Category: Freak Folk
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Entranced, but I don’t know why. Okay I do know why – The Singleman Affair
The post title says it all. The track I speak of is “Leaving a Mark”. It is a winding mellow hazy road of a track from the self proclaimed “psychedelic” Chicago resident that might also be known as Dan Schneider. Schneider’s “The Singleman Affair” has a new album called “Let’s Kill the Summer” – which…
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Get Your Pre-Order on: Lightning Dust’s “Infinite Light”
Recommendations, recommendations. Bloggers have many. Most are pretty decent recommendations and for the most part we (hopefully) know what we are talking about. As I often talk out of my ass, take what I say with a grain of salt – I obsess on bands or albums or songs, so when I am listening –…
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Akron/Family – another reason to go to the Calgary Folk Fest
So Akron Family are on tour. They are on tour and stopping at the Calgary Folk Fest for a couple of shows. I know I am thinking of hitting up the Twilight stage on Saturday to see about the show (it lists them last, so I assume a 8:00pm start??). Regardless, I have been listening…
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The Antlers “new” Album Hospice, gets me back on board
So I know it was available, I know it was getting some pretty good press from fellow bloggers. I just didn’t immediately take the “real listen”. I don’t know why. I might have be the deluge of music the last few months, finding another couple of releases that took over my listening, work or general…
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Dame Satan’s “Beaches and Bridges” Brings Psych-Folk Back!
Just a little bit of Dame Satan’s ambient psych folk for your Wednesday. This is what happens when someone blends 60s acid with an ambient production. Sometimes too sparse to describe, sometimes way too trippy to think you actually understand it, but always worth a listen (or two). The band and new album dissected: “It…
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It Seems Like Only Days Since Scott Matthew Was On The Blog
Well friends it was but merely days – or a couple of posts ago that I posted on Scott Matthew! I am getting into the new album from Mr. Matthew and despite what some call “overwrought” I call pretty darn good (I’m lookin’ at you Morgan – HA!). I know you can get overwhelmed with…
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Sunday Label Showcase – Third Uncle Records
Okay, so it isn’t really a profile of the label, but I am a fan of a couple of artists (so far, I am sure my “fandom” will grow once I really dig into Third Uncle). Those artists are the overly Slowcoustic profiled Elephant Micah (mentioned here, here and here) and new on my radar,…
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O’Death. Oh so good.
nuff said. ~Smansmith p.s. Visit Laundromatinee for an alternate live version HERE – and pick up a few free downloads of the session. Soo good.
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Friday Discovery – MORE Elephant Micah!
So we all know I am a ridiculous fan of Joe O’Connell’s “Elephant Micah” recording persona. I honestly have to say that his most recent full album release “Exiled Magicians” is going to be a top album for the decade for me – see for yourself by visiting Third Uncle Records to pick up a…
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A FatCat Records Playlist
Woot! Part three of the a series I have going on record labels (part 1, part 2). This time we have the ever impressive “FatCat Records” from Brighton (and Brooklyn). FatCat Records is pretty much an “ahead of the curve” indie label with a few great “straight ahead” indie artists. If you are a bit…
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An Absolutely Kosher Playlist
Well I have done this before and I am sure I will do it again. Let’s see what a pretty damn good label has for us today – a little bit of a sampler of another provider of music…if you will. While I don’t pretend to know all the artists on the AKR label (and…
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The Best Unknown Artist I Still Don’t Know
Basket of Figs is a seriously entrancing singer songwriter from Toronto, Canada. There…you have as much information about her as I do. Well, almost. Did you ever listen to music that simply amazes you? Everyone needs to, and I recently experienced it with the EP entitled “666” from Basket of Figs obtained through the Yer…