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Soft Cat

AON Sessions: Soft Cat, "Goldmine"
We recently spent the day hanging out with Baltimore baroque pop ensemble Soft Cat on a Maryland horse farm, where they treated us to an intimate performance of a couple of their new songs. On their latest album, Lost No Labor, the band is joined by friends from other Baltimore bands such as Secret Mountains, Weekends, Small Sur, Strange Fur and Wing Dam. Nearly two years in the making, Lost No Labor  was released earlier this month through Human Kindness Overflowing , a non-profit record label that supports humanitarian efforts through online donations from [...]

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nello scegliersi il nome ci piace credere che abbiano pensato al... nello scegliersi il nome ci piace credere che abbiano pensato al capolavoro di Jack Kerouac , che non è On The Road - Labor, il nuovo album della formazione folk/slowcore  Small Sur  (qui sopra la copertina, realizzata da  Skye Gilkerson ) uscirà a Giugno: The Salt by Small Sur Labor by Small Sur

Small Sur // Labor [Single]

Small Sur // Labor [Single] Sparse and beautifully atmospheric is "Labor" - one of the first songs off their upcoming record by the same name. The vocals are slow and sour, singing lyrics that have both depth and vagueness to them - drafting a thick enigma of a song which creates a desire to know the person who wrote them as well. You can pre-order  Labor on their Bandcamp page, due out June 4th. Small Sur:  Site // Bandcamp
Artist:smallsur
Title:Labor
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Otherish

Long May You Run, J. Tillman Revisited – Part III

Long May You Run, J. Tillman Revisited – Part III Day three folks. Day three. Pictured above, the CD disc face from the KEEP Recordings CD (CDR?) - understated, clean, even sparse. A signal of the mindset of the album, the sparseness of the recordings? I like to think that and not that it was a cost effective option of getting the discs made...come on, give me that at least! This sparseness in the recordings is probably what defined the early Josh Tillman albums, whether you like to call it that or not, it still did. It is what drew me in and captivated. I could [...]
Artist:Slowcoustic
Title:"House Arms Built (J. Tillman Cover)" - Cash Harrison and the Terrible Decisions
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Folk
Artist:Small Sur
Title:"Trouble's Always Free (J. Tillman Cover)"
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Folk
Artist:Tyler Butler
Title:"Seven States Across (J. Tillman Cover)"
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Folk

Small Sur post “Through the Blue” leading up to release of upcoming 2012 album

Small Sur post “Through the Blue” leading up to release of upcoming 2012 album Small Sur from Baltimore have provided another new listen from their soon to be released album Labor (late 2012).  The song is called Through the Blue and is another reason why I think the new album will be one of the best of the year without even hearing the entire thing.  If this song and the track The Salt (see our post here) are any indication of the new material, count me in! So keep your ears open [...]
Artist:smallsur
Title:Through the Blue
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Otherish

Live Review: Shearwater with Small Sur at Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD – 27th February 2012

Live Review: Shearwater with Small Sur at Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD – 27th February 2012 I don’t often venture north to Baltimore, Maryland for music, but whenever I do I am usually greeted with an exceptional and relatively intimate performance. Being just north of Washington DC, Baltimore is not on the map for most artists when they look at the U.S. mid-Atlantic states. Turns out there are wonderful small venues hidden throughout the city. So I traveled the hour north on an unseasonably warm February Monday night to an art gallery in the middle of the city to see Austin band Shearwater for the first time. [...]

