The Sound Of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C EP

Tracklist:

01. M.A.G.I.C
02. M.A.G.I.C (Cof Cof Remix)
03. M.A.G.I.C (Let's Get Invisible Remix)
04. M.A.G.I.C (Curtis Vodka Remix)
05. M.A.G.I.C (Ice Cream Shout Remix)
06. Smalltown Lullaby

Genre: Bubblegum Pop
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2009-01-28
Label: Labrador

The Sound Of Arrows M.A.G.I.C is a great way for me to try to begin making a little time to spread a little music out there to those of you still checking back here. It's a great "let's rejoice" song and may bring to mind little kids skipping hand in hand with sunshine falling on their backs, butterflies fluttering through the air and all things sparkly and magical on the horizon. It's a great new track from a band I already loved so a hearty thank you to them for quality continuation.

The Yellow Moon Band - Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Tracklist:
Polaris
Chimney
Entangled
Maybach
Focussed
Domini
Window
Lunadelica

Genre: Indie
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: January 19, 2009
Label: Static Caravan

Well, I tend to throw a bunch of random new music on my iPhone, which I usually listen to on shuffle while on the road or studying at school. Often, I am very unfamiliar with the groups I have in my collection, so when I hear a song I like I have to power up the screen on my iPhone to see who it is. While I don't know too much about this group, their music has forced me to see who I listening to quite frequently. They are self described "Progressive / Psychadelic / Folk-rock," but I think indie covers it just as accurately.

Unforeseen Delays

Hi all.

All posts from Dec. 13th until now were scheduled in advance due to veritable nonexistence of affordable bandwidth here in French Polynesia where I've been for the past 4 weeks. Originally I was to return on Jan 12th to resume the earing of all things music but due to work-related events I will not be returning until the 19th. I may or may not have the time to post immediately following my return ~ time will tell. Until then keep your fingers crossed that the other contributors (MJ, JTizzle, maybe Emiddio) will be able to tide you over until I get my sh*t together.

Be good. Be happy.

Kyle Riabko - The Parkdale Sessions

Tracklist:

01. Afraid
02. Ready For Reality
03. 3 Minutes 30 Seconds
04. The Guilty Ones
05. Set You Free
06. The Hunger
07. Left Behind
08. Bad Advice
09. Song For Amandaa
10. Saying Goodbye

Genre: Pop Singer Songwriter
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-09-02
Label: Okbair

Greyboy - 15 Years Of West Coast Cool

Tracklist:

01. Unwind Your Mind (Feat. Karl Denson)
02. Ruffneck Jazz
03. Grey’s Groove (Feat. Karl Denson)
04. Panacea
05. Whirlwind
06. Mastered the Art (Nicola Conte Jet Sounds Remix)
07. Hold Your Weight (feat. Ag)
08. Hold It Down (Feat. Muddie)(Greyboy Remix)
09. Got To Be a Love (Feat. Quantic & Sharon Jones)
10. Genevieve (Feat. Bart Davenport)
11. To Know You is To Love You (Feat. Bart Davenport)
12. Love (Feat. Nino Moschella)
13. Color In Between the Lines (Feat. Jeremy Ellis)
13. Missin’ Something (Feat. Shawn Lee)

Genre: Funk/Hip Hop/Soul/Breakbeat
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Label: Ubiquity

Dusty - Keep It Raw EP

Tracklist:

01. Keep It Raw
02. Voodoo
03. Loco Para La Pista
04. Tap Tap

Genre: Trip Hop/Jazz
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-10-01
Label: Jazz & Milk

David Sylvian - The Good Son Vs. The Only Daughter

Tracklist:

01. The Only Daughter (Ryoji Ikeda)
02. Blemish (Burnt Friedman)
03. The Heart Knows Better
04. A Fire In The Forest
05. The Good The Son
06. Late Night Shopping
07. How Little We Need To Be Happy
08. The Only Daughter
09. Blemish

Genre: Remix/Experimental Folk
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2005-03-08
Label: Samadhi Sound

Belleruche - The Express

Tracklist:

01. Anything You Want (Not That)
02. Backyard
03. Idea Three
04. Goose Blues
05. Like 4 The Hard Way
06. Rumble Strip
07. How Many Times
08. Scratch My Soul
09. Late Train
10. The Duck
11. You're Listening To The Worlds

Genre: Hip Hop/Soul
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2007-11-30
Label: Tru Thoughts

Alice Russell - Pot Of Gold

Tracklist:

01. Turn And Run
02. Two Steps
03. Living The Life Of A Dreamer
04. Let Us Belong
05. Got The Hunger
06. Lights Went Out
07. Crazy
08. Hesitate
09. Universe
10. Hurry On Now
11. All Alone

Genre: Soul/Funk
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-11-04
Label: Six Degrees

Air France - No Way Down EP

Tracklist:

01. Maundy Thursday
02. June Evenings
03. Collapsing At Your Doorstep
04. No Excuses
05. No Way Down
06. Windmill Wedding

Genre: Experimental Electronic Pop
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-10-05
Label: Something In Construction

The King Blues - The Engine Room Acoustic Session EP

Tracklist:

