Israel Nash Gripka - Barn Doors & Concrete Floors Israel Nash Gripka's sophomore record Barn Doors & Concrete Floors is named after the rustic rock tone of its songs as much as it is the setting of its recording (an actual barn in the Catskills). Gripka says he wanted to record in a studio that wasn't a studio to capture "sounds no other place could create. One listen to this record draws easy comparisons to Ryan Adams and Neil Young while also [...]
Indie 103.1 in LA is gone. In their announcement they state that they no longer wanted to play the "game". Due to these challenges, Indie 103.1 was recently faced with only one option - to play the corporate radio game. We have decided not to play that game any longer. Rather than changing the sound, spirit, and soul of what has made Indie 103.1 great Indie 103.1 will bid farewell to the terrestrial airwaves and take an alternative course. Implying that of late [...]
Well I did it. I waited `til after Thanksgiving to post my Christmas mix. So far a lot of these songs are from last year (or years past), hell I even recycled the photo from last year's post. I'll do my best to update this mix as new songs appear. I love these songs. They are some of the best Christmas songs you're likely to hear and for a large part they are ones I've dug up first. So Enjoy and Merry Christmas (three weeks early). P.S. I'm so low tech it's not even funny [...]
i usually try to stay away from some of the more depressing holiday music out there (which is actually harder than it seems), but if a song is good i'll probably listen to it regardless of the tone it sets...with that being said, i've included a few melancholy numbers in this sixth christmas mix from the likes of randy newman, rilo kiley & sufjan stevens, among others...but i also tried to intermingle those with a little more festive material from bands like the db's, nrbq, & booker t. & the m.g.'s...hope you like it...also, check out "kung fu christmas" from [...]
By marty As we are getting down to crunch time and the Christmas rush has gone to full blown frothiness , it is time to take pause and enjoy some quality holiday music. Not that it is easy to find. This time of year, musicians and near-musicians empty out their vaults and release a mangled jingle or two. However, amidst the clutter, wrapping and those damn plastic peanuts , a jewel can be found. Below are several of my favorites. So, throw another log on the fire, pour yourself [...]
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