in my car

moving

2011-12-13T08:04:00.002+01:00

in my car has moved - isn't it the nature of it - to wordpress.

http://inmycar.wordpress.com/

Altough i'm not completly pleased with the outcome, i'm quite pleased with the possibilites. If somebody knows how to set all imported posts (more than 500) in order to have the picture like it was on blogger (meaning mostly on the top left) in one or two moves I would gladfully pay him a beer... or even two.

scarlet town

2011-11-09T07:31:00.000+01:00

The Harrow & The Harvest by Gillian Welch was released on the 28th of June 2011

1 Scarlet Town 3:38
2 Dark Turn of Mind 4:08
3 The Way It Will Be 4:48
4 The Way It Goes 4:02
5 Tennessee 6:36
6 Down Along the Dixie Line 4:50
7 Six White Horses 3:38
8 Hard Times 4:52
9 Silver Dagger 3:23
10 The Way the Whole Thing Ends 6:11

The Gillian & The David magic is good for you, boy

robin egg blue

2011-11-08T08:01:00.000+01:00

Humor Risk by Cass McCombs was released on the 8th of November 2011

1 Love Thine Enemy
2 The Living Word
3 The Same Thing
4 To Every Man His Chimera
5 Robin Egg Blue
6 Mystery Mail
7 Meet Me at the Mannequin Gallery
8 Mariah (Sketch)

This music might contain some traces of the Velvet Underground, Jesus and the Mary Chain and Squeeze, besides the highly appreciated Css McCombs golden nuggets. Keep the pace, Cass!

row jimmy row

2011-11-07T07:42:00.001+01:00

Long Live The King by The Decemberists was released on the 1st of November 2011

1 E. Watson 3:32
2 Foregone 4:07
3 Burying Davy 4:22
4 I4U & U4Me (Home Demo) 3:38
5 Row Jimmy 6:41
6 Sonnet 2:57

One of the few to produce more EPs than LPs. A nice habit. Indie folk & country at his best.

royal air force

2011-11-04T07:26:00.000+01:00

baader meinhof by baader meinhof was released in September 1996

1 Baader Meinhof 3:02
2 Meet Me at the Airport 2:50
3 There's Gonna Be an Accident 3:26
4 Mogadishu 3:38
5 Theme From "Burn Warehouse Burn" 1:37
6 GSG-29 2:58
7 ....It's a Moral Issue 3:25
8 Back on the Farm 3:53
9 Kill Ramirez 3:27
10 Baader Meinhof 2:56

a short album about terrorism bringing some memories to the surface. A solid album, tablas & cello makes a good combination with Luke's vitriolic voice and his brillantly caustic lyrics.

alice & swami

2011-11-03T06:30:00.000+01:00

Journey in Satchidananda by Alice Coltrane was rleased in 1971

A1 Journey in Satchidananda 6:33
A2 Shiva-Loka 6:33
A3 Stopover Bombay 2:50
B1 Something About John Coltrane 10:40
B2 Isis and Osiris 10:28

What a strange morning...

bite the bullet

2011-11-02T06:30:00.000+01:00

England Made Me by Black Box Recorder was released on the 20th of July 1998

1    Girl Singing in the Wreckage        2:42
2    England Made Me        4:00
3    New Baby Boom        2:10
4    It's Only the End of the World        5:21
5    Ideal Home        2:39
6    Child Psychology        4:08
7    I. C. One Female        2:19
8    Up Town Top Ranking        3:57
9    Swinging        3:52
10    Kidnapping an Heiress        2:46
11    Hated Sunday        3:16

caustic, sharp & dry lyrics on gentle guitar pop music: a perfect mix!

gospel reverie

2011-10-28T06:30:00.000+02:00

Reverie by Joe Henry was released on the 11th of October 2011

1 Heaven's Escape 4:54
2 Odetta 4:34
3 After the War 3:25
4 Sticks and Stones 4:51
5 Grand Street 4:53
6 Dark Tears 5:16
7 Strung 4:30
8 tomorrow Is October 4:34
9 Piano Furnace 4:27
10 Deathbed Version 3:25
11 Room at Arles 3:28
12 Eyes Out for You 5:17
13 Unspeakable 4:38
14 The World and All I Know 3:06

bongo fiery

2011-10-27T06:30:00.000+02:00

Blueberry Boat by The Fiery Furnaces was released on the 13th of July 2004

1 Quay Cur 10:25
2 Straight Street 5:00
3 Blueberry Boat 9:09
4 Chris Michaels 7:53
5 Paw Paw Tree 4:39
6 My Dog Was Lost but Now He's Found 3:29
7 Mason City 8:14
8 Chief Inspector Blancheflower 8:58
9 Spaniolated 3:21
10 1917 4:52
11 Birdie Brain 3:05
12 Turning Round 2:13
13 Wolf Notes 4:50

Frank Zappa and Don Van Vliet met one day, sat together and said: let's make a pop album for kids.

wild honey and the steel strings

2011-10-25T06:30:00.000+02:00

Seasons On Earth by Meg Baird was released on the 26th of September 2011

1 Babyon
2 Stars Climb Up The Vine
3 Share
4 Even Rain
5 Friends
6 Beatles And The Stones
7 The Finder
8 The Land Turned Over
9 Stream
10 Song For Next Summer

american contemporary folk at his best, a wild honey voice on layers of fingerpicked steel strings, the cover of House of Love's Beatles and The Stone is gorgeous

municipality

2011-10-24T18:00:00.000+02:00

Days by Real Estate was released on the 17th of October 2011

1 Easy
2 Green Aisles
3 It's Real
4 Kinder Blumen
5 Out of Tune
6 Municipality
7 Wonder Years
8 Three Blocks
9 Younger Than Yesterday
10 All the Same

shoegazers paying tribute to the smiths, nicely though

trip to south-pasadena

2011-10-24T06:30:00.000+02:00

Last Summer by Eleanor Friedberger was released on the 12th of July 2011

1 My Mistakes 4:28
2 Inn of the Seventh Ray 4:07
3 Heaven 3:20
4 Scenes from Bensonhurst 4:33
5 Roosevelt Island 5:20
6 Glitter Gold Year 2:47
7 One-Month Marathon 3:36
8 I Won’t Fall Apart on You Tonight 3:39
9 Owl's Head Park 4:30
10 Early Earthquake 3:13

Delightful creative pop album

heaviness of heart

2011-10-23T07:30:00.000+02:00

The Woody Nightshade by Sharron Kraus was released on the 2nd of November 2010

1    Nothing
2    Two Brothers
3    Heaviness of Heart
4    Evergreen Sisters
5    Once
6    Story
7    The Woody Nightshade
8    Teacher
9    Rejoice in Love
10    Traveller Between the Worlds

what a mesmerising piece of folk art !

emil and the detectives

2011-10-18T06:30:00.000+02:00

Loney, Noir by Loney, Dear was released on the 13th of August 2005

1    Sinister in a State of Hope        3:07
2    I Am John        3:31
3    Saturday Waits        3:40
4    Hard Days 1.2.3.4        3:23
5    I Am the Odd One        3:11
6    I Could Stay        3:26
7    I Will Call You Lover Again        2:47
8    Carrying a Stone        3:48
9    The Meter Marks Ok        3:14
10    And I Won't Cause Anything at All        3:36

Emil still amazes me with his pocket symphonie, what a manic home recorder he made!

pocket epic

2011-10-17T06:30:00.000+02:00

Hall Music by Loney Dear was released on the 4th of October 2011

1 Name
2 My Heart
3 Loney Blues
4 Calm Down
5 Maria, Is That You
6 D Major
7 Largo
8 Young Hearts
9 Durmoll
10 I Dreamed About You
11 What Have I Become?

