Category: Down-Tempo
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Who said “Alt-Country” was dead? Song of the Day – “My Girl Baltimore” by Paul Masson
Sometimes I get in a mood. My mood is currently set clearly in the land of late night dusk across the plains of Maryland. Wait? Maryland? Yes, Maryland. Paul Masson delivered to myself (just yesterday) a fine example of why I could have been born in Texas in the 50’s. Great country (or Alt-Country for…
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Best New Music – Meursault’s “Nothing Broke” EP
So best new music. It is actually one of my categories and surprisingly gets selected on a pretty decent schedule. This is because I tend to cover music that I like (go figure). That being said, listen up people, BEST new music! Meursault comes to me from Song, By Toad blog owner/operator Matthew Young. In…
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Artist of the Day – Jan Felipe
So I have been online acquaintances with Jan Felipe for over a year now as we have connected a few times on Last.fm. He will let me know on happenings here and there and if he has a new track for download. Low and behold he does have something new for perusal and he let…
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The long lost Lewis & Clarke Interview
So as I mentioned earlier, I keep getting reminded how much Lewis & Clarke sneak up on me and just captivate me. Once again, they do so. Late last year I had a bit of back and forth with Lou Rogai about putting a post together. Things got busy for both of us, L&C was…
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Ending the evening with Peter Broderick
Goodnight folks, I will leave you with one of the tracks from the newest Peter Broderick album (fittingly the end track). Just gorgeous use of piano, strings and atmosphere: he used no other instruments/sounds other than those from piano and violin. This is the stuff that baffles me in its creation as it seems so…
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Song of the Day – Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards’ “Bust”
Today’s Song of the Day comes from across the pond and Dan Michaelson and the Coastguards. I am not sure if they are actual nautical specialists, but they do craft some nice salty melodies. The song is “Bust” and is from the 2009 release of “Saltwater” which was recommended from one of my good online…
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WARNING: On Vacation – “Song of Day Posts” on their way. J. Tillman’s “Earthly Bodies” to start!
So I am heading out with the Mrs. and heading to the sun and surf. Leave it to a Canadian to leave during the very short period of summer we have and leave and go to somewhere hot. So you only get about 3 months of warm/hot weather where I live – so let’s cut…
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Jeffrey Luck Lucas releases “The Lion’s Jaw”, discusses the album, tours and if “Luck” is really his name!
“The heart of a cur keeping time with her bedroom eyes.” ~JLL The upcoming album from Jeffrey Luck Lucas entitled “The Lion’s Jaw” should be out any second and from the few tracks I have heard it is going to be another incredible album. This is a top album in the “looking forward to in…
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Gareth Dickson’s Sunday Morning.
Just a quick post on Gareth (although he is deserving of more) – I simply needed to put this out there as I was listening to his “Collected Recordings” this morning and had to post. There has been fewer perfect moments than a tranquil back yard on a Sunday Morning…the yard half immersed in sunlight…
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Saturday Afternoon with Brent Randall & his Pinecones. We all seem to get along.
So to further my effort for a bit of a “pop” infused Saturday, I bring another pseudo brit-psych-pop group, but this time from Halifax. Come on seriously, it couldn’t be anything other than that with the album cover above, could it? In all honestly I am trying to not be as much as a purveyor…
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Saturday Morning with Papercuts. Not as painful as it sounds.
San Francisco’s Papercuts is sound tracking my start of vacation Saturday Morning. You can’t start all crazy and sometimes it is nice to start with something that you haven’t heard much of. I have been meaning to spin the Papercuts recent album “You Can Have What You Want” for a while now, so why not…
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Basket of Figs – Dead Language
Back again with the new EP from Basket of Figs. This Toronto phenom is known for her EP releasing (maybe an album upcoming….maybe…) and they all are self released and incredibly dark, stunning lo-fi experiences. I have said it before and I will say it again, you feel drawn into her voice, it is like…