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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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Well, I guess this is the holidays then?
So here we are on December 25th and I have slipped away to get online (sparse during this time of the year as sitting next to the glow of the world wide web is not considered festive….pardon me??). So basically just a quick post to say thanks to all those readers and vistors of the…
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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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Song, by Toad presents…pretty damn good music.
I have finally got around to adding a new member to the blogroll – of this ever elusive list of who’s who… ;-) and so I have with Song, by Toad! I have mentioned in the past that I enjoy this certain blog by the Toad (mentioned here) and I was oblivious to the fact…
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Best of the Best as seen by You Crazy Dreamers
Here we are with more great lists, lists of great music and from great friends. The good folks over at You Crazy Dreamers (of which I blog for as well – check us out!!) have provided a list of some solid music from the last year. The list while put together from Olivier, with input…
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“Best of 2008” Continues
So here we are with the “best of” guest bloggers week on Slowcoustic with our good German connection – das klienicum! Blogger “E” from das klienicum, has provided a wealth of information on his top music selections of 2008 and believe it or not, this may be hitting the pages of Slowcoustic prior to being…
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The Top 13 EPs of 2008 as bequeathed by the Captain!
The week of “Bests” continues with “Thanks Captain Obvious” and his top 13 EPs of the year (of our lord two thousand and eight). From his iPod to your ears, drink in the goodness below! ~~~ ~~ 13. Vetiver – More Of The Past Freak-folk. New-folk. I have no idea what any of it means,…
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Womenfolk presents – Albums 2008
Here we are with Day 2 of the “Week of Bests” with Womenfolk’s Best Album’s for 2008. As expected you might find the fairer sex represented quite predominantly ;-). Read on below and discover the beauty from the Women of folk or feel free to visit the original post here. ~~ I’ve never really had…
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~~~~~~Year End List Alert~~~~~~ “Best Tracks of 2008” from…not 2008!
I would like to welcome everyone to a week of “Bests” from good friends on the old Slowcoustic Blogroll. I am honoured to have all 5 days (Monday through Friday) this week dedicated to what my fellow bloggers think are some of the best things they have found this past year. As previously mentioned the…
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Before there was Bon Iver, there was still Justin Vernon
We are waiting for the hype to cool down on Bon Iver. Not in a bad way, we love Bon Iver, but we are still waiting. I long for the days when we can simply go back to enjoying him/the band for providing stellar music, period. Although I do think the mad frenzy that…
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Slowcoustic Best Albums of 2008
Okay, so I lied about posting this on December 22nd. I was tired of moving an album up a spot, moving it back the next day and just stopped. I got it all together and thought “let’s get this out there now while I can” so here it is. This is Slowcoutic’s favourite albums from…