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Procrastihontas @ the Swamp House - 11/28/11 from ScrumpTunes . Procrastihontas plays an amazing show at the Swamp House in Fallston MD on 11/28/11. Song Titles: Train track (1/8) They Weren't Violent Crimes (2/8) Melody and Hook (3/8) It's hard for me too (4/8) Jem (5/8) The Future (6/8) Why Should I Try? (7/8) I used to weave crowns (8/8) Youtube (Split-Up) Versions: http://www.youtube.com/playlis t?list=PL78C782AA685DBF04 Download Procrastihontas’ "Mass Produced Cassette E.P." Here: [...]

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Like turning through a photo album, or reading your lover's journal while they're away. These five songs, recorded on a borrowed 8-track in an Olympia basement, form a compassionate narrative of a world seen with clear eyes. The songs move from topic to topic and shift moods in ways that seem both suprising and effortless. 1. Young Bride in the Sun 2. I Live Here 3. [...]

01 "le niveau de la mer" 02 "bete a cheval" & Bonus Track: Ô Paon (AKA Woelv) - "Le Retour" (from the "No Band Is an Island " Compilation) Try / Buy Website [...]

Sad and soft acoustic songs about being let down by the world around you. Slow late night strums and resonant notes. These songs are meant to be listened to in a quiet place with headphones. 1. Train Track 2. They Weren’t Violent Crimes 3. Jem 4. Why Should I Try? Last.fm /Facebook [...]

Antsy Pants is a French anti-folk band featuring Kimya Dawson on lead vocals. The band contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Juno. They released their self-titled debut album on plan-it-x records in 2006. It is available here http://www.plan-it-x.org/artis t/antsy-pants-kimya-dawson-/ Antsy [...]

CocoRosie are an American duo that was formed by sisters Sierra (Rosie) and Bianca (Coco) Casady in 2003. Sierra and Bianca Casady are American half-Cherokee sisters. Sierra, the older of the two, was born in Iowa, and Bianca was born in Hawaii. Their mother nicknamed them Rosie and Coco, respectively, from which their musical act takes its name. Stylistically they may be assigned to the indie rock, psych folk genres, and are sometimes associated with the new weird america movement. Sierra plays the guitar, the flute, and leads vocals. [...]

a documentary on the microphones & little wings by ryer banta 'wise old little boy' is an intimate portrait of phil elverum (the microphones) and Kyle Field (little wings). Joining their tour of small towns and unconventional venues, filmmaker ryer banta explores the world of two incredibly unique and creative musicians. This documentary captures numerous live performances, conversations and other revealing moments from their 'wise old little boy' tour. Please buy this DVD: [...]

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One autumn, two winters and one summer. That is how much time it took for Geneviéve Castrée to change her musical identity from "Woelv" to "Ô Paon". Two years of gestation and four visits to Montréal's Hotel2Tango recording studio. Courses announces from the start its difference from previous records by Geneviève. The sky is heavy and the universe got darker. The lyrics are more solemn, exploring the shadowy parts of our society: wastelands, greed, the absurdity of power, violence, loneliness. Thierry Amar (Silver Mt. Zion, Black Ox Orkestar, Godspeed You! Black Emperor) expertly arranges the recordings, adding a [...]

"Finnish artists Keijo & Jarmo sing the most stripped down suicidal traditional blues and folk on Talkin Bout Death Past Gone. I really wonder what inspired this harmonica induced primitive Americana folk in Tampere." Keijo & Jarmo - talkin bout death past gone (2010) "We were not tired, but we were cold. We sat on a campfire and started to sing. There was someone at our [...]

High Places channels the spirit of school bus sing-a-longs, back country camping trips, and first prize science fair projects, while conjuring dreams of faraway places through the use of field recordings, contact mics on houshold items, wind instruments and electronic thingamabobs. Demo (2006) Try [...]

The San Francisco band Grass Widow braids apparitional vocals over distorted post-punk riffs. At the center of its songs are the troika harmonies of Lillian Maring (drums), Hannah Lew (bass) and Raven Mahon (guitar), who contribute vocals equally, echoing the band’s process. Grass Widow’s lyrics, matched with its cautiously joyous beats, reflect its vision of the world: a mysterious Ozlike land in which the surface looks radiant and colorful but with a thinly veiled underside that reveals a fearful and fateful ethereal reality. [...]

Rio en Medio (Spanish for river in between), is a pseudonym of folk / folktroica singer / baritone ukulelist Danielle Stech-Homsy (b. NM, USA - aka Danielle Stech Homsy ). She débuted with the album “ [...]

There's something inherently fascinating to me about album-length remixes. The long-form remix finds one artist immersing himself completely in the work of another, struggling to find a way to inject his own ideas in an attempt to make something new... ( Continue Reading ) Try / Buy

1. Group Autogenics I 2. IDKT 3. I Didn't Know That 4. A Cold Freezin' Night 5. Beautiful People 6. I Am Who I Am 7. Chain of Missing Links 8. All You Need [...]

01 Woods: "Skull" 02 Woods: "Cold Blue" 03 Kurt Vile: "Commercial Reject" 04 Kurt Vile: "In/Out Blues" 05 Kurt Vile: "Water Fingers" Try / Buy

Website / Myspace / Last.FM múm (pronounced [muːm], “moom”) is an experimental electronic group from Iceland whose music is characterized by soft vocals, eccentric beats and colorful effects, and a variety of traditional and unconventional instruments. Originally a duo, the band has expanded and contracted in the 12 years of being and has counted 15 - 20 people along the way. Yesterday Was Dramatic Today Is OK (2000) [...]

The Moldy Peaches were an anti-folk band composed of Adam Green , Kimya Dawson , Toby Goodshank , Steven Martens, Jack Dishel, and Strictly Beats. Disc one "Moldy Peaches in da House " "Answering Machine #1" "Answering Machine #2" "Nothing Came Out" (original recording) [...]

LastFM / Label / Lyrics Calculated (1993) 01 Nothing Can Stop Me 02 Decide 03 Stay Away 04 Calculated 05 Waitress Hell 06 Intermission 247 07 axemen 08 Donating My Body To Science 09 Terrorist ( mp3 ) 10 Complicated 11 White Girl 12 Paralyzed [...]

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