An impressive micro symphonic-pop effort, very enjoyable

firekites

2011-10-13T09:30:00.000+02:00

The Bowery by Firekites was released in 2008

1    Last Ships        4:10
2    Autumn Story        3:32
3    Paris        3:41
4    Same Suburb Different Park        4:51
5    By Night        3:42
6    Skimming Rooftops        3:29
7    Another State        4:18
8    Mirror Miracle        3:22
9    Worn Weary        3:08
10    New Year Has Spoken        4:11

Firekites are from Newcastle (but down under). Very nice and subtle post-folk music, I hope we will get more of them soon.

northcotes

2011-10-10T06:30:00.000+02:00

The Family Tree: The Roots by Radical Face was released on the 4th of October 2011

1    Names        1:15
2    A Pound of Flesh        3:34
3    Family Portrait        4:40
4    Black Eyes        4:44
5    Severus and Stone        4:28
6    The Moon Is Down        3:18
7    Ghost Towns        3:53
8    Kin        4:04
9    The Dead Waltz        5:23
10    Always Gold        5:55
11    Mountains         4:51

Ben Cooper, you've done it again! Can't wait to hear following vol.2&3

beggars & thiefs

2011-10-07T07:34:00.002+02:00

My Wilderness by Piers Faccini was released on the 11 of October 2011

1 No Reply
2 The Beggar & The Thief
3 That Cry
4 Strange Is The Man
5 Dreamer
6 My Wilderness
7 Tribe
8 And Still The Calling
9 The Branches Grow
10 Say But Don't Say
11 Three Times Betrayed

cicadas & gulls

2011-10-06T06:30:00.000+02:00

Metals by Feist was released on the 4th of October 2011

1    The Bad in Each Other        4:45
2    Graveyard        4:18
3    Caught a Long Wind        4:55
4    How Come You Never Go There 3:25
5    A Commotion        3:52
6    The Circle Married the Line        3:23
7    Bittersweet Melodies        3:57
8    Anti-Pioneer        5:33
9    Undiscovered First        4:59
10    Cicadas and Gulls        3:16
11    Comfort Me        4:04
12    Get It Wrong Get It Right    3:39

superdurand

2011-10-05T07:30:00.000+02:00

All Hours by ivy was released on the 20th of September 2011

1    Distant Lights
2    Fascinated
3    How’s Never
4    Suspicious
5    You Make It So Hard
6    World Without You
7    I Still Want You
8    Everybody Knows
9    Lost in the Sun
10    She Really Got to You
11    The Conversation

the score

2011-10-04T06:56:00.002+02:00

Tough Cookie by Samantha Savage Smith was released on the 6th of Sptember 2011 - try this one and you will thank me for the rest of your life, or at least one day or two. Well done Sam!
<p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://samanthasavagesmith.bandcamp.com/album/tough-cookie"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Tough Cookie by Samantha Savage Smith&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;gt;</p>

watercolor day

2011-10-03T07:55:00.003+02:00

Watercolor Day by Seth Swirsky was released in 2010

1    Watercolor Day        3:20
2    Summer in Her Hair        3:25
3    I'm Just Sayin' (Prelude)        0:34
4    Matchbook Cover        2:18
5    Song for Heather        1:46
6    Distracted        2:32
7    Movie Set        3:05
8    (I Never Knew You) Harry        3:31
9    Fading Again        2:55
10    Living Room        1:53
11    4 O'Clock Sun        1:16
12    Big Mistake        1:01
13    Sand Dollar        2:21
14    Twenty Minutes to Myself        2:52
15    Stay        2:03
16    She's Doing Fine        2:06
17    I'm Just Sayin'        2:30
18    Amen        2:55
19    Mashed Potato        0:34

Typical "i've listen to this record because of the cover and it was a pleasant surprise". A bit too nostalgic though for a 2010 record, could almost have been recorded in 1976, but sunny post-beatles pop songs are always welcomed. An the cover by Kirsten Tradowsky is perfect.

no banker left behind

2011-09-27T06:30:00.000+02:00

Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down by Ry Cooder was released on the 29th of August 2011

1    No Banker Left Behind        3:37
2    El Corrido de Jesse James        4:18
3    Quick Sand        3:17
4    Dirty Chateau        5:30
5    Humpty Dumpty World        4:18
6    Christmas Time This Year        2:49
7    Baby Joined the Army        6:36
8    Lord Tell Me Why        3:01
9    I Want My Crown        2:37
10    John Lee Hooker for President        6:08
11    Dreamer        5:06
12    Simple Tools        5:08
13    If There's a God        3:07
14    No Hard Feelings        5:52

Ry presenting a catalog of his impressive skills in a protest song album.Highly enjoyable, a bit uneven at first listen though.

i read a lot

2011-09-26T06:30:00.000+02:00

The Old Magic by Nick Lowe was released on the 13th of September 2011

1    Stoplight Roses
2    Checkout Time
3    House for Sale
4    Sensitive Man
5    I Read a Lot
6    Shame on the Rain
7    Restless Feeling
8    The Poisoned Rose
9    Somebody Cares for Me
10    You Don't Know Me at All
11    'Til the Real Thing Comes Along

kind of Burt Bacharach perfect music ! just impressively classic and good, not for youngsters though

mudslide music

2011-09-20T07:41:00.002+02:00

Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns by John Hiatt was released on the 16th of August 2011

1    Damn This Town        4:52
2    'Til I Get My Lovin' Back        3:27
3    I Love That Girl        4:19
4    All the Way Under        3:49
5    Don't Wanna Leave You Now        5:42
6    Detroit Made        3:52
7    Hold on for Your Love        6:21
8    Train to Birmingham        3:37
9    Down Around My Place        5:59
10    Adios to California        3:46
11    When New York Had Her Heart Broke        5:08

Hey John, Ry and Nick have theirs out at the same time, what about a new little village one ? Where's Jim ?

the weather woman

2011-09-19T06:30:00.000+02:00

All Of It Was Mine by The Weather Sation was released on the 16th of August 2011

1.    Everything I Saw
2.    Came So Easy
3.    Traveller
4.    Trying
5.    Chip On My Shoulder
6.    Know It To See It
7.    Yarrow And Mint
8.    Running Around Asking
9.    Nobody
10.    If I've Been Fooled

On "You've Changed Records"

sirocco

2011-09-15T07:21:00.001+02:00

Bertand Belin by Bertrand Belin was released in 2005

1 Porto
2 Amoureux fou
3 Le colosse
4 Madeleine
5 La fleur
6 T'as l'vin t'as pas l'vin
7 La longue danseuse
8 Neptune
9 Barcelone
10 Carminha minha
11 Terminus le treport
12 Le tatouage

ali & maria

2011-09-14T07:20:00.003+02:00

La Perdue by Bertrand Belin was released on the 5th of March 2007

1 Le trou dans ta poitrine
2 Rien à la ville
3 La perdue
4 La tranchée
5 Tes délices
6 Ali et Maria
7 Des os de seiche
8 Les oiseaux
9 L'aube posée (feat. Barbara Carlotti)
10 Au coeur des astres
11 Menuet
12 Les orchidées

postulons

2011-09-13T07:13:00.001+02:00

Hypernuit by Bertrand Belin was released on the 20th of September 2010

1    Y en a-t-il        3:01
2    Hypernuit        4:05
3    Tout a changé        5:33
4    Avant les forêts        3:51
5    Neige au soleil        3:48
6    Ne sois plus mon frère        3:26
7    Vertige horizontal        3:28
8    Long lundi        3:02
9    Nord de tout        6:22
10    Ta peau        3:58
11    La chaleur        4:01

monkey on the inside

2011-09-12T07:19:00.002+02:00

12 Ways to Count by The Miserable Rich was released on the 15th of April 2011

1    Early Mourning        3:27
2    Pisshead        3:55
3    Boat Song        4:44
4    The Knife-Thrower's Hand        4:31
5    Monkey        4:53
6    Muswell        4:23
7    North Villas        3:23
8    The Time That's Mine        1:51
9    The Barmaid's Canon        4:32
10    Poodle        3:17
11    Merry Go Round        4:41
12    Button My Lip        12:14

Pure chamber-pop bliss

black cat

2011-09-09T06:30:00.000+02:00

Black Cat John Brown by Alamo Race Track was released on the 23rd of October 2006

1    Black Cat John Brown
2    Stanley Versus Hannah
3    Don't Beat This Dog
4    Kiss Me Bar
5    My Heart
6    The Killing
7    The Northern Territory
8    On the Beach
9    Lee J. Cobb
10    Breaker Breaker 1 2
11    The Open Sea
12    Chocolate Years

