Chicago-based Musician Chris McDuffie has been part of Apples In Stereo since Tone Soul Evolution , but now he's moved to Chicago and created his own band, Whitejacket (a reference to a literary influence of his, Herman Melville) that wears its Beatlesesque influences on its sleeve. Opening with the low key "Versus Angel" its got all those vintage sounds and ghostly choruses that the Apples are famous for. White Album fans are sure to hear the cues in "The Modern" and "Easy Now." Chris also claims more obscure influences like Margo Guryan and Billy Nicholls. “The [...]
In Volume One of this past week's best releases, we featured bands to watch, such Of Monsters and Men, The Lumineers, Lux, Max and the Moon, and others. The second volume of this week's Best New Releases features singles from new albums by artists such as Great Lake Swimmers, Rocky Votolato, Bear in Heaven, The [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
The Graboid is back and here we are once again with the week's new album releases. Still getting back into the swing of things so I haven't listened to many of these in their entirety, but I have sampled each of these and a couple I would recommend include Bear in Heaven's I Love You, It's Cool , Great Lake Swimmers' New Wild Everywhere , and Raven & Chimes' Holiday Life . - The Graboid is an on-going weekly feature here at The Yellow Stereo since its [...]
Can you be believe the wait is finally over? We've been playing the Icelandic release of My Head Is an Animal , the debut from Of Monsters and Men , since we last visited them in October, but today the U.S. release hits record store shelves across the country. And while you may think you've already heard every song on the album, think again: the domestic release features two new songs and new album art. Well, what are you waiting for? We'll be here when you get back... but hold on... there's much more awaiting for [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from AU, Hollis Brown, Bryan Dunn, Of Monsters And Men, Ravens & Chimes and Whitejacket. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
More "New" for you, so consider these tracks from: James Apollo , Grass Widow , Hoots and Hellmouth , It's A Musical , Orpheum Bell , and White Jacket . James Apollo - " Two By Two " on Little War, Little Less out 6/5 Apollo moved to Seattle to record his new album and follow-up from last year's "Till Your Feet Bleed." Our first [...]
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The Modern is the first single from the upcoming debut album Hollows and Round s by Whitejacket . Chris McDuffie , formerly in Apples In Stereo , has produced an album inspired by his admiration of the baroque pop of the late sixties and seventies. Download The Modern Free Music, Every Day. Subscribe to the Daily Dose. [...]
Making the monthly mixes usually results in having a bunch of good songs orphaned. In the past, I've had enough leftover material to make half editions of the Blogophilia mixes. This usually leads to confusion and questions about why have a half mix at all. I am not a fan of confusion, nor do I like to explain myself. So I've decided that there will be no more "half mixes" posted on the blog. Instead, we'll have a Biscuits & Gravy series, which reflects a surplus of good music that never made it to the monthly mix. I am a [...]
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Uncle Roman’s Jetboat – Floodlights In The Sunlight [mp3] Uncle Roman’s Jetboat – Fearless Like Yourself [mp3] ( Uncle Roman's Jetboat - from Floodlights in the Sunlight , out March 6 th on Don’t Be a Lout ): Former members of The Raggedy Anns and The Kindness Kind collaborate to produce a singular form of [...]
sie sieht aus wie die schwester von vanessa paradis (gerade mal 17 jahre alt), ob ihr debut ebenso einschlägt wie damals "joe le taxi", vermag man heute noch nicht zu sagen, denn das selbstbetitelte album ist gerade erst auf labrador erschienen, zwei appetitmacher: amanda mair - doubt amanda mair - house "fountains left to wake" wird fleißig vom veröffentlichenden label millstone music beworben (28. februar), das werk geschaffen haben die southern rocker aus atlanta, als trio treten sie auf und mit [...]
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: Baobab : free and legal Baobab album [mp3] search for more Baobab posts at Largehearted Boy Bowerbirds : "Tuck the Darkness in" [mp3] from The Clearing [...]
ARTIST: Is Black Passe? Does Whitejacket Promise A Shift In Fashion? Lifelong Paul McCartney fan says, ''It’s okay to occasionally indulge yourself in a silly love song.'' DATE: 02-13-12 WRITER: Ground Control staff PHOTO: Lisa Pekarek "The genesis of Hollows and Rounds came from my admiration of the baroque pop of the late sixties and seventies," says Chris McDuffie of Whitejacket. While the former keyboardist for Elephant 6 leaders The Apple in stereo claims the influence of many obscure artists [...]
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