Murcof: Cosmos on triple vinyl...
For the past two years Murcof has been writing compositions for the past two years with the aim of reflecting the awe of a starry night. Fernando Corona, who writes under the name of Murcof, will release Cosmos on September 17. Cosmos, “composed almost entirely of recordings of classical instruments,”... 
Horse Feathers: recording new album, fal...
Horse Feathers are heading out east for a fall tour, leaving their Portland home on September 26 and returning October 14. Two weeks before the tour Horse Feathers will be performing with Laura Gibson and Dolorean in Portland at Towne Lounge. They will dash the US with a show at the Knitting Factory... 
The Innocence Mission: We Walked In Song...
The Innocence Mission have released We Walked In Song in the UK and Europe, on August 28. Fargo Records is distributing this timeless album in France and Switzerland. In July the band exclusively released Song from Holland, as a single on iTunes. We Walked in Song continues the band’s unmistakable... 
Film School: Hideout on 9-11, fall tour...
Film School will deliver their sophomore full-length, Hideout, on September 11 via Beggars Banquet. Phil Ek, who just finished producing Band of Horses‘ new disc, mixed the new Film School album. Beggars Banquet is offering a 7″ with every pre-order of Hideout. The vinyl will include an edited... 
Band of Horses: Is There A Ghost...
Band of Horses will be releasing Cease to Begin on October 9. They will be releasing their new disc with the same label that released their critically acclaimed debut, Everything All the Time. Today, Band of Horses posted Is There A Ghost on Myspace, the first sneak at the coming album. Band of Horses... 
Tim Williams: to release When Work Is Do...
Tim Williams will be releasing his sophomore LP on October 2 on Dovecote Records, titled When Work Is Done. “Tim worked with producer Dave Lynch (The Duke Special, The Late Greats) who together successfully put together a strikingly confident work that boldly drifts from keyboard-laden marches... 
Hearts of Black Science: The Ghost You L...
Will I ever get tired of these Swedish bands? Rock to twee, dream pop to electronica; they are quickly snowballing into an avalanche in my music library. And I really, I mean seriously can’t get enough of most of them! Hearts of Black Science are yet another Swedish band -this time a duo conciliating... 
Luke Temple: Snowbeast...
It is very evident Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter, Luke Temple, has worked hard, raising his game as it were, for his second album, Snowbeast. Where his debut, Hold A Match For A Gasoline World was suffused with sweet melancholic alt-country tones, his distinctive, almost plaintive, voice holding... 
Jenny Owen Youngs, Live at Maxwells, Hob...
I have a confession to make—at times, I have a tendency to make hasty and superficial assumptions about artists before I have even heard them. In this case it was the three names. For some reason, it ended up being a shortcut for what I expected would be a cloying earnestness and earthy repertoire.... 
Tacks, The Boy Disaster: working songs...
Listening to music can become a problem. Especially at work. I’m not talking about safety regulations on, let’s say, a construction site for example. And I’m not talking about suspicious looks from all the other co-workers at the office either. (Although I get some of those quite regularly…... 

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