Burn The Bowery's 20 favorite albums of 2009

It's never an easy task to try and put together a year end best of list, as for myself it's an ever changing thing depending on moods, situations and locales. But I know it's safe to say that throughout the past year these were the albums that I came back to the most, and that left the biggest impressions. Without further rambling here's my 20 favorite albums from 2009.


20. Times New Viking- Born Again Revisited
"No Time, No Hope"
19. We Were Promised Jetpacks- These Four Walls
"Quiet Little Voices"
18. White Rabbits- Percussion Gun
"Percussion Gun"
17. Loney Dear- Dear John
"Airport Surroundings"
16. The Bony King of Nowhere- Alas My Love
"Alas My Love"
15. Sharon Van Etten- Because I Was In Love
"For You"
14. Langhorne Slim- Be Set Free
"I Love You But Goodbye"
13. Old Canes- Feral Harmonic
"Little Bird Courage"
12. Dinosaur Jr.- Farm
"Over It"
11. Noah & the Whale- First Days of Spring
"Blue Skies"

10. There Will Be Fireworks- self titled Brilliant debut from this young Scottish band. At times melancholy, sometimes explosive, but a deeply cinematic disc that can leave you stunned.
"Foreign Thoughts"






9. Dark Was The Night compilation (various artists) I was hesitant to include this one on the list being that it's a compilation disc of various artists, but without a doubt the album was stacked with great songs and amazing artists ranging from Bon Iver and The National, to Yeasayer and Arcade Fire. It was truly one of the albums that I went to the most during the course of the year.
"So Far Around the Bend"- The National


8. Fever Ray- self titled
A dark and bone chilling solo debut for the Knife's, Karin Dreijer Andersson. Full of great tracks, but be sure to watch the accompanying videos for an extra creep factor.
"When I Grow Up"






7. Phoenix- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix An album that I was admittedly very very slow to come around to, but at more than one friend's urging, one that grew on me more and more with each listen. Contained probably two of this years catchiest singles in 'Lisztomania" and '1901."
"1901"






6. A.A. Bondy- When The Devils Loose One of the great underlooked songwriters out there. Expanded his sound on this sophomore disc with a full band, the result of which is a folk album perfectly made for your next road trip.
"When The Devils Loose"





5. Handsome Furs- Face Control An album that I was very late to the party in getting familiar with, as I got turned onto it late in the year. That said, it was a disc that instantly stood out on it's first listen, sounding as original and fresh as anything I've heard this year, and I haven't been able to put it down since.
"Radio Kalininbrad"




4. Matthew Ryan -Dear Lover If you've missed out on Ryans first 11 albums then you have a lot of catching up to do. On his latest disc he continues the trend of crafting intimate songs with stellar songwriting, something that some of todays music is often missing.
"The Wilderness"




3. Fanfarlo- Reservoir Impressive debut from this UK band led by Swedish frontman, Simon Balthazar. Forget all the Arcade Fire comparisons you might have heard, this band stands out well on their own with this warm and uplifting debut.
"Drowning Men"






2. The Rural Alberta Advantage- Hometowns
Born out of the RAA"s singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff's exodus from Edmonton, Alberta to Toronto in 2003 that not only inspired the band's name but led to the fruit of this passionate and energetic disc. For the percussion work on the album alone it's worthy of a top nod.
"Frank, AB"



1. The Wooden Sky- If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone Hands down my favorite album this year, a gorgeous richly textured LP from start to finish. I fell in love with this disc from the minute I heard the lead single, which also happens to be my favorite track of the year, the moody slow building, "Something Hiding For Us in the Night."
"Something Hiding For Us In the Night"

Frightened Rabbit get in the spirit, cover "Walking in the Air"

Frightened Rabbir got in the Christmas spirit of things recently, while stopping by the BBC. The band tackled the song
"Walking in the Air" which was originally written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film 'The Snowman'. In the film the song was performed by St. Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty.
In the meantime the bands new forthcoming disc The Winter of Mixed Drinks is due out on March 1st 2010 via Fatcat records. You can check out the first single from the disc, "Swim Until You Can't See Land" here.

