Husband&Wife have a new album out, called Proud Flesh , and it's quite easily their strongest album yet. Husband&Wife began planning Proud Flesh several years ago, while they were working on Dark Dark Woods . Wanting to release a downbeat rock album first, they recorded Dark Dark Woods , and kept the upbeat songs for their follow-up. As a result, these songs are seasoned and well thought out. Last night Husband&Wife celebrated their [...]
Hey boys and girls, going to be near Bloomington this weekend? Well then you should head to XRA Fest ! There is a great lineup as always, and made even better that Backseat Sandbar 's very own Brother Stephen will be playing on Sunday! It'll set you back a well-spent $5 per night, or and even better spent $8 for both nights if you buy tickets in advance from TD's or Landlocked . Head over to the XRA Records site for some more info. [...]
Bloomington, Indiana's Landlocked Music and Russian Recording brought in quite few artists traveling through Bloomington in 2009. Having recorded each performance, they're releasing a vinyl compilation set on Record Store Day (April 17th, 2010). It Happened Here will be a limited print LP and 73 set; 750 will be pressed to be exact. The list of artists is quite impressive: Bonnie "Prince" Billy , Lou Barlow , The Delicious , Maps & Atlases , Rooms [...]
Bloomington's Husband&Wife are working on their next album due out within the next few months. The band has posted two songs for a limited time as a free download. Promoted as a "zero inch" , side A of the digital single is a demo of Don't Stop , with a remix of I Got Fat on side B (originally on Dark Dark Woods ), remixed by Matt Coleman . Their upcoming full-length album has [...]
You heard it here first! In a joint effort, Crossroads of America Records and Flannelgraph Records (both from Bloomington) are releasing a series of records on 33 CDs that will be released monthly (2 releases per month) as a year long subscription service called the Laminar Excursion Monthly . Sales will open up on Monday, November 2nd and they are EXTREMELY limited to only 100 copies. Each 33 CD will be approximately 20 minutes of new, unreleased music from each artist. Lots of the bands involved frequently play here in Louisville, so it [...]
**pictured above is the entrance to Slowcoustic Artist Submission offices Thought I would do a overview of some recent submissions to the blog. I do get a fair amount, not as much as others (how many sad bastards can there be, really?) and they deserve some play. Below are a few selections of bands, artists that have contacted me directly and the odd PR suggestion (hey, love 'em or hate 'em, PR emails bring some gems at times). So let's dig into the mailbag! ~~ [...]
Puddlegum
Backseat Sandbar
Slowcoustic
MP3: Father John Misty – Nancy From Now On
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros – Here
Norah Jones - "It's Gonna Be (Live on Letterman)"
Norah Jones - "Happy Pills (Live on Letterman)"
