Who? Squanto
What? Lo-fi folk with samples et al.
Sounds Like? Mount Eerie, Tunng
I’m not gonna use a lot of a words on this nice after summer day. Just head over here and download the album.
That’s it.
Archive for the ‘Indie’ category
Grass Stains: Squanto
27 September 2009Birds with hats on: Aviary Ghost
26 April 2009
Who? Aviary Ghost
What? Melodic folkpop
Sounds like? Belle & Sebastian, All things Swedish, Jens Lekman with less emphasis on the catchiness. Something with falsettos.
So, I’m not dead. Because i want to treat you on a lot of good new music i’ve discovered over the last couple of weeks and months, i’ll keep my texts short.
The first band is Aviary Ghost, a 5-piece from Chicago, who make lushly arranged pop songs. Their songs are very whistable (if that’s a word.. meaning you could listen and whistle to them). And the cool thing is that their album is free. You do have to sign up for their monthly news letter, but since you do want to know what this band is up to, that’s not even a burden. I really recommend you doing so, cause this is actually something that should be loved by the indie crowd en masse.
Aviary Ghost – The Brain is a House
You can find the download instructions on their website
My little Hippie brother: Megafaun
7 February 2009
Who? Megafaun
What? The Little brothers of Akron/Family. Hippie Psych Folk music
Sounds Like? Akron/Family, Best Of Seth, Fire On Fire and all those other shalalala bands
Guys who have been following Stereogum for a while have seen this already pass in their Bands to watch-list. But i assume none of you do, so let’s get you familiar with this great psych. folk band.
Megafaun consists of 3 people, of which 2 are called Cook, which makes me believe they are related (unless it’s not their last name, but their everyday job). (but then they could better call their band 2 cooks and another guy). Anyway, they make great long songs, on which you can get naturally high. They’ve release some of these songs on their EP ‘Bury The Square’, which you can probably order by asking them (there’s an e-mailadres on their MySpace.) or through their label Table Of The Elements/Radium.
Do so!
The Dance of the changing Bandnames: Cotton Jones
1 February 2009
Who? Cotton Jones, from the previous Cotton Jones Basket Ride, formerly known as Page France
What? Sixties induced folk
Sounds like? The Doors in a folkmood, eh…he reminds me of the M. Ward sound sometimes (very warm)
I usually not blog about bands who are bit more known, just because i don’t see any use in doing what every blog does. Then again, Page France is maybe not that well known, and his current project Cotton Jones not at all. I think the band name change (the last album was from Cotton Jones Basket Ride) has something to do with that.
That being sad, his newest album ‘Paranoid Cocoon’ is an amazingly warm-sounding folk album. Michel Nau’s sound has evolved from a sort of Death Cab for Cutie-like sound to a more folk-oriented approach. I’ll add one song of the new album, which reminds me of the Doors. And also a song of Page France, which is as warm as well.
Cotton Jones -Up A Tree (Went This Heart I Have)
Page France – Mr. Violin and Dancing Bear
You can order his new album through Paypal (go to his myspace) or his label Suicide Squeeze (although the flash-pages on that site didn’t seem to work with me. So i just assume they have it) . Also take a look at Quite Scientific, who ahs released albums as well.
In a Honky Tonky Stinkin’ Town: The Extraordinaires
20 January 2009
Who? The Extraordinaires
What? Funny songs with this little taste of twang and punk, and powerpop…quite some variation actually
Sounds like? Bob dylan when he pretends to be funny, The Oh Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack when it were to be a slapstick, acoustic Man Man. The Arsonist sounds as Pedro The Lion.
I’m in a bit of a hyper mood, so let’s post something that’s a bit hyper. Also because yesterday was the most depressing day of the year statistically. Some cheering up to do! Not that it’s Blood Brothers or Man Man-hyper. No this is just acoustic, but it’s quite uptempo and funky.
Franktly, I don’t know a thing about this band. Don’t even know if they still keep on recording stuff. It was in my last.fm recommendations, so I decided to give them a try. IT’s a bit of bluegrassy-like acoustic punky pop. You can listen to some of their songs at their site. Really do so, cause songs are really varied.
Their albums are only available as a digital download through their myspace. Both Songs are from their ’06 album Short Songs. Listen carefully to the lyrics of Hi-five the Cactus! There is a wise lesson there to learn.
