watch list

Listening:
1. LDFD: Justin Ledford is LDFD and he is only 19. If you make quality music you can make waves these days. Listen to his tracks here.
2. Brown Bird: Beautiful indie-folk from Rhode Island. Listen to: Fingers To the Bone (mp3)
3. WALLS: WALLS are back and releasing their second album Coracle, due out September 26 on Kompakt. Listen to: Sunporch

Reading:

Listening:
1. Arc In Round: I love these straightforward indie rock sounds. Listen to: II (mp3)
2. Little Horn: Dark folk music out of Atlanta. Listen to: Thief (mp3)
3. Young Lagoon: This is the work of 22 year-old Trevor Powers. He just signed to Fat Possum. Listen to: "Montana" (mp3)

Reading:
1. Birthday Luncheon by Lindsay Hunter
2. i tried to show her how to seduce the outside but by Leia Wilson

Listening:
1. Little Deadman: A San Diego band with a dark, but still summery sound. Listen to: "Post Helado Madness" (mp3)
2. Point Juncture, WA: This band has me dreaming of 1993... fuzzy jangle pop! Listen to: Violin Case (mp3)
3. Debbie Neigher: If Tori Amos wasn't so angry and satanic she would be Debbie Neigher. Listen to: Evergreen (mp3)

Reading:
1. Horse Eyes by Daniel Lassell
2. Three Poems by Carrie Lorig

Listening:
1. Madeline: A beauty in every way from Athens, GA.
2. Halloween, Alaska: The Minneapolis band is back with a new album coming in August. Listen to: Death By Accident (mp3)
3. Zorch: Two guys in costumes making sonic explosions. Listen to: Cosmic Gloss (mp3)

Reading:
1. They Will Leave From by Laura Adamczyk
2. Memory 70 D-Day by James Mansfield
3. The Party Animal #2 by Paul Hellweg

Listening:
1. Celestial Shore: A funny little band from New York that is about to release a new single. Listen to: Pals
2. Doug Hoyer: Fun summer pop from Edmonton. Listen to: Oh, The Wind Will Blow (mp3)
3. Veronica Falls: This London band just signed to Slmberland.

Reading:
1. Man and His Glasses by Zack Haber
2. Nemeses (an excerpt) by Don De Grazia
3. This Heat by Matt Margo
4. How To Keep Your Boy by Nick Ostdick

Listing:
1. Extra Happy Ghost!!!: Echoing and trippy sounds from Canada. Listen to: So At One (mp3)
2. Klak Tik: Peaceful sounds from East London. Listen to their ep here.
3. Konnichiwa: Dreamy synths from NYC. Listen to: Cryosphere (mp3)

Reading:
1. X Marks the Spot by Ryan W. Bradley

Listening:
1. Squat the Condos: A Chicago band straight out of the garage.
2. Leftover Cuties: Noir pop from LA.
3. Sorry Bamba: A Mali legend comes to Thrill Jockey. Listen to: Sayouwe (mp3)

Reading:
1. The Spaces in Between by Len Kuntz
2. Aunt Gwen Told Me, In Confidence by Kenneth Pobo
3.Some Mornings They Woke in an Entirely Other Flesh by James Tadd Adcox & Robert Kloss

Listening:
1. Bill Gould & Jared Blum: Instrumental experiments from two great musicians. Listen to: Open Your Eyes (mp3)
2. World's End Girlfriend: Well sculpted sounds from Japan. Listen to: Teen Age Ziggy (mp3)
3. Witches: They are not as scary as they sound. Witches remind me a little of Belly. Listen to: Creature Of Nature (mp3)

Reading:
1. Remy The Dog-Child by Shane Jones

Listening:
1. Candle: They are back with a new album and sound better than ever. Listen to: Goodnight, Firefly (mp3)
2. Brent Amaker & the Rodeo: I don't know what to think about this. It is like Johnny Cash covering Kraftwerk. Listen to: Pocket Calculator (Kraftwerk Cover) (mp3)
3. Big Pauper: I would say this does not fit the expected sound from Portland. Listen to: Blue Dawn (mp3)

Reading:
1. Fact of Life, by Alison Barker

Listening:
1. Herbcraft: Cosmic-folk from a distant land. Listen to: Fleet Guru (mp3)
2. Follow That Bird: Austin, TX is home to these indie pop rockers. Listen to: The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3)
3. Hidden Pictures: Nothing ground breaking, but solid song writing and classic melodies. Listen to: Anne Apparently (mp3)

Reading:
1. 1974 by Rusty Barnes