Chris Bathgate will be joined by Samantha Crain and The Wildfire for what is sure to be a spectacular evening of music @ Founders Brewing on Saturday January 28th. You can watch the rest of the Halfway House Sessions with Chris Bathgate and Samantha Crain over @ our 'Sessions' page . For those of you on the East side of the Mitten - you can catch this line-up on Friday the 27th @ the Blind [...]
It's not a new year's song, per se, though traditionally sung at midnight here and abroad. Rather, its message of friendship everlasting after a life well- and long-lived finds voice in, and brings hope and closure to, a multitude of celebrations throughout the English-speaking world, predominantly funerals and other ceremonies of remembrance. I posted a set of covers of Auld Lang Syne back in the waning days of 2009, too. But the Robert Burns poem and its various melodies seem particularly apt this year. For we heard its [...]
Wow, this is the fourth year we have put together a list of Indie Christmas songs. Once again, we got the amazing Bregan Ford (aka Hubbard) to make a nice cover for the occasion. I almost didn't make a list this year as there was a serious lack of appropriate material, but in the end, I put my headphones on and searched the Internet for 40 hours. And if these aren't enough for you, you can always check our lists from years previous: Indie Christmas Songs 2010 , Indie Christmas Songs 2009 , and Indie [...]
We all love lists, and we all love sarcasm. Though, I think its important to reflect upon the last year of music, I'm going to do so through the use of a list. It was a fantastic year full of awesome albums, and I'm going to count down a bunch of my favorites, and give you something to listen to while reading. 35. The Elected - Bury Me in My Rings The Elected - Go For The Throat Blake Sennett (Rilo Kiley), made his way back into music with [...]
Today sees the annual pilgrimage to that place where we throw caution to the wind and provide you dear readers with our opinions on what is our most bestest albums ever recorded in the current year. Yes, the best by way of favourite releases that deserve recognition for their amazing talents in the art of folk and folk inspired music. Some may not be your cup of tea and some are going to feel right at home - overall, I think they are all frickin' fantastic albums and I whole heartily recommend every last one of them. The [...]
well, here it is the unofficial captains dead top 14 of the year list. i say unofficial because as there are a few more contributors lurking about, they may have their own top whatever list, and i hope they share said list with the class. not much has changed since i did my premature list back a few months ago. at least in the top 5/6 department. i went through the site and re-listened to everything i had tagged as "best of 20113 and after listening to these records, some changes definitely needed to be made. most notably the inclusion [...]
Michigan's Chris Bathgate is currently on tour. Also take in "No Silver " from the album Salt Year . 11/28 - Molly Malone's - Los Angeles, CA 11/29 - House Show - Venice Beach, CA 12/2 - The Blue Door, Oklahoma City, OK 12/3 - The Deli - Norman, OK 12/4 - House Show - Denton, TX 12/5 - TBA - Lawrence, KS 12/6 - Slowdown - Omaha, NE 12/7 - TBA - Iowa City, IA 12/8 - House Cafe - DeKalb, IL 12/9 - [...]
Photo by Andy McLeod. A while back - we were fortunate enough to capture three sessions in one day. It was in the midst of the Salt Tour with Chris Bathgate and Hezekiah Jones - both sessions which we've featured previously. Now - it's Ms Samantha Crain's turn. If this is your introduction to Samantha Crain's music - then you're in for a real treat as it's most certainly one of our favorite voices to come through the StoneHouse. She's currently on tour across [...]
Chris Bathgate 's new video is in 3-D! Do we really need to say any more? The song, "Big Ghost," has a pretty great video (hey, it's a pretty great song). The 3-D version is above (get your glasses ready). If you don't have them, the 2-D version is below.
In a league of gentleman all his own, Chris Bathgate stands as a one man band (sort of). Ann Arbor hasn't been very submissive when it comes to matters of releasing its wonderful musical prowe
Brrr - it's getting cold outside. Here are fifteen of our favorite winter-themed tracks, including Kina Grannis's new single "In Your Arms" [watch "2011's Best Stop-Motion Music Video" via Billboard]; a song about social hibernation by Canadian alt-country singer Terra Lightfoot ["[her voice is] rich, malleable and melancholic... fit for sweaters and cellos," Globe ...
