Happy June everyone! I have using music as my salve as of late, you'll find this mix is pretty easy to listen to. New bands, old bands and some kickers. A great gardening sound track - let me know what you think!
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Kevin Morby / Bittersweet, TN
A great new album from Kevin Morby. I'm still in the re-listening phase.
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Kevin Morby is an American musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the bass guitarist of the folk rock band Woods, and the frontman of The Babies, Morby began a solo career in 2013. Harlem River marked the solo debut. Known for his work as the singer/guitarist for the Brooklyn band The Babies and bassist for Woods, the Kansas City native and new Los Angeles resident, calls the record “an homage to New York City,” his adopted home for the past five years. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Big Red Machine / Latter Days
A collaboration between Aaron Dessner (the National) and Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver). Also featuring Taylor Swift (ever heard of her?).
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Side project of Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) & Aaron Dessner (The National). From their website: In 2008, Aaron sent Justin an instrumental sketch of a song called "Big Red Machine" for Dark Was The Night. This was before they had met in person. Justin wrote a song to it, interpreting the Big Red Machine title as a heart. 10 years of friendship later, there are 10 more songs. Big Red Machine. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Bedouin / The Wave
I had the pleasure of seeing Bedouin open for Kevin Morby at Gateway City Arts and immediately fell in love with her comforting style and amazing voice and lyrics. Give it all a listen.
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There are at least 2 artists with this name. 1) Bedouin is a Brooklyn-based production & DJ partnership between nomads Rami Abousabe and Tamer Malki who are creating their own idiosyncratic spell of melodies and rhythms. Together they share an eclectic sonic vision that pulls from diverse influences owing to their Middle Eastern heritage, Western upbringing, and world travels. Their combined musical backgrounds and ever-evolving taste captures the Read more on Last.fm more...
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River Whyless / Michigan Cherry
I have been really getting into River Whyless. Also featured on my last mix, they released a great new album.
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River Whyless is a four piece band formed in Boone, North Carolina in 2006. The band consists of Ryan O'Keefe (vocals, guitar), Halli Anderson (vocals, violin), Daniel Shearin (bass, vocals) and Alex McWalters (drums). They have released two full length albums since their formation: "A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door" (2012) and "We All the Light" (2016). After graduating from Appalachian State University they moved to Asheville where they began writing their sophomore album. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Billy Strings / Watch it Fall
Sarah introduced me to Billy Strings and I have moved on from my urge to Sturge (Sturgill Simpson) to Billy Strings. How long before there's nothing left at all?
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A master of the guitar, banjo, and mandolin, Billy Strings is a singer and instrumentalist whose music starts with the sound and speed of bluegrass and folds in elements of rock, jazz, and psychedelia. Strings deals in acoustic music, but his lyrics are rooted in contemporary issues ("Dust in a Baggie" sounds like a classic bluegrass breakdown, but the lyrics deal with crystal meth addiction), and the music reinforces this fusion of past and present, melding modern melodic frameworks with fiddles and banjos. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Katy Kirby / Cool Dry Place
This was the first song I set aside for the playlist. One of those songs you can listen to over and over again. They remind me of Wye Oak for any fans out there.
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Katy Kirby (raised in Spicewood, TX) is an American musician currently based in Nashville, TN. Kirby began releasing music in 2018, with the release of an EP titled Juniper. In May 2020, Kirby shared a new recorded version of her song titled Tap Twice. In late 2020, Kirby announced plans to release her debut album. along with the announcement, Kirby released the single "Traffic!". The album, Cool Dry Place, was released on February 19, 2021. The album was Stereogum's "Album of the Week" upon release. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Vetiver / The Living End
This is a somewhat older band with a new album. This is my first exposure to them through the randomness of the Spotify algorithm. All hail our robot overlords!
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Vetiver is an American folk band headed by songwriter Andy Cabic and often joined by Devendra Banhart, cellist Alissa Anderson, and violinist Jim Gaylord. They released their debut album Vetiver in 2004 on the small indie folk label DiCristina. Since the album's release Vetiver has toured extensively, opening for and collaborating with Devendra Banhart and Joanna Newsom. Before moving to San Francisco Cabic was a member of the North Carolina indie rock band The Raymond Brake who released some records on the now-defunct Simple Machines label. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Aldous Harding / Tick Tock
Another band repeat with a new album. Very excited to get into this album more.
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Aldous Harding (Hanna Claynails Harding) is a singer/songwriter from Lyttelton, New Zealand. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Hurray for the Riff Raff / RHODODENDRON
I have been really enjoying this album from Hurray for the Riff Raff. Her voice is so iconic.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff is an Americana band from New Orleans, Louisiana. It was formed by Alynda Segarra, a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter from the Bronx, New York, after she had moved to New Orleans in 2007. After leaving home at an early age to travel the country, Segarra eventually settled in New Orleans where she began to perform and record with a revolving cast of musicians. She released two records (2008's It Don't Mean I Don't Love You and 2010's Young Blood Blues) mostly consisting of delicate folk and country songs. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Alice Phoebe Lou / Underworld
A new band for me - really enjoying her vocals and ethereal music.
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Alice Phoebe Lou (born 1993) is South African singer-songwriter living now in Berlin. In December 2017 her song "She", from the film “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”, was included on the Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song Her independent approach to her music has given the singer-songwriter a creative confidence that shines through in her captivating vocals and stripped back music. Having developed her bluesy, folk sound busking on the streets of Berlin Read more on Last.fm more...
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Sharon Van Etten / Mistakes
Such a powerful album by Sharon Van Etten, I hadnt listened to her in a few years - really enjoying this.
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Sharon van Etten (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and actress from New Jersey. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, USA, van Etten débuted with single Much More Than That (2007, Abaton Book Company). Her album Are We There was released on 14 May 2014 on Jagjaguwar). van Etten moved to Tennessee to attend Middle Tennessee State University, where she discovered a variety of influential music. After moving back home to New Jersey, she was encouraged by Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio to pursue a career in music. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Destroyer / It's in Your Heart Now
Always enjoy everything Destroyer comes out with.
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Destroyer is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia fronted by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar and formed in 1995. Destroyer songs are characterized by abstract, poetic lyrics and idiosyncratic vocals. The band's discography draws on a variety of musical influences, resulting in albums that can sound markedly distinct from one another; in Bejar's words, "That's kind of my goal: to start from scratch every time." 1996–2001 We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, Destroyer's 1996 debut, is made up of sixteen lo-fi home-recordings. Read more on Last.fm more...
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Animal Collective / Prester John
Animal Collective was my favorite band for a long time until my interest slowly faded out. Its always nice when an old band comes out with a new record that rekindles your original feelings while still being inventive and fresh...
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Animal Collective is a musical group which formed in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1999. The band consists of Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Avey Tare (David Portner), Deakin (Josh Dibb) and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform. The band has released eleven albums: "Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished" (2000), "Danse Manatee" (2001) Read more on Last.fm more...
