posted by Susanna on October 30, 2011
As if the harmonica and foot-stomping aren’t enough to persuade you to listen, G.Love now has an album produced by the Avett Brothers that’s enough to make you want to throw on some boots and stomp along. G.Love began playing with his band, Special Sauce, in 1993, and their first album release was in 1994. He made his first solo album in 1998, called Oh Yeah, then joined Brushfire Records (Jack Johnson’s label) in 2004. The latest album, which includes the tracks below, is Fixin’ To Die.
The new album remains true to G.Love’s roots, with funky lyrics and spunky blues energy. Songs like “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” and “Fixin’ to Die” have that backroad twang that G.Love has become known for. Although both songs are covers, he puts his own soul into them so they settle right into the album. “Katie Miss” and “Pale Blue Eyes” take on a sound more reminiscent of the Avett Brothers, and G.Love shows that stomping and yelling aren’t the only things we should love about him. “The Road” is quickly becoming my favorite on the record, with beautiful melodies that instantly get you swaying and singing along. And hey, who doesn’t love a good harmonica solo?
G Love – The Road (Downloaded 212 times)
G Love – Fixin to Die (Downloaded 196 times)
G Love – 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (Downloaded 248 times)
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Loading ...posted by Tina on August 11, 2011
Nothing makes me happier than getting a new band’s music out there before they hit the mainstream. Hotels & Highways was a project begun in the fall of 2010. Seems more and more bands these days are applying a collaborative effort into creating their music. Each band member can contribute their own individual style of writing and then go back to their home towns and continue to work together on the music until they achieve the sound they are going for. For Hotels & Highways this plan became successful and the three band members released their CD in March this past year. A comparison that came to mind was The Civil Wars. Upon looking further into the band’s history, they had the opportunity to play with The Civil Wars at this past year’s SXSW music festival. For a music festival like that, they could not have found a better combo to perform together. A comfortable blend of folk, country and a little pop in between, you would not think the band spent just over a week creating the songs for their first release. Sure, there were long months in between but the hard work payed off and Lost River was the result. For Lisa Piccirillo, Patrick Thomas and Erin “Syd” Sidney success is on the way. Shortly after the release of Lost River, the CD is a 2011 Amazon.com Editor’s pick. I couldn’t be more happier for them. Make sure you check out their music and listen to the whole CD on the band’s website. For this trio hailing from California, Vermont and my current home town of Brooklyn, New York I’m guessing the band will be spending a lot of time together on the road of touring musicians.
Hotels & Highways – Figueroa (Downloaded 299 times)
Hotels & Highways – Twenty Questions (Downloaded 236 times)
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» Meaningless labels: Alt-country • Folk • Harmonic • Poppy
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posted by Loren on August 9, 2011
If Los Angeles is the breeding grounds for pop sensations and resilient sound waves, San Diego is the beautiful stepchild. I’ve spent my last three years among its very own breeding grounds and no place on the map has produced such an eclectic mix of alternative rock quite as well as the people down near the border. Bands such as Jamuel Saxon, Little Hurricane, Jeans Wilder, and Dirty Gold have finally incurred the recognition they deserve. Dan Layus bellowing his infectious vocals among his band Augustana, certainly headline this lineup that warrant the credit and not the credit that places them among a television soundtrack. The band, of course, is best known for their hit single “Boston” but we must all understand that a band cannot be defined by the drop of a name. Living among the cloud that the deviant single created, Augustana has since consistently produced hidden gems and luring tunes that seem to go unnoticed by the music community but kept within the avid fanatics of the band. Another detriment the single “Boston” cemented was a bubble to which the band must perform within and have since fragmented from.
I first saw Augustana play, ironically, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the Cat’s Cradle. A perfect intimate set for a band bred for the stage but painstakingly and sometimes undeservedly captured on record. Each EP or album, much like John Mayer, is merely an anecdote of their fullest potential. Since the release of Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt in 2008, the band has increased the southern rock supplement to Layus’ extraordinary voice to manufacture a sound more fitting to their talents. Their newest album, self-titled Augustana, continues the trend with southern guitar riffs and quieted pianos that are fully demonstrated on tracks such as “Steal Your Heart” and “Wrong Side of Love.” Check out the entire album, and spread the word.
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posted by Tina on March 8, 2011
Continuing with previewing bands that will appear at SXSW this year in Austin, I’m choosing The Civil Wars. I plan on making my presence known at this show. Though I gather a few others might do the same.
This duo comes out of good ole Nashville, TN. The band consists of Joy Williams and John Paul White. Two people who could not be more right for each other musically. White’s vibrato vocals and Williams’ harmonies complement the other so well. You would think the band spends hours on end practicing to make their sound so synergistic. However, this couple does so well together, with hardly any practice at hand; their second show brought them to Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, Ga where they blew the crowd away. On a whim, they decided to make the recording of the show available for download to their audience. Little did they know, 400,000 fans later, that they would become as popular across the board as they are today. Williams from a pop background, and White from an Alabamian background, equals the sound of The Civil Wars. Their lyrics come from deep down in their souls. I implore you to listen closely, for what you hear will fill you with sudden wonder, of how it’s possible that it took these two so long to find each other.
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Woah, thanks for the post! I’m usually not too keen on folk-ish bands/artist (well, José González is a different thing, though) but this is great!
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