Spotlight

Spotlight on Wilson Pickett, now, spotlight on...Mountain Man?


Molly Erin Sarle, Alexandra Sauser-Monnig and Amelia Randall Meath are Mountain Man.  They met in Bennington, Vermont.  Two of them are still at notable liberal arts college Bennington, where they're studying Performance and Gender, and Theatre and Performance, while the third, Alex, graduated last year with a degree in Literature and Visual Arts and is now a nanny.


Their music is stripped down to the point of being acapella on some tracks.  Minimal guitar strums and backing music hide behind the amazing harmonies of the three ladies on others.  The group's sound is commonly compared to, the "Oh Brother Where Art thou" soundtrack, which to me is not necessarily a bad thing.  They do seem to sing from a place in the past, back to the old Appalachian era, recalling back woods country tunes from long ago.  I would much rather have underproduced than overproduced and their record, "Made The Harbor" definitely leans more towards being underproduced.  I get that with those three voices you don't need anything to distract, but at the same time I think they could do some amazing things with more instrumentation on future albums.

Either way, as it stands, "Made The Harbor" is  a great album.  Perfect sounds to come from your record player while getting ready for fall.

Get it at Amazon.
Mountain Man- Made The Harbor

Mountain Man will also be coming to the Fox theater on Tuesday, Oct. 19th.  They will be opening for Jonsi, of Sigur Ros.  Tickets are $35 and available here, or at the Fox Theater Box office.

Mountain Man - River from Vincent Galgano on Vimeo.

More Mellow Music

So, I was trying to pull together two mixes, one mellow and one upbeat/rockin'. After a couple days of adding to the two playlists, I ended up with about 25 songs in the mellow mix and 8 in the rockin' mix. I am just that emo, or is there a shortage of good upbeat stuff out there? It seems to me that all the uptempo music out today is that retro-rave, electro-dance shit that I just cannot get into. Where's the fun indie-pop/rock at, y'all?

Anyway, here's another chill mix. I tried to stick to my more recent acquisitions: the new Sufjan Stevens EP, new Blonde Redhead, new Jose Gonzales (in his new band, Junip), new Beach House iTunes Session, and a track from the The Strange Mistake EP I "leaked" in my last post. Btw, if any of you enjoyed that Strange Mistake EP, please send me your comments, either here or at: twolcott@gmail.com.

Enjoy.

More Mellow Music Mix

Worst Friend Ever

Hi All,

One of my best, and very talented, friends has been working on his first album for, well, FOREVER, and has always refused to give me any of his songs for fear of my sharing them with anybody. Well, he finally caved in and gave me 5 of the dozen or so songs that may eventually make it onto his album. And, his worst fears realized, I'm sharing them with all of you. The name of his "band" (he does everything himself) is The Strange Mistake, and I think the album will be called "Girls of the Metro". A few caveats just in case he finds out I shared this: 1. All these songs are "unmastered", so judge not audiophiles; 2. I randomly selected the album art, so expect something much better if the album ever actually comes out; and 3. I made up the tracklisting, which I'm sure will piss him off the most, but oh well. Please let me know what you think; I think it's really good, especially considering it's all self-produced.

Enjoy

The Strange Mistake, "Girls of the Metro"

Indie Mix 4

At one point there was a new hip hop mix up that didn't suck.  We got in trouble for that one and it was removed, that kind of sucked.  I blame T.I. for snitching on us to try and reduce his own prison sentence.


 

What did I tell you about licking things you find on the ground Clifford?

I have been spending some time in the studio, formulating a diss track in retaliation.  All I have so far are comments about Tiny and how he could do much better.  Which isn't really an attack on him so much as a statement of my disappointment in his life choices.  The hook is, "Class it up Clifford, eww she gross" repeat four times...it's still a work in progress.


If anyone missed the hip hop mix and would like to "discuss" their disappointment about that, they can send us an email at stereofattenings@gmail.com. 

But that's all in the past.  This post is about an indie mix.  Join me behind the jump.

Atmosphere News and Free Music

Atmosphere, my college sweethearts, have a tour and new EP about to drop.  Non-fans categorize them as whiny and emo, but to me they were always a nice change from the crack rap and materialism of the majority of hip hop.  Slug could always spit, people just didn't always like what he was spitting about.  Ant's production is usually on point, some of the earlier stuff maybe a little to murky and abstract, but his later tracks have been some nice horn laced soul sample heaterz.  His work on Brother Ali's, "Champion EP" was super solid.  He also had another standout batch of beats on the, "Sad Clown Bad Dub Spring EP." 

 In support of their upcoming, To All My Friends Tour, and to wet your appetite for their next full length LP they are dropping a double EP.  "To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy: The Atmosphere EPs," will be available digitally through iTunes and Amazon September 7th (the day before the To All My Friends Tour starts.)   CD copies of The Atmosphere EPs will be sold exclusively on tour and through Fifth Element.

To help build anticipation for the EP, Atmosphere is also releasing "Free Fallin'". The track can be downloaded over at Rhymesayers Radio, or by clicking the link below.

Atmosphere: "Free Fallin'"

 Tour Dates:
09.08 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre
09.09 – Milwaukee, WI @ Milwaukee Riverside Theater
09.10 – Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
09.11 – Covington, KY @ Madison Theater
09.12 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
09.15 – Bozeman, MT @ Gallatin Co. Fairgrounds
09.16 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
09.17 – Missoula, MT @ Wilma Theater
09.18 – Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory
09.20 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
09.21 – Bend, OR @ Midtown
09.22 – Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
09.24 – Chico, CA @ Senator Theater
09.25 – Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
09.27 – Arcata, CA @ Arcata Community Center
09.28 – Sacramento, CA @ Sacramento State University Union
09.29 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
10.01 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10.02 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
10.04 – Rapid City, SD @ Dublin Square
10.05 – Sioux Falls, SD @ Sioux Empire Fair Expo Hall
10.06 – Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
10.07 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater