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488)Céu/Vagarosa: Sadé and Portishead find sultry common ground in a Brazilian wine bar.#7
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swedish forest folk

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that second one looks good

http://austinist.com/2009/07/07/new_release_tuesday_drive_by_trucke.php

Brooklyn-based Motel Motel do indeed have ties to Denver, but their sound is lost somewhere in the corn fields of the Midwest. Their sound is gritty and Americana-influenced, but Eric Engel's nasally vocals and dark lyrics are unmistakably indie rock. This is easily one of the most interesting self-released records of 2009; the band flitting between Pavement-esque meanderings ("Cigarettes") and lush country-inflected tunes ("Mexico"). There's lots to digest here: strings, layered vocal harmonies, guitar and pedal steel all stake their claim through the record's 13 tracks. They won't be for everyone, but for fans of the dirty south's affection towards old country soul, they'll be a perfect fit.

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Alexander Hawkins Ensemble - No Now is So

By clifford ⋅ July 6, 2009 ⋅ ⋅ commentellen

FMR 270-0209

Though only on his third recording and first as a leader (the other two – Convergence Quartet and Barkingside – are cooperative groups), it’s safe to say that English pianist Alexander Hawkins is coming into his own as a “young lion” of contemporary improvisation. His other projects feature a semi-typical horn-and-rhythm lineup, but they’re far from traditional in execution, juxtaposing meaty free playing with balletic poise. However, it’s hard not to cock one’s eye at the instrumentation of No Now is So. Hawkins is joined by regular collaborator Dominic Lash on bass, cellist Hannah Marshall, guitarist Otto Fischer, drummer Javier Carmona and steel-drummer Orphy Robinson. A unique instrument outside of calypso and some 1960s British jazz experiments, Robinson’s axe adds an entirely unexpected but beautifully-realized dimension to the proceedings.

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Sandy Bull

At a Glance

Biography

Long before Ry Cooder, Leo Kottke, Richard Thompson, and others were impressing listeners with their ability to hop from genre to genre, Sandy Bull glided from classical and jazz to ethnic music and rock & roll with grace and verve on his first two albums. Accompanied on his first two albums by renowned jazz drummer Billy Higgins, Bull produced some of the first extended instrumental compositions for guitar that incorporated elements of folk, jazz, and Indian and Arabic-influenced dronish modes. Not "rock" by any stretch of the imagination, it's nevertheless easy to see that it… Read more

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Lately former Chicagoan Greg Davis has been exploring various facets of drone music--in his duo with Zach Wallace called Sun Circle, on his brand-new album for Kranky called Mutually Arising, et cetera--but not so long ago this guitarist and electronic musician was finessing an accessible mix of abstract textures and acoustic fingerstyle patterns. For some reason he unironically embraced the tag "folktronica" at the time.

Finally a compelling reason for a audiobooks