Photo Credit : Julia Tobin "Mombi (Mom-bee) is the Denver-based songwriting duo of Kael Smith and Matt Herron. The two grew up together in Colorado and have been playing music together for the last six years. Songs are written around Smith's hypnotic guitar work and soft vocals, and fleshed out with Herron's piano and keys". A superb mix of ambient electrolica and cosy Folk, `The Wounded Beat` portrays a picture of overwhelming calmness, the eight track long player summons wide open spaces and infinite social wilderness. I adore the promotional photo above, [...]
It's been a bit since we've posted on a band from our very own Buckeye State, but I've been meaning to get the word out about Cleveland duo Bears for a hot minute. "Eleven a.m." is the first single from the band's forthcoming album Greater Lakes, and it's the kind of low-key indie pop that [...]
If what Raccoon Village says in its press material is true, then all of its members are 19 years old, and they've only been together for about six months. That's an impressive fact when you listen to the Swedish band's two available songs, which have a serious Mumford & Sons vibe with plenty of lovely [...]
There's plenty of reasons why Feist's latest album Metals was TWJ's No. 2 album of 2011, and No. 3 on my 2011 songs list. "The Bad In Each Other" opens Metals with a bang, and it instantly became my favorite song on the record. The drums, the horns, the clatter of it all - and [...]
Patrick Watson has the kind of lovely voice that whispers in your ear and sounds as if it might float away on the next breeze. He's also got a dynamite cast of characters supporting him on his new album Adventures In Your Own Backyard. That fact is on full display on the album's first single [...]
If you hadn't figured it out based on the fact that we've posted on him twice in one day, or by the interview we did with him last Summer, I am a big fan of Ben Cooper, the singer and songwriter who embraces a DIY aesthetic by making weird, gorgeous, haunting folk music that he [...]
It's the kind of story that's just goofy enough to be true. Brendan Benson - the co-leader of The Raconteurs and an awfully prolific solo indie artist himself - heard the gentlemen painting his house listening to some music he'd never heard before while they worked. Turns out, those guys were enjoying the demo of [...]
Remix EPs make me awfully happy. And when they're available for one dollar less than $1.00, aka free, that makes me even happier. So what could make a free remix EP even better? The fact that it's been released by one of my favorite bands from 2011, L.A.'s own PAPA. I've raved about how much [...]
Meglio tardi che mai. A distanza di quasi un anno, mi trovo a scrivere dell'esordio di discografico del progetto intitolato Uyuni . Dietro a tutto ciò abbiamo l'unione di Lompa e Inserirefloppino , autori di altre collaborazioni chiamate Mr.Brace e B.I.P. , tutti regolari prodotti della Tafuzzi Records . Ed in questo esordio intitolato come il nome stesso del progetto, abbiamo della grande musica. Una musica mistica, come il posto da cui i due ragazzi hanno preso il nome della band, ovvero il Salar de Uyuni , il [...]
This album by Justin Bailey has been a long time coming. I've been lucky enough to hear bits and pieces of the Rust before it came out, but the final product is impressive. Bailey is proud of his Nashville roots, which shows in his smokey voice, alternative country and folk influences. He has lately spent [...]
The romance of chilled Alt-Folk, the ultimate escape and mind recuperation for the horizontally impaired, I love this track - it`s a pure delight to hit play over and over again. Jake Davidson from Two Suns is staggering the download release of each track from the album `Dream Familiar`. All are available on a pay what you like basis through Bandcamp, the final track download is penciled in for March 7th. Full album review posted soon. "But memory's failed before, we thought for sure. This memory's fading fast, closing doors. [...]
Take yourself back to those days of teenage love, guys and gals. You'd stare longingly into that special someone's eyes in your third-period history class, and they'd flash a smile back at you, maybe look away embarrassed, and the spark was fanned into flame. And, like all teenagers, things seemed super dramatic. Those glances, those [...]
Dave & Marissa are a folk-Americana group out of Rochester, New York, and they are endorsed by Tympanogram, undoubtedly one of the best music blogs out there. The male-female vocal harmony here is something special, and it's easy to appreciate these introspective lyrics when they're backed by such a solid, earnest melody. "Hit Like Waves" [...]
Something really interesting and kind of experimental popped into our inbox the other day, and I can't seem to put my finger on why it's resonating with me. Perhaps it's the fact that the tracks I've listened to from San Francisco artist collaborative Tree are off-kilter and, well... different than what we typically get for [...]
"Following a successful US tour and residency at the Living Room in NYC's Lower East Side, Miami folk artist Sam Friend releases the music video for `Find Fine Light`, the first single from his upcoming album, Spirit Mirror". Sam Friend`s enigmatic storytelling is a touching example of bouncy Folk-Pop and dark edged melodies. I absolutely adored the 2008 video release of ` Part of the show ` but admittedly found the majority of work on ` Secure and Fastened for Daisy Buchanan ` leaning towards a subtle overload of artistic heaviness. A few listens into the [...]
It's hard to believe that this new track from Yukon Blonde - the third from their current release, the Fire//Water EP - started out as just a little goofing around in the studio. But such is the case, according to these four dudes from Vancouver. The song is an interesting blend of gorgeous harmonies we've [...]
We're super excited to premiere the brand new single from England's Luke De-Sciscio, "I Could Not Feel More Than I Do Now." We brought you his song "I Don't Want To Be Free" last week, and now he's teamed up with another talented singer/songwriter, Audrey Aroha, for this lovely, low-key ballad. The clarity and power [...]
Official Music Video for "Bayberry Lane" by Uncles. Uncles are a Queens, NY based band and this is off their new album "M4W. "Irresistible storytelling told with a humbling passion and rueful harmony, Uncles use conventional music styles to produce intricate chord changes within very emotional human ties". A sweet mixture of mellow humor and artistic optimism, easily my favorite song off the album. [...]
There's a whole lot of potential in this track from Essex natives Eliza And The Bear. And that's saying plenty, because "Trees" is the band's first-ever recording. The song has a lovely ebb and flow, beginning with gentle guitar strumming and building to a powerful conclusion full of pounded piano keys, crashing percussion and some [...]
The great thing about bands that sound exactly as good on their records as they do live, is that they feel more honest somehow. When I think of North Carolina's Bowerbirds, I remember the front row show where I watched the harmoniums and guitars being used within inches of their limits, and the voices of [...]
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