Welcome to summer friends! We’re rolling into the weekend and it’s going to be hot hot hot here in the northeast. June was a great month of music, and saw lots of great releases. This mixtape represents our favorite 40 songs of the month, across a broad spectrum of music. I hope you dig it, and as always let us know if we missed something amazing.
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10. Caitlin Rose – The Stand In [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOipdIcoiNI[/youtube] [C]aitlin Rose’s record the Stand In is not only one of the best country records put out this year, but also one of the best records of the year. From top to bottom, this record hits on everything, the songwriting, the music, the sugary sweet vocals, and for god sakes, the hook… on every song, there’s a great hook, that will have you coming back again and again. Rose is a budding songwriter, who is doing everything right here, oh and did I mention her voice is fantastic? The Tracks > Old…
11 CommentsCaitlin 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[W]inston Yellen has been working on his project, Night Beds, for quite some time. After a few EPs, dropping out of college, breaking up with a girlfriend and losing his job, Yellen took to his ‘night bed’ in the back of his car, got himself lost driving around the country, and picked himself back up again. His ten-track debut is a gorgeous collection of songs, sparse and soaring, that hit right on the feeling of getting lost and finding your way back again. There’s no better introduction to Yellen than the opening track, Faithful Heights, which is a short lullaby…
6 Comments[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 had posted a few of his tracks, gorgeous, melodic baroque – folk tracks with soaring vocals tender layers of string accompaniments that create a really beautiful aural soundscape. The single, was released today via Dead Oceans.
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