Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Inbox Artists ~ Super Ginormous Catch-Up Post


Because of NaNaWriMo, I fell behind with my emails. This post covers a month’s worth of musicians who popped The Duke a gmail. There are some mp3s, vids and other things of note. Arranged in order from oldest to newest.

Mojib ~ Answering Machine at Night

RIYL: electronic music that samples The Jayhawks

[website]


House of Brothers ~ Deadman

RIYL: a British Iron & Wine

[website]


The Callen Sisters ~ Like You

RIYL: The By Good Tanyas

[website]


Manchester Orchestra ~ Brother Alt 2

RIYL: whisper-folk

[website]


Jessie Kilgus ~ Desert Song
Jessie Kilgus ~ Lord Lucan

RIYL: Kate Bush meets Tom Waits

[website]


Two Gallants ~ Emo Country Song

RIYL: 2-piece bands that can give The White Stripes a run for their money

[website]


Astra Heights ~ The March

RIYL: crunchy guitars Prince-esque vocals

[website]


Yea Big & Kid Static ~ Duck Mother Fuckers!
Yea Big & Kid Static ~ The Basement, Enfant Terrible

RIYL: whacky hip hop that isn’t whack

[website]


Taj Weekes & Adowa ~ For Today
Taj Weekes & Adowa ~ Orphans Cry

RIYL: Reggae

[website]


Astrid Swan ~ They Need You If They Think You Love Them

RIYL: a female Sufjan

[website]

James Laczkowski has a free 1990s cover album that is worth listening to. (zip)
1. Race For The Prize (the flaming lips)
2. A Shot In The Arm (wilco)
3. Divorce Song (liz phair)
4. Meet Ze Monsta (pj harvey)
5. Digging The Grave (faith no more)
6. What Jail Is Like (the afghan whigs)
7. Who Are You (tom waits)
8. Lurgee (radiohead)
9. Winona (matthew sweet)
10. By Starlight (smashing pumpkins)
11. To Make You Feel My Love (bob dylan)
12. The Book Of Love (the magnetic fields)

[website]


Owen Roberts ~ Around My Thoughts

RIYL: dobro laced folk-rock

[website]


Devil Doll ~ The One Who Got Away

RIYL: sexy sass-rock

[website]


Nancy Elizabeth ~ I Used To Try
Nancy Elizabeth ~ Hey Son

RIYL: a chick who can play guitar, khim, Indian harmonium, Appalachian dulcimer and bouzouki

[website]


The Devil Makes Three ~ Old Number Seven

RIYL: songs about Jack Daniels

[website]


Danger & The Steel Cut Oats ~ Call Us Home
Danger & The Steel Cut Oats ~ Earthquakes

RIYL: well-written folk tunes that sound older than dirt

[website]


Nicky Click ~ Dreams Of A Dreamer

RIYL: electro-pop sweetness

[website]


Ridley Bent ~ Nine Inch Nails

RIYL: post-country from Canada about alternative music and music lovers

[website]


The Lisps ~ Brackish Water
The Lisps ~ Documents

RIYL: Indie-folk-Americana

[website]


Chapter 9 ~ Cake!

RIYL: Kazoo songs about cake

[website]


Too $hort ~ This My One

RIYL: old-skool hip hop

[website]


Grand Ole Party ~ Nasty Habits

RIYL: Rilo Kiley-ish nasty habits

[website]


Pale Young Gentlemen ~ Fraulein

RIYL: Man Man

[website]


Asher Rogers ~ I’m The Whale

RIYL: Moby Dickian choruses

[website]


Wyclef Jean's new album “Carnival Vol II” is streaming over at hisspace.


NEIMO ~ Echoing Pixels

RIYL: The Trews Meets The Killers

[website]

Stevie Ray Vaughn ~ Change It Vid



Bonk ~ Bonk Against Nothing

RIYL: The Trews Meets Audioslave

[website]


1 hullabaloos:

Kiley said...

Did you win this year for Nano? :)