Category: Folk
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My “Various Desktop Mp3s” playlist
I have done this before (see here) and I just did the whole drag and drop into my iTunes and have a new playlist for this Saturday. I have had these mp3s on my desktop for weeks now and they are not related at all besides the fact that I listened quickly, liked it and…
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Song of the day – Matt Dill’s “Mountain Side”
I have been listening to a lot of music, but not posting as much as I should. I thought I would give you a quick song of the day post to fend of the daily mp3 crowd and the die hard regulars (love you guys!). Hopefully I can get some decent coverage of some really…
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Nineteen Year Old Swedish Sisters!! This is not spam, it’s “Taxi Taxi!”
Okay, lame post title I know – but seriously, how is “19-year old Swedish sisters” not something you get in public email spam filters? Seriously though, the subject of this post are folk diva sister’s from Stockholm, Sweden and they have quirky, tragic, fun, heartbreaking folk pop simply oozing from them. Comparable to Calgary’s own…
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Smash & Grab MP3 Post, but still worthy of some “good” attention
So a quick one today, kind of a “smash & grab” post as many bloggers refer to when music blogs put up a post with no real content, but with MP3 links. Umm, yeah – so I am kinda doing that, so back off haters. I have 3 separate tracks from different artists, but all…
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Do Not Forget! J. Tillman’s “Year In The Kingdom” officially available today!
So, my dears, my favourite artist releases his album in physical form next week, but today you can purchase digitally, so GO PURCHASE already! The track Earthly Bodies is below, but don’t forget you can download “Though I Have Wronged You” over at Stereogum HERE. Stunning album and will be a top album of the…
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New Album from OX on the way – Let’s revisit shall we?
So OX has a new album “Burnout” coming out on November 10th (featured that title track over on You Crazy Dreamers HERE) so I thought I would swing by their site and catch up on what was going on until now. So Burnout looks to be the bands 3rd album with the previous album being…
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Its a “various artists” Friday headlined by Anders Parker & Amy Millan
TGIF, god damn it! So we have a bit of a mixed bag today courtesy of the good folks at IODA. See below, I am sure something is going to work out for you! Amy Millan (and this track specifically) has been featured already on Slowcoustic, Anders Parker has also graced the pages (thanks to…
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The best $2.00 you will spend today, Kyle Swartzwelder’s self titled album
So you need some more music? You have $2.00 in digital form? You got some of that internets? Well friends, I got some country folk goodness that your $2.00 will acquire for you. Kyle Swartzwelder’s self titled album is more than worth the price (or less than the price of) of your morning coffee. Simply…
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Some Tuesday listening suggestions: Julie Peel, Boca Chica & Concept: Bravery
The above photo is not me, but just someone who I might just look like after this weekend. I have been a bit remiss in my music blogging the last couple of days on this past labour day weekend – a long weekend without a music blog playlist!?!? What was I thinking, a long weekend…
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Talons’ “Songs for Babes” sees official release!
First blogged about Talons’ lo-fi gem almost a year ago (see here) and I am glad to see what I think is an official release of the album. Serious bedroom folk for the broken hearted. A little bit of reverb, a little bit of piano and a lot of girls from the past. I stand…
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Here Cometh The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come
All hail the coming of more Darnielle & Co. So the new album from The Mountain Goats “The Life of the World to Come” will be out on October 6th, 2009. No, it isn’t the calling of one who has found the Lord, but 12 songs of lessons learned in life. If you know Darnielle,…
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New/Upcoming Release Listening – The tracks I’m “allowed” to give you edition.
photo stolen from Less Noise More Signal So I am sitting here listening to one of the many iTunes playlists I make (I am a bit of a fiend for this) and while scrobbling to my Last.fm profile I noticed that some tracks are readily available for download. As I consider myself basically an up…