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Cover Song | Mumford & Sons – Golden Slumbers

Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight Catch Mumford & Sons cover of Beatles’ Golden Slumbers.  It seems as though these guys can do no wrong right now.  Everything they touch turns to gold.  It’s not easy to cover a Beatles classic as such, but I think they do a pretty good job of it.

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New Music | Generationals – Trust

Trust On Friday October 22nd, Park The Van Records will have their 3rd CMJ Showcase Brooklyn, New York.  A beast of a showcase featuring an array of live music which includes act Generationals.  Generationals are a New Orleans band about to drop their second release, Trust (EP).  Above is the lead single off the the aforementioned EP, by the sound of this I am looking forward to getting to hear the EP in full. Also Park the Van is releasing a sampler for their upcoming showcase, download  some great stuff from the artists below. Park the Van’s 2010 CMJ Showcase Friday, October…

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New Music – Alexander – Truth

Truth Brand new track from frontman Alexander Ebert (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros / IMA Robot) entitled Truth.  I’m not sure whether it will be attached to a solo project or not, but it’s definitely a cool track, and worth listening to if you enjoy the Edward Sharpe stuff.

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Album Stream | Warpaint – The Fool

Rough Trade has released a stream of Warpaint’s album, the Fool; which will be available for purchase next week.  I’ve had the pleasure of this album for a few weeks now, and it’s great that more people are going to get to listen to it. Check out the album, then head over here, to purchase it.

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New Song | Freelance Whales – Enzymes

Enzymes Freelance Whales, the 5-piece band from Queens, NY, have been hard at work on a new single that they are sharing for free.  The track is called “Enzymes” and is being released on Green Label Sound. This may be released as a follow up to their album Weathervanes which is a fantastic album definitely worth the $5.99 it garners on Amazon. http://www.greenlabelsound.com/artists/freelance-whales/

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On Tour | Mayer Hawthorne, The Heavy

After his breakout in 2009, throwback soul singer Mayer Hawthorne is on a national tour with backing band The County, and headed our way.  Mayer’s sound is an authentic brand of neo-soul that proves his Motown background, which is exemplified in his popular debut A Strange Arrangement, which quickly became one of my favorite albums of the last two years. Though he played almost all of the instruments on the album, Mayer is accompanied on the road by The County, a full backing band that tactfully fleshes out Mayer’s compositions in person. Mayer Hawthorne & The County are joined by The Heavy…

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Album Review | The Moondoggies – Tidelands

Tidelands is the shimmering, new folk / americana album from the Moondoggies, a Seattle based quartet.  The album is a fragile indie folk harmony driven album that will have you digging deeper and deeper each time. Whats great about this album, is each song seems to flow into the next, it’s got a great feel from beginning to end.  To reiterate what it seems like everyone is saying, they wrote this album, as an album.  A full album that each song is integrated to create a sum of parts, rather than parts making the sum.  The album begins with single,…

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New Music | Andrew Bird – Hot Math

Andrew Bird – Hot Math On October 25, Andrew Bird will release Useless Creatures, an instrumental album which will include 9-tracks featuring guests Wilco’s Glenn Kotche and Todd Sickafoose. “Hot Math,” available as a free download from Bella Union. ‘Hot Math‘ is a lo-fi recording I made myself in my barn,” Bird said in a NY Times column last year. “It’s an example of a West African polyrhythmic groove I’ve been into for years and in this case I was clearly enjoying myself. This is elusive stuff. It just doesn’t work by choreography; you just have to be in the right mood.”

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Album Review | Meridene – Something Like Blood

Eau Claire, Wisconsin’s Meridene just released the follow up to their 2008 debut album, You’re Not Pretty.  The aforementioned album, entitled Something Like Blood, is something of a power pop gem.  Simply put, this album is really good. Something Like Blood was recorded at the home-studio of Bon Iver, April Base, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Meridene also found support from fellow local musicians. The album was produced and mixed by Brian Moen (Peter Wolf Crier) with T.W. Walsh (formerly of Pedro The Lion and The Soft Drugs) mastering. The hook on the album is one I’ve been listening to…

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