Arms and Sleepers: Matador Trip-hop duo, Arms and Sleepers have produced a prolific amount of material for only three years of activity. After a touring schedule that brought them to Europe, the group decided to focus on a new proper full length. The result is Matador , released by Fake Chapter Records. To produce the record, the duo teamed up with a plethora of musicians including Tom Brosseau , Shelley Short , Ben Shepard and Catherine Worsham of Uzi and Ari , Philip Jamieson of Caspian , and Mona Elliot of [...]
Raúl Pastor Medall didn't grow up in Oregon. In fact, until recently, the Spanish singer—who records under the name Rauelsson—lived full-time in his native homeland. But the sounds of the Pacific Northwest, and Hush Records in particular, are all over Rauelsson's latest, the gorgeous and very winter-y "Debutantes." Rauelsson recorded the core of his new record—everything but the vocals, really—at Type Foundry studios in the fall/winter last year with the help of friends and producers Adam Selzer and Dave Depper (Norfolk & Western), and you can hear the seasonal touch. La Siembra, la Espera y la Cosecha [...]
Hope you enjoyed the Halloween episodes! They were a bit more fun to make than the usual weekly episodes, though also a bit more work. I think I doubled my lifetime whispering by doing the "voices"for those. Our two-year-old, Sydney, helped me do this one. (artist - song - album + purchase link :: extra info) Shonen Knife - Super Group - Super Group U.S.E. - K.I.S.S.I.N.G. - L.O.V.E.W.O.R.L.D. [...]
Ste McCabe Genre: Punk / Electro From: Manchester, United Kingdom At a point in British history when homophobic attacks are on the increase, the leader of the BNP is appearing on the BBC, [...]
A Cave, A Canoo has some subtle surprises and noise play that distinguishes Shelley Short from the female singer-songwriter pack. In a lot of ways, Shelley Short fits into the female singer-songwriter mold pretty well. She plays a quiet acoustic guitar, and her voice is sweet, hushed, and seemingly confessional. But hold on before you paint her into that corner because A Cave, A Canoo has some subtle surprises and noise play that distinguishes it from the pack. During the verses in "Familiar", guitars buzz, notes drop in off-key and off-time, and strings squeak in...
Top Album Releases: October 2009 Nick's Top Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms Black Heart Procession: Six Califone: All My Friends Are Funeral Singers Jay-Z: The Blueprint 3 The Flaming Lips: Embryonic Monsters Of Folk: Monsters [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Jump Clubb : "Los Angeles (Elliott Smith cover)" [mp3] other Jump Clubb posts at Largehearted Boy Laugh at Matt : free and legal Radio Soap Star album [mp3] other Laugh at Matt posts at Largehearted Boy The N.E.C. : "It's Right" [mp3] from IS. EP [...]
www.hushrecords.com Loch Lomond - Wax And Wire Night Bats ( Hush records - 2009) www.lochlomondmusic.com Shelley Short - A Cave A Cave, A Canoo ( Hush records - 2009) www.shelleyshortmusic.com Peter Broderick - Below It Home ( Hush records - 2008) [...]
![[Live] Tom Brosseau + Lay Low + Taxi Taxi! Brixton Windmill, London 22nd October 2009](http://cache.elbo.ws/posts/2125363_lg.jpg)
Tonight, I've ventured out into the cold Brixton night to enoy an evening of folk-ish Americana and whispery Scandinavian lo-fi pop. I'm already a Tom Brosseau fan, having had the pleasure of seeing him in a beautiful Theatre in Brighton at last year's Great Escape Festival. The Windmill is a much smaller, 'sticky floor' venue where the atmosphere is a friendly one and I am intrigued to hear what the support will sound like. Taxi Taxi! (ahem) hail from Stockholm, Sweden and are comprised of teenage identical twin sisters Miriam Erikkson [...]
