"The Crown Salesman" is not a track that you'll find on Andrew Bird's upcoming release, it's not even an Adrew Bird original. The track will appear on the Break It Yourself EP which will feature a cover of the Alpha Consumer track from their album Kick Drugs Out of America . Two of the band members also just so happen to be part of Bird's back up band. The b-side for the EP will also be a cover but of The Handsome Family track "So Much Wine" . Bird's cover of [...]
Another V-Day cover for free download.
photo: Mark Owen Brett and Rennie Sparks , better known as the Gothic folk duo extraordinaire The Handsome Family , will be on tour in the UK in May. Live dates: 05/16 Leeds @ The Brudenell 05/17 Glasgow @ St. Andrews In The Square 05/19 Belfast @ Spring & Airbrake 05/21 Bristol @ The Fleece 05/23 Liverpool @ Leaf 05/24 Manchester: Chorlton Arts [...]
off to the shower i go, husband-wife-duo the HANDSOME FURS have dropped a new choon and a man in China lives a life of repetition, slowly losing grip, just to SERVE THE PEOPLE . wotyougot
The wonderful folks at Loose Records are Amazon's label of the month and this means you can now get hold of there fantastic label sampler which should get you the discerning music lover heading straight to the Loose shop to stock up. Get it here . THE FELICE BROTHERS - Fire At The Pageant HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - Take Me DAWES - Time Spent In Los Angeles JIM WHITE - Rambler THE FELICE BROTHERS - Ponzi JIM WHITE - Speeding Motorcycle THE HANDSOME FAMILY - [...]
Loose Records are having a sale, CD albums and their lovely vinyl selections are all on offer including the wonderful 2011 releases from The Felice Bros and Dawes You can get a free Loose releases sampler in exchange for your email using the widget below or free on CD with any purchase from the shop 1. THE FELICE BROTHERS - Fire At The Pageant 2. HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF - Take Me 3. DAWES - Time Spent In Los Angeles 4. JIM WHITE - Rambler 5. THE FELICE [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Dan Bern : 2011-08-19, Great Barrington [mp3,ogg,flac] Dan Bern: "Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie cover)" [mp3] search for more Dan Bern posts at Largehearted Boy Drive-By Truckers : [...]
Who's up 2nd in our attempt to post on every HPX '11 act ? It's Montreal's Adam & The Amethysts! We love Adam & co , and there's a rumour they might be playing the Herohill show case at HPX on Friday, October 21st. That's a rumour we can get behind. Two down! MP3:: Adam & The Amethysts - Prophecy WEB:: adamandtheamethysts.com
Given recent events across the UK and particularly in London writing about independent music may be low down the list of many peoples priorities this week, but stating the obvious this is a music blog and although Beat Surrender has no 'Mission Statement ' but part of the blogs 'job' is to promote and support great music - the big players don't need assistance, but Beat Surrender can (I hope) help the independents in some small way, and right now they need some help . One of the labels affected [...]
After Friday night's contrasting sensations of a torrential downpour followed by an exultant Wilco set, Saturday morning arrived with a sense of optimism. Sunglasses were in full effect through the early part of the day, bolstered by a pleasant set on the smaller porch stage by husband-and-wife duo Sarah Lee Guthrie (granddaughter of Woody) & Johnny Irion. Their lilting country-rock was an appropriate soundtrack to easing into the day with an expertly prepared coffee from Joe, who operated a pop-up shop throughout the fest that was a refreshing antidote to the usual brown water swill on offer. [...]
SOLID SOUND 2011 / MASS MoCA Live from North Adams, MA Photos by 5342 Studios ANOTHER YEAR IN NORTH ADAMS - Close to 6,000 music- and arts-crazed enthusiasts from the four corners spent their weekend in the bucolic splendor of the museum-culture [...]
ONCE again, worrywarts are wringing their hands over possible shortages of so-called "critical materials" crucial for high-tech industries. In America the Department of Energy is fretting about materials used to manufacture wind turbines, electric vehicles, solar cells and energy-efficient lighting. The substances in question include a bunch of rare-earth metals and a few other elements which—used a pinch here, a pinch there—enhance the way many industrial materials function. It is not as though the rare-earth elements—scandium, yttrium and lanthanum plus the 14 so-called lanthanides—are all that rare. Some [...]
A collection of Alt Country stalwarts come together for a laid-back tribute to the Rolling Stones with 'Paint It Black.'
weightless again off through the trees // the handsome family site - btw, amazon has this record for a measly 6.99. very highly recommended.... --> <!--
Having grown tired of being cross on a Friday (see various preceding TFIs – if you're bored), I have revisited the joy of a gin and tonic, with a gimlet, of course … I have avoided reading the football press and the pressing legal case that has menaced our business, avoided the hatchet faced lying psycho at the school gate, and decided that regarding life through a Friday glass is far, far better. Why didn't I think of it sooner? Perhaps one week I might just write the whole thing in fragments of song lyrics for a change [...]
Illustration by Lisa Strouss The Handsome Family sees the revival of old-time music as the next step of evolution, like the rediscovery of the washcloth after decades of paper towels. Scattered, the band's new album of covers and early lost songs, proves the path of the righteous is a country road that appears in your living room and transports you to a place back in time. Because old wisdom is new knowledge, songwriter and banjo player Rennie Sparks writes music that feels surrounded by nature. Sometimes that's dark stuff, but then again, eagles peck [...]
DISTRO HAS BEGUN! SIDE A LACO$TE by Daiana Feuer HANNI EL KHATIB by Lainna Fader DEATH by Kristina Benson GANG OF FOUR by Lainna Fader TEEBS by Kristina Benson OFF! by Chris Ziegler TOM TOM CLUB by Daiana Feuer FORT KING by Dan Collins LUIS & THE WILDFIRES by Lainna Fader MY DRY WET MESS by Lainna Fader BEST COAST by Dan Collins WANDA JACKSON by Daiana Feuer WHITE FENCE by Daniel Clodfelter [...]
DISTRO HAS BEGUN! SIDE A LACO$TE by Daiana Feuer HANNI EL KHATIB by Lainna Fader DEATH by Kristina Benson GANG OF FOUR by Lainna Fader TEEBS by Kristina Benson OFF! by Chris Ziegler TOM TOM CLUB by Daiana Feuer FORT KING by Dan Collins LUIS & THE WILDFIRES by Lainna Fader MY DRY WET MESS by Lainna Fader BEST COAST by Dan Collins WANDA JACKSON by Daiana Feuer WHITE FENCE by Daniel Clodfelter [...]
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