Phoenix - "Lisztomania" unplugged

This French band had a huge year for themselves, going from underground sensations to having the critics raving endlessly, and also seeing newfound mainstream success on the radio and in magazines. Their infectious '09 electro-pop album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has been landing on many best of lists, and continuing those good vibes the band recently stopped by the studios of Spin Magazine in NYC to perform an intimate stripped down set of some of the album's tracks. The set included, "One Time Too Many," from their 2006 album It's Never Been Like That, plus their two hit singles, "Lisztomania" and "1901" as well as the song "Playground Love," which they co-wrote with the band Air.
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Pitchfork picks their top 50 albums of 2009

The ever influential Pitchfork just released their top 50 albums list of 2009. The number one was pretty much as expected if you follow their site at all, but the top 10 had a few surprises in the placement. You can check it all out below, and to read the explanations on their choices you can go here.

50 Woods - Songs of Shame
49 Cass McCombs - Catacombs
48 DOOM - Born Like This
47 Zomby - Where Were U in '92?
46 Dan Deacon - Bromst
45 The Mountain Goats - The Life of the World to Come
44 tUnE-yArDs - BiRd-BrAiNs
43 Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
42 A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar
41 Baroness - Blue Record
40 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
39 Jim O'Rourke - The Visitor
38 Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People-- Lazers Do
37 The Antlers - Hospice
36 Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
35 jj - jj n° 2
34 Passion Pit - Manners
33 Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
32 Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
31 Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions
30 Röyksopp - Junior
29 Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
28 Micachu and the Shapes - Jewellery
27 Various Artists - 5: Five Years of Hyperdub
26 Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP
25 DJ Quik & Kurupt - BlaQKout
24 Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
23 Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
22 Wild Beasts - Two Dancers
21 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
20 Real Estate - Real Estate
19 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
18 Atlas Sound - Logos
17 The Very Best - Warm Heart of Africa
16 Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light
15 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
14 Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms
13 St. Vincent - Actor
12 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
11 Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
10 Girls - Album
09 Fever Ray - Fever Ray
08 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
07 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
06 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
05 Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx... Pt. II
04 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
03 The xx - The xx
02 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
01 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

Robyn remixes El Perro Del Mar- "Change of Heart"

There's little doubt that the Swedes have the market nailed down when it comes to their sugary pop sensibilities. Here we see pop star Robyn tackle a remix of fellow countryman, El Perro Del Mar's sexy new track, "Change of Heart" off her album, Love Is Not Pop.

Here's a little of what El Perro Del Mar had to say on her new work ....“Shortly after having finished touring with my second album From the Valley to the Stars I started writing new songs. For some reason all the songs were about love and in particular that of the doomed kind. Unconsciously I think I knew what I was trying to tell myself. I'd spent some bad times in New York and some good times in Paris and both these cities have made a great imprint on this album and my current outlook on love. I've decided to call it Love Is Not Pop - the songs on the album are all pop songs and they are all about love. But naturally, it is not all as simple as that. As much as pop can be love and vice versa - I'd like to believe that love goes so much deeper than a pop song.”
"Change of Heart (Rakomie remix)"

El Perro Del Mar Co headlining tour w/ Taken By Trees
02.14 World Café – Philadelphia, PA
02.16 Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY
02.17 Knitting Factory – Brooklyn, NY
02.19 Cambridge Family YMCA – Cambridge, MA
02.20 Il Motore – Montreal, QB
02.21 The Mod Club – Toronto, ON
02.22 Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
02.23 Cedar Cultural Center – Minneapolis, MN
02.26 The Triple Door – Seattle, WA
02.27 Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
02.28 Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR
03.02 Café du Nord – San Francisco, CA
03.03 Troubadour – Los Angeles, CA

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Grizzly Bear score new film

Grizzly Bear has had themselves a pretty big year with the release of their highly acclaimed disc, Veckatimest which has been popping up all over many best of year end lists. In the New Year the band will get the chance to get some new material out their with news that the guys will be scoring a new Ryan Gosling film titled, 'Blue Valentine.' The film which also stars Michelle Wiliams, apparently chronicles the life of a young married couple and the disintegration of their troubled relationship. Blue Valentine is scheduled to premiere at Sundance in 2010, no word yet on a public release date.