The Covers Mixtape XXXIV

Artist:Bill Callahan
Title:So Long Marianne (Leonard Cohen Cover)
Link Text:Bill Callahan - So Long Marianne (Leonard Cohen Cover).mp3
File Name:Bill Callahan - So Long Marianne (Leonard Cohen Cover).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Country & Folk
Year:2012
Artist:Destroyer
Title:Leave Me Alone (New Order Cover)
Link Text:Destroyer - Leave Me Alone (New Order Cover).mp3
File Name:Destroyer - Leave Me Alone (New Order Cover).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2012
Artist:Foxes In Fiction
Title:The World Is As Soft As Lace (Felt Cover)
Link Text:Foxes In Fiction - The World Is As Soft As Lace (Felt Cover).mp3
File Name:Foxes In Fiction - The World Is As Soft As Lace (Felt Cover).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Keep Shelly In Athens
Title:Just Like Honey (Jesus And Mary Chain Cover)
Link Text:Keep Shelly In Athens - Just Like Honey (The Jesus & Mary Chain Cover).mp3
File Name:Keep Shelly In Athens - Just Like Honey (The Jesus & Mary Chain Cover).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2012
Artist:Lia Ices
Link Text:Lia Ices - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Cover).mp3
File Name:Lia Ices - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd Cover).mp3
Artist:Nightlands
Title:Til I Die
Link Text:Nightlands - Til I Die (The Beach Boys Cover).mp3
File Name:Nightlands - Til I Die (The Beach Boys Cover).mp3
Genre:Psychedelic
Year:2010
Artist:Okkervil River
Link Text:Okkervil River - It Is So Nice To Get Stoned (Ted Lucas Cover).mp3
File Name:Okkervil River - It Is So Nice To Get Stoned (Ted Lucas Cover).mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Porcelain Raft
Title:Come As You Are (Nirvana Cover)
Link Text:Porcelain Raft - Come As You Are (Nirvana Cover).mp3
File Name:Porcelain Raft - Come As You Are (Nirvana Cover).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Small Sur
Link Text:Small Sur - Fall Skull (Little Wings Cover).mp3
File Name:Small Sur - Fall Skull (Little Wings Cover).mp3
Year:2012
Artist:St. Vincent
Title:Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover)
Link Text:St. Vincent - Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover).mp3
File Name:St. Vincent - Never Tear Us Apart (INXS Cover).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:The National
Title:Twenty Miles To NH Part 2 (The Philistines Jr. Cover)
Link Text:The National - Twenty Miles To NH (The Philistines Jr. Cover).mp3
File Name:The National - Twenty Miles To NH (The Philistines Jr. Cover).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:WU LYF
Title:Krusty (Papa M Cover)
Link Text:Wu Lyf - Krusty (Papa M Cover).mp3
File Name:Wu Lyf - Krusty (Papa M Cover).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Wye Oak
Title:Strangers
Link Text:Wye Oak - Strangers (The Kinks Cover).mp3
File Name:Wye Oak - Strangers (The Kinks Cover).mp3
Genre:255
Year:2011
Artist:Youth Lagoon
Title:Goodbye Again (John Denver Cover)
Link Text:Youth Lagoon - Goodbye Again (John Denver Cover).mp3
File Name:Youth Lagoon - Goodbye Again (John Denver Cover).mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Small Sur records Microshow. Microshow gives it away for free. Slowcoustic hands over first born.

Small Sur records Microshow.  Microshow gives it away for free.  Slowcoustic hands over first born. Small Sur - photo by Henn Pict Today has been excellent so far.  Really excellent. Small Sur posted on their Facebook wall this morning about a recent live recording was up for a free download.  Apparently the long time in the making session for Mobtown Studios came to fruition and we now have 13 tracks to download from the "Microshow: Live in Baltimore" session!  Wrapped up in this set are some new tracks, old tracks (like a personal favourite 'The Kelp'), mostly [...]
Artist:Small Sur
Link Text:“Still Life Blues (Elephant Micah Cover)”
File Name:Still-Life-Blues-Elephant-Mica h-Cover.mp3
Year:2012

