the middle east
The Middle East – Jesus Came To My Birthday Party Australia’s The Middle East released their debut album I Want That You Are Always Happy today on Missing Piece Records. The album is the follow up to their ’08 EP Recordings of the Middle East.” The band is releasing their
Brown Bird
Brown Bird – Fingers to the Bone New tunes from Brown Bird, the Rhode Island based band had been working on a new album, and it’s right around the corner. Salt for Salt will release this October, and it’s first single is available today. Fingers to the Bone, available
Milo Greene
LA band, Milo Greene premiered “Autumn Tree,” their latest video. The clip is the follow-up to the band’s “1957” live video. ” Autumn Tree is folk pop track featuring some really grand four-part harmonies and a subtly powerful and emotive lyrics. It’s quite beautiful and hopefully of sign of
Robert Ellis
Robert Ellis – What’s In It For Me Houston’s Robert Ellis is a twenty-two year old who could be completely mistaken for George Jones. He’s got a voice and a gentle sound to him that bring to mind country legends. Recently, he released his newwest album Photographs, on
Santah
Santah – Chips Of Paint A close friend of mine was studying abroad in Spain a few semesters back and spent more than a few evenings at a local open mic night. Also frequenting the open mic night, but up on stage, was Stanton McConnell, a student at the University of
Mount Moriah
Mount Moriah – Lament For Chapel Hill, North Carolina natives Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller, combining a post-punk background with a heavy-psych/metal one did not in fact yield a third band of equally hardcore sounds. The combination instead led to Mount Moriah and an excellent full-length debut that offers a
Tallest Man on Earth
Kristian Matsson (TMOE) released a new unreleased single to Adult Swim for their singles series. The track is “Weather of a Killing Kind” is as usual a beautifully plucked acoustic track with Matsson’s extremely powerful and emotive voice accompanying. Its amazing how much this guy can do with such
Other Lives
Other Lives – Tamer Animals Other Lives latest album Tamer Animals is lush and haunting and epic. The four guys and one lady from Stillwater, Oklahoma have created an album, where layer after layer of sound beautifully transports you elsewhere. Whether a dense forest or a far away space scape (as
blitzen trapper
Blitzen Trapper – American Goldwing Blitzen Trapper has always remained to be one of my favorite bands around so their announcement of forthcoming album American Goldwing definitely does not go unnoticed. Today they released the title track, a dusty, country tinged jam, that reminds me of earlier works (specifically Wild Mountain
mates of state
Mates of State – Maracas Connecticut-based modern pop duo Mates of State are offering listeners a free download of “Maracas,” the first available track from their forthcoming album Mountaintops. Maracas is a energetic, dancey, track full of life that will have you out of your seat dancing. The band will begin
Ganglians
Ganglians – Sleep Ganglians – Jungle Off their upcoming album Still Living, Ganglians release their second song “Sleep.” Sleep is a psychedelic foray that sounds to me a bit of Suckers and a bit Dirty Projectors (the album is produced by Robbie Moncrieff who produced Bitte Orca) its a different kind of
Buddy Holly
Check out Justin Townes Earle’s fantastic cover of Buddy Holly’s off of the Rave on Buddy Holly tribute album available here. Always one of my favorite Holly songs to begin with, loving Justin’s take on this.