Her Name Is Calla – Long Grass (mp3) * It amazes me that the most talented bands send the most polite, humble little emails asking that I listen to their music. This atmospheric, somber ballad is from Her Name Is Calla’s upcoming full-length album The Quiet Lamb , set for release sometime this Spring. The delicate folk instrumentation…read more
INCOMING/// Her Name Is Calla – The Quiet Lamb Moss Giant A Blood Promise Pour More Oil Interval 1 Condor and River Long Grass Homecoming Thief Interval 2 The Union: I Worship A Golden Sun The Union: Recidivist The Union: Into The West Finally we get a concrete release date of November 8th. It’s 75 minutes long, has a seventeen-minute long song as…read more
The Mountains & The Trees is the astonishingly talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Janes. His debut full-length album I Made This For You will be released on August 10th. Janes has a quiet but captivating voice, and he and his bandmates play just about every instrument imaginable – guitar, drums, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, bells, tuba, trumpet, organ…read more
Cold Seeds – The Perfume of Mexican Birds (mp3)* Quiet, pretty folk ballad reminiscent of Kath Bloom ‘s work with Loren Mazzacane Connors. Cold Seeds is a one-off collaboration between Meursault ‘s Neil Pennycook and Pete Harvey, Kenny Anderson (a.k.a. King Creosote), and Frances Donnelly from Animal Magic Tricks. The album will be released…read more
Photo by Tarina Westlund Horse Feathers are an indie-folk quartet from Portland, Oregon. The band’s new (and third) album, Thistled Spring is being released on Kill Rock Stars on April 20th. Spring is filled with lush autumnal vibrations, lovely and warm orch-folk that recalls the delicate longing of Damien Rice. They are currently on tour in support of…read more
The Wilderness of Manitoba – Hermit (mp3) * Beautiful, atmospheric, harmonica-accented folk from The Wilderness of Manitoba’s upcoming album When You Left The Fire , to be released June 22nd. Pre-order @ Amazon (not yet available) ********************************** Wintersleep – New Inheritors (mp3) * Catchy title track from Wintersleep’s new album New Inheritors , to be released…read more
We Are The Willows – A Funeral Dressed as a Birthday (mp3) * Atmospheric melancholy from Bon Iver labelmates We Are The Willows. They’ve made a new EP available as a “name your price” download on their label’s site . The above song is from their full-length debut A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The…read more
We Are The Willows – A Funeral Dressed as a Birthday (mp3) * Atmospheric melancholy from Bon Iver labelmates We Are The Willows. They’ve made a new EP available as a “name your price” download on their label’s site . The above song is from their full-length debut A Collection Of Sounds And Something Like The Plague , which was released in November. Buy @ Amazon *mp3 hosted by label & posted…read more
In exciting news: the ever-fabulous Bay-area trio, Grass Widow are now signed to Kill Rock Stars and their new album, Past Time, will be released on August 24th. The band’s fun garage rock punk has been slipping in some more psychedlic elements of late, so I’ll be excited to see what their first true full length will turn…read more
Toronto native, Matthew Barber, has his new full length album set for release this upcoming February. This will be his 4th studio album, following his debut EP “Means and Ends” (2003) and 2 albums including “Sweet Nothing” (2005) and the critically acclaimed, Juno Nominated “Ghost Notes”(2008). Canadian and U.S tour dates will follow to support this latest effort from a truly talented singer-songwriter. Be on the lookout…read more
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