The Cap’s Favorite Albums Of 2011: #40-31

The Cap’s Favorite Albums Of 2011: #40-31 40. Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes.mp3 39. The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires.mp3 38. Dodos - No Color Dodos - Companions.mp3 37. Small Sur - Tones [...]
Artist:Ducktails
Title:Hamilton Road
Link Text:Ducktails - Hamilton Road.mp3
File Name:Ducktails - Hamilton Road.mp3
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Feist
Title:Graveyard
Link Text:Feist - Graveyard.mp3
File Name:Feist - Graveyard.mp3
Genre:Folk
Year:2011
Artist:Fleet Foxes
Title:Grown Ocean
Link Text:Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean.mp3
File Name:Fleet Foxes - Grown Ocean.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Gillian Welch
Title:The Way It Goes
Link Text:Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes.mp3
File Name:Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Marissa Nadler
Title:Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning
Link Text:Marissa Nadler - Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning.mp3
File Name:Marissa Nadler - Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Radiohead
Title:Codex
Link Text:Radiohead - Codex.mp3
File Name:Radiohead - Codex.mp3
Genre:Alternative
Year:2011
Artist:Small Sur
Title:The Woods
Link Text:Small Sur - The Woods.mp3
File Name:Small Sur - The Woods.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Smith Westerns
Link Text:Smith Westerns - All Die Young.mp3
File Name:Smith Westerns - All Die Young.mp3
Genre:Indie
Artist:The Dodos
Title:Companions
Link Text:Dodos - Companions.mp3
File Name:Dodos - Companions.mp3
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:The Mountain Goats
Title:Damn These Vampires
Link Text:The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires.mp3
File Name:The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011

SMALL SUR MAKES DELICATE FOLK

SMALL SUR MAKES DELICATE FOLK Contributing to the folk frenzy I’ve recently been prone to fall into, Small Sur’s  (@smallsur) downtempo tunes have been an excellent addition to my sleepy summer night playlists. Captivatingly subtle, the music acts as an audible portrayal of frontman Bob Keal’s childhood surroundings in rural South Dakota. While the band itself came together in Baltimore, Keal’s memories haven’t been lost in translation. The core of the music consists of gently plucked acoustic guitar, sustained keyboard and delicate, rhythmic drums, while a variety of other instruments including sax and banjo, add depth [...]

Slowcoustic lists first half of his top 10 “Favourite” releases of 2011 thus far, looks for validation.

Slowcoustic lists first half of his top 10 “Favourite” releases of 2011 thus far, looks for validation. *please disregard the fact that I only have 4 of the 5 listed below - $15.00 shipping from the USA t0 Canada isn't right. Sure a favourite releases list of 2011 thus far - I can do that.  Also, as it is the weekend I am going to post 5 today and 5 tomorrow because honestly it gets me a post material for tomorrow automatically!!  This first grouping is not necessarily lesser than tomorrow's grouping, but for lack of scientific research these could be considered #10 through #6 favourite releases of 2011 thus far. [...]
Artist:Chris Bathgate
Title:No Silver
Link Text:‘No Silver’
File Name:No-Silver.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Small Sur
Title:The Woods
Link Text:‘The Woods’
File Name:The-Woods.mp3
Bitrate:262 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2011
Artist:Tyler Butler
Title:Morana
Link Text:“Morana”
File Name:Morana.mp3
Year:2011

RadioShank: Small Sur's Prettyboy

SMALL SUR myspace facebook last.fm bandcamp Prettyboy [mp3] From the record TONES. "Small Sur’s music is perfect for those quiet moments when life winds down.  This is music for lying on a California beach while watching the sun set and allowing the natural surroundings [...]
Link Text:Prettyboy
File Name:smallsur_prettyboy.mp3

small sur - tones (2011)

small sur - tones (2011) so sanft wie sich der longplayer "tones" von small sur gibt, so gemächlich hat er auch mich erobert. die zögerliche notation einer gewissheit von kunstfertigkeit, die aus geschliffenem handwerk und etwas mut und innovation hervorgeht. sie hat sich an mich herangeschlichen und nach für nach eine beziehung entstehen lassen, die mich zum nutzniesser ihrer ausprägungen macht. einer musik, die so introspektiv wie notenbedacht aktuell eher selten anzutreffen ist. sun kil moon, red house painters sind mögliche vergleiche, downtempo, slowcore, und schielt man auf aktuellen folk, müsste man die unvermeidlichen fleet foxes nennen, wenn sie die rauschefahrt kurzzeitig einstellen, vetiver, okkervil [...]
Artist:Small Sur
Title:Prettyboy
Link Text:pretty boy
File Name:Prettyboy.mp3
Year:2011