Listen to this indie pop'n roll chocolate years

the gloom level

2011-09-07T18:30:00.000+02:00

Cathedral by Castanets was released on the 19th of October 2004

1    Cathedral 2 (Your Feet on the Floor Sounding Like the Rain)        3:13
2    Just to Break Free From a Hundred Families        0:34
3    Industry and Snow        1:44
4    You Are the Blood        4:09
5    No Light to Be Found (Fare Thee Faith, The Path Is Yours)        6:29
6    Three Days, Four Nights        4:50
7    As You Do        2:53
8    Cathedral 3 (Make Us New)        0:31
9    The Smallest Bones        2:46
10    We Are the Wreckage        3:55
11    Cathedral 4 (The Unbreaking Branch and Song)        2:22

vagabonds

2011-09-06T17:30:00.000+02:00

The Rip Tide by Beirut was released on the 30th of August 2011

1    A Candle's Fire         3:19
2    Santa Fe         4:14
3    East Harlem         3:59
4    Goshen         3:20
5    Payne's Bay         3:48
6    The Rip Tide         4:26
7    Vagabond         3:19
8    The Peacock         2:26
9    Port of Call

listen to Zach's vagabond music

what we did on our holidays

2011-09-01T10:00:00.000+02:00

Josh Rouse And The Long Vacations by Josh Rouse And The Long Vacations was released on the 26th of September 2011

1 Diggin' In The Sand    2:11
2 Movin'On    3:42
3 Fine Fine    2:33
4 To The Clock, To The City    3:56
5 Bluebird St    1:49
6 Lazy Days    2:10
7 Oh, Look What The Sun Did    3:07
8 Friend    3:11
9 Disguise    2:41

Oh, Look What The Josh Did!

alligator eyes

2011-08-31T06:40:00.001+02:00

Echolocation by Fruit Bats was released on the 24th of September 2001

1    The Old Black Hole        5:04
2    Glass in Your Feet        3:52
3    Buffalo & Deer        5:14
4    Need It Just a Little        4:57
5    Black Bells (Make Me OK)        4:28
6    Strange Little Neck of the Woods        3:51
7    Echolocation Stamp        0:47
8    Coal Age        2:24
9    Filthy Water        5:07
10    A Dodo Egg        5:37
11    Dragon Ships        5:51
12    Blue Parachute        2:45

First collection of country-indie-folk-pop songs marking the end of our journey back in time in Fruit Bats discography. A worthy trip!

magic hour

2011-08-29T18:00:00.003+02:00

Mouthfuls by Fruit Bats was released on the 8th of April 2003

1    Rainbow Sign        3:24
2    Bit of Wind        4:15
3    Magic Hour        3:39
4    Little Acorn        6:26
5    Track Rabbits        3:10
6    Union Blanket        5:19
7    Lazy Eye        5:30
8    Slipping Through the Sensors        4:52
9    Seaweed        3:42
10    When U Love Somebody        4:31

going back in time Fruit Bats discography is amazingly rewarding and put them at the same level than the Go-Betweens somehow...

legs of bees

2011-08-26T07:30:00.001+02:00

Spelled in Bones by Fruit Bats was released on the 26th of July 2005

1    Lives of Crime        3:53
2    Silent Life        3:12
3    TV Waves        3:43
4    Canyon Girl        2:41
5    Born in the '70s        3:08
6    Legs of Bees        4:03
7    The Earthquake of '73        3:20
8    Traveler's Song        2:48
9    The Wind That Blew My Heart Away        2:43
10    Spelled in Bones        3:44
11    Every Day That We Wake Up It's a Beautiful Day        2:26

quirky folk-rock deserving multiple listen!

flying foxes

2011-08-24T18:00:00.005+02:00

The Ruminant Band by Fruit Bats was released on the 4th of August 2009

1   Primitive Man       3:25
2   The Ruminant Band       3:21
3   Tegucigalpa       3:46
4   Beautiful Morning Light       3:38
5   The Hobo Girl       2:35
6   Being on Our Own       3:33
7   My Unusual Friend       4:02
8   Singing Joy to the World      2:50
9   The Blessed Breeze       4:45
10   Feather Bed       3:44
11   Flamingo       4:02

nectarivorous

2011-08-24T07:30:00.002+02:00

Tripper by Fruit Bats was released on the 2nd of August 2011

1 Tony The Tripper     4:16
2 So Long     3:54
3 Tangie And Ray     3:13
4 Shivering Fawn     3:51
5 You're Too Weird     3:46
6 Heart Like An Orange     3:27
7 Dolly     2:36
8 The Banishment Song     5:58
9 The Fen     1:57
10 Wild Honey     4:02
11 Picture Of A Bird     3:45

delightful acid-folk with a shot of quirky sunshine-pop and some more

zip code man

2011-08-23T07:30:00.002+02:00

Golden Delicious by Mike Doughty was released on the 19th of February 2008

1    Fort Hood        3:13
2    I Just Want the Girl in the Blue Dress to Keep on Dancing        3:50
3    Put It Down        3:54
4    More Bacon Than the Pan Can Handle        1:39
5    27 Jennifers        3:11
6    I Wrote a Song About Your Car        3:24
7    I Got the Drop on You        2:08
8    Wednesday (No Se Apoye)        4:04
9    Like a Luminous Girl        3:25
10    Nectarine (Part 1)        3:15
11    Navigating by the Stars at Night        5:22

The beginning of a mike doughty & soul coughing phase ?

prank call

2011-08-19T07:30:00.002+02:00

The Alcatraz Kid by Jeremy Messersmith was released on the 20th of September 2006

1 The Alcatraz Kid     0:27
2 Novocain     3:20
3 Easy Lovers, Hardly Friends     3:21 4 Snow Day     3:03
5 Day Job     2:33
6 Scientists     3:31
7 Super Frog Saves Tokyo     0:23
8 Great Times     3:12
9 Beautiful Children     3:55
10 7:02     2:31
11 Old Skin     4:13

First of a perfect indie-folk & pop trilogy, keep the pace Jeremy!

Eric Power is doing nice slow art paper video on Jeremy's music (and others + more)

dead end job

2011-08-18T07:30:00.001+02:00

The Silver City by Jerry Messersmith was released on the 9th of September 2008

1   The Silver City      0:37
2   Welcome to Suburbia      3:02
3   Dead End Job      3:57
4   Franklin Avenue      3:24
5   The Commuter      3:21
6   Miracles      3:42
7   Love You to Pieces      3:55
8   Breaking Down      3:48
9   Skyway      2:11
10   Virginia      3:28
11   Light Rail      3:21

repo man

2011-08-17T07:30:00.002+02:00

The Reluctant Graveyard by Jeremy Messersmith was released onthe 4th of May 2010

1 Lazy Bones     2:37
2 Dillinger Eyes     3:33
3 Organ Donor     2:52
4 Toussaint, Grey, First In Life And Death     2:22
5 Violet!     3:32
6 Knots     2:59
7 John The Determinist     3:41
8 A Girl, A Boy, And A Graveyard     3:08
9 Repo Man     2:05
10 Deathbed Salesman     4:07
11 Tomorrow     1:30

Repo Man is a repossession agent, repossession is generally used to refer to a financial institution taking back an object that was either used as collateral or rented or leased in a transaction. Repossession is a "self-help" type of action in which the party having right of ownership of the property in question takes the property back from the party having right of possession without invoking court proceedings. The property is then sold on by either the financial institution or 3rd party sellers. The extent to which repossession is authorized, and how it may be executed, greatly varies in different jurisdiction.(Wiki)

Repo Man is also a 1984 cult film directed by Alex Cox. It was produced by Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy, with executive producer Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton.(Wiki)

a thin line

2011-08-11T07:00:00.000+02:00

Case History by Kevin Coyne was released in 1972

A1    God Bless the Bride
A2    White Horse
A3    Uggy's Song
A4    Need Somebody
A5    Evil Island Home
B1    Araby
B2    My Message to the People
B3    Mad Boy
B4    Sand All Yellow

lonely weirdo

2011-08-10T07:00:00.000+02:00

Knocking on Your Brain by Kevin Coyne was released on the 24th of March 1997

1         Wonderland     3:54
2         Wasted Lives     2:53
3         Monkey With Your Funky     3:36
4         Day & Night     3:23
5         Fatty Boy     2:31
6         Nuts     2:45
7         Mr. Pinko     5:27
8         Out On The Park     4:12
9         Teenage Queen     4:55
10     Happy     3:36
11     Give Me Some Of That     6:24
1         English Rose     3:53
2         Our Little Love Song     5:26
3         Aching Heart     7:35
4         Kevin's Happy Home     3:48
5         Peachtree Avenue     4:54
6         Weirdo     4:24
7         Schoolboy     3:15
8         Knocking On Your Brain     3:04
9         Why?     3:56
10     1955     2:47
11     My Little Angel     2:22

thievery conspiration

2011-08-08T06:30:00.001+02:00

Culture of Fear by The Thievery Corporation was released on the 28th of June 2011

