Night Beds
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUANoVYf8tw[/youtube] [N]ight Beds is the bedroom project of Winston Yellen of Nashville. Months ago, he was signed to Dead Oceans and just now they are starting to push his wonderful music on the world. If you had been following along, I
Andrew Combs
[bandcamp track=38341355 bgcol=FFFFFF linkcol=4285BB size=grande] [N]ashville’s Andrew Combs has been featured a few times here, and for good reason. His brand of country / folk / americana music is filled with poignant songs of heartbreak, wonderfully written, and sang with a heartfelt emotion that feels very
Weinland
[E]very day it seems as though we are hearing about another Portland OR band releasing a fantastic song, record or what have you. The music scene is so robust someone like me just hopes that each great band somehow finds its way to my ears. Enter Weinland, they’ve
Menomena
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kXBmvHJrJs[/youtube] [M]enomena released a stream of their new song “Pique,” off their upcoming album Moms. It’s the third released song off the album and anticipation is definitely building. Check out “Pique,” another fantastic example of the band’s creativity. Menomena
Slam Donahue
[N]ew York based pop trio, Slam Donahue, recently premiered “C’mon C’mon” the third single off of their upcoming “Hemlock Tea EP,” which will release 10/2. The song is infectious and may be the perfect end to summer. Listen to “Cmon Cmon” and buy the Hemlock Tea
Kris Orlowski
[S]eattle’s Kris Orlowski is on the precipice of releasing his new EP with a 17 piece orchestra which will release next month. The first released single “Mountains” features the orchestral elements that create a feeling of baroque-folk (that rhymes) full of sweeping instrumentation to back up a Orlowski’
Generationals
[L]ast we heard from Generationals, they had released one of my favorite albums of last year, Actor Castor. I’m so pleased to have finally heard they are releasing new music, in the form of an EP. Check out “Lucky Numbers,” a shimmering, pop number that has a bit
Ben Gibbard
[D]eathcab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard has released the first single off his upcoming debut solo album Former Lives, which releases on 10/16. The single in question is “Teardrop Windows,” which feels like a ray of sunshine over the sometimes morose DCFC material, or at the very least
Feldspar
[F]eldspar is a London based folk band whom I’ve been particularly enamored of. Their songwriting and musicianship follow the popularized folk model, it jangles, rattles, has strong songwriting based in storytelling, and employs powerful choruses to create instantly recognizable songs that become a bit of an earworm for
Dalton
Dalton – Wood Frames [D]alton is a solo project from Brooklyn based singer / songwriter Nate Harar. He recently launched this venture back in the spring of 2011 after he recorded his self-titled debut EP. He’s releasing “Wood Frames,” a harrowing, lo-fi track filled with loneliness and the sound of
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Photos by Boston Concert Photography Shovels & Rope – Birmingham Shovels & Rope – Boxcar [W]e spent Saturday night at the early show at Johnny D’s eagerly awaiting the husband and wife duo of Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent, also known as Shovels & Rope. We’ve already mentioned
Twin Oaks
[T]win Oaks is the dreamfolk duo of Aaron Christopher and Lauren Brown. The pair started playing together back in ’09 but ultimately didn’t start the Twin Oaks project up until last year. Check out their single “Not an Exit,” a track that feels like it could have been
