Strand of Oaks - Daytrotter Session

I have fallen in love with Stand of Oaks after down loading the wonderful Pope Killdragon from E Music. Stand of Oaks is the working title of Timothy Showalter based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The sound is wonderful blend of wired haunted folk with strange synth noises bubbling underneath. Think Bon Iver produced by 70's Brian Eno. It's a strange brew of fractured dreamscapes, half remember childrens stories and historical fantasy.

Get a free taste via the wonderful Daytrotter. They have a free Strand of Oaks session to download.

Enjoy
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Mercury Music Prize 2010 - Spotify Links

Spotify Links for the Mercury Music Prize.

The Mercury Music Club shortlist for 2010 was announced in London today. I have done a quick search of Spotify and placed links to all the Mercury Music Prize 2010 LPs below.

Sad to see no King Midas Sound, Errors, Ikonkia or The Twilight Sad on the list.

My money would be on The XX but I seem to have lost my touch over the last two years and not got close to picking the winner since the Klaxons won in 2007.

The links below should open the LP in Spotify. The only missing one is Kit Downes and the link should go to their myspace page.

Biffy Clyro 'Only Revolutions' - Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
Villagers 'Becoming A Jackal - Villagers – Becoming A Jackal
'Corinne Bailey Rae 'The Sea' - Corinne Bailey Rae – The Sea
...Mumford & Sons ‘Sigh No More’ - Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
Paul Weller 'Wake Up The Nation - Paul Weller – Wake Up The Nation
'Wild Beasts 'Two Dancers -Wild Beasts – Two Dancers
'Kit Downes Trio ‘Golden - http://www.myspace.com/kitsmusic
’Laura Marling 'I Speak Because I Can -Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can
'Dizzee Rascal 'Tongue N’ Cheek - Dizzee Rascal – Tongue N' Cheek
'Foals 'Total Life Forever Foals – Total Life Forever
'I Am Kloot 'Sky At Night' - I Am Kloot – Sky At Night
The xx 'xx' - The xx – xx

Who would get your vote? Who do you think should be on the list? Plan B is the one that stands out as a glaring omission.

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King Midas Sound - FACT Mix 103

The ever wonderful King Midas Sound have a mix archived over at King Midas Sound Fact at mixcloud.com.

The FACT magazine quote reads...

"This morning’s FACT mix takes the form of a very special session from King Midas Sound, the trio of Kevin ‘The Bug’ Martin, Roger Robinson and Hitomi.

All live edited, with special effects and additional vocals and commentary from the London trio, KMS’s FACT mix reads like a list of influences on their twilight Lovers Rock sound, featuring sweet reggae in Tanya Stephens and Gregory Isaacs, dusty shoegaze in My Bloody Valentine and A.R. Kane and modern favourites Burial and Little Dragon, plus tracks from Sade, Larry Heard and Scritti Politti, and material from King Midas’ forthcoming debut album, Waiting For You on Hyperdub....."

The mix track listing is as follows:

King Midas Sound - Sometimes (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Lovejoys - All I Can Say (Reggae Vibes/Wackies)
15/16/17 - The Weather (Magic Touch/DEB)
Burial - Night Bus (Burial/Hyperdub)
Little Dragon - Twice (Little Dragon/Peacefrog)
The Dynamics - 90% of me is you (Version Excursions/Points South)
Tanya Stephens - It's A Pity (Gangsta Blues/VP)
Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So (Who Say Jah No Dread/Greensleeves)
Gregory Isaacs - I'm Alright (Cool Down/VP)
Wayne Jarrett - Live&Love (Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris & Wayne Jarrett/Wackies)
Sade - Lovers Rock (Lovers Rock/Epic)
Rhythm & Sound ft Lovejoy - Best Friend (With the Artists/Burial Mix)
Larry Heard - Missing dub (Theo Parrish remix) (Missing You/Track Mode)
Vincent Gallo - Lonely (When/Warp)
A.R.Kane - Madonna is with child (69/Rough Trade)
Scritti Politti - Sweetest Girl (/Rough Trade)
Lloyd Chambers - Dry Your Tears (Firehouse Revolution/Pressure Sounds)
King Midas Sound - i Dub (Dub Heavy/Hyperdub)
Scientist ft Johnny Osbourne - In Your Eyes (Wins The World Cup/Greensleeves)
King Midas Sound - Outtaspace (Slow Motion mix) (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Japan - Ghosts (Tin Drum/Virgin)
Kevin Shields - Ikebana (Lost In Translation s/t/Emperor norton)
King Midas Sound - One Ting (Dabrye remix) (Cool Out/Hyperdub)
Oval - Do While (94diskont/Mille Plateaux)
Thomas Koner - Kanon (Isolationism/Virgin)
My Bloody Valentine - Touched (Loveless/creation)

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Fact Mix 103: King Midas Sound by Fact Mix Archive on Mixcloud

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FACT Magazine Mixes on Mix Cloud

The wonderful FACT Magazine have archived a large number of their older mixes over at Mixcloud

The FACT mix archive is here Fact Mix Cloud.

