Sorry chaps, I've got fuck all in me today. A post just won't pop into my head, and I haven't listened to any of my new music enough yet to feel I have enough understanding of it to pass on. The other thing is that I have my latest podcast swimming around in my head [...]
<a href=" http:// Celebration "> Celebration : "Evergreen" [mp3] from The Modern Tribe (out October 9th) other Celebration music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Erik Mattsson : two free and legal downloadable EPs [mp3] "The Power of Love (Lennifer Rush cover)" [mp3] other Erik Mattsson music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws My [...]
there's not many people who can enjoy my kind of short walk home from oxford street, i mused somewhat smugly last night as i stalked the heady fifteen minutes, through back streets, past monuments and landmarks to my front door near the river; its a beautiful journey full of stories and photo opportunities at every turn. and then last night a chance meeting too. i saw an old friend; a tall, familiar blond wending his way through soho - we stopped to say hi and catch up. he introduced me to his companions who were on [...]
MP3: Sleeping States - Under a Capricorn Sky Tremoring psch-folk laying down for a moment, taking a brief pause, after some frantic energy exertion, perhaps awaking after a long nights sleep. The speed is not subject to conventional measurement against time and space, for the guitar's blinking and slow movements begin to make sense at the strangest times. A classical wave strokes your senses here and in the place where your thoughts and ideas develop you see melody revealing it's self for a few short moments, like the [...]
Sleeping States - "I Wonder" The Hyperbolic Aphorist: Markland Starkie is a jack of all trades, master of one. Said the Gramophone: I'm afraid I don't follow. THA: Shall I ruin the enigma by spelling it out? StG: Please. THA: Very well. As you may know, Sleeping States is the bandonym of Markland Starkie, a player of several instruments, all without virtuosity, and a recording engineer with clear limitations... StG: (interrupting) Well, you're sort of editoriali... THA: (clears throat) There is no difference between an interruption and a volcano's eruption, except that in the latter case it's burning lava that [...]
Sleeping States - Rivers (edit). when you wake up in the middle of the night in Los Angeles, there's only a few reasons. Maybe your roommate came home late again. Maybe the the cops are hanging out chirping radios in your alley again. Maybe the little skateboard fuckers are wheeling home after almost busting a nut for the first the time. One thing it never is, is rain. Except last night, when it rained quietly at four thirty a.m. Maybe it was the rarity of the moment that woke me. Regardless, I was up listening. Unable to sleep, I put...
With about 700 unread messages in our inbox (seriously, 714 at last count, about 95% of which are press emails), I figure now would be a good time for another MP3 Grab Bag to serve up a bunch of songs that I've been kicking around here and there but ultimately couldn't find the time, energy, or sanity for which to write individual posts. There are definitely some keepers in this batch, so if you like a song or a particular artist and you'd like me to give it more of a listen, let me know in the comments! [...]
I've been listening to a bunch of obscure but provocative acoustic music recently. Stuff that doesn't really deserve its own post or even a spot in the normal assignments per se, but I felt should be heard. Thanks to Said the Gramophone for the heads up on at least two of them over the last few weeks. Listen: Timber - Criminals - beautiful guitar melody and bonus points for hot-sounding female backup singer. [from The New Gentleman's Shuffle | buy ] Sleeping States - Don't Make Me Over [...]
Sleeping States - "Don't Make Me Over". I'm in Paris at this moment, stumbling past brasseries and gold foiled horsemen. I have my agenda: my chocolate to-dos and pastry obligations, friends to meet and greet, kindnesses to find, secrets to uncover. I have a map of the arrondissements, euros in my pocket. My shoes are tied. I listen to the snarl of cars and the snicker of vespas. I walk and walk and to be honest I am trying to be made over. The opposite of Markland Starkie's strange, sweet, wheezing love-song. "Don't make me over / now that I [...]
Photo : Jérémy Quand j'ai voulu qu'on commence ce blog, c'était surtout pour parler de gens comme Sleeping States . Parce que je ne peux pas concevoir que ce garçon ne vende pas plus de disques. Pendant l'été 2005, j'étais en stage à Tulle en Corrèze. Oui, il se passe des choses à caractère musical en [...]
On Wednesday, November 22nd , we discovered a song by Markland Starkie (aka Sleeping States ) called "Rivers" and we instantly fell in love, calling the song "the best song of November." That track went along to nail the #9 spot on our Best Songs of 2006 list, and to be honest I still can't stop playing it. Since November, we've managed to get our hands on Sleeping States' upcoming album There The Open Spaces , filled with gorgeously subtle songs and meditative music...something not all of you will like but something that [...]
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(Oops, last post before the holidays. I promise!) If this week's review of English folk and roots music seemed inadequate it's probably because of the sheer number of interesting groups. There are dozens of bands that either deserve a first mention or another plug from me including Polly Paulusma , Karine Polwart , Jason Mcniff , Sam Beer etc, etc. But if there is one artist that is bubbling beneath the surface that just had to be mentioned, I think that would be Sleeping States ( MS ). [...]
Two thousand six, oh, what a year! From political powers shifting to crazy oil prices, this year has had a little bit of everything. On what was allegedly going to be an ?off year? for music, 2006 has proven anything but disappointing. From bringing sexy back to ?older? musicians like Bob Dylan bringing back their A-games, this year been eclectic to say the least. So, I suppose it?s about that time of the year where we hold up our contractual agreement of ?year-end listimizing? and get to the good stuff. Needless to say - it's been a [...]
Something of a current buzz artist amongst the blogosphere (see IGIF , Stereogum , Nbgl and StG ) is Sleeping States all thanks to a post in Grizzly Bear's blog (although playlouder have been championing his cause before now) describing this London based singer-songwriters music as "So gorgeous and beautiful" which is quite true, I'd like to add to that that Sleeping States is an incredibly appropriate name for the music he produces not in the sense that you listen to it and you fall asleep, but that you [...]
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