Nothing is impossible if You work for the circus: Ball Of Flame Shoot Fire
7 January 2009
Who? What? Traveling circus Indie
Sounds like?The bastard child of Animal Collective and Man Man
New Year, and my first real post. Well, 2009 is gonna be more blogposts, that are shorter (i really am gonna try to let the music speak. I wish i had the guts to offer you real full albums, but I haven’t, so just 2 mp3’s). And how to start the year better with a band that I didn’t know two weeks ago, but have already stolen my heart at the moment.
Ball of Flame Shoot Fire have released two albums, of which ‘Jokeland’ is the sophomore. The only one I listened this far. It’s a mix of indie music the way Boat makes it, the bombastic gipsy kind of music of Man Man and the Psychedelic sounds of Animal collective. Now that the latter has released their masterwork, it’s only gonna go downhill. You better start listening to these guys now. Seriously.
You can buy their album at Cd Baby.
What Happened to the poetry?: Havergal
24 October 2008
Who? Havergal
What? slacker folk with dots of elektronica
Sounds like? slowed down Postal Service sung by some pavement-fan, The prenatal Birth of Why?
There once was a time, that there was a guy, that was called Havergal by many people in many nations. Havergal was a musician, who made music for the sad lonely indie kid who enjoyed his folk with a bit of modern electronics. He sang as if he didn’t really care. Both songs down here are from his masterpiece ‘Lungs For The RAce’.
I really wonder what happened with him. I want him back.
You can find his albums at Secretly Canadian.
If anyone can tell me what the guy is doing right now (musically i mean), just let me know!
Indieheads love R&B too: Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra
19 October 2008
Who? Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra
What? Indie R & B
Sounds like? A white soulsinger who listened too much indie music, The Notwist, the Go Find
A short post, cause i’m bored and not really in the mood to blog (but i have to keep it up & running at least till i can present you the big 2008-list!) . Raz Ohara is a band from Berlin and i don’t know why, but they remind me of R’nB music (just add the Ooeeh yeahs in a song like Agony and you know what I mean). I don’t like R’nB but i like this subtle version. Don’t let this description scare you. If you’re a fan of subtle electronic bands lik the Notwist or the Go Find, you should really try this !
Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra – Agony
Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra – Kisses
You can buy the album on his label Get Physical, a dancelabel.
whydoweneedinterPUNKtion?: Imadethismistake
10 October 2008
Who? Imadethismistake
What? Emotional Acoustic Sort of Punk. Don’t even think about callin’ it Emo. Maybe call it Elmo.
Sounds Like? Emotional Acoustic Punk off course. Antifolk,maybe.
I make mistakes all the time. Just a few hours ago i made a mistake of not giving this girl a story i wrote for her. (The story was only 5 lines long and contained no dirty words). Alas, now she’ll be gone from my life. Strangely enough, that’s exactly the feeling Imadethismistake translates into something musical. Next to the teenage despair, there is this emotional feeling of something that has been lost forever.
The singer doesn’t really sing, he has a strange parlando style. He breathes too hard, and at the end of each line he seems to be out of air. But I guess this weird singing is what attracted me to it in the first place.
Their album ‘Tomorrow We Start New’ was on my top 10 list of great bands for the future. When i listened to it again, today, i realized they should have been in the big list.
Imadethismistake – Imaginary Notes
Imadethismistake – College Or A Broken Nose
Both songs are from this album, that you can buy at the wonderful Music Store CD baby, the place if you wanna discover new stuff.
We all dance and singalong: The Wind Whistles
6 October 2008
Who? The Wind Whistles
What? Enjoyable singalong indie, with duets
Sounds like? Belle & Sebastian and other twee bands that sound not too twee, but more folky (it’s really hard to believe i really write reviews i think)
I like promoting free music. Especially when it sounds pretty amazing and even has the chance of ending up in my list of favourite albums of 2008. The Wind Whistles is a band that has as main element a male voice and a female voice singing together, and a whole bunch of friends singing along. This makes me wanna singalong too. I wanna make this kind of music when i perform.
Windows Sills got released on Aaaaah records (don’t know if i get the number of a’s right), a small label that gives away their music for free. In times of financial crisis, that’s a really cute thing to do guys.
Anyway, Gold Fever is a really nice uptempo countryish song about Gold Fever (how Appropiate!), whereas Man by name of Denver is a folk singalong.. campfire song!
The Wind Whistles – Gold Fever
The Wind Whistles – Man By Name Of Denver
And off course you can download the entire album – FOR FREE – here.
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