Pretty cool psychedelic music from Atlanta. The cover art is wild!
Oct 10, 2014
Bass Lions - "We Got Guts" - Single 2014
Bass Lions are a magnanimous quintet. Like the five golden rings on the fifth day of Christmas, they're fit for the fingers of god: one glorious fist.
Welcome Back Gentle Destroyer.
Bass Lions make winter music so wherever or whenever you are, get ready: winter is coming. Their sophomore release ... is Diamonds is angular and hard; it is multifaceted; reflective. There Is A Glow. Bass Lions have been through the eye of the needle: winter as a narrow, defining portal-they took with them only what they could. Here are threads, here are bones, here are trees without foliage. Stark, specific, linear. And then repeating.
Bass Lionstake their double-drumming close-singing, organ-swirling, bass-slapping, guitar-clawing show on the road. They play with Malajube, Young Galaxy, Y∆CHT, Bahamas, Yukon Blonde, and Brasstronaut. They crash their van somewhere in the Rockies. They crush their debut More Than Islands nightly and merge its songs seamlessly with those from ... is Diamonds in a smooth and scrabbling, highly syncopated live show that has people craning their necks.
They find hooks where nobody's been looking and they hook you with them.
Oct 9, 2014
Bombay Harambee - Check, Check, Checkmate - Single 2014
"Check, Check, Checkmate" is the best way to end a game of chess. At the very last second, the series of moves combine to reveal the lurking scheme at play all along.
Keep your ears open for the full-length album in early 2015.
Oct 8, 2014
Lily & Madeleine - "The Wolf is Free" - 2014
Indianapolis sisters Lily and Madeleine have revealed their beautifully eerie video for new single The Wolf Is Free.
Kevin Morby - "All of my Life" - 2014
Kevin Morby is set to release his second solo album, Still Life, via Woodsist on October 14. Like his solo debut, the new album was produced by Rob Barbato but sounds a bit more fleshed-out, production wise, than his first. You can check out a video for "All of My Life" which is an homage to country music variety shows of the '60s and '70s and features White Fence's Tim Presley as the host.
Oct 7, 2014
Playlist: October 2014
My wife got me hooked on this, so I am making a playlist to share. Hope it makes sense...
Oct 4, 2014
Playlist: October 2014 - Free Your Music!
Great site for sampling all today's latest indie hits... Here's October's playlist
1) Where No Eagles Fly by Julian Casablancas and The Voidz
2) Royal Blue by The American Scene
3) The Night by Oslo Parks
4) Stop Pretending by Default Genders
5) Coulda Been by Sallie Ford
6) Somebody’s Talking by The Preatures
7) Runaways by Work Drugs
8) Tunnel by The Bronze Medal
9) Black Lemon by Generationals
10) Why I Had To Go by Bishop Allen
11) The Wilder Mile by Freedom Fry
12) Untold by Lincoln Jesser
13) A Little Lost by Sufjan Stevens
14) All Over by CRUISR
15) the Chase by Sohn
16) Gravity by Astronauts Etc.
17) Strange Enough by VÉRITÉ
18) Shudder by Basecamp
19) I’m Callin’ by Tennis
20) Say My Name (feat. Zyra) by ODESZA
21) Breakdown by Peaking Lights
22) Fall harder by Saint Pepsi
23) Higher (Oliver Nelson & Skogsrå Remix) by Tobtok Feat. Emil Heró
24) Don’t Wanna Be Your Girl (Thero Remix) by Wet
25) Dream And An MPC by Golden Coast
26) Games For Girls (ft. Lindstrom) by Say Lou Lou
27) Ways by Louds
28) From The Night by Stars
Nothing But Hope And Passion - Nothing But… Nordic Music - 2014
"Nothing But… Nordic Music" is a free compilation by NOTHING BUT HOPE AND PASSION, featuring a broad selection of up and coming acts from the Scandinavian countries.
NOTHING BUT… NORDIC MUSIC- Tracklist
01. SEKUOIA – Can’t Be Loved
02. LOWLY – Daydreaming
03. TEAM ME – Blind As Night
04. SAMARIS – Ég vildi fegin verða
05. CASA MURILO – Drive
06. NERVOUS NELLIE – Skeletons
07. INTERTWINE – So What
08. COSKA – Benjamin
09. SIN COS TAN – Traffic
10. NOAH KIN – See Me
11. RÖKKURRÓ – Killing Time
12. ADNA – The Prettiest
13. THE SCENES – Perpetual Sunburst
14. POOMA – Under The Trees
Only a couple of years back one could come up with plenty of clichés about Scandinavian music. Well, some people might still do. Yes, it’s all quite moody and melancholic; undeniable gloomy. And if not the other extremes are surely metal and charts pop in the finest tradition of ROXETTE and ABBA. But of course you do know better than this. Quite obviously the current music scene of the Nordic countries has far more to offer than outmoded stereotypes. Other than that you can spot a broad range of genres, artists and musical ideas when you focus your view on Europe’s north. And more and more the rest of the world seems to notice what’s going on in this musical microcosm. England might be the home country of pop music in terms of historical relevance but the Scandinavian countries are currently the place to look first when it comes to exciting new artists and a diversified selection of high quality music from various fields. nbhap
Sep 30, 2014
Gleemer - A Brother on the Carpet and a Brother at the Beach - 2014
This album is about a young guy who has a kid that he wasn't planning on and the events thereafter for the next 30 years.
