{"id":21580,"date":"2014-06-12T21:14:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T05:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=21580"},"modified":"2014-06-13T12:58:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T20:58:27","slug":"watch-courtney-barnett-perform-songs-and-cover-lou-reed-with-billy-bragg-on-wfuv-rockwiz-and-nowness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2014-06\/watch-courtney-barnett-perform-songs-and-cover-lou-reed-with-billy-bragg-on-wfuv-rockwiz-and-nowness\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Courtney Barnett Perform Songs and Cover Lou Reed (with Billy Bragg) on WFUV, RocKwiz and Nowness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As mentioned repeatedly on these pages, we are huge fans of Melbourne’s upstart artist Courtney Barnett<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Her staccato delivery of deadpan, well-wrought lyrics is a refreshing change borne of Lou Reed\/Velvets\/Dylan\/Pavement<\/strong> influences (in other words: the best there is).\u00a0\u00a0 All the while during her current tour, we’ve been receiving rave reviews from afar of Ms. Barnett’s<\/strong> and her band’s sets as openers for Phosphorescent<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you’ve missed any of those dates, all remaining tour dates are listed below.\u00a0 Get ‘ye there.<\/p>\n

To give you a feel for what you’ve\/we’ve been missing, WFUV<\/strong> has today released two rousing performances by Barnett and trio performing tracks David<\/strong> <\/em>and Avant Gardener<\/strong><\/em> (sorry for the multiple vantages of the latter, but it bears repeating) off of her fantastic The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Check ’em out below.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, watch as Barnett<\/strong> and the illustrious Billy Bragg<\/strong> perform Velvet Underground’s\/Lou Reed’s Sunday Morning<\/em> <\/strong>on the awesome Aussie TV show, RocKwiz<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 And finally at bottom, watch Barnett’s Nowness\/Yours Truly<\/em><\/strong> session (get the picture? barn and Barnett?) where she performs Ode to Odetta<\/strong> <\/em>and scrabbles regarding Los Angeles appearing to be one big movie set.\u00a0 Yeah.\u00a0 So?<\/p>\n

Courtney Barnett <\/strong>is a bright new talent on the scene, and with any justice she will take over the world’s airwaves.\u00a0 Elle est tres charmant, non?\u00a0 Oui!\u00a0 Bien sur.<\/p>\n