1    Web of Deception (feat. Tamara Wellons)
2    Culture of Fear (feat. Mr. Lif)
3    Take My Souls (feat. Lou Lou)
4    Light Flares
5    Stargazer (feat. Sleepy Wonder)
6    Where It All Starts (feat. Lou Lou)
7    Tower Seven
8    Is It Over? (feat. Shana Halligan)
9    False Flag Dub (feat. Chris "Ras Puma" Smith)
10    Safar (The Journey) (feat. Lou Lou)
11    Fragments
12    Overstand (feat. Chris "Ras Puma" Smith)
13    Free (feat. Sylvia Bernice Eberhardt)

seven gypsies

2011-08-04T07:30:00.003+02:00

Folk, Blues & Beyond by Davy Graham was released in December 1964

1    Leavin' Blues         2:54
2    Cocaine         2:25
3    Sally Free and Easy         3:51
4    Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair         2:23
5    Rock Me Baby         2:47
6    Seven Gypsies         2:39
7    Ballad of the Sad Young Men         3:10
8    Moanin'         2:30
9    Skillet (Good 'n Greasy)         2:27
10    Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do         2:20
11    Maajun         2:41
12    I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes         3:35
13    Don't Think Twice, It's All Right         2:54
14    My Babe         2:45
15    Goin' Down Slow         2:30
16    Better Git in Your Soul         2:28
    bonus tracks
17    She Moved Through the Fair         3:13
18    Mustapha         3:09
19    Angi         2:27
20    Davy's Train Blues         3:00
21    3/4 A.D.         4:39

bert's pedal steel turnaround

2011-08-03T06:30:00.001+02:00

L.A. Turnaround by Bert Jansch was released in September 1974

1    Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning        3:57
2    Chambertin        4:05
3    One for Jo        2:38
4    Travelling Man        2:47
5    Open up the Watergate (Let the Sunshine In)        2:40
6    Stone Monkey        3:10
7    Of Love and Lullaby        2:28
8    Needle of Death        3:24
9    Lady Nothing        2:32
10    There Comes a Time        2:38
11    Cluck Old Hen        3:10
12    Blacksmith        3:30
    Bonus Tracks
13    Open up the Watergate        3:38
14    One for Jo        2:41
15    The Blacksmith        3:39
16    In the Bleak Midwinter        2:23

Today, do yourself a favour and discover Bert's world

low is more

2011-08-01T19:00:00.002+02:00

C'mon by Low was released on the 12th of April 2011

1    Try to Sleep         4:18
2    You See Everything         4:06
3    Witches         4:01
4    Done         2:53
5    Especially Me         5:27
6    $20         4:09
7    Majesty / Magic         4:12
8    Nightingale         4:56
9    Nothing but Heart         8:10
10    Something's Turning Over         3:20

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] – Caitlin Moe, Matt Beckley
Art Direction – Jeff Kleinsmith, Low
Backing Vocals – Cyrus Sparhawk, Hollis Sparhawk*
Banjo – David Carroll
Bass, Organ, Piano – Steve Garrington
Design – Jeff Kleinsmith
Guitar, Steel Guitar [Lap Steel] – Nels Cline
Guitar, Vocals, Percussion – Alan Sparhawk
Keyboards – Chris Price
Mastered By – Matt Beckley
Percussion – Ryland Steen
Percussion, Vocals – Mimi Parker
Photography [Cover Photo] – Brad Searles
Producer – Low, Matt Beckley
Recorded By – Eric Swanson
Recorded By [Additional Recording] – Matt Beckley
Songwriter [Songs By] – Sparhawk*, Parker*
Violin – Caitlin Moe

Notes

Recorded at Sacred Heart Studio, Duluth, MN. Additional Recording then mixing at Handsome Central, Los Angeles, CA. Mastered at Chicago Mastering.

spoon river

2011-07-30T07:30:00.000+02:00

The Hill by Richard Buckner was released on the 3rd of October 2000

1 Mrs Merritt        1:00
2 Tom Merritt        2:27
3 Elmer Karr        1:37
4 Ollie McGee        1:46
5 Fletcher McGee    0:39
6 Julia Miller    2:22
7 Willard Fluke    1:00
8 Elizabeth Childers    3:58
9 A. D. Blood        1:10
10 Oscar Hummel    3:03
11 Mellie Clark    0:45
12 Johnnie Sayre    3:04
13 Dora Williams    0:37
14 Reuben Pantier    3:29
15 Emily Sparks    0:49
16 Amanda Barker    2:54
17 The Hill        1:21
18 William + Emily    1:54

Total time 33:55

Credits

Artwork By [Scratchboards] – Penny Jo Buckner
Cello, Arco Bass – Joey Burns
Mastered By – Jon Marshall Smith
Mixed By – Craig Schumacher
Percussion – John Convertino
Performer, Written-by [Music] – Richard Buckner
Recorded By – Craig Schumacher (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 10, 14, 18), Richard Buckner (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 to 13, 15 to 17)
Script By [Words] – Edgar Lee Masters

Notes

Words from Edgar Lee Masters' book of poetry "The Spoon River Anthology" (published 1915)
Recorded at Wavelab, Tucson AZ, and by Richard Buckner at "a secret location."

veg-o-matic

2011-07-29T07:30:00.008+02:00

O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth by Jonathan Richman was released on the 9th of November 2010

1    O Moon, Queen of Night on Earth        2:12
2    These Bodies That Came to Cavort        2:43
3    If You Want to Leave Our Party Just Go        2:34
4    I Was the One She Came For        4:13
5    Sa Voix M'Atisse        2:51
6    We'll Be the Noise, We'll Be the Scandal        1:56
7    The Sea Was Calling Me Home        1:30
8    Winter Afternoon by BU in Boston        4:02
9    The Bitter Herb        2:17
10    Sa Voix M'Attise (Reprise)        1:51
11    My Affected Accent        2:54
12    Even Though I Know I Am the Wind and the Sun, I        1:37
13    The Sea Was Calling Me Home (Reprise)        2:16
14    It Was Time for Me to Be With Her        3:26

Credits

    Backing Vocals – Kelly Houston (tracks: 9), Roger Montalbano (tracks: 9), Ted Savarese (tracks: 9)
    Drums – Tommy Larkins (tracks: 1-14)
    Engineer – J.J. Wiesler
    Lyrics By – Jonathan Richman (tracks: 1-14), Tommy Larkins (tracks: 8)
    Mastered By – J.J. Wiesler
    Mixed By – J.J. Wiesler
    Vocals – Jonathan Richman (tracks: 1-14)

rainy days

2011-07-26T07:30:00.001+02:00

Speelbound by Jay-Jay Johanson was released on the 2nd of May 2011

1 Drift Wood 1:20
2 Dilemma 3:00
3 Shadows 3:52
4 On the Other Side 4:17
5 Suicide Is Painless 4:02
6 Monologue 3:23
7 Blind 5:10
8 The Chain 3:30
9 An Eternity 3:48
10 Spellbound 0:35
11 Out of Focus 5:17

Jay-Jay's contribution to the chet baker-ish sadcore indie-jazz genre, perfect with the current rainy grey weather

the cook, the boxer & the bluesman

2011-06-27T18:00:00.001+02:00

Blues from the Gutter by Champion Jack Dupree was released in April 1959

A1    Strollin'         3:01
A2    T.B. Blues         3:42
A3    Can't Kick the Habit         3:43
A4    Evil Woman         4:21
A5    Nasty Boogie         3:10
B1    Junker Blues         3:12
B2    Bad Blood         3:59
B3    Goin' Down Slow         4:04
B4    Frankie and Johnny         3:23
B5    Stack-O-Lee         3:56

One of the first and finest blues record I've been exposed to back in 1978, still walking the blues today on Spotify!

