If you have one of those dude-bro friends that repeatedly claims, while downing Bud Lights at the bar, that music these days sucks, this is the list you show him to prove him wrong. Maybe now he'll shut the hell up. Also, you should stop being friends with that guy. He probably owns multiple Nickleback albums. I spent this year immersed in music and not once was "Man, music this year blew" a thought that entered my fuzzy brain. I'll give you this: If you're doing nothing but listening to the radio, the sentiment that things [...]
Winter is the coldest, most melancholy of seasons but also one of the most beautiful times of the year. On Winter (Or What We Mistake For December) Vol. 2, I've tried to reflect those dual feelings. Click here to download this mix in its entirety . 01. Twin Shadow - Golden Light 02. Frightened Rabbit - Boxing Night 03. Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) 04. Stars - The North [...]
A year has come and gone as music has helped get us through the toughest of times and keep us happy during the best of times. Although this year didn't end up being one to remember for music lovers, at least it didn't end last week right? I've covered 7 albums a week since January and now it finally time to unveil my choices for the top 50 albums of 2012. I want to thank all of the readers for sticking with me this year and wish everyone a happy holidays and a very merry Christmas. I can't wait to [...]
Sleepover Shows is the brainchild of husband and wife duo Kelly and Rob Ribera (with emeritus member Aviv Rubenstein ). The site is dedicated to filming musicians as they pass through Boston in my home state of Massachusetts. The results are impressive, covering a wide range of styles and settings in much the same vein as They Shoot Music or La Blogothèque . Here's how Sleepover Shows describes its mission: Sleepover Shows are three song sets of acoustic or stripped down versions performed by bands that we love as [...]
Count down the best cover songs of 2012, and listen to each!
50. Horse Feathers - Cynics New Year - Justin Ringle and his angelic voice touches us again this year with Cynics New Year, yet again another quiet but enchanting record of subtle string folk and Ringle's superbly mellow, rainy day voice coupled with poetic songwriting spanning the sonic space similar to an open field on a gray wet day. Cynic's New Year shines on tracks, The Last Waltz, Where I'll Be & Fit For the Country . Listen: Horse Feathers - Where I'll Be | Buy: Cynic's New Year [...]
Portland's Horse Feathers returns to San Francisco tonight, playing at The Independent with Frank Fairfield supporting. The indie folk quintet released its fourth full-length album Cynic's New Year earlier in 2012 on stalwart PDX label Kill Rock Stars , dropping the single "Fit Against The Country", which you can hear below: After Horse Feathers departs the City, they head north to close out their tour with shows in Eugene and their native Portland. Below, get full details on tonight's San Francisco gig and [...]
Horse Feathers is set to play The Echo Tuesday, December 11th. The Indie folk rock band hailing from Portland, Oregon is touring in support of their fourth studio album, “Cynic’s New Year”, which was released April, 17th of this year. The album lives up to its name adding something “new” to the mix; horns and drums give “Cynic’s New Year” a more big band feel, while keeping Horse Feathers integrity to an authentic neo-folk sound. Horse Feathers is the footbridge between Mumford & Sons and Union Station. Tickets for [...]
It's never not a good week for live music in the Bay, but for some reason this week seems especially good. Is it because it's the holiday season? Is it the impending apocalypse? Whatever it is, we think you'll like the cavalcade of stars in our giveaway roundup this week. Thursday, December 6th Bloc Party , Dum Dum Girls @ The Fox To win, be the first or second person to enter. Winner will receive one pair of tickets each. The show [...]
Words by Brendan Sometimes, we lament a great band skipping over Pittsburgh on their way from Philly to Cleveland. It happens, for one reason or another. Tonight, though, it seems like a whole bunch of acts collaborated to make sure our decision about where to go and who to see would be as difficult as possible. Black Moth Super Rainbow at Mr. Small's? I want to go to there. Yellow Ostrich at Brillobox? I want to go to there. Horse Feathers at Club Café? I [...]
It may have turned for the worse outside, but there's still plenty to see inside. City Arts Fest dominates most of the schedule with an amazing week of music ahead in almost every venue in town. It's a busy week with a ton of great choices for everyone. On Monday night Beth Orton sets the bar high for the week with a highly anticipated performance at Showbox at the Market. On Tuesday, Grimes, Elite Gymnastic , and Myths are at Neumos, Crocodiles and The Soft Pack are at Crocodile, and [...]
As we've dutifully pointed out a number of times around these parts, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of The Rolling Stones . While the band is still playing coy on whether they will actually celebrate this milestone on stage this year, the iconic band's time on the big and small screen will be the subject of a new multimedia exhibit at New York's Museum of Modern Art . Set to run from November 15 through December 2, The Rolling Stones - 50 Years On Film , will feature [...]
Horse Feathers have announced tour dates in support of their 2012 album, Cynic's New Year. Check out the tour dates below and listen to Cynic's New Year in its entirety via Kill Rock Stars. Horse Feathers Tour Dates 10/19 Vancouver BC Biltmore Cabaret 10/20 Seattle WA City Arts Fest
“I am not a smart man, particularly, but one day, at long last, I stumbled from the dark woods of my own, and my family's, and my country's past, holding in my hands these truths: that love grows from the rich loam of forgiveness; that mongrels make good dogs; that the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things. This much, at least, I've figured out. I know this much is true.” ― Wally Lamb Consider, for a moment, what it is like to be her. You see, she is not an orphan [...]
Alt-country (or Americana, if you must) was all over the music press in the late 1990s and early 2000s, with Uncut magazine, in particular, making the genre its de facto in-house sound. Since then, its visibility has faded somewhat, but the quality of the music hasn't suffered — while the work of artists like Lambchop, Jason Lytle and Grandaddy (who've recently reunited — yay!), Wilco, Calexico, Iron & Wine, Mark Kozelek et al remains well-renowned, there are plenty of other artists similarly deserving of your attention. We've rounded up a selection of such musicians after the jump. Do let [...]
Frank Yang So yesterday I talked about where and what Rouyn-Noranda was; today I will do the same for FME . You don't need to be bilingual to discern that "Festival de musique émergente" implies a mandate of focusing on new and upcoming artists, primarily but not exclusively from Québec, with a few relatively big names to bring in the less musically adventurous. It was started ten years ago when the organizers were tired of driving to Montréal eight hours away to see shows and so they started a festival as a pretence to [...]
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HORSE FEATHERS | CYNIC 'S NEW YEAR KILL ROCK STARS Cynic’s New Year is the follow-up to Horse Feathers’ 2010 album of revival and renewed optimism, Thistled Spring . Their fourth album moves beyond the pastoral melancholy Americana/folk the band is known for, venturing into more baroque chamber pop territory featuring lushly layered instrumentation. Singer/songwriter Justin Ringle’s delicate vocals are accompanied by a large ensemble of eleven members, which includes the [...]
It’s the 2012 Summer Fundraising Drive , the Seventh Annual Hood-to-Hood Challenge , and it's Noise For The Needy 2012 week, so suffice to say this is the time to give. What a great excuse (as if you needed one) to get out and enjoy some local music with friends! Noise for the Needy is taking place between June 1st – 10th in venues throughout Seattle and proceeds will benefit Seattle Community Law Center (SCLC). There's a ton of other great choices as well. On Wednesday night, Terry Lee Hale, Little Silver, and Whiting Tennis are at [...]
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