kingsley flood
Kingsley Flood – Black Boots Strap on your boots, our friends here in Boston, Kingsley Flood have released another track off their upcoming EP Colder Still. This song has been a staple of their live shows and for great reason. The pounding drums, the trash can clangs, string arrangements all build
Bowerbirds
Bowerbirds – Tuck the Darkness In This sweet morsel of news really perked up my day. A new track from North Carolina’s Bowerbirds, and a date for their next album. The lead single “Tuck the Darkness In” is here today off their upcoming record (The Clearing … out March ’12) and
Plants and Animals
Plants & Animals – Lightshow Plants and Animals’ new album, The End of That, hits next year in February, but we’re lucky to get to hear a new track off the Montreal trio’s album. Lead single, “Lightshow,” deploys a more acoustic sound similar to that of their first album,
Young Man
Young Man – Then-and-Now Young Man, the project of singer-songwriter and producer Colin Caulfield, is set to tour the southeast with Givers. Young Man is releasing this alternate take to a track off their Ideas of Distance. The seven minute track is an ambling atmospheric feeling song that builds and builds
Guards
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32687214[/vimeo] Couldn’t resist reposting something from Yours Truly, they are always killing it with some of the most gorgeous recordings visually, and sonically and this one doesn’t let them down. The Richie Follin headed band, Guards, who recorded a fantastic EP back in
Andrew Combs
Andrew Combs – Dark End of the Street I love music discovery, though I’m not a huge fan of the Pandoras of the world, music discovery through word of mouth is extremely powerful for me. I love getting recommendations from friends, musicians, readers (that’s you) and while I was
Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten – Serpents Sometime in early 2012 we’ll be delighted with a new record from Brooklyn songstress, Sharon Van Etten. Our first experience with the music from the record comes in the newly released track “Serpents.” Serpents is a downtempo visceral track that takes what Sharon has done
Saint Motel – At Least I Have Nothing I’ve been loving this single from Saint Motel, but have had trouble putting words together. So bear with me here as I try to elucidate my enjoyment. Saint Motel has released this 7″ with this fantastic single titled “At Least I Have
Matt & Kim
App loading… I thought it’d be worth it to see how interested all my local readers are in seeing another show on me. I’ve arranged a couple of tickets to see Matt & Kim and would love to give them to you. A nice night with Matt &
Yellow Ostrich
Yellow Ostrich – ‘Til I Disappear Check out this unreleased track now surfacing. “Til I Disapppear,” surfaced as a bonus track today. This comes after Yellow Ostrich re-released the Mistress on Barsuk earlier this year. What’s great about this track is it totally belongs on the Mistress. It’s a
Electric Flower
Electric Flower – Circles In 2006,Josh Garza and Imaad Wasif met while trapped in an elevator in London’s BBC Studios. Regardless of how unbelievable that actually is, the two met three years later again and laid down this epic six minute rock track “Circles.” As of November 8th Electric
Monument Valley
The melancholy of the fall’s grey days can bring on seasonal-affective disorders… so too can a melancholic song such as Monument Valley’s “Dear John Letters.” The absurdly delicate feel of this song and the idea of the unwillingness to face someone you are in a relationship with and
