New Music Alert! An Horse

Few things make long monotonous stressful days at work better than discovering a new little band.  This week, for me, it's the Aussie duo An Horse.  I "picked up" (downloaded from amazon) their 2009 LP Rearrange Beds today. My favorite song off that album after the jump, but below is a preview of their new album, Walls, that sounds like it's going to be awesome and drops April 11. 

I'm excited, so excited that I bought a ticket to see them at the Knitting Factory in April. The most important thing about the video above, however, is that a) they use my tuner and b) she has one version of my dream guitar -- an orange strat w/ racing stripes. Few things make long monotonous stressful days at the office better than watching people with fun interesting cool jobs.

Heartfelt acoustic music Part III? I must tired all the time.

If you're wondering, I'm listening to Our War by Lovedrug right now.  Lovedrug is a band I saw open for some other band at The MidEast in Cambridge. That venue will forever be one of my favorites because it's quality and I saw one of my top 3 best shows of my life there (Brand New and fans all screaming their little hearts outs). But I digress, Lovedrug impressed me live largely to the distinctive and just-rough-enough vocals, and though I didn't feel their album at the time, they are in the process of recording a new album. They've released a string of EPs over the past couple months to raise money and certain songs just kill it (others I don't love as much), but anyway, stream it below. You can stream the whole EP here.

After the jump, one of my favorite new songs of theirs live. 

Awww... crap!

This is what happens when you don't go to that small show at Mercury Lounge because you're "too tired."   Sara Quin (of the Tegan and ... fame) produced FENCES' new s/t album, which I like much ($5!!). Fences is very good indie heartfelt non-whiny/sleep-inducing acoustic dude-with-a-guitar music.

So, I had planned to go to the show because I suspected -- as you can see from the videos -- he's even better live.  Turns out Sara Quin was there -- she duets on the song My Girl The Horse --  as you can also see from the videos.  Note - Sara Quin is my Beiber, as the kids say. Post on this later. So I could have seen them perform together live on a small stage in NYC; but instead I decided to stay home and be lame on my couch. Lesson learned: in NYC you will always pay for being lame. I apologize to you all that instead of Sara Quin and Fences photos, I have a re-blog.


Fences: My Girl The Horse (feat. Sara Quin) from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.


Fences: Sadie (A Shoot The Player Film) from shoottheplayer.com on Vimeo.

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New Music Alert: RAA

The new album from Rural Alberta Advantage came out today!  DEPARTING is a great follow-up to the amazingly steller, Hometowns (2009).  There's something about Canadians that allow them to make energetic and moving indie rock, without the pretension. RAA is marked by an acoustic guitar being propelled forward by strong drums and growling melodic vocals singing of heart ache and winter. Here's the single off the new album; it's called Stamp:

They are playing the Bowery Ballroom on March 10th (which I am attending so stay tuned for iPhone photos from the show) and Knitting Factory, Brooklyn March 12th.  After the jump, my favorite track off the 2009 album:

"I'll do better, I'll do better, I swear I will"

Best new song of Tuesday. Jarrod Gorbel, formally The Honorary Title, released his EP Bruises From Your Bad Dreams last week.  This is the strongest song: I'll Do Better.

More after the JUMP