Tagged: alternativefolk

Danske Alcoholic Faith Mission var genstand for Musik Mig Blidts kærlighed i bloggens allerførste blogindlæg for snart 2 år siden . I mellemtiden har bandet haft travlt med at turnere især USA og Tyskland tynd samt udgivet et par albums og en EP. Sidste album Ask Me This havde dansk udgivelse i oktober sidste år. I forbindelse med dette albums snarlige udgivelse i Canada med opfølgende tour kan du indtil 29. februar downloade en gratis kompilation med titlen Dim Light From Above indeholdende 12 sange fra kollektivets bagkatalog. Den [...]

• Alcoholic Faith Mission - Escapism

Fresh off the release of last year's Wolfroy Goes to Town and his own coffee, Bonnie "Prince" Billy has announced a new single, Time To Be Clear , with two b-sides, "Whipped" and "Out-of-Mind". The single drops on February 28th via Drag City. Read our Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Wolfroy Goes to Town Review . Will you be picking up the new single?

Irish folkster Fionn Regan returns to his roots for his third record. Wistful and spacious, this is an intriguing artist, if a little unbalanced. Read more »

We could talk about Iron & Wine and Bon Iver, but let's discuss that Elephant in the room. Read more »

Boho Dancer har eksisteret som band siden 2009 og har spillet på forskellige festivaler rundt om i Danmark samt været support for Sort Sol i november og december 2011. De vandt også P3's KarriereKanonen i 2011. Men det er først her den 6. februar, at bandet udgiver et håndfast bevis på deres eksistens med EP'en Furry Skin, som jeg har fået lov at smugelytte til. Boho Dancer er Ida Wenøe på vokal og guitar, Símun Mohr på guitar, bas og kor samt Asker Bjørk på trommer, guitalele, guitar og kor. Tilsammen skaber [...]

Boho Dancer har eksisteret som band siden 2009 og har spillet på forskellige festivaler rundt om i Danmark samt været support for Sort Sol i november og december 2011. De vandt også P3's KarriereKanonen i 2011. Men det er først her den 6. februar, at bandet udgiver et håndfast bevis på deres eksistens med EP'en Furry Skin, som jeg har fået lov at smugelytte til. Boho Dancer er Ida Wenøe på vokal og guitar, Símun Mohr på guitar, bas og kor samt Asker Bjørk på trommer, guitalele, guitar og kor. Tilsammen skaber [...]

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Portland-area singer-songwriter Laura Gibson releases her third LP on Barsuk Records with an indie folk flare. Every piece of information in that last sentence predisposes me to like this record. Luckily, La Grande does not disappoint. Read more »

Our buddies Vacation have turned us onto a new cover of theirs for Lana Del Rey's cool track "Blue Jeans". After receiving an Internet beating and many declaring Del Rey's Saturday Night Live performance as the worst in the show's history, she needs something good to make us believers of her potential once again. Fortunately, this cover showcases what a good songwriter she is as Wayne Memmer adds some pain behind the vocals. Download the track below. Read more »

An all-star trio of female folksters release their debut LP. I should be all over this record, but for some reason I just can't fully get behind it. Read more »

The Decemberists are set to release an album collecting the best live recordings of their 2011 Popes of Pendarvia World Tour. The live collection is named We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) and features twenty live performances as a double-album and a triple-vinyl set to be released on March 13th. Read more »

Allerede lidt over en uge inde i 2012 en stærk kandidat til årets danske plade landet! Mads Björn går en lys fremtid i møde som musiker. Ellers er der ingen retfærdighed til. Så er det sagt! I morgen den 9. januar udgiver han pladen Monolith, en magisk, stemningsfuld plade med 11 alternative popsange. Det drømmende udtryk er gennemgående på tværs af både rock, world og folk. Spændvidden er altså stor. Monolith er indspillet i et hus nær stranden i Thorsminde ved Vesterhavet. Mads Björn står på imponerende vis bag alle instrumenter og stemmer [...]

2011 was a big year for The Head and The Heart, and now you can start off 2012 by celebrating with the band's performance that was taped for Austin City Limits at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX back in September 2011. The performance will premiere this Saturday, January 7th at around 11:00 p.m. ET/PT on PBS, so check your local listings. After the jump, check out a clip from the performance. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

The Head and The Heart have announced tour dates for Spring 2012. Check them out after the jump. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

Alexander Tucker is an impressive songwriter that clearly isn't afraid to patron old school European Folk. That being said, nothing on Dorwytch sounds like the same old song and dance. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

Like The Head and The Heart's rabid fan base, I gobbled up their debut as if it were Thanksgiving stuffing. But we all know that gravy makes stuffing much better. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

Foto: Tom Spray They Shoot Music , som skyder livesessions med bands på udvalgte locatins rundt om i verden, men især i Wien, Berlin, Edinburgh, Glasgow og København, har optaget danske Cody i det nedlagte Carlsberg bryggeri i Valby. Den lune og intime stemning blandt det 7 bandmedlemmer brænder igennem i musikken og står i skarp kontrast til de store gabende tomme hallers kulde. Cody forvandler næsten hallernes fremmedhed til noget hjemligt og trygt, og dette bliver overført til lytterens posistion. Det sidste nummer Close The Door [...]

In a recent interview, Brian Eno suggested that the key to his success wasn't in throwing the rule book away, but in creating a set of rules for each recording. D. Charles Speer would do well to heed that suggestion. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

Despite being very good, Fleet Foxes' latest album Helplessness Blues has gone somewhat forgotten by many people as the year's winding down and us, critics, are making our year-end best-of lists. For some reason, I keep running into songs off the album whether they're running the live Fleet Foxes concert on Sirius XMU or the band is releasing new videos like the one above. This crazy piece of art was created by Robin Pecknold's brother, Sean. Is Helplessness Blues making your year-end lists? http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

Merge Records has announced that Kurt Wagner's longtime project Lambchop will be releasing the follow-up to 2008's OH (Ohio) on February 21st, 2012. The new album is titled Mr. M , and the first single "If Not I'll Just Die" has been released and is available for download. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

The newest from Will Oldham is a collection of sleepytime Western songs. At one point, I actually thought he was going to yodel. My Sunday mornings just got a whole lot better. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping