Dylan LeBlanc "Low" - free download!

The young Americana artist Dylan LeBlanc releases his new single ‘Low’ Next Monday 13th December. The track is taken from his debut album ‘Paupers Field’ and is the follow-up to singles ‘Emma Hartley’ and ‘If Time Was For Wasting’. Download it here:

Charity compilation with The Black Keys, City and Colour and The National among others

The 30th of november the compilation Gasoline Rainbows is being released featuring The Black Keys, City and Colour and The National among others (see track list at the bottom of this blogpost). The album is a charity project for Global Green USA and 100% of the artist and label proceeds from "Gasoline Rainbows" will be used for Global Green's oil spill response to directly assist the communities, people, and ecosystems impacted by the BP Oil Spill, educate the public, push for more regulation (to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again) and advocate for a greener, cleaner economy.


The album contains three brand new songs, one of them from the amazing City and Colour (separate blogpost soon) called At the bird's foot.





Track List:

1. "Gasoline Rainbows" - Amy Kuney*
2. "Armistice" - Phoenix
3. "40 Day Dream" - Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
4. "There's No Secret's This Year" - Silversun Pickups
5. "At The Birds Foot" - City and Colour*
6. "The Connoisseur of Great Excuse" - Damien Rice*
7. "Bloodbuzz Ohio" - The National
8. "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
9. "Let The Time Roll By" - Onward, Soldiers
10. "Moth's Wings" - Passion Pit
11. "Floating Vibes" - Surfer Blood
12. "Mama Taught Me Better" - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
13. "I Can Change" - LCD Soundsystem
14. "Cousins" - Vampire Weekend

*Brand new material

Iron & Wine - Resurrection Fern

I love this song with Iron & Wine (Sam Beam), the lyrics is amazingly beautiful, see below.



In our days we will live
Like our ghosts will live
Pitching glass at the cornfield crows
And folding clothes

Like stubborn boys across the road
We'll keep everything
Grandma's gun, and the black bear claw
That took her dog

And when sister Laurie says "Amen,"
We won't hear anything
The ten-car train will take that word
That fledgling bird

And the falling house across the way
It'll keep everything
The baby's breath, our bravery wasted
And our shame

And we'll undress beside the ashes of the fire
Both our tender bellies wound in bailing wire
All the more a pair of underwater pearls
Than the oak tree and its Resurrection Fern

In our days we will say
What our ghosts will say
We gave the world what it saw fit
And what'd we get?

Like stubborn boys with big green eyes
We'll see everything
In the timid shade of the autumn leaves
And the buzzard's wing

And we'll undress beside the ashes of the fire
Our tender bellies all wound around in bailing wire
All the more a pair of underwater pearls
Than the oak tree and its Resurrection Fern

Beard makes better music - playlist no. 4

Obvious theme on this weeks playlist featuring Bon Iver, Phosphorescent, Cat Power, J. Tillman, Ed Harcourt and Iron & Wine. For you who doesn't have Spotify, the tracks are listed below.

Beard makes better music 4

1. Werewolf - Cat Power
2. The Wolves (Act. I and II) - Bon Iver
3. Wolves - Phosphorescent
4. With Wolves - J. Tillman
5. Heart of a Wolf - Ed Harcourt
6. Wolves - Iron & Wine

The Decemberists and Gillian Welch on Conan

Ok, so we've heard this single from The Decemberists a couple of times now. I actually like it more and more. Below, a live performance at Conan O'briens TV-show Conan along with Gillian Welch (who does the backup vocals on the song). Thumbs up to Conans beard by the way!

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I am goodbye

I love this video with Bonnie "Prince" Billy, it always makes me smile.

