Ho Hey!

I just bought my tickets for the April 6th Lumineers show at Mishawaka Amphitheater in Bellvue, CO and I'm super-psyched!! This will be my first time seeing this band but from what I've heard, I'm in for quite a treat. Here's the new official video for the song Ho Hey. The quality is much better than the live living room video I posted a few months ago. Also, their album drops April 3rd, get on it!

"I don't know where I belong, 

I don't know where I went wrong,

But I can write a song!"     

Audio Pizza Playlists Goes Live!

A couple of months ago, my amazing sister (who has been the biggest Audio Pizza advocate I could have ever asked for), started building a Spotify playlist of the songs featured on this blog. That playlist can by accessed by searching AudioPizza on Spotify and I will do my best to keep it updated. I've also create a Grooveshark playlist because it allowed me to create a widget to add to this blog. Sweet! Check it out over on the right------->. Also, here's a direct link to the Grooveshark Playlist. I wanted you to be able to just put on the music from Audio Pizza and let it roll. Enjoy!


And since I'm not really down to walk away from a blogpost without posting some sort of music, here's the new video from Of Monsters and Men, Little Talks. I posted a live version of this song a few weeks ago, but I thought I'd post the official video because it's absolutely visually stunning (and Icelandic creepy). 

Party Rock Charleston

I had to post this, just because I think it's hilarious and I am way impressed how easily the Shuffle converts over to the Charleston (all you need is a little Sepia).

The moment a lead singer realizes they've made it...

I was perusing reddit/r/music a couple days ago when I came across the title of:
0:16 the moment a lead singer realizes they've made it.
The video that resulted from my inquisitive click and the warm feeling it left in my heart and reminded me of how much and why I love live music. Pay close attention to Marcus Mumford right around the 16 second mark of this song. For my fellow Redditors out there, you know this resulted in an upvote. 

Audio Pizza Revamped

Over the past couple of weeks I've been contemplating a change to the Audio Pizza Blog. My reasoning behind this is based on the fact that nearly everyday I have a song, video, or artist I want to showcase on the blog. The problem lies in the fact that although I want to post these musical slices,  I don't always have the time or desire to complete write ups of these pieces. I felt kind of weird and a little lazy posting music without discussing it here on Blogger. So I looked at switching the blog over to Tumblr, a blogging platform that encourages, quicker, briefer blog posts. But, I have enjoyed my longer posts and I hope you've enjoyed reading them while listening to the music I picked. Therefore, I am going to remain on this site, but I am going to change up my posting habits a bit.
I'm still planning on writing my longer posts when time or content allows. But I also want to post items that I just merely want to share. Some of these posts may have a short write up, or may have no write up at all. 
With that being said, I'll leave you with a little Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward of She & Him, without saying really anything about it. Enjoy!  
She & Him – Thieves

This Heart Was Made For You - Valentine's Day Pizza

After finishing a lovely pasta and vino Valentine's evening dinner with my wonderful wife, I'm once again a temporary widower to science as my wife heads off to a BSL-3 lab to work on some deadly pathogen for a couple hours. While I wait for her return, I thought I'd post a small playlist love songs (and not so much love) playlist to take you through the evening.      

Josh Ritter - The Curse Josh Ritter – The Curse

Old 97's  - Question Old 97's – Question

Mason Jennings - Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor Mason Jennings – Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor

The Avett Brothers - The Ballad of Love and Hate The Avett Brothers – The Ballad Of Love And Hate

The Beatles - Here, There, and Everywhere

Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You Band of Horses – No One's Gonna Love You (possibly a break-up song, but we'll go with it).

The Mitguards – Ridin' With The One I Love

And a couple of Anti-Valentine's Day Songs for those who aren't as into the holiday as others are.

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight

Kathleen Edwards - House Full of Empty Rooms Kathleen Edwards – House Full Of Empty Rooms

Room 125 Productions

Room 125 Productions is the pseudonym of the film/media department of Lawrence High School in Lawrence, KS. Although Mr. Kuhr and students of Room 125 seem to do an immense amount of really cool film and music projects, I'm totally enthralled by their Classroom Sessions. Mr. Kuhr brings in independent musicians to be interviewed an filmed by the students of Room 125 Productions. The teacher and the music fan in me are both overwhelmed by the opportunity provided to both the students and to the artists themselves. Great work Mr Kuhr, keep it up! I'll be sure to post my student interviews and music footage once I get my own version of this going at my school. 


I've selected some of my favorite sessions below, but here's a link to the entire set of the Classroom Sessions.
The Head and The Heart - Rivers and Roads

Damien Jurado - Rachel & Cali

The Civil Wars - I've Got This Friend

Bryan John Appleby - The Words of the Revelator