If you know the name Chris Staples, it's probably because you were a fan of his moderately-successful, mildly-emo group, twothirtyeight . If you don't, then you ought to... but not for his work with twothirtyeight. No, Staples' finest work resides on the debut album from his one-man band, Discover America . Psychology is rich with lo-fi, electronic beats and otherwise mellow, yet happy bedroom instrumentation. It may come out sounding a bit like 902s alternative, but what it takes from its influences it twists into its own unique, eccentric cloudy indie pop. Add to that clever, honest [...]
In this special, Friday edition: The Wiggles get Rewiggled , discover Analog Rebellion, and we resume our Blogophilia re-posts with Volume 18. Rewiggled? If you've had a child in the past twenty years (or if you've been one in the last twenty), it's hard not to go by a bowl of fruit salad and proclaim it as yummy, yummy. Thanks to the Disney Channel, The Wiggles have left an indelible mark on children worldwide. It's hard to believe this Aussie act is 20 [...]
The S-25 Mix is short for The Sunday 25 Songs Mix, where we put together a mix of 25 tracks (sometimes more) we love from all genres and time periods of music. Over the past two weeks, we put out the Songs About Cars mixes, many of which were recommended by our readers. But this [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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There are many folks like Chris Staples floating around any city of your choosing. But, it is only fair to note that it is their individualistic creativity that makes them...well, the same. When one man decides he wants to control his own destiny as a musician, he only needs to enlist a short hand of helpful players (probably just like him, but not at all) and create a very clever moniker. Do this and what do you get? Well, that would be the extremely enthralling work of Discover America , and [...]
We have another batch of recent singles we dig from 2010 releases that we haven't had the chance to share with all of you before. This happens a lot because there's way too much good music. We've published plenty of such posts already this year in posts titled Recent Releases We Almost Missed. But, we [...] Related posts:Recent Releases That Almost Got Away: The Pass, Secret Cities, City Light, Scanners, Sambassadeur, David Vandervelde & More Best New Releases of The... Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
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1. Discover America - "Force of Proper Wind" (Chris Staples, formerly of Telekinesis and Twothirtyeight offers his second mostly acoustic, bedroom-pop solo effort under the Discover America moniker for Lujo Records.) www.myspace.com/discoverameric a Download: http://www.lujorecords.com/med ia/01%20Force%20of%20Proper%20 Wind.mp3 2. Elk City - "Jerks On Ice" (Features the creative fretwork of Sean Eden, formerly of Luna matched with Renée LoBue's emotional vocal seduction, sounding like a female-fronted National.) www.myspace.com/elkcity Download: http://teamclermont.com/mp3/el kcity_jerksonice.mp3 [...]
Discover America Future Paths Lujo Records , 2010 mp3: Discover America: "Force of Proper Wind" A few years ago Iron and Wine was on the tip of all the tongues, now it's chillwave or whatever. So it goes for trends, for singer songwriters and singer songwriters from Seattle maybe as well. Definitely want to lump Discover America (nee Chris Staples) into the Damian Jurado / David Bazan camp. Too many things are in [...]
Blogophilia 18 is hot off the audio editor! Enjoy... Remember to right click/save as to download the zip file. Blogophilia 18 Songs from Blogs March 15-April 30 Ripped @ 320 kbps VBR Tracklist Intro (1:44) - Wayne & Garth Whizz Kid (3:14) - The Amplifetes Born Free (4:09) - M.I.A. Beat the Devil's Tattoo (3:41) - Black Rebel Motorcycle [...]
Given the volume of music available for consideration on One Track Mind, we invariably have to pass on a lot of tasty morsels. [tweetmeme] In a desire to share even more great, free music with you, the Sunday Sampler will offer a handful of tracks without the usual critical and biographical write-up. Less talk, more tunes: Discover America "Force of a Proper Wind" from Future Paths (released 4/27) [ download ] [...]
From the inbox: Seattle songwriter and former Telekinesis member Chris Staples AKA Discover America has released his second album, Future Paths, that can be heard streaming here . Give the song below a few seconds, right around the time the piano kicks in, to really get revved up. Like Jame Yuill yesterday, Staples has one foot in electronica and one in the land of acoustic, which of course results in this . [...]
Discover America "Force of Proper Wind" (mp3) from "Future Paths" (Lujo Records) Hey folks, just a quick one (crazy week) - this one is new to me and is a mellow trip down indie lane, I like it. Pretty straight forward jam from Chris Staples and crew from the new album Future Paths (great cover). Visit them on MySpace and Label page too! [...]
This week's "New" features five tracks. Let me know what you think! This week's promising promotional releases: Joy Formidable - Whirring [MP3] from the EP, A Balloon Called Moaning release date: May 4, 2010 on Black Bell Records LoveLikeFire - William [MP3] from the LP, Tear Ourselves Away released: April 13, 2010 on Heist or Hit Records Friday Mile - Lives of Strangers [...]
Discover America Free MP3 - "Force of Proper Wind" Discover America is celebrates the release of new album " Future Paths " with a free MP3 download of first single " Force of Proper Wind ". You can get it HERE .
mp3: Discover America - "Force of Proper Wind" Discover America's new album Future Paths hit yesterday. Chris Staples of Discover America = former Twothirtyeight. Think David Bazan, John Ralston, Damian Jurado. Discover America = Lujo Records . Other most excellent mp3s: mp3: Fol Chen "In Ruins" [...]
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: Airship : "Kids" [mp3] from Algebra EP (out May 11th) other Airship posts at Largehearted Boy Dead Country : "Euro Thrash" [mp3] from Dead Country [...]
Lady of Fortune- by Chris Staples at Bottle Tree from chris staples on Vimeo . Anyone who knows anything knows that I've always been a huge Chris Staples fan. Okay, really a Twothirtyeight fan. He was from Florida, I was from Florida and I'm pretty sure my friend Robbie or maybe my friend Jason first pressed the Twothirtyeight disc in my hand, back in the Takehold Records / college days. To me, Staples and Twothirtyeight was a study in minimalism--their first album had this punky beat with the [...]
New Discover America Album Discover America will release new album " Future Plans " on April 27th via Lujo Records. Future Paths tracklisting: 1. Force of a Proper Wind 2. 1979 3. Devil in the Woods 4. When You Were Young 5. Sawdust In My Clothes 6. Interlude 7. A Lock of Samson's Hair 8. Time Is A Bird 9. Brighton Beach 10. Out of the Valley Catch them on tour: 03/24/10 Lubbock, TX @ House Show 03/25/10 Amarillo, TX @ [...]
Discover America ( Chris Staples ) has a new digital single Devil In the Woods available on Amazon.com and itunes Posted in 2010, chris staples, discover america Tagged: devil in the woods, music news
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