New band alert: Jose Delhart – Little Red Buddah

Jose Delhart – Little Red Buddah self released 2009 [tags: acoustic, folk, psychedelic] Listen while reading: I Will Know (from Little Red Buddah) No Tengo A Nadie (from Little Red Buddah) ___________________________________________________ Today’s post was made possible by a good friend of mine, Hlynur Gudjonsson. He recommended Jose Delhart’s music to me a couple of [...]

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David Åhlén – We Sprout In Thy Soil

David Åhlén – We Sprout In Thy Soil Compunctio 2009 Listen while reading: Arise (from We Sprout In Thy Soil)  Altar (from We Sprout In Thy Soil) ___________________________________________________ We Sprout In Thy Soil is as fragile as a snowflake – you think it’s melting away as soon as you put your fingers on it. David [...]

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The Lovell Sisters – Time To Grow

The Lovell Sisters – Time To Grow 2DefPigs Records 2009 Listen while reading: Paulita Maxwell (from Time To Grow) Distance (from Time To Grow) ___________________________________________________ The Lovell Sisters from Calhoun/Georgia (a real three sisters trio) – I wasn’t aware of them until I saw their performance over at Music Fog (watch it here). They played [...]

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News (sort of): Snowbird (Stephanie Dosen & Simon Raymonde)

Ok, I wanted to write about Snowbird earlier but I just forgot (stupid!). Few days ago Simon Raymonde talked about Snowbird on the Bella Union blog (read it here). As you know he was Cocteau Twins’ bassist (1984-1997) and is founder and owner of the Bella Union record label. Back in 2006 he heard Stephanie [...]

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Trees Hate Everything – Cardiac Rest EP

Trees Hate Everything – Cardiac Rest EP free ep (download) Acoustic Firework Records 2009 Listen while reading: We Just Cried (from Cardiac Rest EP) ___________________________________________________ I hope you are in the mood for some chilled acoustic folk. This time it’s Josie from Richland/New York and her first EP Cardiac Rest. Her project Trees Hate Everything [...]

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Quickie: Watch The Swell Season on KCRW!

The Swell Season Watch The Swell Season on KCRW! click here

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Special: The Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World In Flux

The Mountain Goats – The Life Of The World In Flux Rough Trade 2009 Listen while reading: Isaiah 45:23 (from: The Life Of The World In Flux) Psalms 40:2 (from: The Life Of The World In Flux) ___________________________________________________ I think most of us own a copy of the new Mountain Goats album The Life Of [...]

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New band alert: Ben Fondren

Ben Fondren Listen while reading: Bleed It White (streamable via MySpace) The Lion And The Lamb (streamable via MySpace) Always, All The Time (streamable via MySpace) Goodnight (streamable via MySpace) ___________________________________________________ Again it’s time for a new band alert. This time I stumbled upon Birmingham/Alabama based musician Ben Fondren. His music is as pure as [...]

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Quickie: Chad Price – Smile Sweet Face (album stream)

Chad Price – Smile Sweet Face Suburban Home Records 2009 Maybe you read about the new Chad Price album over at ninebullets.net (here and here). I did and I think there is nothing else to say and so I won’t review at this point. But I highly recommend to use the option to stream the [...]

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News: South China – Washingtons (first mp3s available)

South China – Washingtons Peapod Recordings 2009 Listen while reading: Painting (from Washingtons) Sun Sets On Washington Ave (from Washingtons) ___________________________________________________ Peapod Recordings is going to release some fine music and Top 10 candidates at the end of the year. You surely read about the upcoming Brown Bird album The Devil Dancing over at slowcoustic.com [...]

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James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Folk Songs

James Yorkston & The Big Eyes Family Players – Folk Songs Domino Records 2009 Listen while reading: Sovay (from Folk Songs) Rufford Park Poachers (from Folk Songs) ___________________________________________________ Some records just have adequate titels and the newest release from Scottish musician James Yorkston is one of them because it’s simply called Folk Songs. The idea [...]

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Bert Jerred – Undone (Single)

Bert Jerred – Undone (Single) free single (download) self-released 2009 Listen while reading: Undone (from Undone) Suburban Jigsaw (from Undone) ___________________________________________________ Bert Jerred is a musician from Oswego/New York and – belive it or not – he has already finished over 20 self-released records. His latest output is a two track single called Undone that [...]

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Maybe you missed it: These Matches Won’t Light In The Damp – Throw My Ashes Into The Fire

These Matches Won’t Light In The Damp – Throw My Ashes Into The Fire free album (download) self-released 2008 Listen while reading: On Some Empty Beach (from Throw My Ashes Into The Fire) She Sleeps With A Box Of Matches (from Throw My Ashes Into The Fire) ___________________________________________________ Folk meets slow alternative I said about [...]

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Greenland Is Melting – Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue

Greenland Is Melting – Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue free album (download) self-released 2009 Listen while reading: From City To Town (from Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue) Already Gone (from Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue) ___________________________________________________ Hailing from Gainesville/Florida there is a band named Greenland Is [...]

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New band alert: John Leckenby – Make You Stay EP

John Leckenby – Make You Stay EP self-released 2009 Listen while reading: What I Asked (from Make You Stay EP) ___________________________________________________ I’m happy I found John Leckenby from Mount Vernon/Washington today. As far as I can see he is new to the scene, so to say, because he just released his first EP called Make [...]

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Maybe you missed it: Sean Kangataran – The Growing Up EP

Sean Kangataran – The Growing Up EP self-released 2007 Listen while reading:  Sometimes I Feel Like The Punshline In Your Joke (from The Growing Up EP) ___________________________________________________ There is a nice little EP out there in the nets that you might have missed. I’m talking abot The Growing Up EP by Sean Kangataran from Galway, [...]

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Out of the ordinary: Introductions – Hold Up Your Hands

Introductions – Hold Up Your Hands Orchid Collective 2009 Listen while reading: The Principle Of Least Effort (from Hold Up Your Hands) Change Your Mind (from Hold Up Your Hands) ___________________________________________________ First post in the new category. Out of the ordinary will deal with all the music I like and love besides acoustic folk like [...]

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Hiawatha Telephone Company – Harry Smith Was My Father

Hiawatha Telephone Company – Harry Smith Was My Father free album (download) self-released 2009 Listen while reading: Moving House Today (from Harry Smith Was My Father) Child Is Father To The Man (from Harry Smith Was My Father) ___________________________________________________ I really can’t stop wondering about band names (remeber Canadian Island from Germany?)…I mean, come on, [...]

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Boca Chica – Lace Up Your Workboots

Boca Chica – Lace Up Your Workboots self-released 2009 Listen while reading: Lake Erie (from Lace Up Your Workboots) Minneapolis (from Lace Up Your Workboots) ___________________________________________________ Boca Chica – the name of a Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania based band that released their second full-lenght album this year Septrember 18th. Boca Chica (literally meaning “small mouth”) is a municipality [...]

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New band alert: Christopher McFetridge – What You Heard Vol. 1 EP

Christopher McFetridge – What You Heard Vol. 1 EP free EP (download) self-released 2009 Listen while reading: Valsetz (from What You Heard Vol. 1 EP) ___________________________________________________ The next new band alert within two days. Although new seems not to be the right word in this context because Christopher McFetridge from Dallas, Oregon, already relesead two [...]

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