[ download ] [tweetmeme] Although his name will be new to many, Rusty Willoughby 's recording career stretches back twenty-five years to his first release with Pure Joy . Following his work with that band, Willoughby led Flop through a series of records for the Sony and Frontier labels before releasing the first of two solo LPs in 1999. His third effort under his own name, Cobirds Unite , is a fitting testimonial to a quarter-century spent writing [...]
You can undoubtedly make a lot of musician friends when you play in a successful rock band. Luckily for Seattle-based artist Rusty Willoughby, he's been in three. So for his most recent album, Cobirds Unite (out now on Local 638 Records), he teamed up with Rachel Flotard (Visqueen), Barret Martin (Screaming Trees), Barb Hunter (Afghan [...]
Rusty Willoughby, " C'mon, C'mon " (Thank to Fingertips for letting me know about this) Website Facebook (They describe their music as "Folk Noir". I love it! That's the perfect description!) Rusty Willoughby - Wrecker of Hearts - Live @ Crackle & Pop! from Andy Smith on Vimeo .
To celebrate today's crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Crushed Stars, Jesu, Mariage Blanc, Radical Face, the Russian Futurists, Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck and Rusty Willoughby. Also, vote for your favorite of today's new releases.
November 16, 2010 will long be known as the most expensive day of my life (until next week)...
New releases from Josh Groban, Lee DeWyze, and Norah Jones. Tough week.
Tombs are currently streaming a demo version of "Gossamer" online now via BrooklynVegan.com . This demo version appears on the new Tombs collection album "Fear Is The Weapon." "Gossamer" originally appears on the band's 2009 release "Winter Hours." White Iris Records, the label counterpart to Black Iris, a premiere recording studio and music collective, is pleased to announce they are streaming El Sportivo & The Blooz's self-titled debut EP in it's entirety . Beady Eye will be making available "Bring The Light," the first track to be heard [...]
Rusty Willoughby is set to release his newest album, "Cobirds Unite," on November 16th via Local 638 Records. It's an album of lush, intelligent, Americana loneliness. With vibraphone, cello, and pedal steel in all the right places, there's a cinematic quality to it that lends itself to introspection and quiet beauty. The lyrics on the album are sung as nearly line-for-line duets with Visqueen's front woman, Rachel Flotard.
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: The Asteroid No. 4 : "Ignition Slated for Eight" [mp3] from Hail To The Clear Figurines (out February 8th) search for more Horns posts at Largehearted Boy Elizabeth & the Catapult : "You [...]
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When people think of Seattle music in the early 90's, names such as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, and Alice In Chains immediately spring to mind. But lurking underneath the grunge exterior was a much more interesting and diverse collection of bands, many of whom had been rocking the Seattle circuit for years.