The Indie Sabbath – Week 8

The Indie Sabbath – Week 8 I whip my hair back and forth. Not because I am a teenage girl (although I sometimes act like one) but because there is a party. No, it's not in my pants. This party is in my ears, and soon it will be in yours as well. I am pleased to present to you  The Indie Sabbath  - more refreshing than an ice-cold soda in the middle of the desert. For me, music is the purest form of communication this world has to offer. I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. [...]
Artist:Active Child
Link Text:Active Child - Playing House (Ft. How To Dress Well)
File Name:Playing House (Ft. How To Dress Well).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Big Spider's Back
Title:Secret Chiefs
Link Text:Big Spider’s Back - 1410 Secret Chiefs
File Name:Secret Chiefs.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Black Whales
Title:Rattle Your Bones
Link Text:Black Whales - Rattle Your Bones
File Name:Rattle Your Bones.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Black Whales
Title:Shangri-La Indeed
Link Text:Black Whales - Shangri-La Indeed
File Name:Shangri-La Indeed.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Chadwick Stokes
Link Text:Chadwick Stokes - Back To the Races
File Name:Back To the Races.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Indie
Artist:Chadwick Stokes
Link Text:Chadwick Stokes - Rainsong
File Name:Rainsong.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Indie
Artist:Chucha Santamaria Y Usted
Title:Fiebre Tropical
Link Text:Chucha Santamaria Y Usted - Fiebre Tropical
File Name:01 Fiebre Tropical.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Gardens & Villa
Title:Black Hills
Link Text:Gardens & Villa - Black Hills
File Name:01 Black Hills.mp3
Bitrate:220 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Gardens & Villa
Title:Carrizo Plain
Link Text:Gardens & Villa - Carrizo Plain
File Name:09 Carrizo Plain.mp3
Bitrate:218 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Gardens & Villa
Title:Chemtrails
Link Text:Gardens & Villa - Chemtrails
File Name:06 Chemtrails.mp3
Bitrate:225 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Gardens & Villa
Title:Neon Dove
Link Text:Gardens & Villa - Neon Dove
File Name:10 Neon Dove.mp3
Bitrate:237 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Gillian Welch
Title:Down Along The Dixie Line
Link Text:Gillian Welch - Down Along The Dixie Line
File Name:06 Down Along The Dixie Line.mp3
Bitrate:211 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Gillian Welch
Title:The Way It Goes
Link Text:Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes
File Name:04 The Way It Goes.mp3
Bitrate:235 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Joakim
Title:Forever Young
Link Text:Joakim - Forever Young
File Name:Forever Young.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Indie
Artist:John Maus
Title:Hey Moon
Link Text:John Maus - Hey Moon
File Name:04 Hey Moon.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Little Dragon
Link Text:Little Dragon - Ritual Reuinion
File Name:Ritual Union.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Indie
Artist:Memory Tapes
Title:Today Is Our Life
Link Text:Memory Tapes - Today Is Our Life
File Name:03 Today Is Our Life.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Memory Tapes
Title:Wait In The Dark
Link Text:Memory Tapes - Wait In The Dark
File Name:02 Wait In The Dark.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Memory Tapes
Title:Yes I Know
Link Text:Memory Tapes - Yes I Know
File Name:04 Yes I Know.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Morcheeba
Title:Blood Like Lemonade
Link Text:Morcheeba - Blood Like Lemonade
File Name:03 Blood Like Lemonade.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2010
Artist:Morcheeba
Title:Crimson
Link Text:Morcheeba - Crimson
File Name:01 Crimson.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2010
Artist:Noah and the Whale
Title:Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix)
Link Text:Noah and the Whale - Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix)
File Name:Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix).mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Samiyam
Title:Escape
Link Text:Samiyam - Escape
File Name:01 Escape.mp3
Bitrate:257 kbps
Genre:Beat
Year:2011
Artist:SBTRKT
Title:Heatwave
Link Text:SBTRKT - Heatwave
File Name:01 Heatwave.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Electronic
Year:2011
Artist:SBTRKT
Title:Trials of the Past
Link Text:SBTRKT - Trials of the Past
File Name:05 Trials of the Past.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Small Sur
Title:The Woods
Link Text:Small Sur - The Woods
File Name:02 The Woods.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:The Mast
Title:WIld Poppies
Link Text:The Mast - WIld Poppies
File Name:WIld Poppies.mp3
Bitrate:262 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2011
Artist:Wonderful
Title:Rainbow Colors
Link Text:Wonderful - Rainbow Colors
File Name:Rainbow Colors.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Indie
Year:2010

