David Wax sounds like an interesting bloke. He lived on a cattle ranch for a couple of years and has just come back from a year-long jaunt to Mexico to learn more about Mexican music. The result is a pleasing twist on your usual americana fare, a kind of son-infused cowboy treat. I'm posting a couple of the more downbeat tracks here, but have a look at their MySpace for some of the spicier numbers; especially The Great Unawakening (featuring jarana jarocha) and There Was a Bridge (for a spot of jarana huasteca). [...]
hey everybody c'mere; i want you all to meet the david wax museum . they're a four piece folk & country & mexo-americana band out of boston led by, well, david wax, of course, a harvard alum who, i've been told, has spent time in rural mexico learning traditional folk music. that experience demonstrably informs, to great effect, the band's first album, i turned off thinking about , especially (or most overtly) on songs such as "the great unawakening," which puts to mind the loose, jangly feeling of sgt. pepper's-era beatles tunes save with a more [...]
It´s Friday, so time for another musical grab bag. Want to know what songs caught my attention over the last week for one reason or other? Please read on. Got some new stuff, some oldies and two flamingos. In a fruit fight. Let´s start off with Blitzen Trapper, a band I´ve praised in these pages before. They hail from Portland, Oregon and mix country, pop and Pavement-style indierock like no other. Currently Sub Pop recording artists, the country flavoured Texaco comes from the self-titled debut album on their own Lidkercow [...]
lonesome music
anyone's guess
For The Sake Of The Song
Pictures Of Andre 3000 As Jimi Hendrix
Video: Chromatics - "These Streets Will Never Look The Same"
Bobby Womack & Lana Del Rey
The Corner Laughers “Poppy Seeds”
