Under White Pines - Quiet Evangelist In the same vain as Kristian Matsson [Tallest Man on Earth] and Justin Townes Earle , Michigan born Adam Laidlaw has captured the sound of mid-west americana. Just simple, warm and "down home". Like something your weird but cool uncle would seemingly perform in your living room. This comes off a small EP full of americana that was seemingly recorded on a tape machine called Raccoon . I also highly, highly suggest you watch a [...]
Today I am showing some love for Bandcamp as the defacto music hub for new and emerging artists. Two artists featured, one with an album so new it is actually a pre-order and one that is a favourite from a couple of years back. Let's start! ~~ "En Garde" is the new album from Puzzle Muteson via Bedroom Community. I purchased yesterday (pre-order gets you the download immediately) already knowing this album would be good and so far it is not disappointing. The songs are lullabyes, floating in and out [...]
White Pines - Homes from Mostly Midwest on Vimeo . Zonder al te veel fanfare bracht White Pines eind vorig jaar een nieuwe plaat uit. De CD heet The Falls en het is een geslaagd plaatje. Eerder schreef ik over de EP die de band uit Michigan. De muziek van band rond Joseph Scott zou je als indie-folk kunnen omschrijven. Als je naar The Falls luistert hoor je duidelijke overeenkomsten met het werk van bands als Strand of Oaks en Canada . Scott en zijn [...]
Released by Yerbird The Falls is the debut full length album from White Pines the musical aka for Michigan native Joseph Scott, now resident in Akron, OH he was a member of several bands before realizing he had to go it alone to fulfil his musical vision, a canny blend of fleshed out indie folk that draws the listener in and immerses you in it's moody atmospherics. The writing is A1, ten excellent originals and Scott's voice is one that sits perfectly with them and the arrangements. Can albums be labelled as [...]
White Pines - Departing - Halfway House Sessions from Halfway House on Vimeo . Wanted to make sure we all had a chance to take in the 3 videos/songs from the White Pines Halfway House Sessions. Joseph Scott had the opportunity to stop by and recorded a session with the boys at the Stone House in Grand Rapids recently and there are 3 videos/songs for free download courtesy of Halfway House Music. The tracks recorded are all from the new album "The Falls" and are; Woods, Departing (above & below) and Churchyard. [...]
We all know I am a big fan of the Michigan music scene and why not with a line up and winter music festival like this? It's Mittenfest V and it's the place to be if you are local or planning on being in the Michigan area - If only I wasn't 3000+ miles away. :-/ There are crazy amounts of talent performing over the 4 days starting tomorrow. Think about it; Matt Jones , Fields of Industry , This is Deer Country , [...]
The stellar debut from Joseph Scott - aka White Pines - is a record that was only released in November, but earned a surprising amount of plays over the last few weeks. The weariness and loneliness of Scott's songs seems to have grown from seedlings planted deep in the midwest soil, absorbing the region's heart and soul as they grew, but the collages of electronics and triumphant surges give The Falls an optimism, an almost defiant sense of hope no matter how bad things get or far from home he feels. [...]
I was lucky enough recently to get the opportunity to interview Joseph Scott a.k.a. White Pines. He is the man behind one of my favorite albums of the year, The Falls . It's a beautiful, emotional journey of a record made by a really genuine guy.
um ein album kommen wir in diesem jahr nicht drumherum. es ist "the fall" von white pines . die gründe liegen auf der hand. zum einen haben wir es dabei mit joseph scott zu tun. wem der name auf den ersten hüstler nichts sagt, dem wird er sogleich vertrauter, wenn die bandnamen canada, cotton jones oder saturday looks good to me fallen. in all diesen ist der mann aus ohio beheimatet. ein grund, ein nicht unwesentlicher, wie ich meine. denn keiner dieser kapellen könnte man in irgendeiner hinsicht einen vorwurf machen. im gegenteil stachelt dieser umstand die neugier an. [...]
Here we are with my favourite albums of 2010, and again I'm Canadian so I am too polite to put 'best' like I did last year for fear of it upsetting someone! I am just a guy with a music blog telling you what he thinks is good music. And it is good music (possibly the best...wait, I said it...). None the less, below is a list of fantastic albums for whatever reason I have given each in my head (there is just no "explaining" the internal ranking system). Endlessly thinking and trying to decide on each album's importance to [...]
I first came across the music of White Pines last year with the release of the beautiful five track EP A Face Made Of Wood - an EP which I absolutely loved . I was therefore stoked to discover that Joseph Scott, the man behind the Pines, had released his debut full length in the form of 'The Falls'. Album reviews are so hard for me to write, but when you love an album you almost feel obliged to dedicate at least three or four paragraphs to it, don't you? For some [...]
[ MP3 ] White Pines - Woods
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Kanye is back everyone, and he has made quite a splash here with his latest My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (still only $3.99 as of this writing at AmazonMP3 , and you can use the code "GET3MP3S" for $3 towards any songs or album through 11/29, making it the $0.99, not bad), garnering much praise and much buzz all over the internets. Check out all the new releases below. New Music Releases - Tuesday, November 23, 2010: - Blackbird Blackbird - Fade To White [...]
White Pines, The Falls. I'm torn on posting here on this as the album is both absolutely fantastic and released by my label. Torn on discussing the greatness of the evolution of a singer-songwriter or pandering to new "customers". So, I plan on just rambling on about the album, so we'll call it even. If you already know me or if you are familiar with Slowcoustic, you know what kind of music I tend to gravitate to. You would also know that Joseph Scott (aka White Pines) had a previous EP released over on Jumberlack called "A Face [...]
this tuesday, white pines will release the falls on yer bird records , the full length debut from the ohio indie-folk band. i was pretty jazzed when this one landed in my inbox a few weeks ago...it's always exciting to hear a band's first full-length. considering how much i enjoyed the EP ( a face made of wood ), it was great to see what direction they're taking the music. the falls does not disappoint. if you're familiar with a face made of wood , you'll hear from the first track how [...]
We posted about the gentle folk sounds of White Pines a while back, early on in the days of Mad Mackerel. White Pines is the project of songwriter Joseph Scott and we were pleased to get hold of a copy of his new album titled The Falls. We've listened a few times and it is ten songs that seem inextricably linked to his experience as they guide us through a narrative of loss, hunger, and exuberant joy in the face of loneliness. They are beautifully constructed, sometimes using simple acoustic guitar, [...]
( Sad Songs & Waltzes is a recurring feature on Muzzle of Bees, where artists share their favorite sad songs. Previous contributors include Megafaun , Delta Spirit , Damien Jurado , Conrad Plymouth , Frontier Ruckus , and Roadside Graves .) I've spent the last week enjoying the forthcoming White Pines record, The Falls . I met Joseph Scott, the man behind the White Pines moniker last year while he was touring with Strand of Oaks . We had a couple [...]
I think it could probably be said (and in saying it, one would be speaking the truth) that those of us who prefer and listen to this thing known as independent music, share just as much of a love for certain record labels as we do our favorite bands. I've confessed my love for Hometapes and likely, that love harks back to my own stint in the creative world. It makes sense, though - those of us that are independent types in life have a hard time gettin' down with Katy Perry on a serious level. As such, [...]
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