at least, i've got options

2011-06-24T18:00:00.002+02:00

Whatever's On Your Mind by Gomez was released on the 6th of June 2011

1 Options     3:37
2 I Will Take You There     4:42
3 Whatever's On Your Mind     3:41
4 Just As Lost As You     3:10
5 The Place And The People     5:22
6 Our Goodbye     3:16
7 Song In My Heart     3:18
8 Equalize     3:00
9 That Wolf     2:59
10 X-Rays     4:34

Listen to Gomez on Spotify!

shapes & shadows

2011-06-23T06:30:00.002+02:00

Shapes & Shadows by Ben Ottewell was released on the 11th of February 2011

1    Shapes and Shadows         3:45
2    Lightbulbs         4:48
3    All Brand New         4:16
4    Blackbird         4:33
5    Chicago         4:02
6    No Obstacles         2:42
7    Chose         3:26
8    Step Right Back         3:40
9    Take This Beach         4:37

Listen to Ben's voice, somewhere inbetween Richard Thompson and Steve Marriott (Small Faces) on Spotify!

places we've never been

2011-06-22T20:00:00.000+02:00

Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver was released on the 21st of June 2011

1    Perth        4:26
2    Minnesota, WI        3:53
3    Holocene        5:37
4    Towers        3:08
5    Michicant        3:42
6    Hinnom, TX        2:45
7    Wash.        4:59
8    Calgary        4:10
9    Lisbon, OH        1:37
10    Beth / Rest        5:21

Don't know much about geography, but listen to these locations and have a look at a map !

do the ostrich

2011-06-20T06:30:00.000+02:00

The Mistress by Yellow Ostrich was released on the 12th of October 2010

1    I Think U Are Great         1:21
2    WHALE         3:42
3    Hate Me Soon         1:56
4    Hold On         2:58
5    Libraries         4:38
6    Hahahaohhoho         2:51
7    I'll Run         3:03
8    Campaign         3:01
9    Mary         4:28
10    Slow Paddle         2:28

What a surprise, I've downloaded this somewhere - eMusic I guess - without knowing anything on it and then I forgot it. Yesterday I was a bit bored by everything I was listening to when I stumbled upon this: a genuine masterpiece of solitary post-doo-wop raw beauty !
What a treat!

simple pleasure

2011-06-17T14:13:00.000+02:00

Strange Moosic by Herman Düne was released on the 6th of June 2011

1    Tell Me Something I Don't Know
2    Ah Hears Strange Moosic
3    Be a Doll and Take My Heart
4    Where Is the Man?
5    Lay Your Head on My Chest
6    Monument Park
7    In the Long Run
8    Your Love Is Gold
9    The Rock
10    Just Like Summer
11    My Joy
12    Magician

Listen to this swedish-french pop-folk on Spotify and smile along quietly!

can hurt you too

2011-06-16T23:00:00.002+02:00

Gute Luft by Thomas Fehlmann was released on the 29th of March 2010

1    Alles, Immer         6:18
2    Falling Into Your Eyes         4:08
3    Wasser Im Fluss         4:18
4    Schwerelos         6:18
5    Speeding         6:36
6    In the Wind II         3:35
7    Soft Park         3:05
8    Permanent Touch         3:24
9    Von Oben         6:25
10    Fluss Im Wasser         3:25
11    Cityscape         4:08
12    Berliner Luftikus         3:49
13    Darkspark         3:03
14    Im Überblick         4:53
15    Scheiben         5:56

minimal electronic music is kind of perfect wallpaper of sound, don't try this in your car !

proud turkeys

2011-06-15T06:30:00.000+02:00

Book of Bad Breaks by Thee More Shallows was released on the 24th of April 2007

1    D. Shallow        0:45
2    Eagle Rock        2:57
3    The Dutch Fist        3:26
4    Night at the Knight School        3:24
5    Int 1        1:56
6    Proud Turkeys        3:41
7    Int 2        0:46
8    Fly Paper        3:42
9    Int 3        0:27
10    Oh Yes, Another Mother        3:11
11    The White Mask        6:41
12    Chrome Caps        3:55
13    Mo Deeper        1:48

Listent to this versatile post-prog-indie-rock on Spotify

navarro county

2011-06-14T06:30:00.001+02:00

Burst Out by The Antlers was released on the 10th of May 2011

1   I Don't Want Love       3:19
2   French Exit       4:03
3   Parentheses       3:26
4   No Widows       5:19
5   Rolled Together       4:36
6   Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out       3:25
7   Tiptoe       2:21
8   Hounds       5:18
9   Corsicana       3:37
10   Putting the Dog to Sleep       5:48

Listen to this gorgeous sadcore on Spotify!

chamber vibes

2011-06-11T06:30:00.002+02:00

Wild Go by Dark Dark Dark was released on the 5th of October 2010

1    In Your Dreams        3:21
2    Daydreaming        4:50
3    Heavy Heart        3:30
4    Celebrate        3:20
5    Nobody Knows        2:46
6    Something for Myself        4:53
7    Right Path        2:41
8    Robert        4:19
9    Say the Word        4:02
10    Wild Go        4:39

Listen to Dark3's chamber folk and Nona & Marshall's voices on Spotify!

exotic interlude

2011-06-10T06:30:00.001+02:00

exotic interlude by homelife was released on the 5th of October 2009

Circles         3:50
Along The Verge     4:05
Sunday Streets         4:32
Lincoln Square         3:15
Exotic Interlude     3:04
Lazy Man         3:42
Everywhere         2:50
More Wine         6:10
Atlas             3:37
Trapdoor         3:56

From mish-mash 4th world music panic orchestra to intimate songwriting, slightly off-kilter though, well done Paddy & Anthony !

Credits

    Backing Vocals – Rose Burnside
    Drums, Percussion, Pedalboard [Bass Pedals], Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Guitar, Keyboards [Dulcitone], Electric Piano [Pianet], Steel Guitar [Lap Steel], Keyboards [Clavinet], Banjo [Indian Banjo], Organ [Farfisa Vip], Idiophone [Thumb Piano] – Paddy Steer
    Mastered By – George Atkins
    Music By, Recorded By, Mixed By – Paddy Steer
    Music By, Words By – Anthony Burnside
    Photography [Photographs] – Joel Chester-Fildes
    Saxophone [Bass] – Howard Jacobs
    Vocals [Singing], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Synthesizer [Macbeth M3x] – Anthony Burnside

Notes

Recorded at Trapdoor Studio Levenshulme, Manchester 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Mastered at 80Hertz.
Gatefold Cover.

wonderfly

2011-06-08T06:30:00.004+02:00

Flying Wonders by homelife was released on the 1st of June 2002

1   Flying Wonders       4:16
2   Buffalos       4:06
3   Try Again       2:32
4   Seedpod       6:23
5   Fair-Weather View       3:06
6   Steps-Tone       3:25
7   Fruit Machine       3:35
8   D.Ex.1       1:25
9   Mai Beshe Peeinal       3:37
10   Dosta       4:31
11   Too Fast       5:41
12   Wonderly       7:11

Listen to this 4th World mish-mash masterpiece and dance the Wonderfly on Spotify

Discover Discovr

fruit garden

2011-06-07T06:30:00.000+02:00

The Orchard by Ra Ra Riot was released on the 24th of August 2010

1    The Orchard        3:29
2    Boy        3:10
3    Too Dramatic        3:04
4    Foolish        4:01
5    Massachusetts        5:38
6    You and I Know        4:34
7    Shadowcasting        3:40
8    Do You Remember        3:31
9    Kansai        4:13
10    Keep It Quiet        3:46

Listening to Ra Ra Riot makes me feel happy & alive, what else can you ask for?

An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive purpose. A fruit garden is generally synonymous with an orchard, although it is set on a smaller non-commercial scale and may emphasize berry shrubs in preference to fruit trees.

Most temperate-zone orchards are laid out in a regular grid, with a grazed or mown grass or bare soil base that makes maintenance and fruit gathering easy.

Orchards are often concentrated near bodies of water, where climatic extremes are moderated and blossom time is retarded until frost danger is past.

The forest garden is a food production system that is closely related to the orchard. A move towards more ecologically-friendly coffee production has led to forest-garden production of coffee. Brazil nuts and rubber are produced in such a method in some areas.

