Elk began as a home recording project. Eric Luoma, former singer and frontman for the alt-country band Bellwether, was recording lo-fi acoustic based songs with his wife, Kari on piano and violin. The recordings made their way into the hands of drummer Chadwick Nelson and Bass player Aaron Lundholm, both veterans of the Minneapolis band the Hangups. Soon, the recording project grew into a full-band effort, and the foundation of… Continue reading
Mary Epworth – Black Doe
We love this great track from Mary Epworth and have dubbed it ‘Psycho Folk’ – Enjoy!
“Spectral deer stomp your face” Available on 7″ from handofglory.co.uk
More tracks and gig dates from Mary Epworth at…
http://www.maryepworth.com/ // http://myspace.com/maryepworth // Facebook
Cop On The Edge
Love this little Electro Pop EP from London based Cop On The Edge.
From the press release….
They’re Donna Summer milking cows with The Fall. They’re holding the dartboard while Duran Duran and Magazine play for the world championship. They’re sleeping with Giorgio Moroder’s wife behind his back and are terrified New Order are
David’s Lyre
This dropped into the inbox, it’s a rough live recording but the song writing has got some real character. The only info supplied was that David’s Lyre is alternative, big beat, pop birthed in London and in residence in Manchester. David’s Lyre has been remixed by the likes of JaKwob and The Last Skeptik.
Run Toto Run / Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This
One of our favorite local bands Run Toto Run has a fantastic cover up of Bombay Bicycle Club’s Always Like This. Check it out along with a great live session version of the original.
Run Toto Run – Always Like This
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Elspeth
I can’t find much info on these guys aside from the tracks they’ve dropped into my dropbox, check out the nicely recorded epics on soundcloud.
From the Myspace Blog
I would rather dip my toe in the freezing artic water and be bitten by a digit eating whale, a whale who perfected the art of digit biting in the dojo of Hakkoda-san, from the fifi master 70 years his
Defend the Melody
Just received these great trippy tracks from Defend The Melody, Australian based but touring internationally it looks like it could be a really beautiful album when it’s released on Payne Street Records.
Defend the Melody are like, really really deep and stuff. Like the ocean. As complex as a sewage system that leads to the ocean. We are deep with crap. Or in deep crap. We eat fishes
