Ognuno ha le proprie debolezze, lui è una delle mie (chiaramente si sta parlando solo di musica!). Rocky Votolato - Postcard From Kentucky.mp3 Il nuovo album di Rocky Votolato, The Brag & Cuss, è uscito il 19 Giugno per la sempre ottima Barsuk Records . Pubblicato da hallustaff_records | Commenti (2) Tag: ascolta

For those of you who never made it to Sea Level - Art Brut was there I know this is way late, but in the interest of completenesss (and hopefully turning you onto things you might have missed)... Top Five Most Interesting Releases: Art Brut : It's a Bit Complicated (Downtown) - The second record from the cheeky Brits who critics love. Lead singer Eddie Argos is an average dude who talk/sings about making mixing tapes, making out and having fun. If you've had it with overly earnest bands [...]

Mirage - Lady Operator (headphonesex.co.uk) Glass Candy - Miss Broadway (headphonesex.co.uk) Rocky Votolato - Postcard From Kentucky (cokemachineglow.com) The Jackson 5 - Big Boy (soul-sides.com) Wire - Ex Lion Tamer (youaintnopicasso.com) The La's - Callin' All (youaintnopicasso.com) Estate - Let Her Know (this.bigstereo.net) Imperial Teen - Everyone Wants to Know (fluxblog.org) Muslimgauze [...]
This Thursday evening, July 12th, Aquarium Drunkard presents Rocky Votolato live at The Troubadour in West Hollywood. Touring behind his latest LP The Brag & Cuss, Votolato will also be paying a visit to The Aquarium Drunkard Show, live at Little Radio on Wednesday afternoon, @ 2pm PST. Tune in as we chat [...]

For those indie-folk-country fusion loving folks, Rocky Votolato will soothe your soul. With his free-flowing raspiness, and his soft spoken lyrical genius, Votolato writes intelligent, well-crafted folk songs that not only strike deep into the heart of many but maybe even into the heart of Texas (and that's quite a feat). Be sure to check out his new album The Brag and Cuss , which is chock full of delightful ditties---enjoy. " Postcard From Kentucky " ( 4.7/5) " Red Dragon Wishes " ( 4.8/5 )

Release Date: 06.19.07 After earning his everlasting gob-knobs in 2006 when rock mags were comparing 29-year-old singer/songwriter Rocky Votolato to Gram Parsons and Jeff Buckley, the elevation of difficulty to successfully follow up his landmark disc Makers had risen beyond 'irritatingly hang nail' status for former voice of Waxwing. To ensure that his press was legit, Votolato packed up his guitar and used it as a saber to pierce the booming heart of these United States of America. It was during this tour, which most punsters would defy as "rocky," that his fifth album [...]

The Format – Dog Problems… for FREE! It's true, The Format are doing one of the coolest things the music world has probably ever seen. Not only have they created (I believe) one of the best albums of all time they are now offering it for download online free of charge. So tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your mom, tell everyone to download this CD before this offer is up. "we aren't going to make you pay for dog problems...in honor of the 1 year anniversary [...]

I t's Festival City Radio time again! Here's Episode 75 . The rest of the new releases for June 19, and a few for June 26: Bumps - "Ok!!!" (0) Jennifer Gentle - " Electric Princess " (2:30) Maps - " It Will Find You " (6:20) Maserati - "The World Outside" (11:45) Savath & Savalas - "Apnea Obstructiva" (17:50) Minus [...]

