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If You Haven’t Heard – Small Sur – We Live In Houses Made of Wood (2008)
Third installment of “If You Haven’t Heard” and once again I bring you gold here people! Along with the two previous Monday posts, you must hear this if you haven’t already – I really mean it…see below. Small Sur seems to be a bit of a play on a slice of California life, doesn’t it? …
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Blackwood Hymnal has left us too soon…
So I am sure you can figure out from the title of this post that this group had perished in a fiery tour bus crash in 2001…okay not really, they just have moved on to other things and are no longer recording. Seriously though, was that last line not a start for an incredible blog…
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a Singer of Songs
–<Finally getting around to uploading the sister post of my You Crazy Dreamers write up of a Singer of Songs. My apologies to Lieven and you readers, see below. FYI – both posts include “Joy of a Solitary Man” and one track not included on the other blog’s post – this one being “Souvenirs”!>– So…
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New Elephant Micah – Why isn’t this guy famous?
So the name doesn’t roll of the tongue (or maybe it does), but Elephant Micah has been around for a few years supplying masterful CDRs full of down tempo fuzz-folk. So I am making up genres now, but if you have heard Joe O’Connell’s recording you know what I mean. Elephant Micah has 9 albums…
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Singer? Songwriter? Actor? Blurring the lines in Indie-ville.
***Guest Blogger Alert, guest blogger alert!*** The very musically experimental Devendra Banhart has been a staple on the indie circuit for many years. He recently featured his ladylove Natalie Portman (and porn legend Ron Jeremy) in his music video for Carmensita from Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. Carmensita is styled like a 60’s / 70’s…
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Lotte Kestner – China Mountain (2008)
So I am finally posting on Lotte Kestner’s China Mountain, another great album this year which came out of nowhere (for me at least – and it has been out for months already). If you are a member of the Last.fm group Slow-coustic, you are more than aware of this incredible singer-songwriter Anna-Lynne Williams as…
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Zephuros – The Drowned Coast (2008)
With one look at the track list for the new Zephuros album, one gets the impression of a themed or concept album that engulfs all creatures large and small. Well if you thought that, then you are correct my friend. Whether you be as small as a fly or as large as Mount Rainer (okay…
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Campo Bravo — “Goodbye, Oklahoma”
So digging through my CDs the other day in order to find a CD that was not in it’s case (and still outstanding!), I re-found Campo Bravo’s 2006 release “Goodbye, Oklahoma”. I proceeded to give it a spin and remembered why I purchased in the first place. Good solid Americana. From what I can gather…
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If You Haven’t Heard – The Cloud Hymn
How do I describe “The Cloud Hymn” other than repeating the newly assigned band name? I mean, no better description for a band lies in its name than what I have before you today. In the same way the band Death Vessel seems like a polar opposite of sound to name, this is a polar…
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WELCOME TO THE NEW SLOWCOUSTIC
Sorry for the down time in the last day or so, and I will work on the archives for past posts as well. Should be fully back and updated in a day or two!! Thanks for your patience people! **PLEASE NOTE SOME MP3s WILL BE IN THE PLAYER AND SOME WILL BE LINKS – keep…
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Just couldn’t resist – Horse Feathers
Regardless of saying I was not going to post these next few days, I had to share a track from Horse Feathers. I have chosen this track as it might just be the best track on the new album, but you won’t realize until you listen to it many times. Not traditional HF, but it…
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Hoquiam (2008?)
Just a mini post today, just because I didn’t get to due to the “guest blogger” situation below. I better get used to this as she may be a regular contributor to the ol spot on the web… I just had to post on this as I have been watching their MySpace profile for a…