Alela Diane - ( Rough Trade Records ) Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel (iTunes) Portland, Oregon (via Nevada City, California) native Alela Diane is a rising star in the music world. Earlier this year she was named Paste Magazine's "The Best Of What's Next 263. Her critically acclaimed 2006 album 'The Pirate's Gospel' reminds me of Cat Power's voice/music on her 1995-1998 albums Myra Lee and Moon Pix. Alela recently lent her vocals [...]
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Consisting of fingerstyle acoustic guitar and voice, the James Orr Complex is the work of Glaswegian Christopher Mack. He recently released his sophomore effort 'Com Favo' on Rock Action Records . Mack recorded the album in his current hometown of Sao Paulo. You can definitely notice the Brazilian flavor on 'Com Favo' versus his work on 2004's critically acclaimed 'Chori's Bundle' . Mack has opened up for Cat Power and Bonnie "Prince" Billy. For fans of Nick Drake, Hush Arbors and Jose Gonzalez. [...]
Oh good, glad to see you like my illustration. Yeah, I had some downtime and wasn't feelin' too creative or too much in my graphic design game as far as doing something special for The Decibel Tolls year-end list. So Lana and I started talking, and it came to us that it would be hysterical to do a college with people like Bradford Cox eating that Ezra Comma dude from Frankenstein Weekday or whoever, and Franz Ferdinand... stuff like that. I didn't have time to add Lil' Wayne. And then I had to make, like, the fuckin' universe [...]
2008 turned out to be a great year in music. One of the disappointing trends is the death of the album. Purists may disagree, but more and more consumers are buying single tracks from eMusic , iTunes and other digital stores. I'm not saying that albums will not be recorded, but the buying habits will/have change. CD's will be a novelty in the next 5 to 7 years, similar to vinyl.; that is unless you like buying Britney Spears or The Jonas Brothers at Walmart or Best Buy. The good news is the sound quality of [...]
25.) Fascinoma - Don't Go 24.) The Kills - Cheap And Cheerful 23.) Tyler Ramsey - Ships 22.) Deerhoof - Offend Maggie 21.) Drive-By Truckers - 3 Dimes Down 20.) King Khan And The Shrines - Welfare Bread 19.) Clinic - Tomorrow 18.) Glen Campbell - Sing 17.) Little Joy - Unattainable 16.) Department of Eagles - No One Does It Like You [...]
A while back I described Covert as "an mp3 blog covering whatever I happen to be listening to at the moment," and that is pretty much always the case. I like to try out just about any kind of music to see what sticks, any never stay true to any one genre for too long. When I find a song, album, or artist that sounds interesting, I always put it in a separate folder for future use. Here are a few random tracks from that folder, with handy links provided should you want to get more. [...]
Ok, this has gone on for quite long enough. I have forgotten the amount of times Hush Arbors have hoved into earshot and I've smiled then moved onto something else of less worth. The point I have been consistently missing is that Keith Wood (for he is Hush Arbors) deserves more than scattered listens borne out of rudimentary shuffles. His lo-fi music sounds positively vintage but is about
It's rare that I come across new music that floors me. TV On The Radio's "Dear Science", Deerhoof's "Offend Maggie" and My Morning Jacket's "Evil Urges" are the only albums that sincerely moved me this year. I would rather write about and post on music from the past until something comes along that is worthy of praise. Don't get me wrong, there have been some excellent new bands to emerge on the scene in 082; Dead Confederate, Fleet Foxes, White Denim, Black Joe Lewis and others. The new self-titled Hush Arbors LP just made my top [...]
Keith Wood's Hush Arbors gets the Ecstatic Peace treatment in what seems to be a growing trend of great underground artists turning out their most polished pieces for the label. Less shrouded in the ether than Wood has ever been before, but still hitting the same melancholic psych troubadour persona he's worked in the past. This is a good chance for those unassociated with Wood to get a sense of his abilities as a solid songwriter before delving into the misty nooks and crannies of his back catalog. The surprise here seems to be a slight newfound electric emphasis, [...]
A couple of excellent new releases to direct your cold, cold ears towards today: Hush Arbors new long player 'Ecstatic Peace' came out at the end of last month & immediately sounds like your new best friend. It also sounds like it could have been released in any year since 1968, which is no bad thing. As the blurb states: 'While repeated listens reveal more and more details, as good albums should, this is also an album that commands immediate attention. Try to put it on in a crowded room – just try. You'll have a [...]
Just in time for the end of Autumn, Hush Arbors. Hush Arbors is Keith Wood, a Virginia singer/songwriter. He plays a beautiful, muted folk that reminds me of a sort of Iron & Wine meets Built To Spill sorta sound. Haunting and hard to forget...great stuff. He has a new self-titled album out now that is fantastic...check it out. Hush Arbors - 'Rue Hollow' MP3
You're more than welcome, of course, to read my additional commentary on this matter, but if you just want the gist of it, all you need to know is that Hush Arbors ' new eponymous record is a scorcher ! I expected Keith Wood's (a.k.a. Hush Arbors) debut for Ecstatic Peace to valiantly score from the three-point line. I had a chance to see him in the fall of 2005 when he played a great opening set for pal and collaborator Six Organs of Admittance, so I had an idea what I was getting into. [...]
Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's virtual milk crate contains Bird Tree , Hair Police , and Hush Arbors . Despite a bunch of CD-Rs, cassettes, and vinyl-only releases, The Certainty Of Swarms is being marketed as Hair Police's "official" follow up to 2005's Constantly Terrified . Who knows how these things get decided. [...]
die veröffentlichung eines selbstbetitelten albums am 21. oktober auf ecstatic peace ist anlaß genug, um einen zweiten blick auf hush arbors zu werfen. der erste würde angesichts des fehlenden albumtitels dazu verleiten, dass hier jemand sein debut vorlegt. dem ist ganz und gar nicht so. die discography keith woods, der für hush arbors in erster linie verantwortlich zeichnet (leon dufficy heißt sein kompagnon und weggefährte), ist erklecklich und ihre spuren führen von foxglove über digitalis mit 3"s und cdrs zu lattajjaa , von three lobed recordings über selfreleases zu [...]
The Great Pop Supplement serves up a perfect split between Wooden Wand and Hush Arbors. As usual, fine entries from all involved. Wooden Wand/ Hush Arbors - Swappin' 7" The tongue in cheek title of "Swappin" is accentuated by the cover images of James and Keith each posing for a picture with each other's better halvesand the quality in concept leaves no lacking in content. Both songs showcase the performers at their collective best. Toth [...]
hush arbors the valley 2007 reissue (française version) Ce qu'il y a de formidable avec les volumes sampler 001 et sampler 002 , compilations exemplaires du label Digitalis c'est qu'ils donnent envie d'acheter tout leur fonds de catalogue. Lequel est, en grande partie, disponible en ligne et en version digitale chez Boomkat. (englikhtonian version) What is [...]
Keith Wood, the man better known as Hush Arbors has teamed with Digitalis Industries to reissue his formerly CD-r release of Under Bent Limb Tree . Wood continues a current trend towards the bummer psych style that has shaken the roots of the current folk revival. Hush Arbors sound is knee deep in mud and washed by rain; folk music wrought with harsh emotion and written by the fleeting light of dusk. Hewn from the gentle loll of fingerpicking but deliriously obscured by layers of reverb; Wood's voice seems to come from all directions each equally tragic [...]
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