You can re-familiarize yourself with the video for 'Two Weeks" in the meantime.

Emanuel and The Fear: new video- "The Rain Becomes the Clouds"

With an ensemble cast that swells to 11-pieces, Brooklyn outfit, Emanuel and the Fear create big, beautiful orchestral-pop songs. The bands self titled EP came out in early '09 and features this track, "The Rain Becomes the Clouds", which the band just released a new music video for, produced and directed by Kendra Stanchfield.
The band is also currently wrapping up a new full-length album, Listen, which should be available in March through Paper Garden Records.



Emanuel and the Fear- "The Rain Becomes the Clouds"

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Ivana XL: Old songs, 'Old Swans'

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Ivan XL is out with a new 12 song LP of demos and unreleased songs from 2004-2006. The personal tunes according to Ivana were written at the height of her sadness about a broken relationship (actually the guy you see on the cover). Here's what she had to say about the new work ..."Why would you release a bunch of demos, Ivana? Doesn't a demo= an unfinished song, or note?" You might ask. And I would answer: Because. To me, they are the most honest version, and therefor, the BEST version. ..."I thought that I was going to die! But now, I know that I'm not going to die, and everything is happy. It is nice to have that part of my life documented."

You can check out our 'Field Recordings' session we shot with Ivana over the summer in Greenpoint, Brooklyn below.



Ivana XL on myspace.

new video- The Rural Alberta Advantage- "Drain The Blood"

Not only did these guys release one of the most passionate and intense albums you'll hear this year, but the band is another in the ever growing long line of amazing bands hailing from Toronto, Canada. The Rural Alberta Advantage, will be releasing their first official single, "Drain the Blood" off their Hometowns LP this coming Jan 12. Although it comes months after the albums release on Saddle Creek records, the new single will be available as a 7" vinyl and digital formats, and it includes the bands newly recorded B-side cover of Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger". In addition to the single the group also just unveiled a new video for the track, directed by Ante Kovac (which you can view below).
And in other RAA news, the band just launched a new run of tour dates hitting the Midwest and the West Coast in Dec., and running into Jan. and Feb. in the Northeast, Midwest and all over Canada.




Rural Alberta Advantage- "Don't Haunt This Place" mp3

The Rural Alberta Advantage on tour:
12/15 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater +
12/16 San Francisco, CA Bottom of The Hill +
12/18 Portland, OR Backspace
12/19 Seattle, WA Vera Project
01/06 Philadelphia, PA Kungfu Necktie
01/07 Hoboken, NJ Maxwell's
01/08 New York, NY Terminal 5 &
01/09 New York, NY Mercury Lounge (two shows, early and late)
01/14 Milwaukee, WI Mad Planet
01/15 Minneapolis, MN The Cedar Cultural Center
01/16 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
02/09 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural Center
02/10 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's
02/12 Calgary, AB Broken City
02/13 Edmonton, AB Pawn Shop
02/15 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
02/16 Victoria, BC The Lucky Bar
+ = w/ Shaky Hands
& = w/ Passion Pit

check them out at The RAA.com

AA Bondy: New headlining tour

A.A. Bondy released a fantastic 2nd album back in September on Fat Possum Records called, When The Devil's Loose. He's been on the road nearly non-stop ever since supporting the new disc, and he's not slowing up just yet either, as he just announced a new headlining tour kicking off this January, beginning on the 8th in Memphis, TN, and wrapping up February 3rd in Buffalo, NY.
Over the past six months Bondy has also toured with Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, The Felice Brothers, and Elvis Perkins in Dearland.



