Evacuons d'entrée les informations purement factuelles : derrière Ola Podrida se cache David Wingo, (un peu) connu pour avoir écrit les musiques des films de son ami David Gordon Green ; Andew Kenny, le chanteur du American Analog Set, y tient la basse ; Ola Podrida a déjà eu droit à plusieurs reprises aux honneurs de Said The Gramophone, Gorilla vs. Bear et - évidemment - de Pitchfork. Et son nom commence à circuler de plus en plus sur la blogsphère, son premier album étant sorti cette semaine sur Plug (...)
I'm not going to lie to you. When I stumbled upon Songs of the Green Pheasant , I assumed I'd be listening to a musician whose hobbies include renaissance fairs, multi-sided die and celibacy. Branded as a folk artist loved by Devendra, you kind of know what to expect… OR DO YOU ? SOtGP is actually one man - Duncan Sumpner , and trying to type cast him as another freak/neo folk artist was a rash judgment on my part. Expanding his lo-fi approach [...]

I'm taking the contentious, not-posting-the-original route today. Mostly because its the Beatles and Apple are notoriously tetchy about Beatles songs being offered for free, or so I'm led to believe. Anyway, the cover tune is the main point today, and I'm offering one from a band brand new to me, kindly brought to my attention by the good people at Fat Cat Records. I'm pretty useless at giving promo cd's a timely listen, but I made an effort this time to stick Songs Of Green Pheasant's album Aerial Days on the mp3 player and give it a whirl. [...]
Opposites attract. Which may be the possible explanation as to why both of these tremendous yet very opposite artists sound so awesome in my head right now. Donald Sumpner, the mellow-voiced British artist also known as Songs of Green Pheasant, released a beautiful low-key delight at the end of 2005 with his self-titled release. Chan [...]