folk

The twitterverse is getting crowded, here are some of our latest finds: @Western Vinyl label home to Balmorhea, Composer @Rhys Chatham, @Sawako, @Hypnotic Brass Band, @Pauline Oliveros

The Young 12 string guitar master James Blackshaw takes on piano in another enchanting album of five songs spanning 50 minutes. The piano pieces are cool, yet we still prefer him fingerpicking his guitar.

Just had a mail in our inbox that read “Golau Glau” are two of our favourite words that go well together. We formed at the beginning of June and have had airplay on Xfm and Radio Wales. We like Wales and cats, and whales but not Cats.”

For fans of Hannu Karjalainan, 2009 has been an aural bliss. First his giant EP “Harhailua” which clocks 31 minutes, then Hintergarten his second full-length, and what can we say, they’re both special releases. Hannu conjures intricate landscapes, not unlike the geographical landscapes of Finland, and fills them with sonic representations of human memories.

Digging through our mailbox with the indie / pop / rock selection, with Signal Hill, Cast Spells, Giant Hand, Abernethy, Bombadil.

Got the news to this one a week or so ago from Tim/Faux Pas but forgot to break it because of time concerns. Anyways Bibio’s getting a new album out on Warp Records next monday, and they have the nicest embeddable widget for you to stream it. No need to tell we are big admirers of his nostalgic psychedelic folk whatever stuff.

Back home after a short trip, here’s the folky selection we promised but couldn’t deliver on Friday. New stuff from Akron/Family’s Set ‘em Wild, Set ‘em Free, Boduf Songs new EP on Under the Spire, Fire on Fire’s The Orchard (Young God) and DM Stith introduced to us by Simone of Discoballbreaker. Kind of a male Joanna Newsom.

Alamaailman Vasarat is known for their own breed of progressive folk music with accordeons, violins and a healthy dose of distorted guitars and macabre humour, and they’ve just released their 4th album Huuro Kolkko.