Andy Hull of Right Away, Great Captain! Two videos from the latest album from Right Away, Great Captain! today. Below are great fully acoustic, nature laden versions of I Am Aware and We Were Made Out Of Lightning . So put down that croissant, sit up straight and just enjoy. ~ ~ Both videos are from Nervous Energies which " ...is a weekly web-based video series with bands performing acoustic and alternate versions of their songs ." You can find them [...]
I am not saying one of the above is the original and one is the cover in regards to the songs below - it was just too good of a photo to not post... Haven't done a covers playlist in a while so then, why not? Some of these are old, some are fairly new and some are from who knows when. I just searched for covers in my iTunes library and decided on a few that stuck out for me as favourites, interesting or just plain great. Some of these are poor quality, some are [...]
above image lifted from " Practice Being a Blogger Daily " You gotta give credit to other bloggers when they do good things. Even being a blogger myself, I rely on other music aficionados to keep me up to date and listening to the quality of music I have become accustomed to. That being said, some of the best as of late. ~~ Top of my kudos goes out to GoldFlakePaint (is that all one word?) and their double shot of the Scottish band and [...]
Tomorrow night (June 14th, 2012) in Edmonton finds a spectacular line up just up the road from Slowcoustic HQ here in Calgary. The triple threat show is sponsored by CKUA and presented from the good folks at OLD UGLY Recording Co. So let's be clear here, despite not being able to make it to this mid-week show, if you are able to make it out, I can assure you it will be fantastic. Opening the show is hometown troubadour Tyler Butler who's album Winter King was a 'favourite of 20112 and we liked it soo much [...]
Joe Sampson - Kill Our Friends Cover You Should know Joe Sampson. Why? Because I bought his album over the weekend and it is fantastic. So there. Sampson's new album "Kill Our Friends" is 17 tracks (yes, 17 tracks) of hazy, lazy Colorado days. Not quite Americana, not quite folk but just about the right distance from each one. There isn't much on the album and from what I can tell didn't have a splashy release - makes sense for the project after listening. And listening I did. A lot of it. I know [...]
This month's Feel Bad For You Mixtape is now up thanks to Rockstar Aimz ( visit her ), so feel free to take a listening moment to the collaboration! Details & Track-listing 1. Track: Blondie and Dagwood Artist: Adam Carroll Album: Lookin’ Out The Screen Door (2000) Submitted by: toomuchcountry Comments: This one is for all you June brides and grooms who want your new marriages to last. My suggestion is to [...]
Andy Hull of Right Away, Great Captain! I will be listening to the below track all weekend. Use headphones and just let it blow you away... Because I am impatiently waiting for this album. Right Away, Great Captain! - The Church Of The Good Thief Cover The new RAGC! album comes out on Tuesday, June 12th and it will be great. If you are a fan, you have listened to "Blame" below (as well as the demo that has been around for [...]
Max Holmquist - The Great American Desert - photo by DP Muller This one is a killer folks. In full disclosure, we are releasing the new album from Nebraskan Max Holmquist now known as The Great American Desert at our label, Yer Bird Records. The new album is called Carson City and it will be released on June 26th. Now, I know you are wondering and thus you could say it is a collection of songs described as such; '...guitar and hushed vocals weaving tales of [...]
Film Reel image from: Katelyn's Site: The 'Reel' World Today's post is on a few videos that I have been meaning to post, so I thought you should take a minute to watch some moving pictures, listen to the music an maybe find something you like. Imagine that. Let us start with a video that includes a song from an upcoming Robert Deeble limited edition release of his album Heart Like Feathers (that comes with an acoustic EP as well!)...now that is something that we like around here. We did recently have Deeble on [...]
I have been on a bit of a Jennifer O'Connor kick lately ever since she went and put a 'sale' on her newest album I Want What You Want a few weeks back. There are more than a couple of stunning tracks on the album which started the my ravenous listening. I then landed on "Lullaby". I stopped and found a new favourite Jennifer O'Connor song. The song is actually a B-side from her 2008 album Here With Me which was my introduction to her music in the first place. Now, I am not [...]