01. A New England (Billy Brag Cover)
02. Save The World Get The Girl (Acoustic)
03. Needle And Thread (Acoustic)
04. Hold On Tight (Acoustic)

Genre: Indie Folk
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008
Label: Island

Callmekat - Fall Down

Tracklist:

1. Do Your Trick

2. Not Awake

3. My Sea

4. Sweet You

5. When Should We Go

6. Drawn Directly

7. Flower In The Night

8. By The Lake

9. Toxic

10. It Seems

11. Sleepache

12. Fall Down

13. The Lovecats

Genre: Electronic Pop
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-10-11
Label: Playground Music

Josh Garrels - Jacaranda

Tracklist:

01. Lake Yarina
02. Don't Wait For Me
03. Season Of Rain
04. Rabbit Bear
05. Centipede
06. Zion & Babylon
07. Never Have I Found
08. Rejoice & Lament
09. Words Remain
10. Jacaranda Tree
11. Little Blue
12. Blessed Is He
13. Desert Father
14. The Original Spacefan
15. Embarkation

Genre: Soul Folk
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-09-09
Label: Small Voice

Basia Bulat - Oh My Darling

Tracklist:

01. Before I Knew
02. I Was A Daughter
03. Little Waltz
04. December
05. Snakes And Ladders
06. Oh, My Darling
07. Little One
08. Why Can't It Be Mine
09. The Pilgrimming vine
10. La-Da-Da
11. Birds Of Paradise
12. A Secret

Genre: Folk/Singer Songwriter
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2007-04-30
Label: Rough Trade US

Good Old War - Only Way To Be Alone

Tracklist:

01. Coney Island
02. Just Another Day
03. Looking For Shelter
04. Weak Man (Feat. Anthony Green)
05. I'm Not For You
06. We've Come A Long Way
07. No time
08. That's What's Wrong
09. Maybe Mine
10. Tell Me
11. Window
12. Stay By My Side

Genre: Folk/Acoustic/Punk
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-08-19
Label: Sargent House

The Dynamites - What's It Gonna Be

Tracklist:

01. Body Snatcher
02. Own Thing
03. Can You Feel It
04. Come On In
05. Way Down South
06. Slinky
07. Every Time
08. Dig Deeper
09. What's It Gonna Be
10. Killin It

Genre: Funk/Soul
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2007-06-12
Label: Outta Sight

Cookin On 3 Burners - Baked, Broiled, & Fried

Tracklist:

01. Keb's Bucket
02. Cook It
03. Baked, Broiled, And Fried
04. Mango Skin
05. Cressy St. Breakdown
06. Settle The Score
07. Feel Good Inc
08. The Burner's Jam
09. Gravel Rash
10. Redback
11. Cane Toad
12. Tuesday Night Sleuth
13. Pie Warmer

Genre: Funk/Crunk
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2007-05-07
Label: Knowfoowl

Alice Russell - Under The Munka Moon

Tracklist:

1. Hurry On Now featuring TM Juke
2. Someday
3. Hard Times
4. Sweet Is The Air featuring Nature Boy
5. Tired Little One (Acoustic Version)
6. Peace Resides
7. Taking Hold
8. Something That’s Real
9. Search The Heavens
10. Take Your Time, Change Your Mind
11. Sweet Calling
12. Somebody’s Gonna Love you featuring Quantic
13. Get Ready In The Morning (Song In The Bath)

Genre: Soul
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2006-08-07
Label: Tru Thoughts

Cloud - Pimp Steak

Tracklist:

01. How It Is
02. Pimp Steak
03. Streetwalk Part 2
04. Play Four
05. Shift In Pocket
06. Ladies Break
07. Rationalize
08. Tell Her
09. Liason
10. What I Am
11. Demonstrate
12. Chaser
13. Spark It
14. Poetics
15. Down The Aisles

Genre: Beattape/Breakbeat/Instrumental Hip Hop
Website: Myspace | Free!
Release Date: 2008
Label: n/a



Click that link to donate to the man behind this music. Another free album, which nobody can not love. Would be great in a snowboard movie. Plus, it's called Pimp Steak. That's pimpin.

The Morning Benders - Talk Through Tin Cans

Tracklist:

01. Damnit Anna
02. I Was Wrong
03. Loose Change
04. Patient Patient
05. Crossyeed
06. Waiting For A War
07. Heavy Hearts
08. Boarded Doors
09. Wasted Time
10. Chasing A Ghost
11. When We're Apart

Genre: Indie Folk Pop
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2008-05-06
Label: +1

Oakland, CA. Loose Change is a highly playlistworthy song and warrants you transitioning your attention to the rest of their album when you decide to make the time to do so. I did and look where it got me (this is a good thing).

