Photography: Unknown You can find the full 26 minutes long version of "The Room Behind The Fireplace" here . Have a nice Sunday! Western Walk - Channel Twenty Monster Rally & RUMTUM - Raindrops Joel P West - The Room Behind The Fireplace (Excerpt) Western Walk | Monster Rally & [...]
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos . The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list. Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in [...]
The Tree Ring @ San Diego Women's Club by Natalie Kardos . The Tree Ring top my list of top song obsessions for 2011. Frontman Joel P West also appears on the list. Song obsessions are those songs that your brain picks for you, those ear worms that get stuck in your head and have you singing them to yourself or going back to hit repeat on your ipod. I like the idea of reporting what my brain got stuck on each year. Here's the list of the songs that were stuck in [...]
Spoiler alert: Radiohead's not on here // Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Front Page Banner photo of Joel P West from the fantastic 'The Visual Theory Blog' (Visit) Very happy to find in my twitter feed about a new release from Joel P West (frontman of The Tree Ring - see a post on them here ) and I want to assure you right now that my excitement for new material was well warranted! There is something about West's voice that makes [...]
Joel P West' s music is like a deep reservoir for those who are lonesome and prefer it that way. He himself appears nearly always preoccupied, whether it be satiating wanderlust, finding new ways to rebel against the mediocrity of language when applied to things he stands in awe of: mountains, the night sky, stretches of evergreens; taking what's left- metaphor and observations and when that doesn't satisfy, bringing in the swimming ease of violin, cello and keys. When I was sent over a recent collection of songs called Shoulder Seasons I [...]
Just a set of quick hitters today as I prepare for a busy day of avoiding my wife's obsession of the Royal Wedding. ;-) I thought I would post a track from each of the bands mentioned above as they either have a new album, I have been listening more than normal or both. Let's be honest, it is probably both. Firstly, Arborea has a new album out! Arborea "Careless Love" (mp3) from "Red Planet" [...]
The crowd at The Tree Ring's record release show was breathlessly quiet. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Dark canyon wall, the call and the answer. Follow Owl and Bear on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
Holy shit. I was trying to think of a more eloquent description, but nothing seems as fitting, just, holy shit . I just got back to San Diego last weekend and I couldn't have asked for a better welcoming- four days' worth of epic shows. I mentioned before that my friend Zack runs an artist collective called Sezio , and put together a muisc festival that ran from Thursday to Sunday. I didn't miss a day. I wanted to tell you guys about some serious bands that you all need to check out that I recently discovered (and [...]
Eight great bands come together for Sezio's four-day "anti-festival." Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for contests, MP3s, and links that don't make it onto the blog.
I'm going to deviate from your daily dose of music to write about a great loss and a devastating tragedy; but also a celebration of an honorable and inspiring life- our friend, Nate Henn. I'm still beside myself in shock, but I wanted to honor him and share his story with you if only for you to turn this off, and tell your best friend how much you love them. Nate was killed yesterday in a terrorist attack in Kampala, Uganda while watching the World Cup. Nate was a long time advocate for [...]
Hot nights, cool PBR, good friends and great music. These are the elements that have driven me to the keyboard with new life in my fingers to bring you Part I of the San Diego Summer Series. Our summer stars aligned last week under the comforting roof of San Diego's premier ...
I recently (re)discovered a whole cache of music while rummaging through some old hard drives at home (I have many of them) from between November 2007 and August 2008. While browsing through tracks, I realized that a lot of them were really good, but yet had not made it on a SFFM!? I thought about doing a retro-grade mixtape this week, but then I had a full mix of current stuff. Perhaps I'll hang on to them for a slower week... Anyway, enjoy this week's mix: Tracklisting: Alela [...]
the photo I gave Joel P. West in exchange for Dust Jacket After Natalie's suggestion and further song obsession , I participated in Joel P. West 's ( myspace ) Dust Jacket Project , where you send him a piece of art-a photo, drawing, song, poem, etc-and he'll send you a download code for the album. That's pretty sweet, right*, but it gets better: the album's good. From the opener, "28th and NE Davis" , you can tell it's going to be a quirky, orchestrated folk album. It [...]
All of us are scrambling to figure out how we will consume, produce, distribute, and enjoy music in these nutty digital times where anything can become a fluid mp3, slipping from here to Kazakhstan and back before you finish that sip of coffee. Mp3 blogs are, of course, shaping and reflecting this new system of music in 2009, as are torrent sites and message boards and a thousand of you and your friends forwarding YouSendIt links. There are many, many positives to this new model of musical exploration and discovery, but also ethical questions for consumers - [...]
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often it's easy to explain why the song is good; it's much hard to explain why we're obsessed. Maybe you'll become obsessed with one of these. - Adrian ( me ): the Tallest Man on Earth - Walk the Line [...]
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I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS
Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Santigold – The Keepers (Duke Dumont Remix)
