The Covers Mixtape XIII
SIDE A
1. The Twilight Sad - Half A Person (The Smiths Cover)
2. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Way I Am (Merle Haggard Cover)
3. Ryan Adams - Times Like These (Foo Fighters Cover)
4. Dawn Landes - I Won't Back Down (Tom Petty Cover)
5. Albanopower - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division Cover)
6. Sara Quin & Kaki King - Sweetness Follows (R.E.M. Cover)
7. Jens Lekman - Water Runs Dry (Boyz II Men Cover)
SIDE B
1. Audrye Sessions - Waltz 2 (XO) (Elliott Smith Cover)
2. Brand New - ... MORE
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Listener Project
You Should Know
Listener is the moniker of Dan Smith, an Arkansas musician who dubs his subgenre of hip-hop "talk music." Smith, who sometimes travels with a backing band that includes his wife, puts on an enthralling live show (I can attest to this) and mixes a variety of genres. You're just as likely to hear folk guitar in his songs as you are a drum machine. Thematically, Smith's last two albums (Ozark Empire and Return To Struggleville ) tell the story of a trav... MORE
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Man On Wire (2008)
Celluloid
James Marsh's Man On Wire chronicles what some consider "the artistic crime of the century." In 1974, tightrope walker Philippe Petit and a small cast of co-conspirators infiltrated New York City's World Trade Centers. They somehow managed to sneak past security and set up a wire system for Petit to walk across. Petit is an intriguing character filled with wild-eyed enthusiasm and the film's insight into his crowning achievement is at times poetic, beauti... MORE
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The Rural Alberta Advantage: Hometowns (2008)
New Wax
I'm sure fellow bloggers can attest to the fickle nature of blogging inspiration. Sometimes music excites you and the spirit moves you to spread the word to the masses (I use "masses" very relatively), but sometimes it's a struggle to write a worthwhile sentence let alone a literate entry. Today, the spirit moves me. Shockingly unsigned Canadian band The Rural Alberta Advantage also moves me. Though they self-describe their music as "indie-rock folk songs ab... MORE
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Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers
You Should Know
Here's a lovely singer-songwriter who's found a home at Ramseur Records (The Avett Brothers, The Everybodyfields). Choctaw Indian Samantha Crain hails from Shawnee, OK and creates rural folk that's as informed by Radiohead as it is by Bob Dylan. Backed by a band dubbed the Midnight Shivers on her EP entitled The Confiscation: A Musica Novella , the 22-year old Crain exhibits a throaty yet Thom Yorke-esque melody on the gorgeous "Beloved, We Have Expi... MORE
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Right Away, Great Captain: The Eventually Home (2008)
New Wax
I'm sure you've noticed my unabashed love for all things Andy Hull here on the blog. While I've been a devoted fan of his work with Manchester Orchestra, I'm actually partial to the stripped-down folksy nature of his solo project Right Away, Great Captain! The second installment of his ambitious trilogy album series is entitled The Eventually Home and it was officially released yesterday. Conceptually, the album continues the story of a 1600's-era sailor who... MORE
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Rob St. John
You Should Know
Hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland, rainforest ecologist and musician Rob St. John creates deliberate and haunting lo-fi folk in the same vein as Bill Callahan yet with more orchestral flair. Backed by a host of musicians that contribute on harmonium, autoharp, glockenspiel, bariton uke, cello, and musical saw, St. John's smokey vocals are fragile yet self-assured. Now backed by a full live band, St. John's EP Like Alchemy , which was recorded in one e... MORE
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J. Tillman: Vacilando Territory Blues (2008)
New Wax
When I first mentioned J. Tillman he was merely an obscure singer/songwriter putting out wonderful albums. He's since landed a sweet gig as Fleet Foxes drummer, but he hasn't stopped working on solo material. Tillman follows up last year's haunting Cancer And Delirium with Vacilando Territory Blues , which is now available digitally and will be released physically early next year. While Tillman's past material has always been of the utmost quality, it did ha... MORE
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