Release Date: 19 June 2007 ( Barsuk / Second Nature Recordings ) Rocky Votolato picks up where Makers left off. The Brag & Cuss has the same raw, emotive power as the previous release, but adds a fuller sound with the help of musicians that play with Sufjan Stevens, Cat Power, Hank Williams Jr., Pedro The Lion, and Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter. Throughout it all, Votolato's unique vocal phrasing gives the songs an original sentiment. [...]
Memo Subject: RB Co. Promotion Secret Assistant to the Regional Mascot Jordan Sowards has been promoted to the new position of Semiregular Guest Blogger while also maintaining his previous title. Please take a moment to congratulate him on this achievement. We look forward to seeing all his future work. Now onto the guest blog... I was introduced to Rocky Votolato with last year's most excellent Makers , and I loved it immediately and completely. This was unexpected, because Makers was sort of a throwback [...]
Former Seattle, and now Austin, Texas native Rocky Votolato returns this week with a new album of Alt-Country, The Brag and Cuss. The lonely, acoustic crooning is one that can grow tiresome, as Votolato seems to be on the same...
This week's releases features two highly anticipated albums with Icky Thump by The White Stripes and The Fragile Army by the Polyphonic Spree . I've only listened to both sparingly, so I don't really have anything to say about either. Outside of those two obvious releases, there are a few that I think everyone should really check out starting with Teardrop Sweetheart by Misha and We Can Create by Maps . They're both really excellent albums, with each having their own unique [...]

photo courtesy of MySpace Feeling like the onslaught of new music this year is never ending? Last year was a relative desert of desert island discs - we've probably had more great new releases so far this year than all of 2006 put together. While it's not looking like we can add Magnetic Fields (2008) to that list, and it seems doubtful that Radiohead will make it through the gate on time, there's still a lot more to come. And this week's offerings add more indecision to your ongoing "best of the year" list. [...]

DOWNLOAD: Jennifer Gentile - Electric Princess (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Minus Story - Stitch Me Up (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Rocky Votolato - Postcard From Kentucky (MP3) This week features one of the most anticipated albums of the year - Icky Thump by the White Stripes , and with an eagerly awaited album by the Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army . Other new [...]
Every day, blogs and news outlets report on release dates and post promo MP3s, but it's hard to nail down a complete listing. Unless you're like me and you keep track of this stuff like it's your job (it is). So, in the spirit of saving everybody some effort and making this a handy resource, this page is a permanent, frequently updated listing of upcoming releases and, when available, MP3s from those releases. I'm not going to list every album on here -- just the ones that I'm personally excited about hearing. I'll add links to [...]
Una buena fuente de recursos gratuitos en la red son las mismas compañías discográficas. No los grandes imperios sino las independientes que tienen que buscar canales alternos de distribución. En ocasiones nos regalan canciones de los artistas que recientemente han editado discos y no siempre vienen en la mejor calidad pero ayudan a pasar el rato una vez que han sido descargadas a nuestros ordenadores. El día de hoy mientras escucho el nuevo disco de Talib Kweli (que pronto compartiré con ustedes) me encuentro realizando un ejercicio laboral y al mismo tiempo visito algunos sitios de compañías con música gratuita [...]
PHOTO: ©Michael Bretherton 20 songs from labelsites, bandsites, magazines and other sites on the web. Enjoy! Sea Wolf - you're a wolf (from promo agency) Heroes & Zeros - the foolproof (from the great website Itsatrap.com) Arctic Monkeys - You know I'm no good (Amy Winehouse cover) (from Littleradio.com) Friska Viljor - Gold (from devilduck records) Phonograph - in your mind (from

"I can hear your cornstalks sigh/Underneath your prairie sky/ Southern swamps have footsteps filled/And hound dogs howl at freedom's will" Believe it or not, even a Canal makes mistakes. I missed my fair share of performances over the past year for various bad reasons. Here's a short list. Tea Leaf Green – John Brown Tea Leaf Green – Taught To Be Proud [...]

I want to do something a bit different for CSV since there seems to be a sudden flood of great new music and videos. Since summer is fast approaching, I thought I would cancel the class reading for today. However, I still expect you all to look over this concise study guide. It's so easy some might call it cheating! You might want to put it on the inside of your nalgene or program it into your ti-89 or something clever like that for the test. Just don't get caught! The Video [...]

Each week we take a listen to some of the top songs from elbows, review them and then give our selection of alternative tracks that we believe should be getting more recognition Spoon - "The Ghost of You Lingers" After listening a little to their new album this is the one song where Spoon breaks a little from their sound. It's mainly in the reverb laden vocals, I am used to hearing Spoon's vocals right at the forefront of the song. The repetitive choppy piano could get a little annoying, [...]