Now it is November and the pumpkins that are still kicking look sweet. Unfortunately a grand majority have been smashed. There are a ton of awesome shows happening this week that I want to touch on as well as the old favorites that play on repeat in my head. It's the Commonwealth of Notions.
Bob Dylan/Dont Think Twice, It's Alright/The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan/1963 Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird/Saint Josephina/The Fire Next Time/2009 Orioles/Try and Fail/Live at Ipanema: Volume 3/2009 Monsters of Folk/Whole Lotta Losin'/Monsters of Folk/2009
Zac Hryciak and The Jungle Beat/This Thanxgiving/Demo/2008 The Low Branches/Giant Sounds/Demo and Live/2009 Nick Coward and the Last Battle/Noon Day Devil/Ghosts EP/2009 David Shultz and the Skyline/Give it Back/Rain In To The Sea/2009 Thao with the Get Down Stay Down/Fear and Convenience/We Brave Bee Stings and All/2007
The Get Up Kids/Close to Home/Something to Write Home About/1999 The Unicorns/Les Os/Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?/2003 Bloc Party/Luno/Silent Alarm/2005 Death Cab For Cutie/Amputations/Something About Airplanes/1998
Wilco/Via Chicago/Summerteeth/1999 Belle and Sebastian/Sleep The Clock Around/The Boy with the Arab Strap/1998
Brand New/You Wont Know/The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me/2006 Thrice/To Awake and Avenge The Dead/The Illusion of Safety/2001 Good Luck/Stars Were Exploding/Into Lake Griffy/2009 The Weakerthans/Tournament of Hearts/Reunion Tour/2007
The Protomen/Hope Rides Alone/The Protomen/2007 Splork!/Applewhite and Nettles/Live on WRIR/2009 The Flaming Lips/See The Leaves/Embryonic/2009 MGMT/Of Moons, Birds and Monsters/Oracular Spectacular/2007
The Mountain Goats/Michael Myers Resplendent/Heretic Pride/2008 Superchunk/Learned to Surf/Leaves in the Gutter EP/2009 Phoenix/Rally/It's Never Been Like That/2006 The Family Swaggards/Beggar's Riff/EP/2005 The Rip-Off/Heart Full of Soul/Rolled Out Again/2004
The Great White Jenkins/Look Out World/Style Weekly Sounds of Richmond 2009/2009 Red Collar/Stay/The Hands Up EP/2007
Monsters of Folk/Slow Down Jo/Monsters of Folk/2009