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First Aid Kit

Wednesday 8 February, 2012 / Music / Comments { 15 }

i thought i’d try to talk about music more regularly on here, instead of just resorting to the music mixes every month. here’s someone you need to listen to - First Aid Kit. their new album The Lion’s Roar was released a couple of weeks ago. these photos were taken by Neil Krug, a fantastic photographer whose work you also need to get into. hey, double discovery whammy! also, if you don’t know anything about First Aid Kit – Johanna and Klara are in fact Swedish and were born in the 1990′s (as a child of the eighties it always amazes me when such accomplished people are about a decade younger than myself). now listen to their music, watch their videos, and prepare to have your mind blown.

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fine folk

Friday 1 October, 2010 / Music / Comments { 15 }

october music mix is here! this past month i’ve been spending a lot of quality time with my ipod listening to tunes on my own – in airports, on long flights, walking around in a strange city, driving in my car… and i kept returning to the same kind of music. would i call it folk? perhaps. folk rock? indie folk? indie folk rock? indie folk rock pop? indie folk rock alt-country lo-fi pop? at the very least it’s nice music accompanied by strumming guitars. or banjos. sometimes harmonicas. maybe even accordions. and pianos. a couple even have synthesizers. and lots of harmonising. uuuuuh…

fine folk playing fine music that perhaps isn’t folk but kind of is to me. download it here. playlist:

  1. blitzen trapper – furr
  2. dale earnhardt jr. jr. – vocal chords
  3. monsters of folk – baby boomer
  4. jenny and johnny – new yorker cartoon
  5. edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros – home
  6. vetiver – everyday
  7. taken by trees – my boys
  8. coconut records – summer
  9. fleet foxes – blue ridge mountains
  10. mumford & sons – banjolin song
  11. the mountain goats – no children
  12. jens lekman – your arms around me
  13. beirut – postcards from italy
  14. ben gibbard – you remind me of home
  15. stornoway – boats and trains
  16. great lake swimmers – your rocky spine
  17. ray lamontagne – sarah
  18. cat stevens – how can i tell
  19. simon & garfunkel – bleecker street
  20. tin hat trio – fear of the south

next time you’re in a busy public space with your ipod handy – listen to track 20. quite a weird experience.

ps. two of my favourite songs of all time are in this mix: blitzen trapper / furr and the mountain goats / no children. i have played both countless times and i never ever tire of them.

the album image is by the inimitable gordon parks. inimitable, i say.

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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june is nice

Tuesday 15 June, 2010 / Music / Comments { 2 }

a new music mix for you! mostly newish music, but one old (superb) paul simon tune thrown in for good measure. download it here. song list is as follows:

  1. the shins – goodbye girl
  2. arcade fire – the suburbs
  3. good old war – my own sinking ship
  4. fanfarlo – atlas
  5. she & him – fools rush in
  6. passion pit – dreams
  7. laura marling – goodbye england (covered in snow)
  8. janelle monáe – oh, maker
  9. the sweet serenades – die young
  10. headlights – get going
  11. bishop allen – don’t hideaway
  12. fleet foxes – it ain’t me babe
  13. paul simon – loves me like a rock

all music is for sampling purposes only – please go out and buy the artists’ records & support them at their shows!

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mumford & sons / winter winds

Wednesday 18 November, 2009 / Music / Comments { 0 }

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