Music Calendar: Your Concert Picks For A Frigid Week (Cleveland Scene)

The Bong Show Brightblack Morning Light at the Beachland Tavern, Thursday, Nov. 20 The singer's name is Naybob Shineywater. The album was recorded "with four solar panels in New Mexico." And the lyrics promise, "A high time is on the rise." Welcome to the world of Brightblack Morning Light, freak-folk's ambassadors of "just chill, man." On Motion to Rejoin, its second CD of stonewashed hippie ...

Rachael Yamagata, 'Elephants...and Teeth Sinking Into Heart' (Warner Bros.) (Spin)

Rachael Yamagata's second album, primarily produced by multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis (best known for his work with Bright Eyes) unwinds like a melancholy film score: Delicate piano and acoustic guitar melodies lay across strings and muffled beats, while her smoky voice mourns lovers who leave at a bad time and return at a worse one. Add some cheap scotch and you've essentially got a John ...

Live albums find their groove again (Chicago Tribune)

It has served as a starmaking vehicle for everyone from James Brown to Peter Frampton. It went through an unplugged phase that allowed listeners to glimpse their pop heroes in a more informal setting. It functioned as a souvenir for famous tours. It expediently finished off contracts with record labels.

The Week in Review: November 15, 2008 (The Morning Call)

PATTY SMYTH AND SCANDAL

Health Briefs (SouthtownStar)

Babysitting course

Acoustic duo Fast Heart Mart finds playing therapeutic (Tucson Citizen)

Hailing from the "cheap and sunny" city of Albuquerque, N.M., Fast Heart Mart (a band and a man), with upcoming shows at Plush and Casbah Tea House, offers a fun, goofy twist on folk.