Often, mixed orchards are planted. In Europe, quince is sometimes planted along with apples. (from Wikipedia:orchard)

beach shoegaze

2011-06-06T06:30:00.004+02:00

Five Roses by Miracle Fortress was released on the 21st of May 2007

1    Whirrs        2:30
2    Have You Seen in Your Dreams        3:01
3    Next Train        4:16
4    Maybe Lately        3:13
5    Beach Baby        3:33
6    Hold Your Secrets to Your Heart        3:35
7    Little Trees        4:24
8    Poetaster        3:54
9    Five Roses        3:20
10    Blasphemy        4:50
11    Fortune        3:03
12    This Thing About You        3:52

Listen to this underrated space music that grows on you if you're ready for it on Spotify!

quirky grace

2011-06-02T06:00:00.001+02:00

On Vacation by The Robot Ate Me was released on the 22nd of March 2005

1.1    Genocide Ball
1.2    Jesus and Hitler
1.3    Republican Army
1.4    Oh No! Oh My! (1994)
1.5    Crispy Christian Tea Time
1.6    You Don't Fill Me Up the Same
1.7    I Slept Through the Holocaust
1.8    Every Nazi Plane Has a Cross
1.9    On Vacation
2.1    On Vacation   (pt.2)
2.2    Watermelon Sugar
2.3    Apricot Tea
2.4    Red-Haired Girl
2.5    Pre-Party #94
2.6    Oh No! Oh My!
2.7    Tourist
2.8    I'm OK

Listen to this "music for young americans" !

drone folk mantras

2011-05-26T06:00:00.001+02:00

No Earthly Man by Alasdair Roberts was released on the 22nd of March 2005

1    Lord Ronald
2    Molly Bawn
3    The Cruel Mother
4    On the Banks of Red Roses
5    The Two Brothers
6    Admiral Cole
7    Sweet William
8    A Lyke Wake Dirge

Listen to Alasdair Roberts in his drone folk mantras !

waxwing

2011-05-25T06:30:00.000+02:00

The Amber Gatherers by Alasdair Roberts was released on the 22nd of January 2007

1    Riddle Me This         3:48
2    Where Twines the Path         3:50
3    Waxwing         4:13
4    I Had a Kiss of the King's Hand         3:38
5    The Cruel War         3:16
6    Let Me Lie and Bleed Awhile         3:46
7    Firewater         3:59
8    River Rhine         3:33
9    I Have a Charm         4:03
10    The Old Men of the Shells         5:09
11    The Calfless Cow         2:14

Listen to Alasdair's addictive singing everywhere you can

memory's stain

2011-05-23T06:00:00.002+02:00

Wit's End by Cass McCombs was released on the 12th of April 2011

A1 County Line    5:37

    Organ [Hammond B3] – Will Canzoneri
    Bass – Justin Meldal-Johnsen
    Electric Guitar – Chris Cohen
    Percussion – Garrett Ray
    Vocals – CM*
    Drums – Garrett Ray
    Electric Piano – CM*


A2 The Lonely Doll 5:38

    Organ [Hammond B3] – Will Canzoneri
    Acoustic Guitar – CM*
    Electric Guitar – Chris Cohen
    Celesta – Will Canzoneri
    Percussion – Parker Kindred
    Vocals – CM*
    Drums – Parker Kindred


A3 Buried Alive    5:38

    Organ [Hammond B3] – Will Canzoneri
    Bass – Rob Barbato
    Acoustic Guitar – CM*
    Electric Guitar – Chris Cohen
    Synthesizer – CM*
    Vocals – CM*, Rob Barbato
    Clavinet – Will Canzoneri


A4 Saturday Song    5:12

    Organ [Hammond B3] – Will Canzoneri
    Percussion – Garrett Ray
    Double Bass – Walker Teret*
    Vocals – CM*
    Drums – Garrett Ray
    Piano – CM*


B1 Memory's Stain    7:23

    Accordion – Robbie Lee (6)
    Bass Clarinet – Robbie Lee (6)
    Percussion – CM*, Orpheo McCord
    Double Bass – Walker Teret*
    Vocals – CM*
    Drums – Orpheo McCord
    Piano – CM*
    Synthesizer – CM*


B2 Hermit's Cave    4:19

    Acoustic Guitar – CM*
    Percussion – Orpheo McCord
    Double Bass – Walker Teret*
    Vocals – CM*, Walker Teret*
    Drums – Orpheo McCord
    Piano – CM*


B3 Pleasant Shadow Song    4:12

    Clavinet – Will Canzoneri
    Vocals – CM*
    Bass – Rob Barbato
    Acoustic Guitar – CM*
    Acoustic Guitar [12-string] – Chris Cohen


B4 A Knock Upon The Door    9:24

    Acoustic Guitar [Miniature] – Peter Moren
    Acoustic Guitar – CM*
    Bass Clarinet – Robbie Lee (6)
    Percussion – Orpheo McCord
    Double Bass – Walker Teret*
    Vocals – CM*
    Drums – Orpheo McCord
    Organ [Portatif] – Robbie Lee (6)
    Chalumeau – Robbie Lee (6)
    Banjo – Walker Teret*


Credits

    Artwork By [Cover Design] – Malcolm Pullinger
    Artwork By [Drawings] – Albert Herter
    Engineer – Ariel Rechtshaid, Dave Schiffman
    Engineer [Additional] – CM*, Chris Coady, Eric Spring
    Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
    Mixed By – Dave Schiffman
    Photography [Cover] – Philippe Remond
    Producer – Ariel Rechtshaid, Cass McCombs
    Songwriter – Cass McCombs
    Translated By [To German Lyrics] – Barbara Reiger*, David Baker Benson

It's just impressive and delightful to follow every new step of Cass McCombs in the land of perfect pop music ! This one is slow-sad beautiful music growing on you at every listen. Give it a spin on Spotify or everywhere else!

sons of rest

2011-05-20T06:30:00.001+02:00

Amalgamated Sons of Rest by Amalgamated Sons of Rest was release on the 19th of September 2002

1    Maa Bonny Lad        2:12
2    My Donal        3:19
3    The Gypsy He-Witch        3:40
4    The Last House        4:17
5    Major March        3:32
6    Jennie Blackbird's Blues        3:41
7    I Will Be Good        2:51

Listen to this scottish-american folk trio of Alasdair, Will and Jason !

fauve

2011-05-19T06:00:00.006+02:00

Two Dancers by Wild Beasts was released on the 3rd of August 2009

1    The Fun Powder Plot        5:36
2    Hooting and Howling        4:35
3    All the King's Men        4:00
4    When I'm Sleepy...        2:10
5    We Still Got the Taste Dancing on Our Tongues        4:36
6    Two Dancers        4:07
7    Two Dancers II        2:38
8    This Is Our Lot        4:32
9    Underbelly        1:54
10    The Empty Nest        3:24

Listen to the son of Anthony Hegarty and Edwyn Collins hooting and howling along- I know it sounds a bit kinky - and enjoy this textured soul space pop on Spotify!

jackal of all parades

2011-05-18T06:00:00.000+02:00

Becoming a Jackal by Villagers was released on the 24th of May 2010

1    I Saw the Dead        5:04
2    Becoming a Jackal        3:20
3    Ship of Promises        4:37
4    The Meaning of the Ritual        3:15
5    Home        4:42
6    That Day        3:11
7    The Pact (I'll Be Your Fever)        3:29
8    Set the Tigers Free        3:22
9    Twenty-Seven Strangers        3:24
10    Pieces        5:25
11    To Be Counted Among Men        4:44

This one took me by surprise in the Spotify Best of Indie Domino Playlist! A real good post doo-wop folk pop album !!

penguin eggs

2011-05-16T06:00:00.001+02:00

Penguin Eggs by Nic Jones was released in 1980

A1    Canadee-I-O         6:00
A2    The Drowned Lovers         6:32
A3    The Humpback Whale         6:05
A4    The Little Pot Stove         5:38
B1    Courting Is a Pleasure         5:23
B2    Barrack Street         4:29
B3    Planxty Davis         2:51
B4    The Flandyke Shore         2:54
B5    Farewell to the Gold         5:18

This is something special, yes it is, please read about Nic and listen to this seminal scottish musician with both ears widely open on Spotify!

