In Studio Performances

DeVotchKa

May 12, 2008 at 4:10am

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DeVotchKa frontman Nick Urata joins us for stripped down versions of the band's unlikely musical stew, which sounds something like the soundtrack to a Morricone film about gypsies at the Mexican border. A Mad & Faithful Telling is the band's fourth full-length but first for the Anti- label, and (speaking of soundtracks) comes upon the heels of their well-received playing for the film Little Miss Sunshine. We talk with Urata about the role familial roots play in his songwriting, his ability to escape the 21st century, and the band's mixtape-inspired oeuvre.

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Sessions: A: Annuals Anomie Belle Avett Brothers; B: Barton Carroll Bishop Allen Blind Pilot Blitzen Trapper Blitzen Trapper Blue Giant Blue Skies for Black Hearts Bombadil Boy Eats Drum Machine Brendan Canning & Charles Spearin Buoy LaRue; C: Casey Neill & the Norway Rats Celilo Chris Smither; D: David Dondero DeVotchKa Dearly Departed (Various) Dirty Mittens; E: Eilen Jewell; F: Finn Riggins; G: Georgie James Gill Landry Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Great Lake Swimmers Great Northern; H: Helio Sequence Hillstomp Hotels; J: James Low Jeff Hanson Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter Joan as Police Woman John Vanderslice Johnny Flynn Jolie Holland Jonatha Brooke Jose Gonzalez; K: Kate Maki Kathleen Edwards Kelly Joe Phelps; L: Lambchop's Kurt Wagner Langhorne Slim Laura Gibson Laura Veirs Leigh Marble Loch Lomond Loney Dear; M: M. Ward Maria Taylor; N: Neko Case Nick Jaina Nyles Lannon; O: O plus S; P: Parlour Steps Perhapst Pete Krebs Trio Point Juncture, WA Portland Cello Project Pseudosix; R: Ra Ra Riot Rocky Votolato; S: Sam Phillips Sean Hayes Sharon Jones Southerly Star-f-er Stephanie Schneiderman Super XX Man; T: Tea For Julie Thao with the Get Down Stay Down The Broken West The Builders & the Butchers The Dimes The Everybodyfields The Love Language The National The Old Believers The Pink Widower The Real Tuesday Weld The Shaky Hands The Thermals The Veils Tyler Ramsey; W: Weinland Weinland; X: Xavier Rudd

Archived Performances: 2009: July, June, May, April, March, February, January; 2008: December, November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February, January; 2007: December, November

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