Dark Dark Dark, The Snow Magic

Wow, I don't know what it is with me and lady singers lately. I'm usually not that into them, but I feel like most of my last posts have been women. I can think of a few more I want to post, too, so maybe for now I'll keep the chain going. :)

I tried really hard to get their new album, but it looks like (at least for now) I'm gonna have to just save some cash and buy it. However, I'll be putting up their first one entitled The Snow Magic!

This band is stunning. I don't even honestly know how to describe it. Great female singer, great music, everything, ah, very different and I just love it. My friend Jason told me to go to their show, which is how I heard of them, but of course the show was that very night and I was broke, so hopefully they'll be back soon! Would love to see them in action!

Anyways, here is a song by them off their new album. I'm throwing it up here beause a) it's unfortunately not on the album I have, and b) it's amazing and you should hear it, especially if you want to hear them before you download them. I love love love love this song.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vpsvxyy5dxnz7re

M-M-M-Music

Alllright. So here's another giant list of bands that you guys should check out on myspace. I'd put their albums up but, again, I can't actually get them, as they live far away and if they have albums recorded at all, they only sell them in their hometown/on tour. They are all fantastic though, and you should check 'em out if you get the chance. Maybe they are in your location, or will be coming your way someday!


EARLY NOISE. http://www.myspace.com/earlynoise
Timothy James Favreu from Allston, Massachusetts. Ahh... I adore this music. It's this wonderful guitar and banjo melancholy puddle that makes you also want to dance along on occasion. When I say melancholy, I don't mean sad, and it's definitely not a downer, not music that will actually make you bummed out when hearing, just lazy and rainy and SO GOOD! Please, definitely check this one out if you check any of them out.


NIKO. http://www.myspace.com/nikosometimes
Folk/pop from Leverett, Massachusetts. Great lyrics, interesting songs. The way he sings reminds me a lot of The Mountain Goats. You'll probably like him if you like them.


MALLORY. http://www.myspace.com/mallorytheband
Punk/americana from.... you guessed it, Massachusetts. These guys are awesome, they are a lot like Barefoot Surrender if you remember that post. If you like Barefoot Surrender you'll love these guys. Which reminds me... I should probably put that album up... OH! Also, if you dig Mallory enough to have them on CD or Itunes, you can get their album FREE on their official website.


WE ARE DOGS. http://www.myspace.com/theyarefun
Also a very very lovely boy. PJ Horoszko from Brooklyn, New York. Another folk kid, his influences include Eliott Smith and Leonard Cohen, so you can tell already what kind of music it is. Ha, and just as he states "I will play your birthday party, but it won't be very festive."


SONS OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS FATHER.
http://www.myspace.com/sonsofanillustriousfather
Amazing soul/americana band from New York. The band is composed of a lot of wonderful and talented people. Sofia Albam does vocals/accordian/acoustic guitar/banjo/violin, (The girl from Squinch Owl, so you KNOW the voice is amazing), her voice reminds me a lot of Janis Joplin in this band, especially in the song Love & a 40oz. I'm so in love with her, can you tell? Band members also include Jake Generalli (vocals, guitars, mandolin, air organ, piano, banjo, harmonica), Lilah Larson (vocals, guitars) -- Remember her name because she will be listed in this post with her solo stuff below, Ezra Miller (vocals, shirts & skins, air organ, piano), Josh Aubin (bass), and Jake Sokolov-Gonzales (cello). God, please listen to this, it's so great.


LIZZIE WRIGHT SUPER SPACE SHIP.
http://www.myspace.com/lizziewrightsuperspaceship
Cute girl with cute songs from Jackson, Mississippi. She reminds me A LOT of Azure Ray. She's adorable, and pretty unique. Also sometimes sounds to me a bit like Laura Goldhamer & The Silvernail.


LILAH LARSON. http://www.myspace.com/lilahlarson
Told you to look out! This is Lilah Larson from Sons Of An Illustrious Father's solo music! She, like Sofie Albam, has a gorgeous voice. Another cry-in-your-beer singer like Sofia as well as all those lovely women out there like Cat Power, etc.