And if you ever strummed on steel strings, he's a magician.

blood in the kitchen

2011-05-12T07:35:00.000+02:00

Too Long in This Condition by Alasdair Roberts and Friends was released on the 29th of June 2010

1    The Daemon Lover         4:43
2    Young Emily         2:24
3    Long Lankin         5:05
4    The Two Sisters         5:35
5    Little Sir Hugh         5:26
6    Kilmahog Saturday Afternoon         1:28
7    The Golden Vanity         4:03
8    The Burning of Auchindoun         3:22
9    The Lover's Ghost         4:29
10    What Put the Blood on Your Right Shoulder, Son?         5:44
11    Barbara Allen         5:29

Another genuine masterpiece of traditionnal songs revisited by Ali & his Dudes on Spotify!

diamond ahead

2011-05-11T06:00:00.000+02:00

Diamond Mine by King Creosote & Jon Hopkins was released on the 28th of March 2011

1   First Watch
2   John Taylor's Month Away
3   Bats in the Attic
4   Running on Fumes
5   Bubble
6   Your Own Spell
7   Your Young Voice

Listen to King Jon's 32 minutes of bliss on Spotify!

adams family

2011-05-10T06:00:00.002+02:00

Everybody Friends Now by Singing Adams was released on the 4th of April 2011

1    Move On
2    I Need Your Mind
3    Bird On The Wing
4    The Old Days
5    Injured Party
6    Giving It All Away
7    Red Carpet
8    Sit And Wait
9    Spit In The Sea
10    Elisabeth Frink
11    Married Woman

Listen to broken Adams and enjoy the sunny side of the road on Spotify!

remain an amateur

2011-05-03T21:24:00.000+02:00

Into The Murky Water by The Leisure Society was released on the 2nd of May 2011

1 Into The Murky Water 4:46
2 Dust On The Dancefloor 3:40
3 Our Hearts Burn Like Damp Matches3:35
4 You Could Keep Me Talking 3:37
5 Although We All Are Lost 3:50
6 This Phantom Life 5:33
7 The Hungry Years 4:24
8 I Shall Forever Remain An Amateur 5:47
9 Better Written Off (Than Written Down) 4:01
10 Just Like The Knife 5:25

Listen to The Leisure Society's chamber pop'n folk on Spotify!

crick in my neck

2011-05-01T06:30:00.002+02:00

Dropping the Writ by Cass McCombs was released on the 9th of October 2007

1   Lionkiller
2   Pregnant Pause
3   That's That
4   Petrified Forest
5   Morning Shadows
6   Deseret
7   Crick in My Neck
8   Full Moon or Infinity
9   Windfall
10   Wheel of Fortune

Listen to Cass in the land of infinite pop music on Spotify! Start with Track 2 and what an ugly cover !!!

lupercalia

2011-04-28T06:00:00.000+02:00

Petr & The Wulf by Munly & The Lupercalians was released on the 5th of October 2010

1    Scarewulf         5:02
2    Petr         4:38
3    Grandfater         5:38
4    Bird         5:05
5    Cat         6:34
6    Duk         4:19
7    Three Wise Hunters         8:18
8    Wulf         8:11

Listen to Prokofiev's story thru the eyes of Jay Munly on Spotify!

Lupercalia

Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility. Lupercalia subsumed Februa, an earlier-origin spring cleansing ritual held on the same date, which gives the month of February its name.

The name Lupercalia was believed in antiquity to evince some connection with the Ancient Greek festival of the Arcadian Lykaia (from Ancient Greek: λύκος — lukos, "wolf", Latin lupus) and the worship of Lycaean Pan, assumed to be a Greek equivalent to Faunus, as instituted by Evander.

In Roman mythology, Lupercus is a god sometimes identified with the Roman god Faunus, who is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Pan. Lupercus is the god of shepherds. His festival, celebrated on the anniversary of the founding of his temple on February 15, was called the Lupercalia. His priests wore goatskins. The 2nd-century Christian apologist Justin Martyr mentions an image of "the Lycaean god, whom the Greeks call Pan and the Romans Lupercus," nude save for the girdle of goatskin, which stood in the Lupercal, the cave where Romulus and Remus were suckled by a she-wolf. There, on the Ides of February (in February the ides is the 13th), a goat and a dog were sacrificed, and salt mealcakes prepared by the Vestal Virgins were burnt. from Wikipedia

sounds from the cave

2011-04-27T06:30:00.002+02:00

Catacombs by Cass McCombs was released on the 1st of June 2009

1    Dreams-Come-True-Girl (feat. Karen Black)        5:21
2    Prima Donna        4:53
3    You Saved My Life        5:24
4    Don't Vote        5:27
5    The Executioner's Song        4:21
6    Harmonia        6:07
7    My Sister, My Spouse        5:14
8    Lionkiller Got Married        5:34
9    Eavesdropping on the Competition        3:54
10    Jonesy Boy        4:45
11    One Way to Go        2:55

Listen to Cass Catacombs'original folkcore a few times before saying anything and you will enjoy it (or bore yourself to death) on Spotify!

nobody knows this is everywhere

2011-04-26T06:30:00.002+02:00

Here Before by The Feelies was released on the 12th of April 2011

1    Nobody Knows        2:50
2    Should Be Gone        3:28
3    Again Today        3:41
4    When You Know        3:14
5    Later On        3:10
6    Way Down        3:37
7    Morning Comes        4:11
8    Change Your Mind        4:37
9    Here Before        3:17
10    Time Is Right        2:34
11    Bluer Skies        3:13
12    On and On        3:50
13    So Far        3:55

the feelies are back and only for people who have the time to really listen to music on Spotify!

the evil is there, waiting

2011-04-23T06:30:00.001+02:00

Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots by Munly & The Lee Lewis Harlots was released on the 12th of October 2004

1    Amen Corner         4:00
2    Big Black Bull Comes Like a Caesar         6:45
3    Old Service Road         3:56
4    Another Song About Jesus, a Wedding Sheet, and a Bowie Knife         5:39
5    Cassius Castrato the She-Male of the Mens Prison         5:15
6    'Ragin' Cajun'         4:21
7    Song Rebecca Calls, 'That Birdcage Song', Which Never Was Though Now Kind of Is Because of Her Influence...         6:13
8    Goose Walking Over My Grave         5:40
9    The Leavening of the Spit-Bread Girls         3:07
10    A Gentle Man's Jihad         5:04
11    The Denver Boot Redux         5:37
12    Of Silas Fauntleroys Willingness to Influence the Panel         3:35
13    Jacob Dumb         4:41
14    My Second Salvation Army Choir         5:38
15    River Forktine Tippecanoe         7:28

Ok, we all know what gothic alt-country - or southern gothic - means but this may be the ultimate result of this brewery of genres.
Jay Munly has a voice that is the perfect blend of Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes), Theo Hakola (well, Passion Fodder, Nick Cave (& the Bad Seeds of course) and Matt Johnson (The The, yes !)
Listen to Jay's Voice in "Cassius Castrato the She-Male of the Mens Prison" from 3:00 to 3:20, his voice range going from falsetto to deep dark covering 4 or 5 octaves - like Don Van Vliet but soemhow different, ahahah.
But the voice is perfectly served by gorgeous southern gothic orchestration too. Well, I will stop here. You have most of Jay's records on Spotify!

Ah no, a last indication: Like many gothic country albums (well, many good country albums, gothic or not) this album reminds me of a quote from Naked Lunch that I've always kind of liked: "America is not a young land. It is old and dirty and evil, before the settlers, before the Indians, the evil is there waiting." from RYM user stereobread

alleged life eclipse

2011-04-22T06:30:00.003+02:00

Hot Shots II by The Beta Band was released ont the 16th of July 2001

1    Squares        3:46
2    Al Sharp        3:34
3    Human Being        4:31
4    Gone        3:41
5    Dragon        4:56
6    Broke        4:40
7    Quiet        4:49
8    Alleged        5:30
9    Life        3:50
10    Eclipse        6:34

listen to the beta hot shots on Spotify !

here on my own

2011-04-21T06:30:00.000+02:00

Fifth Column by u.n.p.o.c. was released ont the 20th of October 2003

Amsterdam     2:31
Been A While Since I Went Away     1:35
I Don't Feel Too Steady On My Feet     1:49
Here On My Own     3:27
Avignon     1:56
Come In     5:44
I Love You, Lady Luck     3:59
Dark Harbour Wall     3:28
Jump Jet Friend     2:07
Beautiful To Me     3:50
See You Later     2:17
Some Kinds Of People     2:43
So In Tune     3:43
Nicaragua     4:40

listen to Tom playing like scottish beach boys on acid and then some more on Spotify !

