The Mountain Goats

This week we have a few up and coming bands that are sure to impress.  From The Middle East, Sugar & The Hi Lows, and Mount Moriah to Lucero, The Lumineers, and Kirby Brown, who is playing at the Richardson Wildflower Festival on Saturday.  Also, we’ll talk about the story of another featured musician, John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, who has an incredible back story that is absolutely worth hearing.  Thanks for tuning in to American Highway… Each Monday at 4pm it’s the roots rock, Americana show on the Indie-verse. Click more for the playlist!

Usual Suspects – Ha Ha Tonka

Palmcorder Yajna – The Mountain Goats

Land of the Bloody Unknown – The Middle East

See It For Yourself – Sugar & The Hi Lows

I Swear – Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside

I’m A Mess – Rodney Crowell And Mary Karr

Only Way Out – Mount Moriah

Sometimes – Lucero

Dead Sea - The Lumineers

Swimmer … Dreams Don’t Keep – Amanda Shires

California Bars – Tim Easton

No MY Generation – Kirby Brown

Out Of Love – Rhett Miller

Riders in the Sky – Johnny Cash

Each Wednesday at 4pm and Saturdays from 10-Midnight CT, classic indie invades your ears on C60!

Meat Whiplash -  Don’t Slip Up (Creation 1985)

Robert Marlow - Claudette  (Reset 1984)

The Autumns  – Sunblush (Risk 1997)

Squeeze - Cat On A Wall (Deptford Fun City 1977)

The Factory Press - Motoride (N D 1994)

The Leaving Trains - Leaving Trains (Bemisbrain 1984)

Girls At Our Best! - Getting Nowhere Fast (Happy Birthday 1981)

The Wonder Stuff - Give Give Give Me More More More (Polydor 1988)

Heavenly - Trophy Girlfriend (K 1996)

Guided By Voices  – The Official Ironmen Rally Song (Matador 1996)

Hula - Black Wall Blue (Red Rhino 1986)

Crash - Almost (The Remorse Label 1986)

His Name Is Alive - This World Is Not My Home (4AD 1996)

Happy Mondays - Kuff Dam (Factory 1987)

Eggplant - How Does Ed Cope? (The Bus Stop Label 1996)

Eric Random - Fade In (New Hormones 1980)

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Beastie Boys

It’s a big week for live music, so get out there and see some! We’ll walk through some New Orleans Brass Bands, singer songwriters and pay tribute to the greatness of MCA on this week’s American Highway. Thanks for tuning in… Each Monday at 4pm it’s the roots rock, Americana show on the Indie-verse. Click more for the playlist!

Darlin, Here’s to You – Madison King

Westside Street – The Deep Dark Woods    

Do It Again – Rebirth Brass Band

It’s All Over Now – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band

No Explanations – The Sideshow Tragedy

So Speak – Ryan Thomas Becker

Down that Dusty Road – Nicholas Altobelli

Elephants – Deathray Davies           

I Live On A Battlefield – Nick Lowe

Only In My Double Mind – Centro-Matic

Stand Still – Home By Hovercraft   

Sabotage – Phish

Ain’t No Grave – Johnny Cash

Each Wednesday at 4pm and Saturdays from 10-Midnight, classic indie grabs your ears on C60!

Supergrass – Mansize Rooster (Backbeat 1994)

Getting The Fear - Last Salute (RCA 1984)

Maximum Joy - Building Bridges/Bridges Dub (Y 1982)

Redd Kross - Citadel (Gasatanka 1984)

The Darling Buds - It’s All Up To You (Native 1988)

The Summer Suns - Honeypearl ’95 (Parasol 1996)

The Stone Roses - This Is The One (Silvertone 1989)

Humans - Lightning (I.R.S. 1981)

Broadcast - Living Room (Duophonic 1997)

Swervedriver - How Does It Feel To Look Like Candy (Creation 1995)

The Blue Aeroplanes - Lover & Confidante (Fire 1986)

The Buck Pets - Shave (Sing Fat 1993)

Dot Allison - Colour Me (Heavenly 1999)

A. R. Kane - One Way Mirror (Rough Trade 1988)

Labradford - Columna de la Independencia (Merge 1994)

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My Way
Joon-sik is a Korean man who dreams of following in the footsteps of Olympic marathon gold medal winner Sohn Kee-chung. until he falls into trouble and is conscripted into the Japanese army.