BROWN BIRD. http://www.myspace.com/brownbird
Brown Bird is a duo made up of David Lamb (guitar, banjo, percussion, vocals) and Morganeve Swain (fiddle, cello, upright bass, vocals). They are pretty cool, they are a dark and foot-stomp ensuing americana/folk/blues/gypsy band. Very interesting to listen to. Definitely check these two out!


THE GROWLERS. http://www.myspace.com/lbcgrowlers
This is pretty much the only non-folky band I've put in this post, I just realized. I should put more variety out there these days, huh? Anyways, this is an awesome surf rock/gothic band from Costa Mesa, California. They are so much fun to rock out to. You can't really ever get enough great surf rock!


Alright, well, that's all for now. I'm sure there will be more posts like this, because somehow I just keep finding awesome bands that I of course can't seem to get a hold of their albums.

BY THE WAY: If you are in the Boulder/Denver area, COME to Gogol Bordello and/or DeVotchKa this weekend at the Boulder Theater! I'll be at the thursday (Oct. 28th) show of Gogol and the 29th show of DeVotchKa, COME, it's gonna be wonderful!

The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon

Music video tiiiiime.

Happy Halloweeeeen!

[EDIT] SORRY guys about the wrong link.... whoops, it's fixed now, so download the halloween mix! [/EDIT]

It's just around the corner, folks! So here's a mix dedicated to the most wonderful holiday of the year--Halloween! Unfortunately I am a dullard when it comes to putting playlists in zip files, so when you download it, every song is going to be out of order. LUCKILY I am typing out the tracklist so you can jump right into your itunes and put the songs in the correct order so it will sound less like a crack machine.

ONE....................The Sighting... (The Ghastly Ones)

TWO...................Shockmonster Stomp (The Ghastly Ones)

THREE...............Green Fuz (The Cramps)

FOUR.................Monsterpussy (The Vaselines)

FIVE...................Bone Machine (The Pixies)

SIX......................Red Right Hand (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)

SEVEN................Season of the Witch (Donovan)

EIGHT................Devil Got My Woman (Skip James)

NINE...................Moanin' At Midnight (Howlin' Wolf)

TEN.....................I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins)

ELEVEN..............Rats (The Kinks)

TWELVE.............The Horror (RJD2)

THIRTEEN.........Halloween (The Dead Kennedys)
FOURTEEN........Real Child of Hell (X)

FIFTEEN.............I Was A Teenage Werewolf (The Cramps)

SIXTEEN.............Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (The White Stripes)

SEVENTEEN.......If You Shoot The Head You Kill The Ghoul (Jeffrey Lewis)

EIGHTEEN..........Simean Groove (The Folk Implosion)

NINETEEN..........Casper The Friendly Ghost (Daniel Johnston)

TWENTY..............Vampire (Antsy Pants)

TWENTY-ONE....Pumpkin Seeds (Devendra Banhart)

TWENTY-TWO...Trick Or Treat (Otis Redding)

http://www.mediafire.com/?dklle7dndtrt7uw

First Aid Kit

For all of you interested, the two young swedish sisters that made me MELT into nothing but a puddle with their youtube cover of the Fleet Foxes' Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, they have their own myspace page now and are putting out their first debut album.

Their voices are so gorgeous, I can barely stand it. Love their band name, too. The bottom of this is their video of another cover by them I adore: Fever Ray's When I Grow Up.

Go LISTEN!

Bad Luck Brew

I'd tell you who they are and where these two folks are from, however, they have chosen to remain anonymous. If you know what's good for you, you'll go listen to this music, and if you like it, spread the word!

Until then.... BAD LUCK BREW

I'm really impressed, I'd never heard any of his songs with a banjo along-side and I think it really makes it. And as they put it: "What happens when you find 20 gallons of homebrew under a recently burnt down trailer."

Seriously though, I know that because he's my friend it makes me seem biased, but if I didn't know him at all, I would still love this shit. It's really great. Love the song "Witches Mouth" and the song "Poor Emily" is absolutely beautiful, in my opinion.