Milwaukee's Faux Fir released Second Pass, a re-working of songs that appeared on last year's S/T EP . Remix albums can be hit-or-miss but Second Pass proves to be a pretty solid listen throughout. Highlights include Adoptahighway's stark remix of 1,2,3 and Made Of Oaks super smooth rework of Work Suite. You can get it free right here . mp3 - Faux Fir - 1,2,3 (Adoptahighway Remix) mp3- Faux Fir - Work Suite (Made Of Oak Remix)
Vines is the first single from the forthcoming release by The Nomadic Firs . You would be hard pressed to find a better blend of chilled out, good time rhythms and fuzzy, happy-go-lucky bedroom psychedelia anywhere. Simply irresistible. Download The Nomadic Firs - Vines mp3 Follow @madmackerel
Nomadic Firs Single off first "self-titled release due later this month". Nomadic Firs - Vines ( mp3 )
Check out the debut self-titled release from Nomadic Firs, the bedroom psychedelic pop project of Ryan Boos. Largely inspired by his move to Tennessee with his wife to create a fully sustainable Urban Farm, the project is 4 years in the making and he's finally ready to share it. Listen to the first [...]
Widowspeak — " Fir Coat" Whatever you're doing right now, it's probably not as important as listening to the self-titled debut from Brooklyn's Widowspeak , which is fresh off the presses of Captured Tracks . Unlike "Nightcrawlers" and "Gun Shy" , which exhibit the trio's penchant for creeping drama and dirt-road twang, standout "Fir Coat" dives headfirst into the realm of bouncy, softly melodic indie pop. Listen, marvel, and pick up Widowspeak on limited ed. [...]
Each year the city of Portland Oregon is host to Pedalpalooza. The organizers call it "2+ weeks of bikey fun". Their description not ours. This year the ride that caught our attention is the Morrissey Mobile Disco Ride. Check out the organizers description below. "There's a [ride] if you'd like to go/you could meet somebody who really loves you..." Join us on the 1st Annual Morrisey Mobile Disco Ride. Meet at Lone Fir Cemetery (where else? at the gates). First stop very [...]
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
Lo-fi is great, but sometimes it can add an air of pretentiousness to modern music that makes it feel as though the band is trying a little too hard to grasp onto a type of authenticity that they were never able to manufacture organically. With Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti , we get all the joys of lo-fi and none of the attitude. The same, however can not be said of other bands employing similar techniques, including one of the acts that accompanied Ariel Pink during their latest set at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland. [...]
Last year I got my mind expanded by the instrumental rock of Jonathan Haskell, who was making music as Firs. Now Haskell has combined that moniker with his side project as Seven Saturdays , still bending ears with intricate compositions that unfold like time-lapse photographs of flowers blooming. Seven Saturdays' new album-length EP (five songs, almost 30 minutes) features some of the same players as his Firs material — Morgan Kibby (M83), Mike Garson (David Bowie/Smashing Pumpkins), Eric Heywood (the Pretenders) and Lester Nuby (Verbena) — as well as vocalists Julie Morin and Alastair Milne and [...]
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Illustration by Mike Oh my, what a week we've had so far, eh? Honestly, I didn't know if I'd be able to keep MIXTAPES WEEK going all week! So many hyperlinks... so little time! But alas, here we are, Friday, and we've got yet another amazing mixtape to share with you. Also, waiting in the wings for my Crane Buddy to receive her Crane's Day gift is the mixtape I made for her! It's a doozy that I plan on sharing with you ASAP, but she [...]
The juxtaposition between the cobblestone of the old country and the winding of Mulholland Drive creates a viable soundtrack for any cinematic experience, including the following suggestions: a pleasant wake 'n' bake sesh, a great day of surfing (in slow motion), driving through a snowstorm, or coming down off acid during twilight.
EVANGELICALS THE EVENING DESCENDS (Dead Oceans) by Joey Cook of FIRS The Evening Descends flows brilliantly; it sounds amazing; the songs are almost perfect. It's like a modern-day "Days of Future Past," if the day were Halloween. ed note: We're pretty sure this album was actually released in 2008, but we're not here to pass any judgments on people's picks!
Eigentlich hatte ich 2004 ja schon fast einen erträglichen Musikgeschmack. Eigentlich. Denn zwischen Liedern, die ich bis heute gerne höre und die mir alles andere als peinlich sind, fanden sich immer wieder einzelne, die aus heutiger sicht ziemlich besch*** sind. aber seht selbst. meine lieblingsplatten damals Hier sieht alles noch ok aus. Ende 2004 kam nämlich ein Album heraus, das für mich alle anderen Erscheinungen in dem Jahr in den Schatten stellte: Anderster , das ( vermeintlich ) letzte Album von wizo, gleichzeitig das Erste [...]
All settled in with the "new" Free Music Fridays routine yet? Still free, still music, still Fridays, just every other Friday. And as always, they are all free and legal for you to download and enjoy, just click the band name for the band's site and the song name for the MP3. PLUS, for your edification, the continuation of our nice little visual art education/appreciation theme to go along with your candy, I mean, you gots to eat your vegetables too, right? Or pumpkins as it were.... Right, so this week [...]
Cincinnati, OH "Welcome Home" FIRS on MySpace FIRS on The Hype Machine
If you're currently in New York, this week's Friday Mixtape will probably see little love - why listen to something on record when there are thousands of bands, many of which are featured on this week's Mixtape, performing live, at a venue near you? But for everyone, hopefully this week's mix of new singles, remixes, covers, and mp3s from some up-and-comers you just might want to check out will help curb some of that jealousy. You know, the jealousy resulting from not being about to see the thousands of bands, many of which are featured on this week's Mixtape, performing [...]
And now Day 2 of CMJ09 a/k/a Force Field PR vs. Terrorbird Media [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: missing Tempo No Tempo and/or Seven Saturdays #ohcrap [Downloadable] Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo [Downloadable] A Beautiful Day (force field mp3) by Seven Saturdays [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: finally heading over to cake shop and pianos for an abbreviated look at force field vs. terrorbird [Tweet] # #cmj09 :: and we're back :: made it for most [...]
Gear up for some seriously hypnotic instrumental rock from Seven Saturdays.The mastermind is this project is Jonathan Haskell, and with music this lush, you'd figure this guy's name would get around more. I'm not even familiar with his previous project, Firs. Shame on me, I suppose.On first listen, this track hit me like early Mogwai with a touch of Explosions in the sky. The orchestration feels
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Kings of Convenience : "Boat Behind" [mp3] from Declaration of Dependence other Kings of Convenience posts at Largehearted Boy The Little Death : "Gather Round" [mp3] other Little Death posts at Largehearted Boy Little Fish : "Darling Dear" [mp3] from [...]
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[img cred: izzy jarvis, alex ito, noah klein] FMLY PRSNTS: WTF, WE'RE IN NY! (part 1 of 3) : Rumspringa Rumspringa - Shake 'em Loose Tonight :: Seven Saturdays (ex-FIRS) Firs - New Hope In Soft Light (Larvae Remix) ::: Height With Friends * Height With Friends - Standing Up Asleep Height with Friends - Baltimore Highlands (Tobacco remix) :::: EASYBOY * EASYBOY - Chest Swimmers [...]
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