I've seen this one described as 'alt country.' Seemed a little too heavy on the country and a little short on the alt. side of the equation to my ears, frankly. As you are probably deducing, I wasn't digging this one too tough. Download Doug Paisley I Stand Alone Download: Doug Paisley I Stand Alone [MP3]
There was a time, not too long ago, when I had never heard of Daytrotter. I try not to think about it too much. But these days, the mastermind behind Daytrotter, Sean Moeller knows his music. When he tweets about a band, people, and I, listen. So back in January, when Sean tweeted that he was loving Doug Paisley, it got my attention. But when my favorite band Dawes tweeted back that they loved Paisley's last album Constant Companion , I knew I had to listen to it. Immediately. Paisley, hailing from Toronto, is a great singer-songwriter [...]
DOWNLOAD: Doug Paisley - "Always Say Goodbye" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Doug Paisley - "Don't Make Me Wait" featuring Leslie Feist (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Old Calf - "Peacock" (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Old Calf - "Bonnie Cuckoo" (MP3) Doug Paisley's Constant Companion ; album art Doug Paisley kicks off a string of [...]
Voting starts for this year's Polaris Prize tomorrow and after much humming and hawing (and precious little payola), I've narrowed down my list to the Top Five. A couple of records fought hard for inclusion - and I hope they make it through so I can vote for them in Round Two - but at the end of the day, the following records really hit me the hardest over and meant the most to me in the last twelve months. Are they the most recognizable LPs? Most certainly not, [...]
Undoubtedly, the strength of Doug Paisley's latest record, Constant Companion , is the simplicity of his melodies and how they warm the cold, hard truths he delivers. I know a skeptic might point out that honey coated country songs are a dime a dozen these days, but ones that act as the perfect counterpoint to engaging, no holds barred lyricism certainly aren't. Constant Companion is a sad sounding record but really it's core the songs are really about challenging love. Paisley refuses to let the often used emotion off the [...]
Midlake Having celebrated its fifth birthday last year, the beautifully boutique End of The Road Festival has revealed the first batch of acts that will appear at next year’s event. Held in the stunning grounds of Larmer Tree Gardens in Dorset from September 2 to 4, the festival will see performances from the following: Mountain Man The Walkmen Treefight for Sunlight Midlake (only Uk festival exclusive) Josh T Pearson Lanterns on The Lake John Grant The Fall Twin Shadow Wild Beasts Willy [...]
40. Grinderman - Heathen Child (from Grinderman 2 ) 38. The Love Language - Horophones (from Libraries ) 38. Doug Paisley - O'Heart (from Constant Companion ) 37. Siskiyou - Funeral Song (from Siskiyou ) 36. Pomegranates - Create Your Own Reality (from One Of Us ) [...]
New Wax It was easy to overlook Doug Paisley's criminally underrated 2008 self titled debut. The unassuming Canadian built a rock solid alt. country album on sound songwriting and subtle, intelligent musical decisions. Back with a new album entitled Constant Companion , Paisley turns in another classy batch of tunes that sound to me like a breezier take on Beck's Sea Change rather than the more idiosyncratic Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, who Paisey, for some odd reason, often gets compared to. Vocally, Paisley sometimes reminds me [...]
By Jon Stone | @jwstone grass|roots ep. 7 The year is fading quickly. Soon you will be bombarded with lists a plenty, including several here, declaring the top ArcadeKanyeNationalSufjan records of the year. Before that, however, I wanted to throw down a final four records from 2010 that fit somewhere within the wide net I've been calling grass|roots. Each of these bands/artists put out great records this year that, I would guess, have been largely overlooked in mainstream circles. Ease into the first day back from turkey by getting acquainted [...]
If it wasn't for the internet, I may have never discovered Doug Paisley (no relation to the American country super star Brad Paisley). I was scouring an alt country music message board back in early 2009, and a poster from the UK wrote, "Oh my! This is the stuff people. Canadian singer songwriter who brings to mind Guy Clark and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy ." Whoa! Like me, Paisley lives in Toronto, and he regularly plays near where I live. And yet, it took an internet post from across the pond to discover his [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases Eliciting comparisons to American troubadours Guy Clark , Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt , Toronto-based singer songwriter Doug Paisley recalls a bygone era, but somehow never sounds derivative. His recently released sophomore effort, 'Constant Companion,' is as familiar and formidable as the Prairie plains, and features guest turns by fellow Canucks Feist and the Band 's Garth Hudson . [...]
Jess Baumung Toronto's Tranzac may have been founded as the gathering place for the Toronto Australia New Zealand Club, but for the city's musical community its role extends far beyond a place to discuss the mysteries of the Coriolis effect . It's also one of the city's all-ages venues and as such, has been both an incubator for many of Toronto's up-and-coming acts and a low-key stop for bands touring through town. I personally have fond memories of seeing Beach House's first show here in November 2006 with [...]
Out of all the singing-songwriting folksy chaps out there, why listen to Doug Paisley over any others? Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Neil Young... obviously these are incredibly iconic and influential artists, but in a genre full to the brim with everything from pub acts to world class superstars, where does his new record Constant Companion fit in? Firstly, it’s probably more fair to draw comparisons to artists such as Ryan Adams, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and Will Oldham with this album. You know: that sweet, dreamy, back-porch-rocking-chair style of americana that’s probably considered ‘alt-country’ these [...]
Wow, what an evening. A lot of Louisville missed out on a night of beautiful music by Cheyenne Marie Mize, Olof Arnalds, and Doug Paisley. A huge thank you to Olof who is touring the US all the way from Iceland. Yet talking to Olof and her musical companion David Thor Jonsson, they appeared to be right at home cracking jokes and carrying on with us. Crossing my fingers that they will return here someday. Photos of the night are below. [...]
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[ MP3 ] Doug Paisley - What About Us?
Today's song is "What I Saw" by Doug Paisley. This is a new song by the Toronto native (featuring Feist on backing vocals). “What I Saw” is taken from Doug’s new album Constant Companion - to be released on Brooklyn indie No Quarter Records on October 12th. See Doug on tour this month in NYC. For more information check out his official website . Doug Paisley – upcoming release week shows in New York City! Oct 10th – Brooklyn, [...]
Toronto singer-songwriter Doug Paisley starts a North American trek on October 10th that begins in BK NYC with a stop on Philly on Wednesday Oct 13th at the Highwire Gallery . Doug's new album, Constant Companion on No Quarter Records is filled with understated, hauntingly laid back songs; it's a distant cousin to early gems from The Band, Townes Van Zandt and Fleetwood Mac, and the wonderful simplicity of songs like "You And I" by Wilco and [...]
happy sunday mofos! firstly if you havent checked it out as of yet, i highly recommend heading over to muzzle of bees to check out wisco: a tribute to wilco's summerteeth . ryan got a bunch of wisconsin artists to cover, you guessed it, wilco's classic summerteeth and its definitely one of the better tribute records these ears have heard. secondly, doug paisley has a new record coming out, which i am pretty excited about, on 10.12 on no quarter records called constant companion . his [...]
The track, "What I Saw", can be found on Doug Paisley's forthcoming sophomore album, 'Constant Companion', which is set to be released via No Quarter on October 12th.
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