I recorded everything in my bedroom.
Here are two music videos:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHb37iEJeRk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyroRJyp_T8
A Weekend at the Feelies - Summertime Bloodsport EP - 2014
Dreamy, poppy, indie; doesn't demand a lot from listening to this band, and sometimes that's ok!
Foxes in Fiction - Ontario Gothic - 2014
A record label of family and friends since 2010.
Orchid Tapes is a online + cassette tape-based record label founded in Toronto (now based in Brooklyn) and run by Warren Hildebrand and Brian Vu, two friends with an shared interest in the creation and curation of music and artwork that breaks free of the established norm, disregards trends, reflects the dedication of it’s creator and provokes a strong emotional resonance within whoever experiences it.
The overall goal of Orchid Tapes is to share and explore music that reflects these ideals with those who are willing and able to listen, and also to unite and expose like-minded artists from all over the world under a collective-style label.
various artists - 80N7 - 2014
What an outstanding selection of artists on this comp.
A must for all indie lovers out there!
Sep 27, 2014
Lily & Madeleine - Folkadelphia Session - 2014
Recorded at the XPN Performance Studio on May 3rd, 2014 by Eric Sanderson and James Clark Conner. Mixed in Philadelphia.
Mary Caroline - Such a Liar - 2014
Over the past few years I've been busy touring extensively throughout Canada. I also spent time living in a remote trapper's cabin on the shores of the Liard River, 600km from the community of Yellowknife. Here I learned about the old trapping lifestyle, sustenance living and arctic gardening.
In order to achieve what I wanted for this album, I removed myself from those familiar surroundings and spent this past summer recording at Hamilton, Ontario's converted church studio Catherine North.
Momuments and Statues - Oh Great Rose! - 2014
Monuments & Statues, based in Kingston, Ontario, combine traditional folk/classical instrumentation with quirky songwriting to produce an eclectic yet familiar hybrid-genre sound.
"Oh Great Rose!" features heavily intertwined vocal harmonies backed by rhythmic banjo and the eventual buildup of layered cello. Written in the midst of personal upheaval, "Oh Great Rose!" is a breezy number with a folksy figure, reflecting the vulnerability of love. Monuments & Statues' overall sound owes much of its influence to vintage Mother Mother, Sufjan Stevens, romantic era classical music, and Simon and Garfunkel.
Pet Sun - "Feel Like I'm Going Away" - 2014
The Wytches, Sonic Avenues, Bass Drum of Death, Hanni El Khatib, Together Pangea & The Black Lips are a few of the bands we've played with this year. We just signed with Sleepless Records and have been asked to be apart of Burger Records Cassette Tape Day which is conveniently the day our first official release coming out, September 27th.
The Red Headed Indian - Honey - 2014
A force of Folk woven with Soul, The Red Headed Indian is debuting her 6 track EP, “Honey”. Influenced heavily by Ray LaMontagne and Joy Williams of The Civil Wars, her simple lyrics sung with soulful heat introduce a style rarely heard from female artists. “Honey” sings of heartbreak and hopefulness. A soundtrack for those wandering back home.
Heath McNease - Fort Wayne (Songs Inspired by the Film) - 2014
After being named Derek Webb's choice for the best album on Noisetrade in 2013 with "The Weight of Glory: Second Edition", Heath McNease is exploring all facets of his artistry with the release of his brand new album and the debut of his new, free independent film. "Fort Wayne" is 17 tracks of folk/pop packed with raw lyricism, lush instrumentation, and atmospheric percussion that gives it a sound that falls somewhere between Bon Iver and Frank Ocean. The record serves as the soundtrack and backbone to his 43 minute film of the same name. McNease (who writes, directs, and produces the film) plays the protagonist, a down and out singer/songwriter stuck in the frozen midwestern town of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The album is premiering on Heath's youtube page, and can be viewed here as well. "Its my desire to become a fully functioning, self contained unit artistically. Being able to make my own film and to let my album serve as the soundtrack to it has been a dream come true," said McNease.
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