The mixes include great selections from:

Andrew Weatherall - Fact Mix

XX - Fact Mix

Rustie - Fact Mix

Its well worth taking the time to explore the mixes and have a good listen to them.

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Free Music Podcast - From A Hilltop

I have final started my podcasts. Its something I have been meaning to do for an age but have never found the time to do it. I have set up a new website for the free music podast.

This is my first attempt so be gentle with me!

The From a Hilltop podcast has the following track listing:

Smiletron – Vestige

MartyParty-TheXX-Infinity-Remix

Ko-cha –Forget Pressure

Braids - Lemonade

Why Do The Stars Twinkle - Hy Zaret

Nic Bommarito - Better Than Way Too Post-Rock

Focus Group we are coming to dance with you

Phosphorescent – Mermaid Parade

Dum dum girls –Jail la la

His Name is Alive – One Year (Minotaur Shock remix)

Kristen Hersh – Missippi Kite (demo)

Lambchop Daytrotter Session

The wonderful Daytrotter have just uploaded a session from the peerless Lambchop. Kurt Wagner and Co deliver a beautiful set of songs played with their usual soulful restraint. It's unforgivable but I had forgotten what a wonder lyricist Kurt is and how amazingly expressive his vocals are. His voice in both senses of the word is a unique and precious gift that I am thankful that he shares with us.

The tracks are:

• Buttons - Lambchop
• Please Rise - Lambchop
• Six O'Clock News - Lambchop
• The Daily Growl - Lambchop

Lambchop - Daytrotter Session

Free Billy Bragg Tracks

Billy Bragg seems to have everywhere lately. All over Twitter, Facebook, the radio and TV fighting the BNP in Barking and winning! Well done Mr Bragg.

He has also been working on Pressure Drop and he is giving away four free tracks from the play on his website. You just need to sign up to the site to get the link to download the tracks.

The four tracks are:

• There Will Be a Reckoning - Billy Bragg
• Tomorrow's Going To Be a Better Day - Billy Bragg
• Same Again - Billy Bragg
• Home - Billy Bragg

Visit his website to sign up and get the free tracks - Billy Bragg

Electric Ghost Music E Journal

I wanted to highlight the wonderful Electric Ghost Music Journal. Its always a joy to read with some cool writers, great art work and good links that take you away to extra content. Fans of Americana, alt.country and roots rock will find it a treasure trove.

They are currently carrying articles on Sparklehorse, Daisy Chapman and The Duke and The King

Electric Ghost

New Reviews Jonsi, Magentic Fields, Los Campesions

New Reviews online of Jonsi, Magnetic Fields and Los Campesions!

I have a some new reviews up online. Go and have a read if you have time.

Jonsi - Go @ Kev Chino

"You can hear the ghosts of The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev’s fractured take on the cosmic American music flittered through Beck’s faulty laptop all over the songs, the spliced edits and soaring string sections all too commonplace. The songs aim for epic grandeur, but more often than not come off sounding bombastic......"

Magnetic Fields - Realism @ Music OMH

"Realism is his conscious, folky retort to Distortion's blistered speaker excess. The records were conceived as a pair, companion pieces, sharing artwork and Merritt's arch wit and elan. And Realism is no limp watercolour acoustic guitar record. The rules that governed the recording sessions where simple; nothing that need to be plugged in was allowed."

Los Campesinos - Romance Is Boring @ Music OMH

"The record is crammed full of their trademark bleakly humorous lyrics; lyrics that pick at love like it's a scab that needs a trip to the clinic to sort out. The lyrical obsessions are imparted over a template that has expanded on their trademark indie rumble...."

Weird Electronca Mix (Simon Reynold)

Over on the ever wonderful Bliss Blog Simon Reynolds has pasted up a link to his great mix of Eldritchtronica and Wyrd Bliss Mixtape on Ponetone. Well worth a visit for a listen.

The track listing includes:

Belbury Poly
Mordant Music
Moon Wiring Club
Ariel Pink