I always find myself the same way when I listen to I Am Oak. Almost exclusively, each time I listen to an album I think the same thing: "What do you call this style of music?". Then I just get over it and listen and truly enjoy it. But seriously...is it folk? No, don't worry about it....okay, tell me, is it? The new album is called 'Nowhere or Tammensaari' which is English and Finnish (from this Dutch singer) which translates to "Nowhere or Island of Oaks". The driving force of I Am Oak is Thijs Kuijken and he [...]
I didn't really have a theme for this post but I know it has been a few days since my last post and I thought I better get a few items up for you folks. So I thought I would gather a few items that are new or at a minimum are new to me. One item that is completely new is the in studio performance from Cold Specks of her track "Blank Maps" at the Exclaim! lunchroom. Yes, the Exclaim! lunchroom. It is a beautiful fully acoustic performance of the track from her newly released and best [...]
Oh, yea, Mixtapes! Thought I would jump in with a Saturday playlist/Mixtape thing because it is a good way to get more bang for your buck around this damn music blogs. It is also a way to just listen to more music, so it is kind of a win-win situation. Today I have a new demo, repeat poster, couple of new album tracks and a track I missed from last year. All great tunes and I am getting down to business right now. Saturday Mixtape [...]
I am actually fairly new to Kalispell as well, but maybe this post is mostly for me anyway. Kalispell, you should know him... Kalispell is Shane Leonard of Eau Claire, Wisconsin and he makes music. He makes music that is kinda country, kinda folk and a whole lot of good. The album slips on like a familiar piece of clothing. I almost felt like I had even heard it before but couldn't place it. I waited until this morning to actually purchase it...just in case I already had it. It fits well into my wheelhouse so I thought [...]
Voting is starting soon for the Polaris Music Prize and I have to start actually thinking about the "best" in Canadian Music this past year. Yours truly is one of the jurors for said prize (and who agreed to having me on board is a whole other issue) and I have some ideas on who I am going to vote for and the voting in general. Anybody who is unfamiliar with the Polaris Music Prize, it is comparable to the Mercury Prize (UK), Choice Music Prize (Ireland), Australian Music Prize (ummm, [...]
Sunday Re-Post. Originally posted August 2011. ~~ After listening to my brand new Dolorean vinyl for his newest album "The Unfazed", I was kinda worked up and wanted more. Well, I started going over the fact that I had to post again on the nom de plume that is the Al James fronted band out of Portland. Admittedly a bit late to the party on Dolorean as I have only been listening for a couple of years, but there are some crazy [...]
It is Friday and I am on an extended long weekend (because that is how I roll) and wanted to throw some videos and a few songs at ya to see what sticks. It will all stick. Wanted to post on a new video of Zachary Lucky and Carly Maicher for "Leaves are Falling" that they played in Liverpool, Nova Scotia during their current cross Canada tour. I mention this as they will be here in Calgary tonight at a House Show (I'm out of the loop on that) but they have an official show at the Ironwood [...]
Give up yer cash early and then just try to forget about it... I have made two pre-orders this week so far (and one Kickstarter donation, but that is for another post upcoming). Who said the music industry was going down the shitter? Today I would like to urge you all to purchase both the below pre-orders, or at the very least think about it and maybe get your friend to do it and then simply enjoy it with them when it arrives. The two albums are JBM's "Stray Ashes" from Western Vinyl and [...]
Los Angeles band Sci-Fi Romance enters the "Before & After" fray with a song from the just released album 'The Ghost of John Henry' and the track 'My Love, Look Up'. Vance Kotrla from the band reached out and provided links to the final album version and his garage demo of the track and it is another great example of a song coming into its own. Does this mean that yours truly is pulling away from a more stark, acoustic vibe? No, not quite but just being able to see a song go from that stage to something [...]
Today is the third official "Before & After" post and today we have the band Fort Frances with their track "Hard Earned Heart". Fort Frances was most recently on the blog with their great covers project called "...As Told By" ( see here ) and once again provide some great music for us. The song "Hard Earned Heart" comes from the latest FF album "The Atlas" from about a year ago with the demo being at least a couple years back. Fort Frances founder David McMillin indicated to me that [...]
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