A.A. Bondy tour dates:
JAN 8 MEMPHIS, TN Hi-TONE CAFÉ
JAN 9 FAYETTEVILLE, AR GEORGE'S MAJESTIC LOUNGE
JAN 11 FORT WORTH, TX LOLA'S
JAN 12 SANTA FE, NM SANTA FE BREWING CO.
JAN 13 PHOENIX, AZ RHYTHM ROOM
JAN 14 TUCSON, AZ SOLAR CULTURE
JAN 15 SAN DIEGO, CA THE CASBAH
JAN 16 LOS ANGELES, CA EAGLE ROCK CENTER
JAN 18 SANTA BARBARA, CA MUDDY WATERS
JAN 19 VISALIA, CA CELLAR DOOR
JAN 20 SAN FRANCISCO, CA CAFÉ DU NORD
JAN 22 PORTLAND, OR MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS
JAN 23 SEATTLE, WA THE TRACTOR TAVERN
JAN 25 SPOKANE, WA THE BLVD
JAN 26 BOISE, ID NEUROLUX
JAN 27 SALT LAKE CITY, UT URBAN LOUNGE
JAN 28 DENVER, CO HI-DIVE
JAN 29 LAWRENCE, KS JACKPOT MUSIC HALL
JAN 30 AMES, IA MAINTENANCE SHOP
FEB 1 MADISON, WI HIGH NOON SALOON
FEB 2 ANN ARBOR, MI BLIND PIG
FEB 3 BUFFALO, NY MOHAWK PLACE

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The Wooden Sky: NYC shows Tonight and Saturday

Ever since hearing their 2nd album If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone back in August, I haven't been able to stop raving about The Wooden Sky to friends, family, or anyone willing to listen. I've described the album before as a cross between The National's, 'Boxer' and Whiskeytown's, 'Stangers Almanac', mixing an epic quality of lush instrumentation and subtleness, with an alt-country and Americana down home feel. It's not too late to get familiar with the band as they're in town this weeknd for two shows, starting tonight at Piano's (they go on at 8) and Sat. night at Union Hall in Brooklyn.

The Wooden Sky-"Something Hiding For Us In the Night"

the Wooden Sky tour schedule:
Dec 10 8:00P Pianos NYC, New York
Dec 11 TBA Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 12 Union Hall Brooklyn, New York
Feb 4 Forwell Hall (nooner) London, Ontario
Feb 5 Outback Shack
Feb 9 West End Cultural Centre Winnipeg, Manitoba *
Feb 10 Amigos Saskatoon, Saskatchewan *
Feb 12 Broken City Calgary, Alberta *
Feb 13 Pawn Shop Edmonton, Alberta *
Feb 25 Ontario Pavillion (Olympic Village!) Vancouver, BC
* w/ Rural Alberta Adavantage

The Wooden Sky - A Documentary in Pieces PART FIVE (HD) from Black Box Vimeo on Vimeo.

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Spin's Top 40 of 2009

It's everybody's favorite time of year again, when all the music magazines, blog's and other sites put their two cents in and compile their best of the year lists. Here's Spin magazine's take on the year in music.

40 Kiss - Sonic Boom
39 Wilco - Wilco (Wilco The Album
38 Rick Ross - Deeper Than Rap
37 Gallows - Grey Britain
36 Brakesbrakesbrakes - Touchdown
35 Miike Snow - Miike Snow
34 Mariachi El Bronx - Mariachi El Bronx
33 The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
32 U2 - No Line On The Horizon
31 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
30 Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
29 Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures
28 The Flaming Lips - Embryonic
27 Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
26 The Mountain Goats - The Life Of The World To Come
25 The Big Pink - A Brief History Of Love
24 Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg
23 St. Vincent - Actor
22 Tegan And Sara - Sainthood
21 Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Pt. II
20 Paramore - Brand New Eyes
19 Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
18 Antony And The Johnsons - The Crying Light
17 Mastodon - Crack The Skye
16 Japandroids - Post-Nothing
15 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
14 Amadou & Mariam - Welcome To Mali
13 Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall
12 Ida Maria - Fortress Round My Heart
11 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Summer Of Fear
10 The Dead Weather - Horehound
09 Drake - So Far Gone
08 Florence And The Machine - Lungs
07 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
06 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
05 Girls - Album
04 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
03 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
01 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

And you can read all the accompanying statements on each here.

