Category: indie
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Seagull
Seagull is not a band nor a boy, it is a sound that comes out of your speakers to remind you of your first love and how much you thought you knew. That description comes from the Two Bright Lakes page in the bio for Seagull, a band, sorry, a project from an Australian foursome…
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School of Seven Bells – Video, Songs and Links!
So another quick post, but this one is chalk full of media. School of Seven Bells is a band I have wanted to post on for a while. The album is still in the listening stages at Slowcoustic Headquarters, but it is climbing up the in-house charts. Let’s open up with a nice acoustic video…
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I’m a bit slow and possibly daft – Frightened Rabbit!
So as this post title goes, I am a bit slow and possibly daft (emphasis on the “daft”) as I have just started listening to the newest Frightened Rabbit album – “The Midnight Organ Fight”. Did I mention I might be daft? I have been listening since mid last week or so and I have…
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Slowcoustic Essentials – Shearwater
Part two of the Slowcoustic “Essentials Series” with the phenomenal Shearwater. While not extensively all mopey singer songwriter material that many might expect for Slowcoustic – this is some great down-tempo stuff – you will find something on every single album since their beginnings in 2001 that is worth calling a favourite. The beginning as…
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If You Haven’t Heard – Finn Daniel
Here we go back on board with the “If You Haven’t Heard” posts and the newest installment of great finds – Finn Daniel. Finn Daniel is a singer songwriter who hails from the UK and has some impressive tracks and a new EP entitled “Settle”. His sound is pretty classic singer songwriter that leans towards…
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Annie Palmer, yeah, Annie Palmer
Annie Palmer is in good company. Annie Palmer is surrounded by great people. Annie Palmer is someone I want to know. I thought I had to post on Ms. Palmer today as yesterday I posted on her Michigan brethren Chris Bathgate. Does she run in the same circles? One quick look on her MySpace page…
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Another Friday Discovery – Julie Sokolow
So, I’m cruising through one of my new favourite labels (again) and found Western Vinyl’s Julie Sokolow. I think I am about to kick myself for not finding her sooner. Julie is a Pittsburgh via New Jersey resident who I believe may still be finishing some university…so being talented and smart is the way the…
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In Lieu of new
In more ways than one this post is not “new”. I have decided not to do my weekly post “New on the ‘nets” this Saturday as I am working on a “10 things that WON’T be on my Best of 2008 list” post in it’s place and this band is not my discovery in any…
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The Stunning Ohbijou
It really “kicks in” or starts at about 1:18…and check out more of the above Ohbijou performances over on AUX’s “Camera Music” here. Enjoy a couple of tracks from the re-release (re-mastered if that helps) of “Swift Feet for Troubling Times” last year including “Blizzards” that doesn’t appear on the original. Ohbijou “Steep” (mp3) from…
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Lamenting for Summer
Jihae’s “Best Thing” Video…I miss summer. Here in Calgary, it is getting colder, darker and wintery. Although as a Canadian, it isn’t really that cold, but still, there seems to be less “frolicking through the fields to the local pond for a dip”…and in saying that, I give you summer. Just a little reminder…. ~Smansmith
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Blue Giant – Target Heart EP
Just heard some promo stuff for Blue Giant’s debut EP entitled “Target Heart”. Not too shabby I must say – but with the group more or less being made up of the members from The Decemberists, Viva Voce, the Swords Project, & The Golden Bears – how bad could it be really with this “who’s…
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New music – the peptides
So here we are with the down-tempo section of the class today – ladies and gents, here are the peptides! Despite sounding like a 50’s digestive aid, “the peptides” were a welcome surprise in my inbox. I have also discovered that the peptides are actually the pseudo art project of singer/songwriter Claude Marquis, with assistance…