do the cave dance

2011-04-16T06:00:00.001+02:00

Jonny by Jonny was released on the 31th of January 2011

1    Wich is Wich
2    Candyfloss
3    Waiting Around For You
4    Goldmine
5    You Was Me
6    Circling the Sun
7    English Lady
8    The Goodnight
9    Bread
10    Cave Dance
11    I Want To Be Around You
12    I’ll Make Her My Best Friend
13    Never Alone

Listen to Euros & Norman on Spotify!

personal demons

2011-04-15T06:00:00.001+02:00

Demons: The Nomad Series, Volume 2 by Cowboy Junkies was released on the 18th of January 2011

1    Wrong Piano
2    Flirted With You All My Life
3    See You Around
4    Betty Lonely
5    Square Room
6    Ladle
7    Supernatural
8    West of Rome
9    Strange Language
10    We Hovered With Short Wings
11    When the Bottom Fell Out

Listen to Vic's tunes sung by Margot Timmins & her music Junkies on Spotify!

with short wings

2011-04-14T06:30:00.002+02:00

At the Cut by Vic Chesnutt was released on the 21st of September 2009

1    Coward        5:16
2    When the Bottom Fell Out        3:11
3    Chinaberry Tree        4:11
4    Chain        3:00
5    We Hovered With Short Wings        5:15
6    Philip Guston        3:28
7    Concord Country Jubilee        4:33
8    Flirted With You All My Life        4:42
9    It Is What It Is        6:58
10    Granny        3:25

Listen to Vic Chesnutt sounding as good as Nina Simone on Chain !

düsseldorf

2011-04-13T06:30:00.001+02:00

The Man-Machine by Kraftwerk was released in April 1978

A1    The Robots         6:11
A2    Spacelab         5:51
A3    Metropolis         5:59
B1    The Model         3:38
B2    Neon Lights         9:03
B3    The Man-Machine         5:28

33 years later, it stills shines in the dark - not even speaking of radio-activity - on Spotify!

a walk around the lake

2011-04-12T06:30:00.001+02:00

All Alone In An Empty House by Lost In The Trees was released on the 9th of September 2009

1    All Alone in an Empty House        5:34
2    Walk Around the Lake        2:54
3    MVT I. Sketch        3:13
4    Song for the Painter        3:28
5    Fireplace        3:32
6    Love on My Side        3:17
7    Wooden Walls of This Forest Church        1:16
8    MVT II. Sketch         5:35
9    For Leah and Chloe        2:05

Listen to Ari and his Orchestra on Spotify!

too old to die young

2011-04-11T06:30:00.002+02:00

Creep On Creepin' On by Timber Timbre was released on the 5th of April 2011

1    Bad Ritual
2    Obelisk
3    Creep On Creepin' On
4    Black Water
5    Swamp Magic
6    Woman
7    Too Old to Die Young
8    Lonesome Hunter
9    Do I Have Power
10    Souvenirs

Listen to the return of creepy swampy elvis

in yonder lonely place

2011-04-10T06:30:00.001+02:00

The Crook of My Arm by Alasdair Roberts was released on the 2nd of April 2001

1    Lord Gregory        4:50
2    As I Came in By Huntly Town        4:59
3    Bonnie Lass Among the Heather        3:41
4    The Magpie's Nest        2:02
5    Ploughboy Lads        1:54
6    Lowlands        4:14
7    Master Kilby        2:34
8    Standing in Yon Flow'ry Garden        3:51
9    Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon        2:57
10    The False Bride        3:56
11    The Month of January        3:34
12    The Wife of Usher's Well        5:20

Listen to my sad beautiful stories again said Ali, and we all did, again.

i am a young man

2011-04-09T06:30:00.000+02:00

Farewell Sorrow by Alasdair Roberts was released on the 15th of April 2003

1    Farewell Sorrow        4:01
2    Join Our Lusty Chorus        3:50
3    Carousing        3:54
4    I Fell in Love        4:48
5    I Went Hunting        3:10
6    Down Where the Willow Wands Weep        3:12
7    When a Man's in Love He Feels No Cold        3:55
8    Come, My Darling Polly        4:15
9    The Whole House Is Singing        5:17
10    I Walked Abroad in an Evil Hour        4:41
11    I Am a Young Man        3:08
12    Slowly Growing Old        2:08

Listen to my sad beautiful story said Ali !

le freak c'est chic

2011-04-08T06:30:00.001+02:00

Bird-Brains by tUnE-yArDs was released on the 19th of March 2009

1    For You        1:49
2    Sunlight        3:47
3    Lions        4:59
4    Hatari        5:39
5    News        3:24
6    Jamaican        3:54
7    Jumping Jack        3:16
8    Little Tiger        4:59
9    Safety        4:37
10    Fiya        5:28

Listen to this amazing Captain Beefheart meets the Raincoats jerking off the african high-life and yes, you should listen to that on Spotify!

insects

2011-04-04T06:00:00.001+02:00

Welcome Home, Loser by The Broken Family Band was released on the 14th of February 2005

1   Happy Days Are Here Again       2:54
2   Living in Sin       3:10
3   A Princess       3:15
4   Where the Hell Is My Baby?       3:43
5   Yer Little Bedroom       5:19
6   John Belushi       4:18
7   Cocktail Lounge       3:10
8   Honest Man's Blues       2:08
9   We Already Said Goodbye       3:43
10   A Place You Deserve       3:32
11   Roman Johnson One       0:36
12   The Last Song       3:43
13   Wherever You Go       3:12
14   Coping With Fear       6:00

Listen to this Cambridge hillbilly indie music on Spotify!

fluoxytine

2011-04-01T06:00:00.000+02:00

5:14 Fluoxytine Seagull Alcohol John Nicotine by Malcolm Middleton was released on the 23rd of September 2002

1    Crappo the Clown        5:52
2    Wake Up        3:35
3    The Loneliest Night of My Life Came Calling        3:12
4    Best in Me        7:30
5    Cold Winter        5:39
6    Bring Down (reprise)        1:07
7    Rotten Heart        3:27
8    Speed on the M9        4:37
9    1,2,3,4        2:40
10    Birdwatcher        5:02
11    The King of Bring        7:07
12    Devil and the Angel        4:56

Listen to Crappo the Clown on Spotify!

superhero songwriter

2011-03-31T06:00:00.001+02:00

A Brighter Beat by Malcolm Middleton was released on the 25th of February 2007

1    We're All Going to Die         2:48
2    Fight Like the Night         3:39
3    A Brighter Beat        3:47
4    Death Love Depression Love Death         4:44
5    Fuck It, I Love You         3:48
6    Stay Close Sit Tight         4:35
7    Four Cigarettes         4:51
8    Somebody Loves You         4:46
9    Up Late at Night Again         5:35
10    Superhero Songwriters         7:01

Listen to our enjoyably depressed superhero on Spotify!

the country with a smile

2011-03-29T07:38:00.001+02:00

Guilty Rainbow by Roommate was released on the 22nd of March 2011

1 My Bad
2 August Song
3 Flicker Flame
4 The Country With A Smile
5 Lds
6 Ghost Pigeon
7 Snow Globe
8 After The Boom
9 Soft Eyes
10 Smothered In Hugs

Listen to the addictive grooving sad-pop of Kent Lambert - candidating my personal 2011 top 10 - on Spotify!

japanese whispers

2011-03-28T08:13:00.000+02:00

Port Entropy by Shugo Tokumaru was released on the 21st of April 2010

1    Platform
2    Tracking Elevator
3    Linne
4    Lahaha
5    Rum Hee
6    Laminate
7    River Low
8    Straw
9    Drive-Thru
10    Suisha
11    Orange
12    Malerina

Listen to this graceful toy-pop music on Spotify!

i'm from further north than you

2011-03-15T06:00:00.001+01:00

Last by The Unthanks was released on the 14th of March 2011

1        Gan To The Kye
2        The Gallowgate Lad
3        Queen of Hearts
4        Last
5        Give Away Your Heart
6        No One Knows I'm Gone
7        My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up
8        Canny Hobbie Elliott
9        Starless
10        Close The Coalhouse Door
11        Last

beautiful, majestuous and sad chamber-folk from northern england and it's on Spotify!