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New Music | Yellow Ostrich – Ghost

[Y]ellow Ostrich has a new track for our ears. Ghost is the title track off their upcoming six-song release, out October 22nd. Its a quieter track with a steady beat. Whatever it is these guys are doing, they better keep it up as it’s consistently churning out fantastic new tunes. The guys are out on tour this fall, where you can grab a copy of their new six-song album on vinyl. Check out the dates below: 10/26 – Kung Been a treatment http://www.ferroformmetals.com/canadian-pharmacy-paypal-accepted reviews reviews acknowledged use blue pill pharmacy this Amazon in well sildenafil purple india clarifying highly like…

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Album Stream | Ben Gibbard – Former Lives

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgNUNoZncnM[/youtube] You can stream Ben Gibbard’s soon-to-be released solo album Former Lives right now And their here my a works find cheap viagra but all me cartridges when me… thanks to Youtube. According to Gibbard, “These songs span eight years, three relationships, living in two different places, drinking then not drinking… They’re a side story, not a new chapter.” Check back here next week for a review, when Former Lives is released October 16th. Additionally, Ben Gibbard will be touring in support of Former Lives for a few dates this fall. Check out the full list below: Sun Oct 14…

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Album Review | Lord Huron – Lonesome Dreams

Lord Huron – The Stranger

There are few bands these days that can pull off concept albums. Even fewer that can manage the feat on their debut album with great success. Lord Huron’s debut album, Lonesome Dreams has managed to do both. A debut album that chronicles the tales of a lonesome cowboy traversing the west, the L.A.-based band’s debut is one of 2012’s strongest. Sure, these songs are about starry skies on prairie plains, but the sound that each and every song encompasses is a new sound of indie folk: cowboy dream folk.

In Time to Run, this lonesome cowboy is ready to skip town. “It’s time to run, they’ll string me up for all that I’ve done,” but not before he pays one last visit to his girl: ” I did it all for you, I hope you know the lengths I’ve gone through.” Songwriter and vocalist Ben Schneider said the band’s sound is influenced by movie soundtracks, which is why this tune sounds like it’s straight out of a western. The bad boy strolls into town, topples over the counter in a bar fight and has to flee but manages to plant one on his gal before disappearing into the sunset. But what’s more impressive is that at no point is this the least bit cheesy, which is due largely to the sound that Lord Huron has crafted, that perfectly suits their stellar songwriting.

The entire album features an assortment of organs and strings plus chanting, whistling and plenty of jangle. Yet each song soars through harmonies and choruses. If the Wild West is your cathedral, then this is your worship music. In the title track, Schneider describes the landscape of his dreams, “I land on an island coast where the only souls I see are ghosts. I run through the wooded isle, and chase the sunset mile after mile.” But the dream isn’t about this magical land, but about the freedom of being alone: the true tennet of a lonesome cowboy. “I’ve been dreaming again of a lonesome road. Where I’m lost and I’m on my own.” Sure, being lonely is not new to folk music. But the lonesome days in these songs are not sad or depressing, but exciting and freeing. Lord Huron has perfected the dreamy folk that perfectly captures desert sunsets and endless starry skies, viewed without a soul in sight for miles and miles.

On The Man Who Lives Forever, the track opens with a jangle and faint forest sounds, before opening with the ever-optimistic, “I said that we’re all going to die,” before continuing on with words that when sung, seem true: “but I’ll never believe it. I love this world

and I don’t want to leave it.” It seems Lord Huron could turn anything into a song, and it would not only be beautiful, but as every song sounds like its spoke with well-earned wisdom, we’d believe it to be true in a heartbeat.

The band is currently out on tour in support of Lonesome Dreams and it should be an amazing set to catch live. In fact, they’ll be at the Great Scott on Thursday and tickets are $10. ONLY TEN DOLLARS! No excuses, I better see you there!

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Album Review | Freelance Whales – Diluvia

[G]one are the ghost stories. Freelance Whales’ new album Diluvia, out today, is — according to the band — “a record about the possibly survival, or peril, of space-faring humans and other arguable fantastical scenarios.” But don’t let that deter you. It sounds a lot more serious than the record actually is. Afterall, the only peril these astronauts could run into would be forgetting to bring

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their banjos and xylophones along for the ride. If Weathervanes was a homecoming, Diluvia is an escape.

