
Recommended Show: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009 SADDLE CREEK SHOWCASE @ KNITTING FACTORY 361 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 $12, 7PM Another night of great shows happens tonight all over the City. The choice isn't quite as obvious as last night, but Saddle Creek's showcase at the Knitting Factory is sure to be a crowd pleasure (if you want to venture off the beaten Manhattan path into Brooklyn). Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Orenda Fink, Old Canes, UUVVWWZ, Beep Beep and guest Suzannah Johannes are all on the bill there tonight. Check out a list of other shows [...]

STREAM: Orenda Fink - Live on KCRW DOWNLOAD: Orenda Fink - "High Ground" (w/ Isaac Brock) Orenda Fink has had a busy year thus far between Azure Ray's reunion and the release of the debut CD from her electronica/dub project O+S earlier this year. Orenda hasn't slowed down and has a solo CD, Ask the Night , coming out October 6th on Saddle Creek. Ask the Night is close in style to Azure Ray's music but the songs on this [...]

I had no idea who Murder By Death was before their show at the Bottleneck on Saturday evening. I now pity myself because I've been missing out on years of Death's musical awesomeness. After grabbing a cold (as in partially icy) beer, I took a seat towards the back of the venue to listen to Cowboy Indian Bear 's opening set. I wasn't planning on reviewing them again because I recently saw them open for Peter Bjorn & John [...]
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Check out "Horserider's Smile," from the debut EP from Lawrence, Kansas singer/songwriter Suzannah Johannes. audio: Horseriders Smile http://www.myspace.com/suzanna hjohannes http://rangeliferecords.com/

Photo by Sara McManus from Johannes' MySpace page . a.k.a "New Song For You To Not Stop Listening To" The title of the song alone is diamonds. MP3: "Horserider's Smile" by Suzannah Johannes When Neil Young went out on that one weekend, he must've met a previous-life Suzannah Johannes . Her sleepy, lilting voice that comes near breaking on verse two, that beautiful old-country guitar lead, the Stray Gators-style rhythm lope, the line I was born with a key [...]