get to know: Doveman

This is a guy who's music I wasn't all that familiar with besides hearing his association in working with The National. On that alone I had to check out some of his music and his latest album The Conformist, which came out at the end of October. Doveman is Thomas Bartlett, a keyboardist who has collaborated with marquee acts like Antony and the Johnsons, The National, Yoko Ono, Bebel Gilberto, David Byrne, and Grizzly Bear to name a few, and on his newest LP, he gets help from some of those friends, namely The National members Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, and Bryan Devendorf, Nico Muhly, Glen Hansard (Swell Season, The Frames), Norah Jones, Dawn Landes, Beth Orton, and Martha Wainwright.
The disc explores his quiet musical style and disctinct voice, which it seems like people either seem to love or dislike, but you can check out it for yourself below, with the album track "Angel's Share" featuring Matt Beninger of The National.

Doveman-Angels Share w/Matt Berninger

The Conformist track listing:
Breathing Out
The Best Thing
Memorize
Hurricane
Aftermath
From Silence
The Cat Awoke
Angel's Share
The Burgundy Stain
Tigers
Castles
Notes

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new video:Times New Viking- "Born Again Revisited"

One of the better rock albums to come out this year was Times New Viking's lo-fi garage rocker, Born Again Revisited. The bands fourth full-length album could undoubtedly be their best yet, and it features the frantic title track which they just released a new video for, directed by Pelham Johnston and Brandon Reichard.



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A Weather ready their sophomore LP

Continuing the trend of great folk based music coming out Portland, Oregan, the band A Weather will release their sophomore album Everyday Balloons this coming March 2, 2010 via Team Love Records. The group which formed back in 2006 and released their understated debut, 'Cove' in '08 are said to have taken a more electric approach on the new disc, led by the album opener "Third of Life" which introduces fans to the new broadened dynamics. 'Everyday Balloons' was recorded by engineer Adam Selzer (M. Ward, The Decemberists) at Portland's Type Foundry Studios.

Track listing for Everyday Balloons:
1. Third of Life
2. Winded
3. Ducks
4. Seven Blankets
5. Midday Moon
6. Newfallen
7. No Big Hope
8. Fond
9. Happiness
10. Giant Stairs
11. Lay Me Down



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Arcade Fire: New Album in 2010

I know 2009 hasn't even come to a close yet, but I can't help but look ahead to 2010, as some of my favorites have new albums in the works for the new year. With expected new releases from The National, and Frightened Rabbit,I already would have been a happy camper, but now comes news that a new much anticipated album from Arcade Fire should be due out in May, according to Billboard magazine. Sources at Billboard claim that the band has plans to release a single early on in 2010, and then they will come out with their still as of yet untitled album in May. The band is said to have spent six months in the studio working with producer and Neon Bible engineer Markus Dravs.

You can read the full Billboard article here.

new video: The Twilight Sad- "Seven Years of Letters"

There's been a lot of great albums coming out of Scotland this year, with new music from We Were Promised Jetpacks, There Will Be Fireworks, and The Twilight Sad all releasing new works. The latter of which releasing their sophomore LP, the dark and melodic, Forget The Night Ahead this past Sept. on Fat Cat records. The band just unveiled a new video for the album track, "'Seven Years Of Letters", which is the second single from the disc and was directed by Adam Stafford.

Deer Tick out with new live EP

Named Rolling Stone's "country-rock breakthrough of the year" Deer Tick is striking while the iron is still hot and coming out with a new 4 song EP titled, More Fuel for the Fire. Taken mostly from a month-long recording session in upstate New York nicknamed "The Black Dirt Sessions", More Fuel for the Fire features three new studio tracks as well as a live version of "Straight Into A Storm" (from Born on Flag Day) recorded in Charlotte, NC at the Visulite Theatre.
Fresh off a recently completed US run supporting Neko Case, the band began a new three week European tour last week, and upon their return will be heading into the studio to put the finishing touches on their as-yet-untitled third album, which will be released in the first half of 2010.
Deer Tick-"Baltimore Blues No. 1" (Live) mp3

Deer Tick More Fuel For The Fire EP:
1. La La La
2. Dance of Love
3. Axe Is Forever
4. Straight Into A Storm (Live from the Visulite Theatre, Charlotte, NC)

Deer Tick on myspace.

