PLAYLIST: Twilight Concert Series in SLC

I give you this year's Twilight Concert Series. Remember, all of these concerts are outdoors and FREE.

July 9:
Bon Iver - mp3: For Emma (from The Myspace Transmissions)
Jenny Lewis - mp3: Acid Tongue

July 16:
The Black Keys - mp3: Wicked Messenger (Bob Dylan cover)
Human Highway

July 23:
M. Ward - mp3: Chinese Translation
Land of Talk

July 30:
Sonic Youth - mp3: Sacred Trickster
Awesome Color

August 6:
Q-Tip
B.o.B.

August 13:
Toots & The Maytals - mp3: True Love is Hard to Find (w/ Bonnie Raitt)
N.A.S.A.'s Intergalactic Circus

August 20:
Iron & Wine - mp3: The Devil Never Sleeps (demo)
Okkervil River - mp3: Pop Lie

August 27:
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears - mp3: Sugarfoot

Too bad I have to be at school, in INDIANA, on July 7th, two days before all this amazing-ness starts. Talk about bad planning.

ALSO: The Iron & Wine song I included above is from an EP of acoustic demos he's giving away for free on his site. Go grab it.

SING THE STATES #09: New Hampshire

New Hampshire, known as the Granite State, is the 9th state in our countdown, having joined the Union on June 21st, 1788. Notable for being the site of the first primary election for each U.S. presidential election, here are some other fun facts about New Hampshire: their flower is the purple lilac, their highest point is Mt. Washington at 6,288 ft, their state motto is "Live Free or Die", and Robert Frost lived and wrote many of his most famous poems there.

Our song for NH is from the Sonic Youth, who really need no introduction. I've never been incredibly into their music, but it's hard to listen to them and not think of how influential they've been on rock & roll over the last 20 years (they've been playing since 1981!). This song is from 2004's Sonic Nurse, and is just what you'd expect from these guys. And apparently, Sonic Youth will be hitting this year's Twilight Concert Series (according to this guy), along with Bon Iver, Jenny Lewis, The Black Keys, and M. Ward! If that's all true, then I've never been so sad about leaving Utah as I am right now.

Also considered: Matt Pond PA - New Hampshire

Sonic Youth - New Hampshire
from the album Sonic Nurse (Amazon/iTunes)


Check out the rest of our SING THE STATES posts!