
Wow, this anniversary really snuck up on me. Ideally I'd be planning some kind of big, well-thought-out post (well, big and well-thought-out are relative terms but you know what I mean) to officially commemorate four years of blogging, but here it is the big day and I've essentially got nothing! Nothing other than the fact that I'm still here, which I guess counts for something. I could go on about how it's become so much harder to fit it all in and write regularly but that's boring, don't you think? It is what [...]
Danielle Howle - Foot of the Mountain (mp3) * Singer-songwriter Danielle Howle wails like Erika Wennerstrom but her gritty Southern folk sound is more like Lucinda Williams or Jonatha Brooke . Buy @ Amazon Danielle Howle MySpace *mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of Toolshed Media *************************** A Mourning Rain - Sea Song (mp3)* Modern sea chantey from self-described "freak folk band" from Kentucky. From their studio [...]
NPR is streaming the first disc of the new Big Star box set, Keep an Eye on the Sky. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, September 13, so listen while you can. • Sondre Lerche, 'Heartbeat Radio' •...
It wasn't intentional... we swear! It just kind of happened that this weekend's Friday Mixtape turned out to be perhaps our best one ever. As always, we have sought to cap off your week with a stellar mix of the week's best new singles, remixes, and covers, along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you just might want to check out. However, this particular one is just a little more special... and jam-packed. Just take a look for yourself... "Retreat! Retreat!" (Live at Radio City Music Hall) by 65daysofstatic [...]
1. Danielle Howle - "Foot of the Mountain"2. A.A. Bondy - "I Can See the Pines Are Dancing"3. Ah Holly Fam'ly - "All Unfolding"4. The Charlatans - "The Misbegotten"5. They Might Be Giants - "I Am a Paleontologist"6. Sean Bones & Norah Jones - "Turn Them"7. BURNS - "Teknique"8. John Butler Trio - "Used to Get High" (Live)9. The Wooden Sky - "Something Hiding For Us In The Night"10. Monotonix - "

Danielle Howle will release Swamp Sessions on September 8th. Listen to the acoustic pronoucements of "Foot Of the Mountain." audio: Foot Of The Mountain http://www.daniellehowle.com/ http://www.myspace.com/daniell ehowle http://www.facebook.com/daniel lehowle http://twitter.com/DanielleHow le

October Onion His life is in the dreaming vegetable; Months of rain, sun, and moon. In the dank cellar he cans his onions and seals in the seasons. Breathing gym-like air, he stews flabby, pungent late tomatoes, and suns the yellowed skins soft to score and peel easy with a knife. In the late afternoon he picks the last October onion remembering a faint kiss he once tasted on a girl's tear trailed cheek, a kitchen window pierced by sunlight falling on the necks of canning jars, and foil-wrapped potatoes baked beneath a fire [...]

October Onion His life is in the dreaming vegetable; Months of rain, sun, and moon. In the dank cellar he cans his onions and seals in the seasons. Breathing gym-like air, he stews flabby, pungent late tomatoes, and suns the yellowed skins soft to score and peel easy with a knife. In the late afternoon he picks the last October onion remembering a faint kiss he once tasted on a girl's tear trailed cheek, a kitchen window pierced by sunlight falling on the necks of canning jars, and foil-wrapped potatoes baked beneath a fire [...]
Broken Family Band : "I'm Thirsty" [mp3] from Balls Danielle Howle : "Roses from Leroy's" [mp3] from Thank You Mark Danielle Howle : "Fields of Cotton" [mp3] from Thank You Mark Mike Doughty : 2006-07-04, Chicago [mp3,ogg,flac] "Ossining" [mp3] My Morning Jacket : 2006-07-04, Chicago [mp3,ogg,flac] "Xmas [...]