In 2009 Freelance Whales released their debut album Weathervanes, an album that sounded like it was recorded in an old, worn house, with tracks that grew louder and louder until they warmed and filled the entire home. The Brooklyn quintet has managed to hold onto this ability to build and layer music, which is undoubtably one of their strengths. What’s different on this album, is the expansive and atmospheric sound, due mostly to the prominence of synthesizers on every track. Of course, there was plenty of synthy pop on their last album. But for every track or chorus that featured synths and electronic sounds, a banjo, glockenspiel, xylophone or clapping answered back. On Diluvia, there’s hardly a track that doesn’t bring the electronic sounds to the front.

Follow Through, starts off with the usual building of ambient noises. Then Judah Dadone’s vocals come in and the synthesizers build around him to a chorus that sounds like it’s straight out of the 80s. Though in their defense, I believe that is a bit of banjo I can hear tinkering in the background. But somehow this all works — as most Freelance Whales tracks do — and captures both the unknown and the fantastic.

Another new feature of Diluvia is that there are more tracks with Doris Cellar exclusively on lead vocals. Splitting Image puts Cellar’s vocals on display, with a chorus of ‘hoo-hoo’-ing harmonies. And then again on Winter Seeds, which is a much slower track, it is the banjo and accompanying harmonies that balance out Cellar’s airy vocals. In fact, it seems quite a shame that we didn’t get much of Doris’ lead vocals before this point. Judah’s back for the floating Red Star, and quite frankly, his vocals sound better than ever on Diluvia. It sounds like he’s toned down the ‘cute’, which is definitely a good thing.

In the end, Freelance Whales have swapped their clatter for a more atmospheric sound, and if you’re up for 53 minutes of soaring tunes about light beams and rations to go anywhere, this album is a success. The band is out touring in support of their new album, and will stop by Boston in early November. Check out the rest of the tour dates below:

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Review | He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister – Nobody Dances in This Town

[T]he name He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister represents Kolar siblings Robert and Rachel, but the sound and energy of the Los Angeles band is actually created by five unique individuals from all over the performance landscape. Singer and guitarist Rob Kolar is an award-winning songwriter and actor; his sister, percussionist/singer Rachel Kolar, runs a theater company in L.A. along with drummer/tap-dancer Lauren Brown; upright bass player Oliver Newton is a composer and performance artist; and guitarist Aaron Robinson has toured with amazing bands, including Akron Family and Sea Wolf. The particular reason I point this out to the reader…

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Review | Darlingside – Pilot Machines

[L]ocal band Darlingside released their first full-length album, Pilot Machines, this past summer and have been on the road pretty much nonstop, touring up and down the east coast this year. It has been two years since their debut, self-titled EP put them on the Massachusetts indie-rock map and their latest offering shows that the boys have become a much more tight-knit group. It is hard to simply call Darlingside an indie-band, or folk rock band, as the music in Pilot Machines transcends normal music reviewer label language. Sure they have fantastic harmonies, beautiful strings, and showcase crazy mandolin playing…

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New Music | The Giving Tree Band – Cold Cold Rain

The Giving Tree Band – Cold Cold Rain [C]hicago area boys The Giving Tree Band released their fourth album, Vacilador, this past Tuesday on Crooked Creek Records. The new album offers up a warm helping of Americana with a generous side of folk rock, served with soothing harmonies, fiery fiddle and banjo picking goodness.  Fink brothers Eric and Todd created the band in 2003 after disbanding their previous group, Stone Samahdi, to steer their sound in a new direction. The first album as The Giving Tree Band, Unified Folk Theory, was released in 2007. Coming in at 33 tracks, that…

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Videos | Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24X8TkxQRlw[/youtube] [L]ast month SIRIUS XM Outlaw Country broadcasted a live even featuring some artists that are featured on the cover album “Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe.” Check out all 4 videos, I had trouble picking a favorite, but they are all worth listening to, which feature Caitlin Rose, Robert Ellis, Colin Gilmore, and Amanda Shires. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7g1ED3PG5k[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVKCKZbA9xM[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGhtZPzsG5A[/youtube] Buy Lowe Country: The Songs of Nick Lowe

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New Music | Ben Gibbard – Something’s Rattling (Cowpoke)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-3_a24I3PY[/youtube] Ben Gibbard’s released a new track off of his upcoming solo release, Former Lives out October 16th. The new track, Something’s Rattling (Cowpoke) has a bit of world music flair with prominent horns. But it’s Ben Gibbard’s singature singing and storytelling voice that anchors the track and balances out the flourishes of the horns and other accompaniment. Ben Gibbard will be touring in support of Former Lives for a few dates this fall. Check out the full list below: Sun Oct 14 – Toronto ON @ The Danforth Music Hall Thu Nov 01 – Minneapolis MN @ Assembly Hall at The Women’s Club…

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