Book The Grizzly Owls
We are both teachers and next week is our last week of work. We are ready for summer break and anxious to get out on the road and play some shows.
If you are interested in booking The Grizzly Owls contact either:
or on Myspace:
www.myspace.com/thegrizzlyowls
DOWNLOAD: Hiss Golden Messenger - Call Him Daylight + Jesus Shot Me In The Head
Hiss Golden Messenger could be easy to overlook because their music seems so pleasant at first, but North Carolina songwriter M.C. Taylor and Brooklyn's Scott Hirsch harken back to an uglier, more complicated, more complex version of Americana. Claiming influences from Talk Talk to Richard & Linda Thompson, Merle Haggard and The Staples Singers, all that stuff is actually there. Check out their David Bowie-praised new one Poor Moon, which is out now on the always-fantastic Tompkins Square.
DOWNLOAD: These United States - Dead & Gone
.jpg)
These United States released its last album, What Lasts, in mid-2010, but it’s the Americana rock band’s fifth, self-titled effort that showcases the broad spectrum of their musical exploits. The album, which comes out June 12 via United Interests, features a slew of collaborations, including with Deer Tick and Phosphorescent, and combines musicals styles to paint a conceptual picture of Americana today. “Dead & Gone" pairs a rootsy thump with indie rock, creating a track that sounds like Modest Mouse colliding with raucous Southern twang.
DOWNLOAD: Luke Roberts - Unspotted Clothes
Luke Roberts, when talking about the tracks on his debut album Big Bells And Dime Songs, made his intentions clear. "They are poems that I didn't feel comfortable not reciting before I go," he said. "Unspotted Clothes" shows this direct songwriting method in action. Over big, roomy drums and that Americana guitar strum with chunky piano chord back-up you already know so well, this is music made for a one-on-one on the porch. A reissue from Thrill Jockey comes November 8, and the digital version can be coveted with some whiskey right now.
PREMIERE: Miracle Parade - The Dying Physicist
.jpg)
Christopher Pappas picked a fitting moniker. With a lot more lift to it than most lo-fi, his Miracle Parade is full of the sort of triumphant spirit you would expect with such a name. Folk by design but dabbling heavily on the side of indie as well, what started as bedroom recordings is given a nice shine in production (by Rilo Kiley's Pierre De Reeder). The album introduces a cast of characters in its songs, with "The Dying Physicist" making his grand entrance here. Meet them all on June 21, when Hark!...And Other Transmissions is released on Little Record Co.
Miracle Parade - The Dying Physicist
PREMIERE: Restorations - Broken Vacuum
.jpg)
Do you enjoy the wisened rasp of Blake Schwarzenbach? Perhaps the Tennessee-fashioned tunes of Lucero are more your speed? Well look no further, as Philly's Restorations has managed nods to both in "Broken Vacuum", a track that seamlessly blends everything from Americana to post-punk to the occasional glimpse of Bear vs. Shark. Get your fill of earnestly crafted crooning on their debut self-titled, out digitally March 22 and on vinyl April 19 from Tiny Engines.
PREMIERE: El Sportivo & The Blooz - Clover
Campfire tunes don’t get much more lonesome than El Sportivo & The Blooz’s “Clover.” Riding in on slide twang and blue moons, bedroom vocals and wrong turns, this song will make you howl out for the one your sorry self predictably lost. If their wild backstory is to be believed, El Sportivo and his gang of moonshine-swilling grifters were discovered via obtuse ties to Lewis Pesacov (Foreign Born, Fool’s Gold) and Best Coast. Whatever the truth is behind the band and their self-titled EP on White Iris doesn’t really matter, though. Good folklore is predicated on equal parts dust, bittersweet sentiment, and beautiful yarn, and El Sportivo & The Blooz's sound has got ‘em all.
El Sportivo & The Blooz - Clover
RCRD OF THE DAY: Lissie - In Sleep (Live)
.jpg)
(Photo: Elaine Constantine)
And with that, previously understated Americana songstress Lissie officially traverses into enigmatic-like-Stevie-Nicks territory. (That this resembles golden era Fleetwood Mac doesn't hurt.) Seriously though, this is live? She sounds truly, perilously, hopelessly anguished by this guy in her dreams, largely because that voice is a force of nature. Catching A Tiger, her debut album, came out today through Fat Possum. This song is on it, but this version is only available here.
Find More Free Lissie Music Here
The RCRD Of The Day On MySpace Music
