Who? Megafaun What? The Little brothers of Akron/Family. Hippie Psych Folk music Sounds Like? Akron/Family, Best Of Seth, Fire On Fire and all those other shalalala bands Guys who have been following Stereogum for a while have seen this already pass in their Bands to watch-list. But i assume none of you do, so let's get you familiar with this great psych. folk band. Megafaun consists of 3 people, of which 2 are called Cook, which makes me believe [...]
Bobb Trimble (1982) Harvest of Dreams There is nobody quite like Bobb Trimble in the world of rock n roll. Many more famous and wealthier musicians ( Thurston Moore is one I can think of) have praised his unique body of work. Trimble released two great underappreciated records in the early 80's (private press - real lo-fi). His vision is very deep, personal, and absolutely original with a strong outsider, late night feel (think brooding dark mind trips). His vocals are like [...]
Earlier this month, Robyn Hitchcock played a London benefit where he covered the Beatles Sgt. Peppers album in its entirety. Robyn Hitchcock : 2007-07-01, London [mp3,ogg,flac] "Strawberry Fields Forever (Beatles cover)" [mp3] other Robyn Hitchcock music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Best of Seth : "Dirt Cloud Road of Light" [mp3] from [...]
Akron/Famiy's Seth Olinksky aka Best Of Seth has released, through Achord Recordings , a three-album thematic debut adventure called Sparrow Trout Heart Sprout . These three albums, split under the titles Trout , Sun and Sparrow come hand-packaged in a foil embossed cover and are limited to 500 copies. It's singer/songwriter fare and maybe the three could have been edited down to [...]
Solo recordings from Akron Family member Seth Olinsky on Achord Recordings . The triple album varies stylistically from fully formed songs to expierements in sound to what appear to be the formation of Akron/Family demos. Seth spent the majority of a Fall/Winter period alone cranking out ideas into an MBox and this sizable collection of songs is the unfettered result. None of the rock or free jazz bombast show up on this record, mostly a singer-songwriter approach to heartfelt folk. The songs retain the fragile beauty that inhabits most Akron/Family recordings but with the general exclusion of the other [...]
An Inside Out Sock
The Rising Storm
largehearted boy
My Old Kentucky Blog
Raven Sings The Blues
Detroit Techno Producers Used A 2013 Ford Fusion To Make An Original Track
The National - The Rains Of Castamere [Game of Thrones Soundtrack]
Song Of The Week: Glass Candy "Life After Sundown"
Friday Remixes
M.I.A. - "Bad Girls" (Urban Noize Remix)
