MERRY CHRISTMAS
♩ Marika Hackman – O Come O Come Emmanuel [from It’s Coming On Christmas]
♩ The Lost Brothers – Little Angel [single]
♩ Wild Child – White Christmas [from Christmas Mixtape, Volume 1] (via bandcamp)
♩ At The Capin – Silent Night [from An Incomplete Christmas Vol. 1 (or) ” Ye Olde Christmas Albume”]
♩ Dum Dum Girls – On Christmas [from Noise To The World]
“It’s feeling I thought we’d lost, but that the band has once again found, just in time.” (via Bob Boilen, All Songs Considered)
♩ Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Coming Down [from Only Run]
Fucking. Beautiful.
♩ Sharon Van Etten – Afraid of Nothing [from Are We There]
“From the first notes of opening track ‘Cult of Love,’ it is apparent Too True is not going to be like any of the previous Dum Dum Girls’ full lengths.” (via Adam Morgan, Surviving the Golden Age)
♩ Dum Dum Girls – Cult of Love [from Too True]
I had tickets to their show this year and I had to pass on it the day of. I don’t want to talk about it anymore.
♩ Interpol – All The Rage Back Home [from El Pintor]
A few of my favorite new releases this week…
The Autumn Defense//Fifth
[autumndefense.com]
Dum Dun Girls//Too True
[wearedumdumgirls.com]
Gem Club//In Roses
[iamgemclub.com]
Hospitality//Trouble
[hospitalitylives.com]
I Break Horses//Chiaroscuro
[ibreakhorses.se]
Laura Cantrell//No Way There From Here
[lauracantrell.com]
Quilt//Held In Splendor
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Tara Jane O’Neil//Where Shine New Lights
[tarajaneoneil.com]
More new music at Largehearted Boy
Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, & Dum Dum Girls) is set to release her third solo album — Herein Wild. The new album is due out September 24 via Fat Possum. Stream the album’s first single, “Sorrow,” below.
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Year after year, the ladies in music prove they can hang with the boys, and 2012 was no different. In fact, 2012 was such a big year for the ladies, i’m gonna have to break this into a multiple posts. I tried to narrow it down, but how in the heck am I supposed to decide between the likes of Amanda Palmer, Frankie Rose, Patti Smith, and Sera Cahoone? Exactly. So without further ado, enjoy the first installment of good, from some of the most talented ladies in music.
♩Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Smile (Pictures or It Didn’t Happen) [from Theatre Is Evil]
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♩Dana Falconberry – Petoskey Stone [from Though I Didn’t Call It Came]
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♩Dum Dum Girls – Lord Knows [from End of Daze EP]
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♩Emily Wells – Passenger [from Mama]
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♩Fiona Apple – Every Single Night [from The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver…]
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♩Frankie Rose – Intersteller [from Intersteller]
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