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Surfer Blood // Demon Dance [Single]
I’ll never be able to explain my love for Surfer Blood fully, it’s one of those band that is tied to an experience and therefore hold significance to me. This isn’t to devalue them, they make great...
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New Desert Blues // Adam [Mailbag]
“Adam” came through the mailbag, and within the first five seconds of listening I knew I found something worth listening through. I just love the amount of noise and depth there is in the production...
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Typhoon // Young Fathers [Single]
This is the third track from the new Typhoon album, White Lighter, coming August 20th. “Young Fathers” is leans heavily on their knack for orchestration, but this one is much based in their ability to...
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Yankee List // Midyear Album Roundup
Things on the blog can get microscopic at times – a single track from an upcoming album, a one off video of someone playing a cover, a quickly written album review. I think it’s time to look back on...
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Rayland Baxter // Bad Things [Single]
It is my belief that Rayland Baxter is severely under appreciated, but I expect with time, that will change. His songs are terrifically written and his voice is something golden. Last year he brought...
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Rodeo Queen // Goodness Gracious [LP]
Sometimes I don’t know much about the people I write about, and while that is partially true for the man known as Rodeo Queen – yes, I don’t even know his name. But, I feel like a know a considerable...
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Man Man // Head On [Single]
The crazy dudes of Man Man have announced a new record coming September 10th that will go by the name On Oni Pond. The record is being produced by Mike Mogis who has also worked with Bright Eyes and...
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Seryn // Ivory Black [Single]
The indie-folk gang from Denton, TX has done it again. Seryn is known for their incredible orchestration and how they can bring these great unique sounds out of their instruments – and their new song,...
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J. Roddy Walston & The Business // Heavy Bells [Single]
J. Roddy Walston & The Business – Heavy Bells Finally. When I heard that a new J. Roddy Walston & The Business album was coming our way September 10th I was as giddy as a school girl who was...
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Okkervil River // It Was My Season [Single]
It was winter of my freshman year of college when someone first put an Okkervil River record into my hands, and I am ever thankful for that moment. I’m sure my roommate wasn’t as thankful for it...
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WIDOWER // Fool Moon [LP]
We’ve talked about WIDOWER before on here, and it’s an easy agreement by all that the music made by Kevin Large is something significant. Mama Bird Recording Co has picked up their latest album and it...
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Blitzen Trapper // Ever Loved Once [Single]
Blitzen Trapper’s new album, VII, will be out October 1st and I am something excited about it. While “Furr” was the tracked long ago that hooked me and everyone else, the rest of their catalog...
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Half Moon Run // Full Circle [Single]
Half Moon Run’s album has been out for a while now, but just a few weeks ago it saw a US release – because these Canadians can. “Full Circle” has been stuck in everyone’s head who has listened to it,...
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Boy & Bear // Southern Sun [Single]
Ever since the radio show I had back at KCOU during college I’ve had a soft spot for Boy & Bear – their unpolished sound made it onto the two hours a week I had more often than most artists. Well,...
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Jonathan Wilson // Love to Love [Single]
Jonathan Wilson doesn’t get enough credit these days – laid back rocking from the days of Tom Petty, although that dude is still touring amazingly enough. I’d like to see Jonathan Wilson come out on...
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J. Roddy Walston // Black Light + Album Stream
I think I’ve reached the critical mass amount of post for the upcoming J. Roddy Walston & The Business record, Essential Tremors, due out on September 10th. But, we will push forward with more J....
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Cale Tyson // Lonesome In Tennessee
Cale Tyson’s music is somewhat expected. It’s old fashioned, it holds nothing that you haven’t heard before, but it takes everything you love about old country crooning tunes and polishes them up and...
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Willis Earl Beal ft. Cat Power // Coming Through
Willis Earl Beal has a hell of a life story, and in these past years I hope he’s seen that it was worth it. His music is about as authentic as you can find it, a pure form that was self-taught and...
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Bear’s Den // Sahara
“Sahara” from Bear’s Den is following this seemingly current trend in folk music to give up simple melodies and instead create distance, breath, and wonder in their songs. I for one am a definite fan...
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Ha Ha Tonka // Rewrite Our Lives
Ha Ha Tonka will always have a soft spot with me seeing as their a local Missouri band and named after a seriously great state park. Their new album, Lessons, is due out 9/24 – listen to “Rewrite Our...
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