Veteran Minnesota slowcore ensemble Low are on the cusp of releasing their 10th record since their inception back in '93. On the album's debut single "Just Make It Stop", Mimi Parker takes up lead vocals atop the briskest beat we've heard from the trio in years. Warm Americana downstrokes cascade among barely-there piano and soft percussion for a alt-country twang we've not quite heard from the band yet. But the new sound's no wonder: The Invisible Way features the production talents of Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy,...
Swedish gem Summer Heart has been making rounds in the Dream-Pop audience since the release of the free single "A Million Times" early last month, but never really broke through until about a week ago, when About A Feeling was released. While each song in the album does't display a particularly wide variety of genres, it gets by simply because it's too brilliant to complain about. Combining various elements of auto tune, synthesizers, beat pads and live instruments, Summer Heart's music provides a Lo-Fi Dreamy descent...
Field Report is the latest and greatest project from Wisconsin's Christopher Porterfield. Recorded in Justin Vernon's April Base studio in December of 2011 and mixed by Paul Kolderie (whose resume includes the Pixies and Radiohead), Field Report's still unreleased debut from Partisan Records has...
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Ladies and gents, I have the pleasure of giving you a sneak peak at one of the tracks off the new Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad album Country. The album is aptly titled because it has a country/bluegrass/Americana vibe. I'm a huge fan of music that crosses genre barriers. And Giant Panda Guerilla...
Old-school bangers Willie Nelson and Toots Hibbert crash down the barriers between country and reggae in "I'm A Worried Man" (Johnny Cash cover). It's not too much of a stretch to combine the two genres - they have a lot in common, musically and contextually. And considering Willie's love of the...
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This is your Daily 2% – Chilled and Ready to Serve. We will try to bring you one "chill" track every day. This is for when you get home and you are trying to unwind. You reach for that glass of wine or that unlit Black & Mild or maybe you reach for something more herbal. This track is for...