Phil Roy - The Great Longing

Tracklist:

01. The Willow
02. I Love Everyone
03. Busy Thinking Bout Today (Feat. Amos Lee)
04. Exceptionally Ordinary (Feat. Madeleine Peyroux)
05. Fly Away
06. Without Conscience (Feat. Mutlu)
07. Day To Day Thing
08. A Meditation On War And The Fight For Love (Feat. Melody Gardot)
09. You Were There For Me (Feat. Antje Duvekot)
10. Deeper Meaning

Genre: Pop Folk
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2007-05-22
Label: Decca

It's been out for a while but it hasn't been eard enough. Guest starring some great names in the folk field, my favorite is certainly the one with Ms. Peyroux whom I adore dearly. Her and his co-song is but a slice of the pie so grab the whole thing for the full flavored experience.

Pas/Cal - I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke & Laura

Tracklist:

01. The Truth Behind All The Vogues She Sold
02. You Were Too Old For Me
03. We Made Our Way, We Amtrakked
04. Summer Is Almost Here
05. Glorious Ballad Of The Ignored
06. O Honey We're Ridiculous
07. Dearest Bernard Living
08. Little Red Radio
09. Cherry Needs A Name
10. Cherry Tree
11. O My Cherry
12. Citizens Army Uniform

Genre: Experimental Indie Pop
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2008-07-22
Label: Le Grand Magistery

Experimental, like Yeasayer, but a little more poppy than alternative or rock? Whichever, the Detroit Michiganers make great music. Sounding much like music made for themselves and not for the masses, it is music that I can see the masses loving all the same.

Hellsongs - Hymns In The Key Of 666

Tracklist:

01. The Trooper (Iron Maiden)
02. Symphony Of Destruction (Megadeth)
03. Rock The Night (Kiss)
04. Seasons In The Abyss (Slayer)
05. We're Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sisters)
06. Blackened (Metallica)
07. Thunderstruck (ACDC)
08. Run To The Hills (Iron Maiden)
09. Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
10. Princess Of The Night (Saxon)

Genre: Folk Metal Covers
Website: Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-05-27
Label: Phantom Sound & Vision

Hello again Phantom Sound & Vision. Never before have I been more surprised to be so surprised at the excellency in both coverage, imagination, and direction of someone turning metal into folk. But my oh my Hellsongs does a splendid job and all of the tracks sound nothing like the originals... sounding original in their own right.

Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals

Tracklist:

01. Sunrise
02. Wait For The Summer
03. 2080
04. Germs
05. Ah, Weird
06. No Need To Worry
07. Forgiveness
08. Wintertime
09. Waves
10. Worms
11. Red Cave

Genre: Experimental Indie Rock
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Label: We Are Free

One more example of an album I picked up but never gave the attention it deserved. My boy Logan told me to give them a better ear and it was a great bit of advice. The band's experimentation will take you to places you'll be glad to have visited. Imaginatively brilliant.

South San Gabriel - Dual Hawks

Tracklist:

01. Emma Jane
02. Kept On The Slide
03. When The Angels Will Put Their Lights Out
04. Of Evil For Evil
05. My Goodbyes
06. Senselessly
07. Corner Cross
08. Trust To Lose
09. The Arc And The Cusp
10. Alabama Crusade
11. Jornada Del Muerto #20
12. From This I Will Awake

Genre: Indie Folk
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2008-04-07
Label: Misra

Another favorite track of mine you'll find on this album. The album Dual Hawks is actually a split album between Centro-Matic and South San Gabriel, each getting their own disc. This is disc two and I can't pick a favorite between the two but I do love this track that most. If you don't know South San Gabriel, bridge the gap between knowing and not knowing with Kept On The Slide.

Johnny Cash - Remixed

Tracklist:

01. I Walk The Line (QDT Muzic Remix)
02. Big River(Count De Money Remix)
03. Get Rhythm (Philip Steir Remix)
04. Doin' My Time (The Heavy Remix)
05. Country Boy (Sonny J Remix)
06. Leave That Junk Alone
07. Port Of Lonely Hearts (Midnight Juggernauts Remix)
08. Folsom Prison Blues (Pete Rock Remix)
09. Straight A's In Love (Troublemaker Remix)
10. Sugartime (Kennedy Remix)
11. Rock Island (Line Wolf Remix)
12. Belshazzar (Machine Drums Remix)
13. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow (Apparat Remix)

Genre: Remix/Hip Hop/Electronic
Website: No Myspace | Buy!
Release Date: 2008-09-23
Label: Compadre

If you like Johnny Cash and you like remixes you will love this album. I've had it for a while now and never thought to a) ear it a solid one and b) share it with everybody. So now you can all ear it up. The remixers are reputable and the resulting earage is respectable in every sense of the word. Lots of style.

Detektivbyrån - E18 Album

Tracklist:

01. E18

02. Hemvägen

03. Nattöppet

04. Monster

05. Dansbanan

06. Granmon

07. Vanerhavet
08. Lyckans Undulat
09. Hem Ljuva Hem
10. Home Sweet Home
11. Koffa

Genre: Instrumental/Electronic Folk
Website: Myspace |
Release Date: 2008-05-02
Label: Danarkia

Happy New Year! If you have ever seen Amelie you've probably fallen in love with the soundtrack (by Yann Tiersen) just like me. Detektivbyrån makes music much in the same style as the Amelie soundtrack... a brilliant feat and one that deserves much credit. They think a grammy even. Cast your votes :)