Ten by Ben Walker This is my friend Ben from Oxford (@ihatemornings on Twitter). He’s the guy who wrote the internet-famous song ‘You’re no-one if you’re not on Twitter‘ which Demi Moore said she liked (true story). The songs on This is Not An Album are not comedy songs, but they are gently humorous: clever [...]
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Tagged: bandcamp, Ben Walker
Step into his Head by baby steps music Baby Steps is a new Auckland record label, established by KFM breakfast DJ Morning Steppa. German born, NZ based artist Silent Local is a very low key character, quietly revered by many of New Zealand’s finest and well known musicians. In his own words, the lead track [...]
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Tagged: bandcamp, Silent Local
come back like spring by cody chesnuTT Today’s Bandcamp du jour is a single track by Cody Chesnutt. I found it on The Fader website, after having been linked there by Peter McLennan, who records as Dub Asylum. Good music spreads.
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Degrees of Existence by Dimmer There’s no way I can tell you about Shayne Carter in just a few paragraphs. I’ll simply say that the man’s been a musical hero of mine for more than half my life, and that a record by him is not just a great record, but an important one. I [...]
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From City to Town by Greenland is Melting I went hunting for dubstep and industrial electronica for today’s Bandcamp du jour – and I ended up finding what may well be its opposite. Bluegrassy, folksy, country music out of the heart of Gainesville Florida. Our Hearts are Gold, Our Grass is Blue is a little [...]
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Tagged: bandcamp, Greenland Is Melting
Chorale by Wynton Marsalis Other, more engaged, jazz critics have had their say about Wynton Marsalis and his influential opinions on jazz over the past decade or so – especially with respect to the Ken Burns Jazz documentary series, and the positioning of jazz music as a ‘classical’ form. He makes a lot of people [...]
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Manchester by Accidental Records I’ve been a Herbert fan for about twelve years. I first came across the Around The House album, constructed out of samples found (you guessed it) around the house. The Bodily Functions album was equally descriptive. A jazzhead with a sampler for a heart, Matthew Herbert has made some incredible music, [...]
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Tagged: bandcamp, Electronic, Herbert, jazz, Matthew Herbert
Lunes by Omar Rodriguez Lopez Omar Rodriguez Lopez is the guitarist and producer from the band Mars Volta. He’s been releasing solo and collaborative work on Bandcamp, as well as music by other artists on his Rodriguez Lopez Productions label/collective. Ciencia de los Inutiles is a trio album featuring Aaron Cruz Bravo on bass and [...]
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Tagged: bandcamp, El Trio de Omar Rodriguez Lopez
The Phononauts by Colonizing The Cosmos Today’s Bandcamp du jour is a recommendation by my friend Dan Harding from the band Good Night, States. Pittsburgh indie/folk band Colonizing the Cosmos use a variety of instruments (and non-instruments) to create a lush, textured and interesting sonic mix. Great songwriting too – and comparisons to Sufjan Stevens [...]
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