Re-found this stellar compilation album after re-finding a Heather Woods Broderick album the other day (and actually purchasing on eMusic again before noticing that I already had it...). Kind of appropriate since this album was essentially curated by her, so I thought I needed to feature something on it for the blog! This compilation album from late 2009 features multiple artists that would definitely be considered 'up my alley'....notably Kele Goodwin, Sarah Winchester and the aforementioned Heather Wood Broderick. So those are the three tracks/chapters I have included below...makes sense, no? Kele [...]
REPOST: I thought I would ease my way back into posting after vacation by doing a re-post of an artist that I found myself 're-discovering' while on said vacation. Sarah Winchester's EP, Northeast Kingdom Demos is a beautiful selection of songs from the A. Weather front woman and is highly recommended for fans of stark acoustic folk artists like J. Tillman, Lotte Kestner, et al. FYI, I think you have to sign up for the Team Love Library to get to this EP, it is was a free membership and download if I remember correctly. Enjoy. [...]
DOWNLOAD: A Weather - "Giant Stairs" DOWNLOAD: A Weather - "Third of Life" Portland, Oregon slowcore, indie-folkies A Weather released their sophomore disc Everyday Balloons last month on Team Love Records. The band is current playing shows coast to coast and are stopping at Union Hall on April 23rd. At the Union Hall show, Inlets (CD release show) and Sparrow House are sharing the bill and tickets are $10. Everyday Balloons is [...]
Un album fatto in casa, nel vero senso della parola. Heather Woods Broderick (sorella del più famoso Peter) ha pensato di documentare la vitalità della scena della sua città, Portland, prima di trasferirsi a Copenhagen (è diventata un membro effettivo degli Efterklang), andando a registrare le canzoni degli artisti più vicini alla sua sensibilità musicale [...]
Here we are at Day 12 (the last day) of the annual "Best of Blogger Crew" series and what a great year it was - 12 blogs in total including Slowcoustic participated and all came with game. I can't thank everyone enough who participated, so everyone please click on the sidebar widget to visit these fine folks at their fine music blogs. Now that I am choosing my official version of "best of", I have thought that this year seemed like it had a good share of EPs that were great. Hell, some were frickin' great. Hence I [...]
I have heard a bit of chatter in the music blogging circles that this year is pretty good for EPs. You know the "almost album", the "we didn't have enough material/had too much material" release. Also the "just too short for an full album", but a decent collection of 4-6 songs or so that need to be released. Honestly a lot of EPs are much better than full albums, they just don't get the weight or attention of the industry due to their size (side note: how did Tom Cruise make it as an actor??). Despite mentioning that [...]
So I stumbled across a little bit of a sampler a week or so ago. Somehow found it while floundering around various links on the interwebs due to my love of the Sarah Winchester EP (posted on it here - Highly Recommended). Turns out that this Cascadia compilation hosted a pre-release version of "Oh the Herons" from Sarah Winchester that is also on her new Northeast Kingdom Demos EP. I also had to include the stunning untitiled track from Ms. Tara Jane O'Neil as well. Nice, very nice. The compilation is basically [...]
1. Sharon Van Etten - "For You" Download: http://loudfeed.s3.amazonaws.c om/assets/17398/sharon_van_ett en_for_you.mp3 2. Alexa Woodard - "Spoon" Download: http://www.piratepirate.com/mp 3s/AlexaWoodwardSpoon.mp3 3. Sarah Winchester - "Raft" Download: http://library.team-love.com/l ib/nekd/01%20Raft.mp3
Team Love on Conor Oberstin (Bright Eyes) ja Nate Krenkelin vuonna 2003 perustama indie-levymerkki, jolle ovat levyttäneet mm. Bright Eyes, Tilly and the Wall, Jenny Lewis, Gruff Rhys ja The Felice Brothers. Duo halusi omalta osaltaan uudistaa musiikkiteollisuutta sekä taistella piratismia vastaan. Perinteisen cd- ja vinyylimyynnin lisäksi kaikki yhtiön levyt laitettiin ladattavaksi ilmaiseksi mp3-paketteina. Ilmaiset lataukset nähtiin promootiokeinona, joka pitemmällä tähtäimellä lisäisi levy- ja keikkamyyntiä. Team Love on ilmeisesti onnistunut yrityksessään, sillä yhtiö on edelleen pystyssä, yhtyeet kertovat olevansa tyytyväisiä ja uusia julkaisuja tulee tasaiseen tahtiin. Viiden vuoden jälkeen ilmaisiin latauksiin liittyvää toimintaa [...]
A Nice surprise was discovering Sarah Winchester's 5 track demo release over on the Team-Love website . You might know Winchester as the same ethereal voice that keep the band "A Weather" on the Slowcoustic radar (also highly recommended). Her recent EP is so incredibly delicate and gorgeous that it is heartbreaking and warming at the same time. Even with 30 minute length for an EP, I still want more of this music. The EP is indicated as "demos" but I am not sure if the sound and feel could not have that used as a descriptor. [...]
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