Since moving to New York this fall, Portland, OR seems to be slipping further away from me by the week. I'm not sure I can remember the bus routes anymore. Hearing that Loch Lomond , a Portland-based chamber folk ensemble signed to Hush Records , was touring New York this week gave me the chance to have them over to our studio and be aurally reminded of all the bike lanes and good coffee that I've done without. Loch Lomond is comprised of a precious gaggle of players led by Richie Young, a young man [...]
Just in case you need more sweet, quiet, intensely lyrical chamber folk in your life, you might consider Loch Lomond, whose 2007 release Paper The Walls caught me by surprise. I'm just not much of a "folk" kind of person,...
I end up writing a lot about the weather on this blog, and I know that gets old. The thing is, Minneapolis is a weather-centric town that spends much of the year under gray, cold skies, and I listen to a lot of music while riding the bus. Music and my environment, as with most people with iPods, have become entwined. Anyway, it's been raining here a lot lately, and I've been listening to music that fits the mood. This song's gorgeous, and it's been on repeat the past few days. Loch Lomond - A Field Report. Now that Sufjan...
This week brings big names and big releases. With bands like Radiohead , Beirut and Band of Horses releasing albums, I have to wonder why anyone else would bother putting anything out this week. However, there is still some great stuff out there that you should still check out.. One of the greatest albums I have personally listened to lately is Beirut's The Flying Club Cup and it is my pick for this week and possibly for this year. I know that the album has been getting [...]
With Radiohead's In Rainbows being the current talk of the music world and all that jazz, let's not forget there were some great new album releases this week. One album in particular that i've been really quick to praise ever since I received an advanced copy a while back is Jens Lekman's Night Falls Over Kortedala . Really solid, but it's kind of been lost in the shuffle as of late with all of these other releases. I also happened to check out Beirut's The Flying [...]
Beirut performed songs from their new album live on KEXP last week photo by Mark Ward Let's hope you still got some funny money in your walllet 'cause it's time to get your freak on: this is one wonderfully weird week of new releases. Even the most anticipated releases by Band of Horses and Beirut, both fantastic sophomore efforts, are not your typical fare of indie rock, with BoH soaring new heights of vocal range and Beirut going more "old country" than "old school." Of course there's the good [...]
Wow, deux heures de musique à Branche ton iPod ce soir! Je me suis vraiment gâté à jouer toutes ces pièces disponibles gratuitement et légalement sur le web! Et quand je me gâte, c'est vous, les auditeurs et lecteurys, qui en profitent! Voici donc, sans plus tarder, la playlist de l'émission du 8 octobre. On se revoit jeudi vers 17h15 pour la chronique Branche ton iPod à Change de disque sur les ondes de CKRL ! Kickstart - [...]
[MP3] Office | Oh My Their new record, A Night At The Ritz , is in stores now. You can stream the album <a href=" http://spinner.aol.com/artists /new-releases-full-cds?default Tab=4">here . [MP3] British Sea Power | Atom New EP called Krankenhaus? was released yesterday. [MP3] iLIKETRAINS | The Deception Playing the Rock n Roll Hotel on October 13th. Their full length album Elegies to Lessons Learned is out October 25th. You can also catch them at CMJ. [...]
Loch Lomond will release Paper Thin Walls on October 9th on Hush Records . We came to know these guys from their Portland roots and their friends and musical brethren Horse Feathers , John Wienland , and Norfolk & Western - all MoB favorites on heavy rotation here at HQ. After spending time with Paper Thin Walls over the weekend, it seems like we'll have another artist to add to the fold. The album was recorded by Adam [...]
Alejandro Escovedo : 2007-09-05, Haddon Heights [mp3,ogg,flac] "Sensitive Boy" [mp3] other Alejandro Escovedo music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Citay : "First Fantasy" [mp3] from other Citay music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Ditty Bops : 2007-09-01, Kent [mp3,ogg,flac] "Short Stacks" [mp3] other Ditty Bops music blog posts: @lhb [...]
Perch Radio show #2 was last night. I thought it went pretty well. Heck, my mom even called in to the station to tell me I was doing a good job so that's got to be a good sign. I did have to decline her requests to be put on the air though. That probably would've been entertaining. Here's the playlist in case you missed it. Stream the Entire Playlist The Shins - Austrailia Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position [...]
I've fallen behind in the whole "helping bands and labels out" aspect of the blog I set out to accomplish in the first place and this week I aim to fix that. I'm going to sift through the mountains of emails I've received and pull out the best of the bunch. Up first is Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond was originally a solo project of Ritchie Young in 2003 and after a debut album entitled When We Were Mountains and various encarnations of his band, we find him today with a new [...]
Loch Lomond started as a solo recording project of Ritchie Young in 2003 but has since become of full-fledged band consisting of 6 or 7 people (depending on who you consult). They are from Portland, Oregon in the Pacific Northwest and just like the forests that dominate much of that landscape, the band's music is mesmerizing, beautiful, and also rough around the edges. The band recently released the Lament For Children EP on the wonderful Hush Records and the EP is full of highly-orchestrated (but lo-fi) and folk-tinged indie pop that reminds [...]
As International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) breathes down my neck, you can expect more great tunes that haven't been heard yet to come from bands/artists who have emailed The Duke. I spent a good portion of Little Duke's naptime, cleaning out my inbox to bring you a gargantuan (isn't this a great word?) batch of goodies. First link is to bands' websites or myspaces; second is the mp3; and underneath is my take/brief description. Thailand ~ Prime Numbers Sorta like a drum machine Mates of State [...]
I'm really enjoying this band, The Parson Red Heads . They've toured with some respectable bands and after I noticed uber blog nova, Menomena being among them, I figured I better check into them. The Parson Red Heads are a family band, brothers, sisters, wives and longtime friends make up the mix. They remind me a little of Brothers & Sisters (the Austin-based band)...meaning they have the same vibe...less country influences, but just as heavy on the psych-pop side of things. The band can expand [...]
Loch Lomond is a band from Portland playing some kind of rough but nice folk-inspired indie rock, not so far from the sound of bands like The Decemberists or My Latest Novel. The band started as a solo recording project of Ritchie Young in 2003, and after the first album release the band grew into an orchestra of some size. Actually I don't know the number of members today, - the photos I've
I hate to be all like "I told you so" but in this case I told you so! Loch Lomond's record Lament For Children has just been picked up by Hush Records. And by all rights it will be all over any blog worth it's salt in the next week or so. Repost plus a new song: Loch Lomond is from Portland and travels in the same circles as Laura Gibson who I wrote about last [...]
When Ritchie Young formed Loch Lomond in 2003, he saw it nothing more than a solo project. Always in touch with his music persona, Young found working solo to be a fulfilling yet somewhat shallow experience. Alongside longtime friend, producer, and drummer Rob Oberdorfer (of Portland-based post-rock quintet The Standard), Young created Loch Lomond's debut album When We Were Mountains with his multi-instrumental talent, mainly dabbling in guitar and mandolin. It was released on In Music We Trust Records and though it was of commendable quality, the album did not receive the [...]
Loch Lomond is the amorphous vehicle of Portland's Ritchie Young . Young, who started Loch Lomond as a solo project in 2003, originally released the debut album When We Were Mountains courtesy of In Music We Trust Records. Following this initial release, Loch Lomond roamed the Pacific Northwest scene in various incarnations ranging from Young himself to a ten person ensemble. Lucky for us, several of those performances were recorded. The upcoming EP Lament For Children , courtesy of Hush Records, is the end result [...]
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