Monthly Archive for April, 2010

Nathaniel Rateliff – In Memory of Loss

Published by Laura on April 27, 2010 in Acoustic, Folk, New Album Alert and On Tour. 1 Comment Tags: , .

Hello dreamers.

It’s been a long long time since I have posted anything. Never enough hours in the day it seems…work, eat, listen to music, sleep. Repeat…..but I had to make a little time to tell you all Nathaniel Rateliff‘s new album “In Memory of Loss” was released today…and trust me, it is a stunner. I purchased it this morning and I have been obsessively playing it over and over. Love at first listen.

I have Olly to thank for sharing this wonderfully talented artist with me. He blogged about Nathaniel on YCD here last year.

I had the pleasure of seeing Nathaniel live a few weeks back opening for The Low Anthem here in Chicago and I was completely blown away. My only complaint was that the set was too short. I wanted him to play all night! I’m pretty excited I will get to see him again so soon opening for The Tallest Man On Earth in May. Do check out his tour dates and see if he is in your town. Really, you have to see this guy live. His band is amazing too.

Below is a video of Nathaniel performing “Boil & Fight” which is on his new album. I’ve watched this one at least 15 times in the last few days. Yep, I’m hooked.

Nathaniel Rateliff “Boil & Fight” from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Purchase In Memory of Loss: iTunes – Amazon

Purchase Desire and Dissolving Men: iTunes – Amazon

(Also check out his wonderful Daytrotter Session)

Below I have uploaded one track from his new album, and one from “Desire and Dissolving Men”

 
 Nathaniel Rateliff - When We Could: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 
 Nathaniel Rateliff (The Wheel) - Bumps and Bruises: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

Ben Rogers – Criminals

Published by Olivier on April 20, 2010 in Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Rock and Singer Songwriter. 1 Comment Tags: , , , .


For the regular readers of YCD, this name may ring you a bell but the picture. Yop, Ben Rogers is a new member in the bearded songwriter family. But far beyond this pilosity detail, Ben Rogers got 2 new tracks which both are on a heavy rotation in my itunes library : the really catchy ‘Criminals’ & the Dylan-like ‘Born to Move’. This guy is as discrete as talented ; I hope the canadian music blog squad could catch him live and grab some more information about an upcoming release… In the meantime enjoy the tunes…

 
 Criminals - Ben Rogers [3:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
 
 Born To Move - Ben Rogers [7:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Artist : Ben Rogers

 

Wise Children – Absence & Reunion

Published by Olivier on April 19, 2010 in Acoustic, Folk, Free Download, Indie, Pop, Singer Songwriter, Vimeo, chamber pop and video. 0 Comments

The most dense 2010 EPs so far.

Wise Children is  a musical project from the South Coast of England created by multi-instrumentist Robin Warren-Adamson. He released couple days ago (on April 7th)  his second ep “Absence & Reunion” a stunning 6 tracks collection. Don’t miss his previous one available as a free download on his bandcamp site ; this guy is gold.

Band : Wise Children (myspace / facebook)
Where to Buy : bandcamp
Who else to enjoy : Hey Marseilles, Ravens & Chimes, Matt Kanelos

 

Blissville

Published by Olivier on April 19, 2010 in Experimental / Psychedelic, Folk and Singer Songwriter. 0 Comments

Those guys are from Vermont. They’ve got a magnifique playlist on their myspace page but nothing else to share. Sometimes driven by piano, sometimes by acoustic guitars, their sound  could be qualified as folk or to be more specific ‘Mountain music’. Is this the reason that let me draw a comparison with Those Mountain Goats ?  I’ve got no link to direct you for buying some stuff. So just listen and hope you’ll be as enthusiast as I am.

 
 What The Minutes Take - Blissville [3:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Band : Blissville

 

Washington Mile – Simple Hearts

Published by Olivier on April 18, 2010 in Alternative, Folk, New Album Alert and Rock. 0 Comments

It’s an absolute cracker !

With no doubt, the best album, 2010 gifted me is ‘Simple Hearts’ the first full length from the young Seattle band Washington Mile.
Chris Wise & Torry Anderson are distillating all along these 12 tracks collection a mixture that merge the best of Rock’n Roll and Folk. Tons of stuff should been said about this album but as usual i’m running against time and to sum up I would say  their music is a big fresh breeze I was waiting for.

Band : Washington Mile
Where to Buy : cdbaby.com

 

The Bear Creeks – Wilt if You Will

Published by Olivier on April 14, 2010 in Acoustic, Country, Folk and Singer Songwriter. 0 Comments

Here’s a quick post but a delicious collection of songs in the slowcoustic genre that my fellow blogger Sandy is cherishing ! I didn’t have enough time to merge more information about Drew Gatlin. But don’t hesitate to use the comments and share more about this Mississippi band.

More songs deserve your attention on The Bear Creeks bandcamp site.

 

Essie Jain – Until The Light Of Morning

Published by Geordie on April 10, 2010 in Acoustic, Alternative, Folk and New Album Alert. 0 Comments

I first wrote about Essie here and have been keeping a close eye on her career since then. I recently contacted her in regards to playing a show for us here in Brighton (Drifter Promotions) and we got talking about her new album, Until The Light Of Morning which she then kindly sent me. To quote Essie from her liner notes she writes “This record is made for every parent and every baby(and anyone else) who needs to rest and head off into the land of sleep. The record is designed to unwind itself as it goes along, as the music becomes softer and more relaxed, eventually becoming as instrumental as the heartbeat”

It’s easy to think having read that this album is perhaps one dimensional with regard to it’s target audience, but I have no children, am single yet find myself completely submerged in it. It leaves me with a feeling of complete safety, of comfort, of peace. It’s as though when I play it, it wraps it’s arms around me and lets me into it’s mystical world, leaving me with a sense of wonder and hope . There is an ethereal quality to all of Essie’s music, so delicate and fragile that you don’t want to even move when you’re listening to it in case you break the magical spell it seems to cast upon you. It’s stunning! Her voice alone is enough to keep you enthralled, it’s so controlled and intimate with long, drawn out notes reaching right inside of you. As I say, it’s stunning, it’s a beautiful gift that she shares with us all.

To me, you have to listen to this whole album in one sitting and in the correct running order because it flows into one body of work rather than eight separate lullabies. Not only that but your day’s ill’s and woes will have been completely washed away for another time, this is therapy of the very best kind. Buy it!

No mp3 to download as yet because as I said, there is no single release from it, it’s one body of work and so one single track wouldn’t do it justice. However, her amazing daytrotter session has just been uploaded and I urge you to go and download it immediately and you can also listen to a couple of tracks here too.

03 – Essie Jain – Falling Asleep by The Lonesome Drifter

Enjoy.

 

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