Dark Mean
I watched the alcoholics and shirtless junkies run up and down and shout and scream and push and pull at each other at the bridge over the canal, near where I live. They come out of the woodwork when the sun comes out. Sometimes I feel sorry for them. Sometimes I feel angry. Most of...
We Are Augustines
We Are Augustines rose from the ashes of Pela, a band who’ve shared the stage with the likes of Sonic Youth and The Faming Lips and broke up in 2009. Now armed with the production genius of Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene), Billy McCarthy and Eric Sanderson unveil the first video from their upcoming album...
Entire Cities
To be absolutely honest, I dont usually post alt-country stuff because I hate that genre. Yet, there is something about this Canadian band Entire Cities that make me open up to them. I’m hearing a lot of different kinds of instruments here and the jangly, jolty way this folk is played out is also worthy...
Franklin
I am seriously digging FRANKLIN. Franklin is the solo project of Frank Rabeyrolles from France. It’s folk pop, with guitars, yes, but electronic elements as well, soft tinkering bells and xylophone scores with simple fuzzy vocals. Previous releases by Franklin like Every Now And Then and Losthouse were collections of quiet whispery songs. The new...
Galapaghost
Casey Chandler is Galapaghost, the one-man folk band. He emailed me with his whole ep up for download. I don’t usually dig folk, but it’s Sunday, we could do with something to soothe this end-of-the-weekend pain. Plus it’s so perfect to curl up in a blanket and watch the snow destroy the city, listening to...
Fredrik – Origami
Swedish folk people, Fredrik is back with a new release via Kora Records, this time as a three piece. Nothing like darkly-tinged folk music on my shitty Thursday night. White on White is a track they’re giving away to promote Origami. I really like how it’s so slow, almost like a lullaby, with soothing triangle...
Dead Snares
Music that speaks to your soul. Solemn, somber, with a voice that penetrates, Jeffrey Cain’s Dead Snares reels you right in from the moment he opens his mouth to sing. Speak The Language is an unfortunate album, unfortunate not because its awful, it isnt, but because it is so bleak and foreboding that it almost...
Songs For Walter
You have only got Holiday recs to thank for this one. It really is a prized find. Songs For Walter is Ed and Laurie from Manchester and I honestly cannot get this track out of my head. The vocals is shoegaze pop innocence behind an acoustic guitar. But it’s that raging, looping droning feedback at...
Smiles And Frowns – Cornelius
“The Smiles & Frowns are a duo from Phoenix, Arizona who wind away their day-ze making imaginative psych folk pop that reminds us of White Album era Beatles, Syd Barrett, Oliver Postgate, Curt Boettcher and 60s West Coast pop. Basically what Jim Noir would sound like if he were bored in the desert rather than...
A Weather
A Weather is a quiet indie-folk band from Portland. Their album, Everyday Balloons was just released a few days ago on Conor Oberst‘s Team Love Records and its really lovely.Such a gorgeous band, perfect for a Sunday afternoon stroll with your lover, holding hands watching the trees prepare for spring.Kinda like a pretty Damien Rice...
Boy Without God + The Underscore Orkestra + Jon Coyle
We’re getting a bit happy with folk music these past few days aren’t we. This time, we’ve received 3 Bad Panda releases for you guys today. The first one’s from Jon Coyle. Think of it as ambient, lucid folk music very much similar to Sun Ra, maybe even a bit of (old)Aphex Twin. Next up,...
Fredrik
The Kora Records fellas, the same peeps who brought us Gregor Samsa, just let us in on Fredrik‘s new album, Trilogi which is actually material from 3 limited previous EPs and packaged in hand-made origami packaging.If Barzin took less drugs, lived in a Swedish forest and is next door neighbor’s with Mum, then Trilogi would...