Words // Adam Sharp Scott did a little 'catch-up' post last week, and I figured I should probably do the same since it's been awhile since I've shown my face (or, you know, my name) around here. Just because I haven't recommended anything recently doesn't mean there hasn't been anything worth listening to. Here's what I've been into lately. 'Highway Cars' - Desert Noises These kids (seriously, they all look [...]
Ketelmuziek heeft nog geen aandacht besteed aan Salt Year , het nieuwe album van Chris Bathgate . Een slechte zaak. Salt Year hoort namelijk absoluut thuis in het lijstje van de beste albums van 2011. Ter compensatie biedt Ketelmuziek exclusief materiaal aan van Bathgate. Chris Bathgate bracht onlangs een maand door op Cyprus. Hij was daar op uitnodiging van een regisseuse die Bathgate gevraagd had om de muziek bij een van haar stukken te verzorgen. Eenmaal thuis nam Chris de song Nicosia op als een soort herinnering aan zijn verblijf op Cyprus. Chris was zo vriendelijk mij deze [...]
Studio 34 is a lovely space located at 4522 Baltimore Avenue in West Philly. It is a place for yoga, healing, and arts. Since 2008 Studio 34 has been "fostering wellness and community through healing and creative arts". And if you're lucky you'll be able to attend a live musical performance by some great artists like I did last night. If I wasn't running so late I might have caught all of Chris Bathgate 's set instead of one and a half songs but even in that short amount of time I truly enjoyed what I [...]
michigonian chris bathgate's salt year came out sometime in april, it is now almost november and im just getting around to listening to it. shame on me! me thinks sandy from slowcoustic has proclaimed this particular record his favorite of the year, but im not sure if that is still holding true, but he did at one point. trusting his tastes, i should have jumped on this months ago, but you know i was busy listening to shit from 1994 or dora the explorer. in regards to this record, yeah its pretty spectacular. when i say [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Annie Williams : "Roll on Hills" [mp3] from This Mountain EP (out November 15th) Annie Williams : "Midnight Window" [mp3] from Midnight Window EP (out November 15th) search for more v posts at [...]
October is upon us, but we're not all the way into horror-movie mode yet. To cross that bridge, how about a little treat to warm us up for some trickery? Chris Bathgate 's "Creak, Cure, Dawn", off of 2006's Throatsleep , is a jangly, slightly disturbing way to kick off autumn. Once you press play, a few quiet taps of a single chime echo ever so briefly, before a deep, driving distortion melts your speakers, evolving gradually into Bathgate's bare, haunted vocals. Tinged with folksy guitar and ominous key changes, the lyrics really sell it, a [...]
Click image to download track Sounds like: Chris Bathgate, Neil Young, Vetiver, Other Lives "Jonathan Wilson - Desert Raven" What's so good? Jonathan Wilson's "Desert Raven," a single from his recently released solo album Gentle Spirit , is a wandering, psychedelic folk track that sounds like the ghost of Neil Young. After a lengthly intro, Jonathan Wilson's soft, luxurious voice kicks in. [...]
Big fan of everything (no pun intended) about this video. Chris Bathgate (& crew), great scenery, acoustics....what else do you need? The video is brought to you from the good folks at Mostly Midwest (see their post here that includes another classic track "Cold Press Rail"). Rabbit Island : Chris Bathgate : Everything (Overture) from Mostly Midwest on Vimeo . Nuff said. ~Smansmith p.s. How about that Upper Peninsula area in the [...]
Big fan of everything (no pun intended) about this video. Chris Bathgate (& crew), great scenery, acoustics....what else do you need? The video is brought to you from the good folks at Mostly Midwest (see their post here that includes another classic track "Cold Press Rail"). Rabbit Island : Chris Bathgate : Everything (Overture) from Mostly Midwest on Vimeo . Nuff said. ~Smansmith p.s. How about that Upper Peninsula area in the [...]
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Cover Lay Down
Audio Muffin
Music Savage
Slowcoustic
Captain's Dead
Parasites & Sycophants
The End Of Irony
City Pages - Gimme Noise
The Daily Rind
Visible Voice
Ketelmuziek
One Fan at a Time
largehearted boy
Consequence Of Sound
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