Inspired by rainstorms and Doris Day films; this mix is dedicated to one of the coolest girls in the world. 1. Maps & Atlases - Solid Ground.mp3 2. Ane Brun - Humming One of Your Songs.mp3 3. Real Estate - Suburban Berveridge.mp3 4. Avi Buffalo - Remember Last Time.mp3 [...]
Albuquerque's Jen Olive released her debut album, Warm Robot , back in March on Andy Partridge's Ape House label. Olive mixes magic with the terrestrial by way of her unique swerving finger picking style, melodies, and affixed floating harmonies. Singular, but not quite otherworldly, her instrumental runs intermittently incorpor ate intriguing asymmetricalities. Perhaps a clue to a fourth dimension, there's a feeling throughout that if we just let go of what's holding us down, we could fly, or at least float. "Wire Wire" mp3 [...]
One of our favorite left field hits this year is Warm Robot , the oh-so-quite incredible album from Albuquerque's own Jen Olive (with some stunning studio knob twiddling from superlative producer and XTC-man Andy Partridge). Olive would send a demo to Partridge in London and he would work his bag-of-studio-tricks magic, shaping and transforming the song with his distinctive off-kilter style. Check out the quirky "Querquehouse" -- first as Olive's own live acoustic version in the video and then the album version after. Wonderful stuff, both. More DC love for Olive and Warm Robot (with [...]
"Wire Wire" - Jen Olive A swirly, heady stew of loop-addled acoustic guitar and shimmering layers of vocals, "Wire Wire" feels rich and complex while still offering the simple pleasure of a good melody, smartly delivered. While comparisons are at once inevitable and instructive--Björk meets Jane Siberry meets Juana Molina is one way to conceive of her sound--I am enchanted by the head-turning newness of the end result. Olive writes outside the box of the beat, floating the melodic line in the verse like elusive tinsel that decorates the tree without touching the [...]
Chris Pureka - Wrecking Ball (mp3) * New song from folk singer-songwriter Chris Pureka's upcoming album How I Learned To See In The Dark , to be released April 13th. Buy @ Amazon *mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of artist's PR rep ************************ Jen Olive - Wire Wire (mp3) * Retro-influenced, somewhat psychedelic folk song from singer-songwriter Jen Olive's recently released debut album Warm Robot . Buy @ Amazon [...]
1. Jen Olive - "Wire Wire" (Cyclical acoustic guitars and vocal melodies marks the debut of another great, quirky artist hand-picked by Andy Partridge for his Ape House label.) www.jenolive.com Download: http://loudfeed.s3.amazonaws.c om/assets/20721/03_Wire_Wire.m p3 2. Dinosaur Bones - "Royalty" (A fuzzed-out bassline and brooding melancholic vocals combined with jagged guitars and a danceable beat forms the B-side to their debut 7".) www.myspace.com/dinosaurbonesb and Download: http://download.themusebox.net /dinosaur_bones/mp3/02_royalty .mp3 [...]
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: Alexis Gideon : free and legal mixtape album [mp3] other Alexis Gideon posts at Largehearted Boy Deru : free and legal Peanut Butter & Patience album download [mp3] other Deru [...]
Jen Olive decided to heed some advice from a friend. Sure...why not send a few of her left-of-center, alt-folk/pop songs to someone who might appreciate them...say Andy Partridge, founder of acclaimed British uber-cult band XTC and new music aficionado? So she did. Intrigued, Partridge decided to do more than listen. Over many months and without actually meeting face to face, the two corresponded and collaborated: she sent him basic demos, he "enhanced" the production with his own instrumentation and mixes and, track by track, week by week, the astonishing Warm Robot was created. Music completed, [...]
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