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One eskimO - All Balloons (2009)
Be sure to check out the adorable video to the single “Kandi” at the bottom of this post!! The debut album from One Eskimo (Little Polar Records) boasts pockets of quality from the opener ‘Hometime’ to the closer ‘Amazi...
Tobias Fröberg - Turn Heads (2008)
This is one of the most beautiful folk pop albums I’ve come across lately. Below is a bit about what the label had to say about it…. Swedish artist Tobias Froberg has recently spent his time hanging out with friends. Not only did he log...
Other Lives - Other Lives (2009)
With the scheduled April ‘09 physical release of Other Lives album on TBD Records (the same label that formed last year, to release Radiohead’s In Rainbows album), there is no doubt that these guys were listening to a lot of Thom and co...
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight At The Movies (2009)
If being the son of one of America’s greatest songwriters isn’t a hard enough burden to carry on your shoulders, how about sharing the name with one of American’s forgotten legends. Justin Townes Earle, son of Steve Earle and name adoptee of th...
Sam Kills Two - Sam Kills Two (2009)
Sam Kills Two although stemming from an indie/alternative background have the possibility of a mainstream crossover. The band’s collective range of influences include the Red House Painters, Warren Zevon, Leonard Cohen and Elliott Smith. Combin...
Schuyler Fisk - The Good Stuff (2009)
With her vibrant voice and honest songwriting, Schuyler Fisk draws legions of fans to her music, both onstage and online, where she enjoys an active grassroots following as one of the top indie artists on MySpace. Her anticipated debut album THE GOOD...
Cara Dillon - Hill of Thieves (2009)
Cara Dillon has a rare talent that you only come across a handful times in your whole life. Her staggeringly beautiful voice has the ability to reach inside the soul of a song and imbue material with not only profound sweetness but also poignancy and...
MAILBAG: Caught In Motion - On The Edge Of A Dream (2008)
Today I got an email from the band Caught In Motion, and they were kind enough to include their album and asked if we’d post it for them. The Portland, Oregon quintet are in constant search of the more honest, more personal pop song. Working ...
Fiction Family - Fiction Family (2009)
2009 debut for this duo consisting of members of Nickel Creek and Switchfoot. Both artists have achieved immense success with their respective bands. Sean Watkins is the guitar player and founding member of the Grammy Award winning trio Nickel Creek....
Tapes - Aloha! (2008)
Jukka Salminen is a Finnish singer/songwriter and Tapes is his alter ego. Tapes started when Jukka moved to England on Autumn 2002 to continue his studies on photography. There he started to play acoustic guitar and make songs. At first Tapes was abo...
Justin Vernon - Hazeltons (2008)
Justin Vernon is one bad-ass dude. He grows beards, he pushes people around in the post, and he writes records that everyone loves and wants to buy. That’s a big three for three. This is from an album he did before the Bon Iver glory (but when he w...
Peter Broderick - Home (2008)
While touring with Danish act Efterklang as their violinist and solo opening act, 21-year old Peter Broderick discovered that he enjoyed singing too. Prior to that tour, his solo releases had been primarily instrumental. So once the tour had ende...
Angus & Julia Stone - Hollywood (EP) (2008)
Angus & Julia Stone are a brother-sister duo that hail from Sydney, Australia. They just released a new EP, Hollywood, and it’s incredible. This is the second in a series of three digital only EPs that will be released in the coming months, all...
Firekites - The Bowery (2008)
Sonically rich & musically diverse, Firekites have drawn together disparate, sometimes juxtaposed, influences resulting in a record that covers some unexpected ground. Blurring the lines between lo-fi jazz, folk pop and subtle electronica, compar...
Laura Marling - Alas I Cannot Swim (2008)
If you don’t like women with warbley voices, you’ll f*cking hate this. I like em, and I really like this album. Not too dis-similar to Joni Mitchell, and at only 18, Ms Marling has produced one of the finest indie-folk albums to come out...
Boduf Songs - The Strait Gait (2008)
The Southern Records Latitudes juggernaut thunders into town once more, this time driven by Kranky’s very own Boduf Songs, aka Mat Sweet, who for the purposes of this release teams up with a couple of collaborators and strays slightly from his esta...
