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Free and legal MP3 from Ghostkeeper (stompy, old-fashioned, and a little strange)

2008-08-26 20:20:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...musician who grew up listening to Hank Williams, CCR, the Stones, Robert Johnson, and maybe not that much else. With Ghostkeeper co-founder Sarah Houle (a self-taught drummer), he has figured out how to channel his influences together and emerge with something that is no mere nostalgia trip. "My whole idea is just to explore how I can...
 
Tags: ghostkeeper, leader shane ghostkeeper, mere nostalgia trip, robert johnson, self-taught musician, band, self-taught drummer, label saved, debut cd
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from the Blue Eyed Blacks (fuzzed up power pop)

2008-08-26 20:20:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...musical phrase with the word, then beginning the next musical phrase with the same word? Love that The Blue Eyed Blacks are a trio from Nashville not shy about utilizing the talents of their peers on the always active local music scene; Justin Townes Earle and Garrison Starr are among the many guests who sat in on the band's debut album,...
 
Tags: blue eyed blacks, musical phrase, power pop, black eyed soul, amiably droopy sort, justin townes earle, word, jason moon wilkins, ranch records
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from Kuroma (lilting, '70s-inspired psychedelic folk)

2008-08-26 20:17:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
Alexander Martin" - Kuroma A little bit Led Zep, a little bit Ray Davies, fed through a breezy, psychedelic filter (don't miss the freak-out instrumental break at 2:09). Kuroma is the performing name of Athens, Ga.-based Hank Sullivant, who was the Whigs' original bass player; he has also played extensively with MGMT. Do listen closely for the...
 
Tags: kuroma, alexander martin, original bass player, bass, bit led zep, bit ray davies, hank sullivant, psychedelic filter, sullivant plays
 
 
 
 
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Fingertips takes the week off

2008-08-19 15:10:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
Lots of you appear to be doing the same. See you next week
 
Tags: week, lots
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from Peppertree (French Canadian indie rock, with character and atmosphere)

2008-08-12 22:55:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...musical core of the song. Fifteen seconds later, the organ, without fanfare, disappears, having done its job. When singer Patrick Pourier enters, one minute into the song, the character of the piece has been altered. In an aching tenor that calls Thom Yorke to mind, Pourier sings over a musical clearing of sorts, acoustic guitar and crisp...
 
Tags: song, peppertree, number-one song, guitar, dreamy guitar line, song subtly, song starts, lower-register guitar melody, organ
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from Angela Desveaux (Kathleen Edwards meets Jane Siberry?)

2008-08-12 22:52:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...music is bright and clear, the tempo upbeat, but Desveaux has something beautifully bittersweet lodged in her vocal tone, which is probably what conjures Siberry here (though Jane fans should be sure too to check out how Desveaux sings the bridge, in a speak-sing-y sort of way, from 2:46 to 3:00). And while we're talking about choruses,...
 
Tags: angela desveaux, desveaux, edwards, thrill jockey records, desveaux sings, thrill jockey, all-time favorite canadian, canadian, melodic note
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from the Weeks (young Southerners with classic chops)

2008-08-12 22:50:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...band wolf's clothing. Barnes attacks it with gusto and pathos each time, those final words--"Take a look at what we had"--sounding more and more heartbreaking as the song unfolds Buttons" is from the band's debut CD Comeback Cadillac , released in July on the Jackson, Miss.-based label Esperanza Plantation
 
Tags: classic, barnes, singer cyle barnes, chorus, apparently quiet chorus, straight-ahead classic rock, song unfolds, song, straight
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from Boxer the Horse (amiable Canadian indie rock, with harmonica)

2008-08-05 15:11:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...music that makes you smile, as well as tap your toe The harmonica brings you into the song and immediately makes me wonder: what happened to harmonicas? Outside of an earnest neo-folksinger or two, I don't think I've heard much of this handy little instrument in the 21st century. I always like when it breaks out of its blues-based box. Here...
 
Tags: harmonica, song lyric reference, song, band, jam band, harmonica brings, horse, jackson leftfield, boxer
 
 
 
 
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Free and legal MP3 from Gabriel Kahane (rich, tuneful NYC art pop)

2008-08-05 15:09:00 by Jeremy in Fingertips
 
...musical, playful, smart, tuneful, and interesting from beginning to end. Gabriel Kahane is one of a coterie of composer/performers out there--typically (in the U.S.) in New York City--blurring the lines between art and commerce, "high" and "low" art, rock and classical and jazz. He writes, he sings, he orchestrates; he performs with indie...
 
Tags: kahane, gabriel kahane, music, music defies facile, art, traditional chamber music, art songs, strings veer, blazingly intelligent song