I’m super excited to put this mixtape out, May was a super fun month of music, from a bunch of bands I have previously loved, and a lot lot lot of new bands putting out really fresh stuff. So if you are interested in a mix that spans Dale Watson to Carly Rae Jepsen, this is the one for you. I Hope you dig our mix, and please as always let us know what songs should have been on the mix.
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Caitlin Rose, The Stand In Nashville’s Caitlin Rose released her sophomore album this year, a fantastic set of whiskey-soaked country songs straight out of a 1950s Hollywood sound stage. It’s impressive that Rose is only 25 years old. But honestly, this girl could teach almost anyone a thing or two about writing and recording a great country album. Night Beds, Country Sleep One of the best debuts of 2013, Night Beds’ Country Sleep started with Winston Yellen dropping out of college, breaking up with a girlfriend and losing his job. Yellen then took to his ‘night bed’ in the back…
10 Comments[I]n 2010, LA-based Local Natives released their debut record, Gorilla Manor, named after the house that the five bandmates shared in Orange County. With songs like Airplanes and World News, the guys showed that it was possible to balance their youth (lots of yelling and hyperactive drums) with craft (beautiful harmonies and fantastic storytelling in their songwriting). Gorilla Manor was youthful and fun, and it worked. It’s been three years and it seems that the guys have grown up. For every story that Gorilla Manor told, Hummingbird hits on the emotion and growth since then. Lyrically, the songs are much…
4 Comments[P]art two of our Newport Folk Festival wishlist as compiled by the Music Savage gang. With winter coming down hard on us New Englanders we eagerly anticipate the music extravaganza this July and countdown the days until all our favorite bands converge on Rhode Island for one glorious weekend. Again, if you have not already purchased tickets we highly suggest you do so now before they sell out >>Buy Tickets<< Lady Lamb the Beekeeper Maine native Aly Spaltro goes by the name of Lady Lamb the Beekeeper and was named Folk Artist of the Year by our very own Boston…
10 CommentsIt’s near impossible to pick one top album with the massive amount of music I listened to this year but I thought I’d try to at least give you an idea of what you should grab this year before we start anew. Monday I debuted 20 thru 16; Yesterday my 15 thru 11. 10. The Morning Benders – Big Echo This album was so damn good. The songs by Chris Chu, are some of the best songs written in this calendar year. ‘Excuses,’ is one of the sweetest pop-rock songs we heard this year. Put together with one of the…
1 CommentCheck out the Official Video fro Local Natives’ Who Knows Who Cares from their outstanding album Gorilla Manor. This happened to be my favorite track off the album, and I’m really glad they made the video. Who wouldn’t want to be part of this road trip, and eventually part of this food fight.
Leave a CommentCheck out the video for the Local Natives great song Wide Eyes gets a video treatment. An antagonistic shark gets what’s coming to him!
Leave a CommentAnother great video of the fantastic Local Natives performing their song Wide Eyes.
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