From the category archives:

Folk

So Yeah, I Know I’m Still Afraid:
Sufjan Stevens Gives Us The Ol’ One-Two

August 30, 2010

If you’re a regular music-blog reader you already know this x100, but Sufjan Stevens col’ dropped an EP (only the truly ambitious can call an eight track, fifty-nine-minute recording an EP),  All Delighted People, out of nowhere last week, and then announced that he had an album, The Age Of Adz, coming out in October. [...]

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Best Of 2010:
Brian Belknap – Cradle To Grave

August 16, 2010

You already know what a fan I am of Brian Belknap’s songs, so it should be no surprise I think his latest release, Cradle To Grave, is one of 2010′s must-listens. I’m stoked to have him back in action, with twelve more songs of romantic realism: broken hearts, lost souls, and how that little patch [...]

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Tangling Tails Like A Sodden Sheet; Dangling Entrails From The Gut Of The Sea [video]

August 12, 2010

I don’t think I’m overstating things when I say the #1 reason to go on living is the likelihood that this lady will write more songs. Joanna Newsom: “You And Me, Bess”

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Bonus Weekend Superjam:
Your Whole Life Has Been Arranged Between A Pillow And A Pretty Soft Place

July 30, 2010

I love, love this song. I posted it under a different name (“Too Poor”) back in November after finding it on a Partisan Records tour sampler. Paleo has since recorded an album for Partisan (due out in September), and this song, now called “World’s Smallest Violin,” will be on it. I don’t think it got [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Let’s Get Dizzy In The Grass

July 15, 2010

In SF, you take summer where you find it. We’ve had some righteous weather this year, but yesterday evening was special. No wind,  still warm, and a smokin’ Junior Giants game being contested at Upper Noe. Overnight low of 56 tonight? The champion! Laura Veirs – Summer Is The Champion from her best-of-2010 July Flame [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
We Will Fill The Air Content In Calm And Grace

June 28, 2010

I’ve done said it before, but it bears damn repeating, that music, like love, is a renewable resource. You can hear a million songs and still be floored by a new one. On the other hand, if you’ve been around the block a few times, you can be excused for thinking you’ve seen pretty much [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Sunlight Silhouettes Of Dogwood Trees

June 8, 2010

Recipe for band that I will like = beards + hippies + North Carolina. Megafaun – Volunteers from Heretofore (out September 14 on Hometapes) http://www.megafaun.com http://www.myspace.com/megafaun “His Robe” (you can’t tell me you’re going to look at this still and then not watch the video) [more videos on La Blogothèque]

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More Best Of 2010s:
Sleepy Sun – Fever
Cate Le Bon – Me Oh My
Ólöf Arnalds – Við Og Við

June 3, 2010

Got a few more must-listens for you — some heavy pscychedlic jams and some folk, because I’m a Californian and that’s how we roll. Sleepy Sun – Fever Oh, you’ve heard me say plenty about Sleepy Sun. Heavy, beautiful, SF-by-way-of-Santa-Cruz. If these words mean anything to you, I don’t have to say any more. If [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Einföld Og Falleg

May 27, 2010

Why didn’t you tell me about Ólöf Arnalds? I had to find out about her in the gutter, which is to say that I found out about her because she’s opening for our beloved Jonathan Richman at the Swedish American Hall this July (3 nights!). So maybe not the kind of gutter you’re picturing — [...]

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Photos: Brian Belknap @ Velo Rouge Café, 5/15/10

May 18, 2010

Nice to see the man with a roof over his head. His new album, recorded with Mike Coykendall (who’s worked with Veg faves Blitzen Trapper & M. Ward), is due out in the fall. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-BelknapTurpentine/254256715910

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