Small Sur: Tones (2011)

Small Sur: Tones (2011) Small Sur is a Baltimore, MD three-piece headed by Bob Keal, whose vocal cadence fits in nicely with genre-mates Will Oldham and Mark Kozelek. Musically, Small Sur takes some cues from Kozelek, melding the more folk-oriented vibe of Sun Kil Moon with the slowcore down-tempo of Red House Painters. With contributions from members of fellow Baltimoreans Lower Dens and Wye Oak, the band's new album Tones is introspective, image-driven, and mesmerizing. On slow-burner "The Woods," Keal sings longingly "In The Woods/I will find what I seek/ Build a home there beneath the canopy." The aptly titled Tones [...]
Artist:Small Sur
Title:Prettyboy
Link Text:Prettyboy.mp3
File Name:Prettyboy.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Small Sur
Title:The Woods
Link Text:The Woods.mp3
File Name:The Woods.mp3
Year:2011

Small Sur Release "Tones" This Week

Small Sur Release "Tones" This Week Baltimore's Small Sur released their new LP Tones this week, currently streaming in full on AOL Spinner, and are currently on tour in support of it around the Northeast. "Small Sur is the primary musical alias of South Dakota-born, now-Baltimore-based songwriter Bob Keal and current collaborators Austin Stahl and Andy Abelow. The project was born during the spring of 2005 in a friend's Southern California bedroom, where Keal recorded the self-titled Small Sur EP shortly before relocating to Baltimore. 2008 marked the release of the band's full-length debut, We Live in Houses Made [...]
Artist:Small Sur
Title:Prettyboy
File Name:SoundCloud

Small Sur – Tones

Small Sur – Tones Small Sur, a Baltimore three-piece, are seemingly playing the long-game when they recorded album number two. By that we mean you need to dedicate a lot of time to their new record to reap any real reward. But rest assured there is a gem or two here – it’s just not instantaneous. This album wants to stop and observe its surroundings; it’s a bit of a day-dreamer. Yet after repeated listens Bowlegs did start to unearth the subtleties which hide within the record’s slow pace and gentle, lilting nature. The band is led by Bob Keal, whose voice [...]

Small Sur – Prettyboy

Small Sur – Prettyboy Photo by Monique Crabb Small Sur is the musical alias of Bob Keal and his collaborators Austin Stahl and Andy Abelow. They have released a new album this week entitled Tones (which can be streamed at AOL Spinner ) and the simple, understated nature of their folk music is beautiful. The album features Andy Stack of Wye Oak and Geoff Graham of Lower Dens among others and helps to showcase the strength of Baltimore's burgeoning music scene. I simply could listen to Prettyboy any time. Its soft sounds render [...]

Small Sur – Prettyboy

Small Sur – Prettyboy Photo by Monique Crabb Small Sur is the musical alias of Bob Keal and his collaborators Austin Stahl and Andy Abelow. They have released a new album this week entitled Tones (which can be streamed at AOL Spinner ) and the simple, understated nature of their folk music is beautiful. The album features Andy Stack of Wye Oak and Geoff Graham of Lower Dens among others and helps to showcase the strength of Baltimore's burgeoning music scene. I simply could listen to Prettyboy any time. Its soft sounds render [...]
Artist:Small Sur
Title:Prettyboy
File Name:SoundCloud

Small Sur Track

Small Sur Track We’ve got some more musical loveliness which has ambled out of Baltimore, in the shape of the new Small Sur track ‘Prettyboy’. The mellow alt country-folk song is taken from the band’s album, ‘Tones’, which is out any minute now. Listen to the track here: ‘Prettyboy’
Artist:Small Sur
Title:Prettyboy
Link Text:‘Prettyboy’
File Name:smallsur_prettyboy.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2011
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