In anticipation of the upcoming live comedy show this Sunday at the Marquee Theatre featuring Adult Swim goofballs Tim & Eric, I feel I must bring to light the magnificent music video directing skills of Eric Wareheim (the nice young fellow on the right). Wareheim is the more
musically inclined of the duo, playing in a handful of bands while
living in Philadelphia. He has directed a handful of music videos,
infusing his mind-numbing visual aesthetic into songs by Ben Folds and
Phantom
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Courtney Marie Andrews
Painter's Hands and a Seventh Son
(River Jones Music Label)
Grade: B
Legend has it that Courtney Marie Andrews first tried her hand at songwriting when only 13 years old. Now 18, under the tutelage of River Jones and his music label Andrews has released two full-length albums including her newest, Painter's Hands and a Seventh Son.
Painter's is the work of a teenage girl with some noticeable vocal chops. Andrews has the wholesome and straining vibrato of a siren, a