Wow, this is the fourth year we have put together a list of Indie Christmas songs. Once again, we got the amazing Bregan Ford (aka Hubbard) to make a nice cover for the occasion. I almost didn't make a list this year as there was a serious lack of appropriate material, but in the end, I put my headphones on and searched the Internet for 40 hours. And if these aren't enough for you, you can always check our lists from years previous: Indie Christmas Songs 2010 , Indie Christmas Songs 2009 , and Indie [...]
Săptămâna trecută am prmit, la schimb să zicem, The Winston Jazz Routine . Din nume, mă așteptam la ceva chestii dark, dubioase și agitate.Ei bine, sunt undeva la polul opus. Sospiri e un album foarte calm și oarecum fragil. Și plin de emoție, pentru că There are childhood friends and new acquaintances; family members young and elderly, dead and alive; grandfathers, mothers, and younger brothers; homeless pianists, orchestra conductors, students in high school and college, married church members and librarians. Telling the whole tale [...]
There is a good chance that you have stumbled into a set by The Parade Schedule somewhere around town because frontman Matt Kinder has been setting up shop all over town for the past few years. Kinder falls under the tutelage of great masters of indie-folk like Damien Jurado, David Bazan or J. Tillman. His sepia-folk style sets him apart from a lot of his contemporaries and his songwriting constantly captures loss, love, duty, and honor like few can. The arrangements are lush and his blue-collar delivery is complemented greatly by the harmonies of Jenn Feikert. The band [...]
2008 has been one of the best years for Record Machine since we started this record label 5 years ago. We had really great releases from State Bird, Interstates, and Max Justus. Our plans for 2009 are even more ambitious. We already have 6 really great records lined up for next year. As a little early Christmas present we put together this year end wrap up and preview for next year. Some of these songs have been floating around for awhile but we decided to put them all together for you. You can also download the songs from Max [...]
Photo by Doron When bands are on the road — entertaining unappreciative hipsters that double-fist cans of PBR, no less — things aren't always pretty. Sometimes they're downright scary. Maybe even horrific. Considering that the scariest holiday (no, not Housewife Day , Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day or Marooned Without a Compass Day ) is almost upon us, we decided to give you some of those frightening tales straight from the ghoulish, possessed horse's mouth. Muahaha... maniacal laughing, you get the point. [...]
Let's just say at this moment I am not a huge fan of the government, But I am a big fan of The Winston Jazz Routine, but I will get to that later. I just got through giving the government a nice junk of my salary, which is of course ...
That's right good citizens, we're presenting the Headlights show next Monday at The End. Headlights blew us away in February , and now they're back for more in-between dates of their stint opening for Mates of State . The even better news? We got to suggest some support for this one, and I'm happy to tell you that The Winston Jazz Routine will be opening the evening, so this will certainly be an event you won't want to miss! See the [...]
It's Mom's day! Grandmother's Day! Girl's day in general! Hug a girl! Make her feel special! Hug yourself if you're a girl! Look at baby pics of yourself with your mom! Make her some dinner! Rub her shoulders! For free! Listen: The Winston Jazz Routine - Grandmother's Glow - I will stop at nothing until I post every song from this album at some point in my life. It's truly one of the most beautiful things I've ever listened to. [from Sospiri | buy ] Drew Worden/Said the Lion - Falling [...]
Yes. You there. Don't move. Prepare to be moved. Prepare to be fitted for wings. Prepare to be lighter than ash in an updraft. The Winston Jazz Routine is fixing to start fixing the parts of you that have long been broken. Because you deserve clarity. And you deserve to be happy. And you deserve love. Listen: A Ghost Beneath the Tower Venice [from Sospiri | buy ] You might also remember them from the amazing Peace on Earth compilation.
Funny for a band as awkwardly named as the Winston Jazz Routine that they should make the simplest of music. Simple and slight if one was to be harsh but despite a small turnover of ideas (albeit very good ones) WJR songs can't help but affect. Their most acclaimed composition 'A Ghost Beneath The Tower' is undoubtedly pretty but I can't escape the feeling that it is a tad too stretched at 4:38.
Peace on Earth , the season's first Christmas compilation (that I've seen anyway), was just released. For many of us, I'm sure the burn marks from other disappointing comps are still fresh. It's not hard to imagine a reality in which this one would join them, but thankfully I'm here to tell you that this is one of the best of its kind. Caleb Palma over at Hard to Find a Friend pulled this rabbit out of his hat, convincing an all-awesome cast of musical misfits to contribute a holiday song each, all in the name of [...]
Jun 29, 2007, 10:33am
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The Winston Jazz Routine doesn't come off as the kind of music you'd typically hear coming out of Nashville. Then again, I've spent a grand total of 20 minutes in Nashville and it was all in a car on the freeway—and yes, I'm a bit ashamed of that fact. Nathan Phillips is the man behind an ever-rotating cast of characters in The Winston Jazz Routine, yet despite who comes in and out, this is Phillips' child, and that child ain't no troubled-troubadour or honky tonk hoedown. It's more like torch music for the youthfully somber. Phillips is at heart a [...]
Seymore Saves The World Summer 2005 5/4 Jam Easily, the finest piano-pop I've heard this year. Further Study: Website myspace Hype Machine elbo The Winston Jazz Routine The Bridge Of Sighs Sospiri Easily the coolest album art I have gotten since starting The Late Greats. Further Study: Website [...]
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