![[Live] Tom Brosseau + Lay Low + Taxi Taxi! Brixton Windmill, London,](http://cache.elbo.ws/posts/2079237_lg.jpg)
Tonight, I've ventured out into the cold Brixton night to enoy an evening of folk-ish Americana and whispery Scandinavian lo-fi pop. I'm already a Tom Brosseau fan, having had the pleasure of seeing him in a beautiful Theatre in Brighton at last year's Great Escape Festival. The windmill is a much smaller, 'sticky floor' venue where the atmosphere is a friendly one and I am intrigued to hear what the support will sound like. Taxi Taxi! (ahem) hail from Stockholm, Sweden and are comprised of teenage identical twin sisters Miriam Erikkson Berhan and Johanna Erikkson [...]
Any day you get to end with a 300-year old double bass playing jazz interpretations and new work called "Cat Piano" dovetailed with Shelley Short's amazingly delicate and friendly voice is a good day indeed. Celebrating the release of Short's A Cave, A Canoo with a tight-knit crowd of friends and musicians, the Golden Bears kicked off the night. The Golden Bears have gotten great press in the past, and it is clearly well deserved. The story goes: their record was made while Julianna was pregnant, and once their daughter showed up [...]
Hey, if you've been watching the RSS feed, you know I just did some serious housekeeping with the Drake's Takes , and now, for a brief moment, I'm back up to date (we'll see how long that lasts). This week, Drake spotlights the new one from The Flaming Lips , but if you've been reading bumpershine closely over the last couple of months, you know that last week I was most excited about the US Release of Fanfarlo 's brilliant debut "Reservoir". -ed. We're rapidly approaching the point of no return for releases [...]
A Cave, A Canoo is Shelley Short's third release on Hush records and, to my delight, arrived at my door yesterday morning. I've been listening through her two other Hush releases, Water for the Day and Captain Wildhorse , a good deal lately and find her soft, sparse songs the perfect accompaniment to autumn's arrival. Short's music is ostensibly folk and, like much of that genre, feels intimate and personal, engaging the listener in a private, quiet world. Short plays acoustic guitar and sings, in a lightly affected, sweet and youthful tone. [...]
We're rapidly approaching the point of no return for releases this year, but mid-October always seems to toss a couple wrenches in folks' year end list plans. The latest from The Flaming Lips fall in that category - you think Pitchfork might want an amendment to their 'Best Albums of the 2000s'? Toss the new one from Neon Indian in as well, in that regard. Elswewhere, there are fine/interesting/worthy releases from Har Mar Superstar , Thao and the Get Down Stay Down , The Heavy , Erin McKeown , Fanfarlo [...]
We're rapidly approaching the point of no return for releases this year, but mid-October always seems to toss a couple wrenches in folks' year end list plans. The latest from The Flaming Lips fall in that category - you think Pitchfork might want an amendment to their 'Best Albums of the 2000s'? Toss the new one from Neon Indian in as well, in that regard. Elswewhere, there are fine/interesting/worthy releases from Har Mar Superstar , Thao and the Get Down Stay Down , The Heavy , Erin McKeown , Fanfarlo [...]
Not quite the stellar lineup of releases this week, but there are still some great records to be had with The Flaming Lips' latest, Embryonic leading the pack. Also not to be completely overshadowed are releases from Thao Nguyen , Neon Indian , Imaad Wasif , Grant-Lee Phillips , and Fanfarlo who's debut finally get a proper US release after being available digitally for what feels like forever. As always, feel free to recommend anything I may have missed. [...]
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from this week's music releases : Ah Holly Fam'ly: Reservoir "All Unfolding" [mp3] "Talking with the Wind" [mp3] "Young Veins" [mp3] Beaten Awake: Thunder$troke [...]
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from this week's music releases : Ah Holly Fam'ly: Reservoir "All Unfolding" [mp3] "Talking with the Wind" [mp3] "Young Veins" [mp3] Beaten Awake: Thunder$troke [...]
It's beginning to look a lot like Chritmas, especially among this week's music releases. Bob Dylan's Christmas In the Heart is in stores tomorrow, along with Aretha Franklin's This Christmas , the Jackson 5's Ultimate Christmas Collection , and Neil Diamond's A Cherry Cherry Christmas . I'm definitely picking up the Dylan disc and Putumayo Presents: A Family Christmas . At the top of my shopping list are two 7" singles, Andrew Bird's [...]
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