Tagged: psych/folk
Stream: Mount Eerie, “Lone Bell”
For the last few years, Phil Elverum, as Mount Eerie, has slowly been perfecting his production technique, adding black metal to his already formidable roster of hollowed-out, existential nature folk. It was a surprising move, … read more »
Jonathan Boulet, “This Song Is Called Ragged” MP3
Where Jonathan Boulet’s “Trounce” slid dark walls of noise into gorgeous drum-circle ecstasy, “This Song Is Called Ragged” finds him doing some sort of tropical Bruce Springsteen routine—melding a huge, all inclusive chorus to sunbaked … read more »
Stream: Lower Dens, “Lamb”
“Lamb” is one of those songs that’s almost tantric in its buildup, dancing on the edge of a huge moment with its stuttering drum and Jana Hunter’s deep, velvet voice in limitless harmony. When the … read more »
Dana Buoy, “So Lucky” MP3
Dana Buoy is the solo alias of Akron/Family percussionist Dana Janssen, who’s prepping his debut LP, Summer Bodies, for release early this summer (of course). Before the album was touched-up in Brooklyn, he recorded “in … read more »
Video: Pond, “You Broke My Cool”
You know how sometimes you meet those people that are like, “How could you live in any other city than _______” and usually that blank is filled in with, like, New York or Los Angeles … read more »
GEN F: Lower Dens
In the early half of the 2000s, everyone grew out their hair and beards and folk music came back hard. Devendra Banhart led a merry band of pranksters in cheap-looking expensive jeans, and made it … read more »
Stream: Mount Eerie, “To the Ground”
The world can be a total bummer sometimes, and in those times, the move is almost always to just go listen to Mount Eerie. This isn’t a diary entry of a blog post or anything—we’re … read more »
Video: Willis Earl Beal, “Monotony”
In the video for Willis Earl Beal’s “Monotony,” someone stands on a street corner in a ski mask and goggles offering newspapers to passersby, most of whom are too wrapped up in the hustle and … read more »
Stream: Lotus Plaza, “Monoliths”
“Monoliths,” the latest track from Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt’s solo project Lotus Plaza, is a lush, summery anthem. With layers of radiant guitars and a high-flying chorus, it conjures the wide-open spaces of a road … read more »
Alan Lomax Archives Now Online
There is a great interview with Francis Ford Coppola from 1991 where he sort of predicts YouTube by hoping that, with new technologies, the difficult art of movie-making will become so easily doable that “some … read more »