Shearwater announce new album plans-giveaway mp3

Back in 2008 these guys released the critically acclaimed album, Rook, which was the bands second overall. Now the Austin, TX based band is geared up for the release of their 3rd full length work, The Golden Archipelago  on Feb 23rd. The frontman of Shearwater and former Okkervil River member, Jonathan Meiburg is said to have written the ambitious new LP largely about man’s impact on the natural world.
Here's some of what the press release from their label Matador had to say about the upcoming disc ..."In The Golden Archipelago, Shearwater turn to a portrait of life on islands – a world of alternating lushness and austerity, numinous silences and sudden cataclysms, and the strange flowerings of plant, animal, and human life that only arise in isolation. These are intimate subjects for songwriter Jonathan Meiburg. As a researcher, he’s camped on islands at the edges of the world, including the Falklands, Tierra del Fuego, the Galapagos, Madagascar, Nunavut, and New Zealand’s Chatham Islands, and once spent a few surreal months in a remote Aboriginal settlement in northern Australia. Adding his grandfather’s WWII experiences as a radio operator in the South Pacific to these travels gave Meiburg plenty of fodder for the songs of The Golden Archipelago, in which he weaves these times and places together with common feelings of wonder, grief, and defiance."

The first MP3 from The Golden Archipelago, “Castaways” is also available as a free download over on the Matador site if you go here.

'Wednesday in Words' w/ Langhorne Slim-"Say Yes"

As the year comes to a close and my thoughts are gearing up for a year end list of favortite albums, Langhorne Slim's newest disc. Be Set Free will almost certainly be finding it's way into my top 20. Until this year and this album, Slim is an artist that had really slipped under my radar, but this one really caught my attention and it's been on heavy rotation ever since. He wears his heart on his sleeve on the new disc, weaving warm uplifting Americana inspired tunes of life, love and loss, like on this weeks 'Song of the Week', "Say Yes."
Slim just finished touring the US and Europe in support of Be Set Free and he recently announced two upcoming shows to close out the year supporting The Avett Brothers.

Langhorne Slim-"Say Yes"
Say yes, say yes, say yes
Say yes, say yes, say yes.

Darling, nobody plans it this way
We're floatin' or fallin'
We're gonna land either way
Put on your blue lipstick and I'll put on my Venus boots
And we're in California
but it might as well be the moon.

Say yes, say yes, say yes
Say yes, say yes, say yes

Darling, nobody stands in our way
First thing in the morning
we'll be gone without a trace
Rollin' down the highway
I feel good, I confess
I know sometimes we disagree
but I prefer when you say Yes.

Say yes, say yes, say yes
Say yes, say yes, say yes
(x2)

I could not believe it's true
I could not believe it's true

Darling (look), nobody plans it this way
We're floatin' out, fallin'
somewhere in outerspace
I'll keep on loving you
You know me better than the rest
Maybe we should flip a coin and hold our breath

I could not believe it's true

Say yes, say yes, say yes
Say yes, say yes, say yes
(x3)

Langhorne Slim Tour Dates
12/31---Asheville Civic Center with the Avett Brothers---Asheville, North Carolina
1/1---Fox Theatre with the Avett Brothers---Atlanta, Georgia

1234, bet you've heard Sally Seltmann before

You may not be familiar with teh name but chances are you've definitely heard Seltmann's lyrics. Seltmann who is an Australian-based songwriter and singer who formerly recorded and performed under the name ‘New Buffalo’, is perhaps best known in North America as the co-writer of the hit song “1234”, by Feist. She is now set to release her first full-length under her own name titled, Heart That’s Pounding, which is due out this Spring, 2010 on Canadian label Arts & Crafts.
The disc's first single, “Harmony To My Heartbeat”, which was co-produced by Seltmann with Francois Tetaz (Architecture in Helsinki) is available as a digital single, for free through December 15 here.

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