B-Side Of The Week: Snow Patrol

Like many other fans, I got hooked on Scottish rockers Snow Patrol after hearing their amazing 2004 album, Final Straw. I was fortunate enough to catch them play live at a little Philly venue called the North Star Bar right before the single "Run" blew up and made them stars in the States. Now they're playing much larger venues to sold out, adoring crowds.

During the tour for Final Straw, the band often broke out this rocking b-side during the encore, and it quickly became a cult favorite of their devoted followers. Although the song is cool, I don't think it is as strong as the material on Final Straw, and so it makes sense that it was released as a b-side on the "Run" singles.

Snow Patrol - "Post Punk Progression"

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Previous B-Sides Of the Week:

Centro-Matic - "Not Like Anyone Would Mind"
Nirvana - "Even In His Youth"
Radiohead - "Bishop's Robes"
Catherine Wheel - "Capacity To Change"
The Black Crowes - "Waitin' Guilty"
Jeff Buckley - "Thousand Fold"
Idlewild - "Good Times Wasted"
Foo Fighters - "Baker Street"
Muse - "Fury"
Screaming Trees - "Silver Tongue"
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Loaded Gun"
Stereophonics - "Carrot Cake And Wine"
Oasis - "Let's All Make Believe"
Guns N' Roses - "Shadow Of Your Love"
Ryan Adams - "What Sin Replaces Love"
Chris Cornell - "Sunshower"
Feeder - "Bruised"

Snow Patrol: AOL Music Session

Here's another of the fantastic AOL Music Sessions I wrote about yesterday, this time from Snow Patrol.

They played a couple of tracks from their new record, Eyes Open, along with their hit "Run" and an acoustic cover of the Bright Eyes tune "You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will." All the files are MP3.

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Chasing Cars
Hands Open
Run
You Will. You? Will. You? Will. You? Will. (Bright Eyes)
You're All I Have

Sessions from Coldplay and Audioslave will be up soon.

Music Blog Happenings

I Am Fuel, You Are Friends has the three new Radiohead tunes up from Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood's performance at the recent benefit gig for Friends of the Earth: The Big Ask.

Indieblogheaven has a link to video of the aforementioned Radiohead performance.

Awesome Until Proven Guilty has tracks up from the new Snow Patrol record if you can't wait until its official US release date on Tuesday 5/9.

Ear Farm has Tool's performance from this year's Coachella Festival. Not a bad audience recording at all.

buddyHEAD has some live video of The Duke Spirit performing on British TV.

Rawkblog has links to a full live set by Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy.

Scenestars has the Secret Machines video for "Lightning Blue Eyes".

Snow Patrol BBC Tracks

...Good Weather For Airstrikes posted some awesome Snow Patrol live tracks - 4 versions of new songs played on the BBC and two covers, Bright Eyes' "You Will. You? Will..." and Damien Rice's "The Blower's Daughter".