9.02.2010

Jason Molina: Just Be Simple


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9.01.2010

August Mixtape



SIDE A
1. Sufjan Stevens - I Walked
2. The National - You Were A Kindness
3. The War On Drugs - Comin' Through
4. Deer Tick - Piece By Piece And Frame By Frame
5. No Age - Glitter
6. Margot & The Nuclear So & So's - New York City Hotel Blues
7. Cotton Jones - Glorylight & Christie


SIDE B
1. Land Of Talk - Swift Coin
2. S. Carey - In The Stream
3. Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - For The Summer
4. Junip - Always
5. Dylan Leblanc - If The Creek Don't Rise
6. These United States - The Great Rivers
7. Dax Riggs - Let Me Be Your Cigarette

8.20.2010

Stream Sufjan Stevens' New EP!


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Oh, happy day. Sufjan Stevens has released a new, eight-song EP entitled All Delighted People. You can find it on Bandcamp and can stream the album now or download it for $5. Asthmatic Kitty will be releasing the album on other digital sites on August 23rd while a physical copy will be available later on. I like what I'm hearing. You can stream the entire album below. -- Capt. Obvious

<a href="http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/album/all-delighted-people-ep">All Delighted People (Original Version) by Sufjan Stevens</a>

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8.19.2010

Peter Wolf Crier


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It took me a few months to get around to it, but I've been enjoying an album entitled Inter-Be from Minneapolis-based folk band Peter Wolf Crier. The band consists of Peter Pisano and Brian Moen, a duo that turns in a likable blend of garage lo-fi and front-porch folk and that has ties to the Eau Claire scene that produced Justin Vernon's Bon Iver. Pisano's crackly falsetto is sometimes reminiscent of M. Ward's, while the band's more ramshackle moments approach the psych-folk vibe of Woods. The album has a decidedly vintage feel: Moen's drums shuffle, hazy guitars hypnotize, trippy synth lines provide accent, rustic piano dances. It's all run through what has to be vintage recording gear as the album sounds like some lost radio broadcast. Some of the strongest moments on the record are most barebones. "You're So High" is built on a simple foundation of drums and a basic chord progression, yet it's one of the more catchy, roadtrip-friendly tunes of 2010. Definitely a band worth checking out. -- Capt. Obvious

MP3: Peter Wolf Crier - Hard As Nails

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8.16.2010

The Covers Mixtape XXVI



SIDE A
1. Julian Lynch - Sedan Delivery (Neil Young Cover)
2. Arcade Fire - Born On A Train (Magnetic Fields Cover)
3. Dirty Projectors - Dark Eyes (Bob Dylan Cover)
4. My Morning Jacket - It Makes No Difference (The Band Cover)
5. Calexico - Ocean Of Noise (Arcade Fire Cover)
6. She & Him - Bring It On Home To Me (Sam Cooke Cover)
7. Clem Snide - Faithfully (Journey Cover)


SIDE B
1. Yo La Tengo - Speeding Motorcycle (Daniel Johnston Cover)
2. Drive-By Truckers - Rebels (Tom Petty Cover)
3. The Roadside Graves - Holiday Road (Lindsey Buckingham Cover)
4. The Flaming Lips - Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover)
5. The Swell Season - Young Hearts Run Free (Candi Staton Cover)
6. Crooked Fingers - The River (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
7. The Black Angels - No Satisfaction (Black Mountain Cover)

8.06.2010

Mimicking Birds: The Loop


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