Songs You May Have Missed #562

30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Sons of Fathers: “The Mansion” (2013)

 

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Former mutual admirers David Beck and Paul Cauthen were gigging separately around Texas before deciding to combine their voices and songwriting notebooks as Beck and Cauthen.

Later they added a few complimentary musicians to fill out a band that sounds like the Avett Brothers sideswiping pickup trucks with Dawes, with an added bit of Texas roadhouse feel.

Sons of Fathers bring a high-energy live show, tight songwriting,  and harmonies that evoke the Everlys.

“The Mansion” is from their second album, Burning Days.

Songs You May Have Missed #561

30 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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My Dead Air: “Buried Moon” (2015)

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Dan Ballard’s latest self-written, self-recorded and self-produced bit of lovely was made with mixing help by Grammy winner Guy Massey, who has previously worked on recordings by Ed Sheeran, The Beatles, and Paul McCartney.

Grimy Goods echo this blog in referencing the relaxing, lullaby-like effect of what they call Ballard’s “lush and celestial indie folk” in this review while UK webzine god is in the tv suggest he “has quite clearly been delving into his dad’s 70’s AOR collection…”, a favorite quote of Ballard’s, who says, “This is true. Thanks Dad!”

As we’ve previously mentioned, My Dead Air makes the perfect soundtrack for any winding-down activity, including drifting off to dreamland.

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Songs You May Have Missed #560

09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Josh Ritter: “Getting Ready to Get Down” (2015)

When we last looked in on Josh Ritter he went for for a stripped, folksy sound to put across a love song from an EP inspired by the simplistic early rock and roll sounds of artists such as Buddy Holly and the Everlys.

But on the heels of 2013’s marital breakup album The Beast in its Tracks, it’s an energized Ritter we hear showing a little attitude as he cajoles a female Bible College student to stray from the narrow path carefully laid out for her.

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Songs You May Have Missed #559

05 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Buffalo Srringfield: “Expecting to Fly” (1967)

One of Neil Young’s most sublime songs was this lush, surreal tune recorded for Buffalo Springfield’s second album. The great but short-lived band was already showing signs of disintegration, and certainly the lyrics of this and Young’s “Broken Arrow” from the same LP can be interpreted as farewell letters to his bandmates.

But despite the discord in the ranks, psychedelia rarely sounded so beautiful.

Songs You May Have Missed #558

05 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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D.A. Wallach: “Long Way Down” (2015)

wallachFormerly half of pop duo Chester French, D.A. Wallach released his solo full-length debut in October 2015 following the singles “Farm” and “Glowing” two years earlier.

His deftness with pop arrangement may bring to mind the classic 70’s pop of such artists as Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynn and Elton John.

Songs You May Have Missed #557

14 Nov 2015 Leave a comment

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Julee Cruise: “Friends For Life” (1993)

If Julee Cruise’s voices sounds, well, eerily familiar it’s because she sang on three songs that were featured in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks television series, as well as one from his 1985 film Blue Velvet.

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