I just found out the Avett Brothers are coming to Melbourne — I am giddy with anticipation.
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The Avett Brothers’ music video for Slight Figure of Speech: funny.
NPR is streaming the Avett Brothers‘ forthcoming album, I and Love and You (but you’d better get in quick before it expires). It’s their first major label release, and, as Payton points out, the banjo has mostly been buried — except on January Wedding, which is, not coincidentally, the best track on the album.
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The Avett Brothers — I and Love and You — I and Love and You
See also this NPR Tiny Desk Concert for three more songs, and this NonCOMMvention set for eight others. [via]
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I’m a sucker for the new old-timey music of the Avett Brothers. Thanks to Ramseur Records and the boys themselves, there is a whole album’s-worth of music for you to download and enjoy, free and legal — or just stream it by hitting play here:
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The videos on their site are great, too — especially this rambunctious performance of Will You Return.