly basis is the punctuationally challenging Portugal. The Man. Whether on this blog (here, here, or here) or in person, I often recommend their 2011 LP In The Mountain In The [...]

Widower:
Grasp

By B.G., on March 22nd, 2013

Two things that are near and dear to my heart are Guild guitars and my home state of New Jersey. During a recent session on the absolutely fantastic Seattle radio station KEXP, Kevin Large of WIDOWER revealed himself to be a Guild fan who also happens to hail from the Garden State. Needless to [...]

Iron & Wine:
Caught In The Briars

By B.G., on March 7th, 2013

So here’s my post-breakup drunk text to Sam Beam…”Um, heard one of your new songs, ‘Caught In The Briars,’ and I felt like I was with the old you for three minutes or so. Maybe we should get together and talk?”

I know, I know…I should learn my lesson. Two out of the three [...]

Night Beds:
NPR Tiny Desk Concert

By B.G., on March 1st, 2013

NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert with Night Beds setlist: “Faithful Heights” “Ramona” “22″ “Hide From It”

What’s the point?

Before you suggest I step away from the ledge, let me say that the question above is not a declaration of despair. Of hopelessness. It’s nothing other than what it clearly is. A question. Nothing [...]

Under The Covers:
High Tide or Low Tide
Performed by Ben Harper & Jack Johnson

By B.G., on February 15th, 2013

I won’t go into great detail about this Sunday’s broadcast of the 55th Grammy Award show. People were live blogging, live tweeting, or as I told my girlfriend, live living the Grammys. Sadly, anyone under the age of 25 is probably unfamiliar with the concept of live living, but explaining that concept would take [...]

Frightened Rabbit:
The Woodpile

By B.G., on February 6th, 2013

Posting on consecutive days? You bet’cha.

This is going to be short and sweet. 2013 is shaping up to be an excellent year, musically speaking. There are a lot of albums on the horizon that I’m eagerly anticipating. New albums from Portugal. The Man, The National, and The Head and The Heart are a [...]

Under The Covers:
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
Performed by Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, & John Smith

By B.G., on February 5th, 2013

It’s been a long time…

At times, I’m tempted to only post covers here. For starters, I really, really love a good cover. Also, I haven’t found myself listening to very much new music these days. Having recently updated to iTunes 11, which I seem to alone in my love for it, I found [...]

Bruce Springsteen:
My City Of Ruins

By B.G., on December 17th, 2012

If you watched the 12/12/12 benefit concert this past Wednesday night, you saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform “My City Of Ruins” as part of the band’s set to open the concert. Personally, I always preferred this version. I’ve said it countless times, but 99% of the time, I prefer the [...]

Tegan And Sara:
Closer

By B.G., on December 6th, 2012

I’ve been deliberating on how appropriate / politically correct it would be to admit that I’ve had a crush on Tegan or Sara (they’re identical twins and I don’t really know them well enough to prefer one or the other) for twelve long years now. Under normal circumstances, I really wouldn’t hesitate. There is [...]

Band Of Horses:
Electric Music

By B.G., on November 16th, 2012

The Guild sealed the deal…

It’s been forever and a day since my last post. I suppose a lot has happened, though it doesn’t really feel that way. We had a hurricane. She was a real bitch. During the ordeal, I realized people should familiarize themselves with the definition of the word ‘gone.’ As [...]