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If I Had a Boat Wednesday night saw the supremely talented James Vincent McMorrow come to town and open up for Bell X1. The quiet nature of his beautiful voice was unfortunately outweighed by some really loud conversations within the crowd. Unfortunate for the fans in the crowd trying to
Vetiver
I’m a big time fan of this new Vetiver track, just saw the video and artistically I think it is quite fitting for the carefree, breezy sound the song emanates. I imagined this to be a great driving / travelling song, and it seems as though the same theme is
Life is Good
The Life is Good Festival announced their lineup for the September festival here in Massachusetts (Canton, MA at the Prowse Farm), and its a pretty good one. The 2011 Life is good Festival will feature national headlining artists Ray LaMontagne, The Avett Brothers, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The Levon Helm
James Vincent McMorrow
The Farewell Drifters – Punchline Tonight in Somerville at Johnny D’s comes Nashville’s Farewell Drifters who just recently released their 3rd album, Echo Boom. A perfect and sweet blend of pop songwriting & americana / bluegrass acoustic sounds that will delight the senses. Their album is so listenable, energetic and
Buffalo Killers
Buffalo Killers – CircleDay Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers are a blues rock band signed to Alive Records. Their midwestern roots and blues rock sound landed them a tour with the Black Crowes, and a record produced by Ohio’s Dan Auerbach. The band, comprising of brothers Zachary and Andrew Gabbard with
Dawes
Dawes – If I Wanted Someone Dawes’ sophomore album Nothing is Wrong releases today, its the highly anticipated follow up to 2009 indie-folk sleeper North Hills. Nothing is Wrong picks up where they left off 2 years ago, with stunning lyrics and a 70’s styled folk sensibility. Two years ago,
Cults
Cults – Abducted by cultscultscults A great debut album can do a lot of things. It gets the blogs buzzing, ends up on year-end best-of lists, and most importantly, garners and inspires a large audience of new fans. But indie darlings Cults haven’t been paying much attention to the standard
Barr Brothers
Barr Brothers – “Beggar In The Morning” by indiemusicfilter The Barr Brothers, a quartet from Montreal, are playing at the Lizard Lounge tonight. Fronted by Brad Barr and his brother Andrew Barr, their meandering folk sound is aided by Sarah Page’s harp and Andres Vial who plays keyboards and bass.
Doug Paisley
Doug Paisley ft. Leslie Feist – Don’t Make Me Wait There was a time, not too long ago, when I had never heard of Daytrotter. I try not to think about it too much. But these days, the mastermind behind Daytrotter, Sean Moeller knows his music. When he tweets about
Superhumanoids
Superhumanoids – Mikelah LA’s Superhumanoids released ‘Mikelah’ via RCRDLBL today. Its a dreamy electronic goody with the subtle hazy electronic sounds and a driving beat that makes the song fly amongst the clouds. The pounding drums and string assortment really make this track stand out. The single, will appear on
The Wandas
The Wandas – Forever and Ever The hotbed of talent here in Boston is sometimes staggering, and the Wandas are definitely in thick of it. Boston quartet The Wandas announced the release of their new self-titled album, out August 30th. The Wandas recorded at MixArt Studios [The Stills, Arcade Fire] in
pickwick
Live From The Basement – Pickwick from Sound on the Sound These days there’s certainly no shortage of great music coming out of Seattle. Fleet Foxes, The Head and the Heart, The Cave Singers, Moondoggies, Telekinesis!, The Lonely Forest… should I keep going? Most of the bands coming out of