The Smiles And Frowns [2011]

Genre: lo-fi folk acoustic

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The Smiles and Frowns have been enjoying favorable and apt comparisons to such psych-folk architects as Syd Barrett and White Album era Beatles in the year or so since the release of their debut self-titled album.  The Phoenix, AZ duo themselves describe their sound as:…a bit of a mix.  There are haunted train ride songs, and children’s theme music songs, psychedelic science fiction songs etc. I guess it’s mostly just a collection of experiments in sound, patterns, and melodies… nN

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine [2011]

Genre: Indie Folktronica

I've loved King Creosote for a goodly long while now, so imagine our delight when we found out he was teaming up with electronic whizz Jon Hopkins to make Diamond Mine. Featuring old (but unheard) Kenny Anderson songs delivered atop Hopkins's Eno-esque classical backdrops, this is a project done for the love of it and nothing else. How could you explain a series of songs that have been seven years in the making? So GooD… LIsTEN!

Elvis Perkins In Dearland - 'Shampoo' (Gold Room Session)

Karen O & The Kids - All Is Love (Where The Wild Things Are)

Indie Covers FiVe [2011]

Genre: Indie / Acoustic / Rock / Indie Dance

The next installment of my covers series rolls on... In this mix I tried to find a lot of covers that have been down played slightly, meaning the covers of these classic songs have been beautified to the max... Achingly beautiful music that will bring the sun out ... Enjoy!

TRy

Track list:

Mad Word - The Red Paintings

Time to Pretend - Jonsi

Eye of the Tiger - The Rural Alberta Advantage

Chiquitita - Lavender Diamond

Waterfall - Sweet Sweet Lies

Is This It - Royal City

Wicked Games - Gentleman Reg

The One That I Want - The Boy Least Likely To

Small Town Boy - Montag

Here Comes Your Man - Meaghan Smith

Early Morning Rain - Richard Hawley

1234 - Jack Penate

The Suburbs - Mr. Little Jeans

In An Areoplane Over the Sea - Fanfarlo

Do You Realize? - Blue Fringe

Everyday - Rogue Wave

The One I love - Rosie Thomas

Silver Jews "Sleeping Is The Only Love"

Mixtapes - Hope is for People [2011]

Genre: Punk-Pop

The songs on Hope is for People are classic pop punk - fast, frantic, and fun, regardless of the subject matter. One of the many things that punk music is really good at is wrapping up difficult emotions in an unbeatable sense of joy and abject fucking hope, and Mixtapes do both really well. § ruckus

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Covers from the Month of May [2011]

Genre: Indie / Pop / Rock / Punk / Experimental

Here is my latest instalment of covers from around the planet. I am feeling soggy these days, so my selections might reflect my tone... I have started building my boat, I hope you are all doing the same - any day now the river banks will unleash a torrent of water and waste our hearts away.

TrY

Track list:
Crying (Roy Orbison Cover)                 2:45 Austra

Disintegration (The Cure cover)              4:16 Covers Project Snow & Voices

Fifty-Fifty Clown (Cocteau Twins)           3:29 Cold Mailman

mad world                                             2:27 bakers at dawn

Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover) 4:51 The Good Gods

I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton… 3:09 Howth

Emma's House (The Field Mice cover)         3:42 Seapony

There is a Light                                     2:45 Sick Sick Sicks The Dads

Naked As We Came (Iron And Wine C…   2:47 Hilltop Covers Hilltop Sunset

Borderline (Sufjan Stevens cover)           2:50 Inlets

Across The Universe                             3:18 Jamie Righetti

Smells Like Teen Spirit                          3:40 Replay I Nonex

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutr… 3:40 Holly House / Shoot The Mountain

Final Form (Everything Everything Co… 4:10 Lianne La Havas

Strangelove                                          3:16 Bat for Lashes

Need You Now (Architecture in Helsi… 3:53 Cut Copy

Rebellion (Arcade Fire Cover)                  3:12 Benjamin Francis Leftwich

Smalltown Boy (bronski beat cover)         3:44 20 Odd Years buck 65 + gentleman reg

Richard Hawley - Serious

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - There Is No God

Summer Camp- Veronica Sawyer

Scott Orr - Where I Lived, And What I Lived For (Studio Footage)

James - Rabbit Hole - Hammersmith Apollo 09/12/2010

Nodding by the Fire - At home in the wilderness [2011]

Genre: Indie Instrumental Pop

At home in the wilderness is the last album of the spanish instrumental band Nodding by the Fire. You can download it for free here and watch live videos in Acordes Urbanos. Awesome album; A great weekender record.

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iron and wine - love vigilantes live

Iron & Wine @ Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA on 5/10/09 - awesome song from an awesome singer songwriter. I want more...

Old Calf - Feedback Session

You can't get any better than this, sitting around listening to Ned Oldham folk out his music... Just like grandpa use to do! Love it... Enjoy!

Old Calf - Borrow a Horse [2011]

Genre: Indie Folk
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Old Calf formed as a duo in the small, but musically vibrant town of Charlottesville, VA by Ned Oldham (The Anomoanon, Palace Music) and accordionist Marty Metcalfe, slowly accruing members on route to recording their debut album. Michael Clem (bass, mandola, dead-on harmonies) and Brian Caputo(percussion) round out the group of Southern gentlemen, who tightened up their sound rehearsing in Ned's garage, and performing around town on weekend nights... While Will Oldham has spent two decades cultivating a certain cryptic obscurity as the leader of Palace and under the name Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, his brother and former sideman, Ned Oldham, became obscure the old-fashioned way: by keeping a low profile while crafting steady, understated folk-rock. Ned’s long-running band The Anomoanon has given way to a new outfit called Old Calf, but if its debut album, Borrow A Horse, is any indication, he hasn’t changed his stripes.

Retox Panic - Sound of Steel (official video)

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Have a listen to this new comp of Young songs. Excellent listen!

Mountain Goats, Woke Up New