Dubbed the Steven Spielburg of Korean cinema, My Way is the third film from director Kang Je-Jyu with a reported budget of $28 million, making it the most expensive Korean film to date. Inspired by a true story, My Way follows the friendship and rivalry of two men through their aspirations of marathon running and enduring the brutalities of war. Mainly a war movie with a dabble of friendship, this film is not for the faint of heart with its elaborate and jarring battle scenes and gruesome depictions of war.

In contrast, the after party of the My Way screening at the The Crow Collection of Asian Art was a welcomed zen-like affair with mood lighting on trees and the soothing trickles from the nearby water fountains on a perfect Texas night. The director, Kang Je-Jyu made his rounds, graciously answered questions wearing stylish eyeglasses.

My Way is definitely not the greatest war movie of all time, often choppy and harsh, but it is a momentous film in Korean cinema history with a story that Kang Je-Jyu clearly wanted to tell.

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Written by Son Hui Pak.

We’re Not Broke
We’re Not Broke tells the story of U.S. corporations dodging billions of dollars in income tax, and how seven fed-up Americans take their frustration to the streets…and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.

Just in time for tax season, We’re Not Broke explores an ugly side of US economics that has been largely glazed over in the recession discussion. Armed with diagrams, figures and expert commentary, this documentary reveals how big bad corporations in the US have eluded paying income taxes via loopholes and tax shelters, effectively running the US economy to the ground.

As with all documentaries with an agenda, We’re Not Broke presents a fairly one-sided argument. But whether you are in the 1% or 99%, there is enough compelling empirical data in the film to persuade a skeptic that something is indeed awry. And if you are a tax payer, you might get mad enough to occupy the nearest parking lot of a DIFF sponsor.

The individuals across the country who created the precursory small ripples which ultimately lead to the Occupy Wall Street movement are the heart of the film. At times, it’s intensely depressing and sad, but the film’s pace and spacing of personal narratives and factual particulars get the message across.

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Written by Son Hui Pak.

Fever Year
Filmed during culminating months of the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s most rigorous year of touring, Andrew Bird crosses the December finish line in his hometown of Chicago – feverish and on crutches from an onstage injury.

It’s a rare and wonderful thing to see an artist support the documentary just created for him. It’s even better when he’s at the premiere to show his favor.

Fever Year successfully captures musician Andrew Bird’s life traveling from city to city and playing close to 170 shows over the course of a year. It shows trials with his health, a demanding schedule on the road, and, ultimately, his love for his art and live performance.

Most of the concert footage seen in the film was taken at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee during his 2009 tour in support of his album Noble Beast. The film opens with a performance of the beautiful, but ever-curious, “Sweetmatter” and also features several other notable Bird songs—”Fake Palindromes,” “Dark Matter” and ‘Spare-ohs.” There are amazing appearances by Annie Clark, or St. Vincent, and their collaboration on “Lusitania” and explains the relationship between Bird and Martin Dosh, his full-time drummer and co-writer on many of his albums. Aside from beautiful concert footage, the film also spends a considerable amount of time exploring Bird’s distinct creative process using loop machines to build his song tracks.

Director Xan Aranda also takes us off stage to Bird’s quiet family home where he spends time writing, resting and getting away from the buzz he can’t seem to escape living in Chicago. It’s at the farm that Bird really delves into the importance of place and how retreating there has helped with his development as a musician.

It’s an truly amazing feat to not only capture the process of a year-long music tour as well as the personal life of a musician while simultaneously persevering his privacy and leaving the viewer satisfied. Fever Year achieves this elusive goal. I walked away feeling as though I’d actually just been to an Andrew Bird concert and that I actually got to know the musician himself a little better. Aranda met the challenge of this vision exceedingly well. Unfortunately, the documentary is not scheduled for distribution so hopefully it comes to a film festival in your city!

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Written by Marissa Miller, program director of Art House Dallas.

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