Video: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, ‘No Love Like Yours’
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So long, Edward Sharpe. The Magnetic Zeros’ frontman Alex Ebert lays him to rest in the new video for “No Love Like Yours,” directed by actress Olivia Wilde.
Stream: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, ‘No Love Like Yours’
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R.I.P. Edward Sharpe? Then long live the Magnetic Zeros. The New Orleans-via-L.A. folk collective’s fourth album will be out April 15.
Stream: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, ‘Hot Coals’
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The single is the first new music from singer-songwriter Alex Ebert and his band since they began working at their new studio in New Orleans.
Download: Aaron Embry, ‘Raven’s Song’
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The title of Aaron Embry’s solo debut “Tiny Prayers” takes on a whole new meaning with the recent news that his 3-year-old daughter Mayla has been diagnosed with leukemia. Friends of the singer-songwriter and producer, whose long resumé and keen devotion to his craft have made him one of the most beloved figures on the […]
Download: Aaron Embry, ‘Moon of the Daylit Sky’
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There’s no moment in recent memory that I’ve been happier glued to the floor than the chilly night this past February when Aaron Embry played to a completely hushed (!) room at the Silverlake Lounge. A voice, a special guitar, a board to stomp on, and a wide-open vein of emotions – those are the […]
Video: Alexander, ‘Let’s Win’
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Alex Ebert’s video for “Let’s Win,” off his Alexander solo album from earlier this year, serves as a nice rallying cry for the people behind Peaceful Uprising. The piece was filming in February in Utah at the trial of environmental activist Tim DeChristopher, aka “Bidder 70,” who eventually was convicted of disrupting a federal land […]
Video: Alexander, ‘A Million Years’
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There seems to be some footage from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ video series in the clip for Alexander’s “A Million Years” – what is it about the desert, anyway? – but that’s not to detract from the song, or Zeros frontman Alex Ebert’s solo effort. Alexander’s DIY album is a loose and engaging […]
Video: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, ”˜40 Day Dream’ (Part 3 of the ‘Salvo!’ series)
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros’ album “Up From Below” is getting the epic treatment cinematically. The songs are being used as the backdrop for a 12-part music video series titled “Salvo!” and directed by Matt Amato. The storyline seems very “Mad Max” (in a Magnetic Zeros kind of way, of course) but the cinematography […]
Albums: Alexander, ‘Alexander’
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Alexander, “Alexander” (Community Music/Vagrant) – After two-plus years of saving souls from the pulpit of the psych-folk collective Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Alex Ebert is still searching his own. “Alexander,” the 32-year-old’s solo debut, feels as if the songwriter is giving himself a pep talk, the overarching message being: Don’t give up the […]
Mp3-pack: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Snow & Voices, Death Kit
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[Keeping this installment local …] ‣ Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, “40 Day Dream (iTunes session).” Been a busy year for Alex Ebert (pictured at Sunset Junction) and crew. Their new iTunes session, features five recast versions of songs from “Up From Below.” – including a particularly aching “40 Day Dream” – as well […]
