Check out ’Dengue Fever’, a six-member band from Los Angeles who makes blues- and psychodeliavibes with influences from the Cambodian rockscene of the 60´s and 70´s. Chhom Nimol sings in both khmer and english while the band mix surfrock, loungemusic, klezmer, The Doors and Jimi Hendrix-stuff.
Listen to the song. It´s a slow, revovling ceilingfan. It´s the smoke of a cigar rising towards the dark night. It´s cheap mekong-whisky, sweat and perfume. You can hear the murmur from the bar and every insect outdoor as the evening dies. Cheers GG, our own DJ Kurtz, for giving us the fever.
Thunderegg is a band/recording project led by Will Georgantas. The band released their latest album Line Line on September 13th, recorded by Alan Weatherhead (Sparklehorse) at Sound of Music studios in Richmond, Virginia.
This is wellaged, insightful stuff. Sweetening and perfect for a crisp autumn day, contemplating the dirtroads ahead over strong cups of coffee.
Nine albums into his career we catch the talented Turner Cody. A supreme singer-songwriter living in Brooklyn, his latest record is called Gangbusters!, check out this highly addictive song Back in the land of the living. Two thumbs up!
This band with the revealing name, hails from northern Indiana. The Dewald brothers, Vince and Jimmy grew up there and cultivated their sound and music style, before moving to San Fran.
Well in California the brothers hooked up with Ben Andrews, a multi-instrumentalist, Melissa Merrill a mean vocalist and Jeremy Shanok a magician behind the skins.
Listening to their music, you can easily hear the poetry, the great sounds from bands and artists such as Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt and also influences from brit-rock in the early days.
The music makes you want to get up on your feet. It is honest and real. It has evolved, that is apparent.
Buxter Hoot’n released their self-titled, 3rd album in may this year, you wanna check that out.
Take a look at what’s in store…
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Bill Callahan sings like a guy in a story of Cormac McCarthy. This 45 year old from Silver Spring, Maryland, got a dramatic touch. He takes this lo-fi-intensive stuff to a very special place. Bill Callahan is a statesman for the times. It´s like Leonard Cohen on the prairie.
Callahan released his latest album Apocalypse earlier this year, the fourth soloalbum in his own name. A great album, but not your easy path, more lika a hard stone road. A barren kind of place. It demands your attention.
Nowadays he lives in Austin, Texas and will play live in ”Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements” in Chicago this Friday Sept 16th. Later he hits Europe with a lovely stop in Gothenburg (cheers Woody West) Nov 17th.
Swedish music keeps knocking on our Americanadoor and keeps being interesting, fresh and worth waiting for. This time we introduce ’Turn off your television’ – a wounderful three man band from Malmö with a bright shiny future.
TOYT got their own nerve, their own blackness, depth and sound. The self-titled debutrecord is filled with delicious rockmusic that grabs hold of your guts – never willing to let go. This album is higly addictive and all over our Kentuckysevenoffice.
Folky, alt-country-vibrante, great songs, strong vocals, Avettbro-style; deserving an audience. Check it out.
When we interviewed The Low Anthem earlier this year, they mentioned Brown Bird as something to listen in on. We did.
Brown Bird is David Lamb and Morganeve Swain. From Rhode Island, like so many other of the greatest bands that we have met. Their music is, as they put it themselves, ”best listened to in a room of wood”. Could not agree more.
It is Americana, the way it was intended. It makes you stomp your feet, nod your head and just close your eyes and dream of the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Their forthcoming full-length will be released october 18 by Supply & Demand. If you like long beards, beautiful voices, banjo and sweet sweet music, you wanna pick that one up.
