January 2011

Okkervil River perform new song on Fallon [Music Video]

January 11, 2011

2011 is heating up! New releases are coming in from Okkervil River, The Low Anthem, Drive-By Truckers, Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears, Jason Isbell, The Decemberists, The Builders and The Butchers, and many more that we’ll be discussing in short order. Okkervil River recently performed “Wake and Be Fine” on Jimmy Fallon with A.C. [...]

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Pepper Rabbit’s Harvest Moon [New Video, MP3]

January 11, 2011

Pepper Rabbit released one of our favorite debuts of 2010 and the buzz continues. They just premiered a video for “Harvest Moon” from their LP, Beauregard via Stereogum and made it available as a free download. Pepper Rabbit – Harvest Moon Previously posted: Pepper Rabbit – Older Brother Pepper Rabbit – Babette! Video: Pepper Rabbit [...]

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Akron/Family to release new album on cassette tape. [New MP3]

January 10, 2011

Akron/Family are set to release their next album S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT on February 8th, and they’ll release 500 copies on cassette tape. Luckily, when you buy the cassette, you’ll also get a link to download the album in MP3 format. I still don’t understand this new ironic cassette [...]

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The Head and the Heart Prepare for Liftoff [Album Review]

January 8, 2011

I first caught wind of The Head and The Heart on KEXP last summer. I made a mental note to buy the album, but promptly forgot about it and moved on with my life, seemingly happy without The Head and the Heart in my life. Alas, they appeared on NPR’s site recently and I decided [...]

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Iron & Wine – New Album, Free MP3

January 6, 2011

Remember Iron & Wine? I do…barely. I haven’t really listened to them/him since 2004′s Our Endless Numbered Days and then the collaboration with Calexico, but I have fond memories of Sam Beam inventing the Beard in what I imagine was his woodshop and quickly becoming America’s folk hero. I mean, I guess we have been [...]

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The Deep Dark Woods – Under The Covers, Live Session #82

January 4, 2011

In a conversation with The Deep Dark Woods last year (after many tall cans of beer) I mistakenly referred to their hometown of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as “Saskatchatoon.” It may be the only time Ive seen the band without smiles on their faces. But, like any good drinkers, they have much respect for the drunken slur [...]

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