When The Brokedown give you a heads up on rising new artists, you best take notice. Such is the case with Los Angeles based singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Scott Claassen. Embracing both the quirkiness of […]
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Gustavo Santaolalla :: Brokeback Mtn. Score
File under: Country & Western heartbreak. Gustavo Santaolalla’s instrumental score to Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain frames the film as much as Lee’s sweeping Wyoming cinematography. Much like his work on […]
New Built To Spill :: Goin’ Against Your Mind
After a long hiatus, Idaho’s Built To Spill are back April 11th with the release of their fourth Warner Brothers album You In Reverse. Their MySpace page features a new song…I ripped the stream using […]
Liz Durrett :: The Mezzanine
Alec Ounsworth :: Via Dreams of Horses
The always excellent Dreams of Horses turned me onto Alec’s solo work: Read what Dreams of Horses says about these tracks here . The below demos are off the Alec Ounsworth Web site.DOWNLOAD:MP3: We/Should/Drop/Like/Flies MP3: Wide . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard […]
The Silos :: Cuba (SXSW)
Perusing the list of bands slated for the upcoming 2006 SXSW festival , I noticed The Silos were again on this year’s roster. These folks somehow get overlooked in the whole “genesis of […]
The Harvey Girls :: Lawrence, Kansas Pop
Cassavettes :: Texan Folk Rockin’
Two mp3s from their last EP,Whitewash the Blues….DOWNLOAD:MP3: Cassavettes – Empire Central MP3: Cassavettes – Research Boulevard ———- www.cassavettesmusic.com www.myspace.com/cassavettes
Jeremiah Vancans :: JBV Productions
I met NYC musician Jeremiah Vancans at a New Year’s party. Check out his track entitled Hipster…I think you’ll love the lyrics. I do. DOWNLOAD:MP3: Jeremiah Vancans – Hipster ———- www.jbvproductions.com
The Flying Burrito Brothers :: Hot Burrito 1 & 2
The Late Gram Parsons DOWNLOAD:MP3: The Flying Burritos :: Hot Burrito #1 MP3: The Flying Burritos :: Hot Burrito #2 ———-Amazon: The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Guilded Palace of Sin . . . Only the good shit. Aquarium Drunkard is powered by […]
Mozzer :: Sings Morrissey
While listening to the “Colin Meloy Sings Morrisey” ep I got interested in the originals I hadn’t heard in years. Here are a few tracks he covers found on various albums, most succinctly on […]
Greetings From Minnesota
Part V of my ongoing 50 states project in which I am marrying my interest in retro travel-postcards with music indigenous to each state. Every Thursday like clockwork I check WQFS Mayhem’s blog to see what […]
Angels of Light & Akron/Family
Angels of Light & Akron/Family A couple of weeks before I took some vacation during the Christmas holidays I received a copy of the Angels of Light & Akron/Family album from Young God Records. The […]
Heavy Trash :: Them’s Rockabilly Fixin’s
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Heavy Trash – Justine Alright MP3: Heavy Trash – Walking Bum ———-Amazon: Heavy Trash – S/T
Listing Ship :: Progressive Folk Via Los Angeles
DOWNLOAD:MP3: Listing Ship – Ichabod Crane MP3: Listing Ship – Chinese Song ———-Order online direct