Eilen Jewell - Rain roll in

Always remember, there is nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name

The Avett Brothers - Murder in the city

New video from Band of Horses - premieres on IMDb

 

Band of Horses releases a music video for the song Dilly from Infinite Arms. The video is released exclusively on IMDb, the internet movie database. Watch it here:

http://www.imdb.com/features/bandofhorses/

Johan Brännström @ Klubb Springfield

Johan Brännström live at Klubb Springfield, image borrowed from Klubb Springfield

Recently, I've been amazed and impressed of the Swedish music scene. A week ago I saw I'm Kingfisher, and this weekend Johan Brännström made a appearence at Klubb Springfield. Johan has this charming attitude which makes you think of an Astrid Lindgren-character, Abbe from Madicken was the first to hit my mind, and with this and his amazing voice and energy, he made my night.

Johan Brännström recently released an EP, which you can listen to, and download, below.

The Decemberists goes on tour + free download

The Decemeberists releases their new album The King is Dead on the 18th of january, and shortly after, they go on an North American and European tour along with Wye Oak and Mountain Man. Check below for tour dates. Sadly, no gigs planned for Sweden (where I'm from).



The Decemberists:
01-25 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre *
01-28-29 Boston, MA - House of Blues *
01-31 Montreal, Quebec - Olympia De Montreal *
02-01 Toronto, Ontario - Sound Academy *
02-02 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
02-04 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *
02-05 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre #
02-06 Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre #
02-07 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre #
02-09 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater #
02-10 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre #
02-12 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern #
02-13 San Diego, CA - House of Blues #
02-14 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater #
02-18 Seattle, WA - Paramount Ballroom #
02-19 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall #
03-04 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
03-05 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
03-07 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Institute
03-08 Bristol, England - Bristol Academy
03-10 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
03-11 Leeds, England - Leeds Academy
03-13 Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
03-14 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-16 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
* with Wye Oak
# with Mountain Man

Download the first single "Down by the water" here:

 

The old devils are at it again.

William Elliott Whitmore. On Spotify, they describe his voice as a reincarnation of a gospel preacher from the 1920's and thats where my mind went too the first time I heard him. Love it.

Old Devils - William Elliott Whitmore by notonmyshift


William Elliott Whitmore on Spotify
William Elliott Whitmore on MySpace
William Elliott Whitmore on Facebook
William Elliott Whitman homepage

I'm Kingfisher

I went to see Ed Harcourt yesterday at Debaser (Stockholm, Sweden). Along on the scandinavian tour Ed brought Thomas Denver Jonsson aka I'm Kingfisher. He did a great performance and you should definetly hear him out!

This year, Thomas released his 4th album Arctic, though it's his first album under the name I'm Kingfisher, is a conceptual album about polar exhibitions and arctic flora and fauna. It's a really beautiful story, and album, and Thomas voice can melt ice (hehe).

I'm Kingfisher - Artic by Playground Music

I'm Kingfisher on Spotify
I'm Kingfisher on MySpace
I'm Kingfisher on Facebook
I'm Kingfisher's Homepage

I was following the pack, all swallowed in their coats, with scarves of red tied 'round their throats to keep their little heads from fallin' in the snow

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Black Cab Sessions with First Aid Kit

First Aid Kit from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

The Decemberists new single "Down by the water"

 

The Decemberists will release a new album in mid january called "The King is Dead". The first single has now been released, Down by the water. 

Download "Down by the water" here:

 

Beard makes better music - playlist no. 3

Time for a new Spotify-playlist. This week a playlist relating to this blog post about the projects of Justin Vernon. Beard makes better music 3 features: Justin Vernon (Volcano Choir (on the picture), Gayngs, Bon Iver, Anais Mitchell and Eau Claire Memorial Jazz I)

Beard makes better music 3

Iron & Wine and his charming personality

Sam Beam aka Iron & Wine will be playing in Stockholm in february next year, february will be a great month with both Iron & Wine and Band of Horses.
I am really looking forward to seeing and hopefully meeting Sam Beam, from what I've seen (on YouTube) and read he seems to be a really really charming, funny and loveable person.

Not the best recording I've seen, but it's a great song and I think it shows a bit of Sam Beams personality.





And here, a live version of one of the songs from Iron & Wines new album, being released in the beginning of next year if i remember it right. Sound so beautiful.