Category Archive Folk

FRAZEY FORD – “Firecracker”

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The Recordings of The Middle East

I first heard the song “Blood” by Australian band The Middle East on KCRW a couple of months ago.  The harmonies and soft, melodic progressions build to create moving, stirring music and the same is true for all of their songs, most of which are between 5 to 7 minutes long.  ”Blood” immediately reminded me [...] Read More…

Reworks of art?

I’ve wanted to share these songs for a while now but I didn’t have too much to say about them all.  I think they’re all awesome remixes and covers of great tracks but check them out and decide for yourself… The xx – “You’ve Got The Love” (Florence and the Machine) () [Audio clip: view full [...] Read More…

AM – Future Sons and Daughters

A couple of weeks ago, I saw AM at the Hotel Cafe and it was an awesome show.  His music reaches across a number of genres from psychedelic rock and folk to soul and classic rock, even jazz.  AM’s new album, Future Sons & Daughters, draws on an eclectic variety of musical influences to create a [...] Read More…

Favorites from 2009 (so far)

It took me a while but I finally got around to posting them all.  In no particular order, here are my favorites from 2009, so far… Phoenix MP3: “1901” MP3: “Lisztomania” Dan Auerbach MP3: “When The Night Comes” Grizzly Bear MP3: “Two Weeks” Wilco MP3: “Solitaire” MP3: “One Wing” MP3: “I’ll Fight” Quantic and His Combo Barbaro Amazon: “The Dreaming Mind” Andrew Bird [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (4/20/09)

I went out to Coachella this weekend and, for the most part, I wasn’t really that impressed.  A lot of acts just don’t know how to get the crowd going.  One band that is the complete opposite of this is Dr. Dog.  They were very impressive.  It was my third time seeing them and I [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (4/12/09)

General Elektriks (Herve Salters) released his debut album Cliquety Kliqk through Quannum Records back in 2005. Now GE’s got a new album Good City For Dreamers (Feb 2009).  I loved Cliquety Kliqk and I have a feeling I’m going to love the new album as well.  I’ve heard most of the tracks on it and, [...] Read More…

Weekly Dose (2/8/09)

(When the site crashed in March and I thought I lost everything, this ended up being the only post I really lost…  Unfortunately, because of that, I will leave you with the songs only…) Andrew Bird - Oh No / Anonanimal James Pants – We’re Through Beck – Gamma Ray (James Pants Remix)  The BPA (Brighton Port Authority) – Toe [...] Read More…