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J. Tillman’s “Year in the Kingdom” NPR Song of the Day

Friday, February 19th, 2010

NPR picked up on the Fleet Foxes’ drummer and proliferate solo musician, J. Tillman, for Friday, February 19th’s Song of the Day.  “Year in the Kingdom”, the title track off of Tillman’s sixth solo record came out on Western Vinyl

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“…here’s hoping Tillman’s tenure in that band will shed a brighter spotlight on his own beautiful brand of gentle, pastoral folk. Tillman’s latest album, Year in the Kingdom, is a regal, autumnal affair. The title track perfectly exemplifies what Tillman has to offer: It’s a hushed and respectful hymn for a modern age in which doubt and spirituality coexist under uneasy, overwhelming and ultimately humbling terms.” -Barbara Mitchell, NPR

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Music Video Round-Up: J. Tillman, Syntaks, Zola Jesus

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Check out an oddly minimal and technical video treatment for J. Tillman’s “Though I Have Wronged You”, the thoroughly warm, glowing and romantic video for Syntaks’ “Twentytwohundred” and, finally, Zola Jesus’ eerily romantic video for “Clay Bodies”.

J. Tillman – “Though I Have Wronged You”

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from “Year in the Kingdom”
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Syntaks – “Twentytwohundred”

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Zola Jesus – “Clay Bodies”

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download icon Music Video Round Up: J. Tillman, Syntaks, Zola Jesus “Clay Bodies” (mp3)
from “The Spoils”
(Sacred Bones Records)
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Featured Artist: J. Tillman

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

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By: Elijah Carroll

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Title: Year in the Kingdom
Label: Western Vinyl
Genre: Indie : Psychedelic Folk
Release Date: 9/15/09
UPC: 656605460222
Territory: Americas, Africa

Year in the Kingdom is the 6th solo release for singer/songwriter J. Tillman. Today most people who are familiar with Tillman know him as the drummer for the acclaimed indie folk band Fleet Foxes. Tillman got his start playing drums for several indie rock bands including Saxon Shore during his college years in New York. On the side he wrote and recorded his own music inspired by folk icons such as Nick Drake and Pete Seeger. Tillman began selling and distributing CD-R demos while playing out and eventually one found it’s way to Damien Jurado. After hearing Tillman’s songs Jurado decided to bring him on tour as his drummer and occasional opening act. During the tour Tillman became close with Jurado’s friend and band-mate Eric Fisher who would later produce Tillman’s second effort Long May You Run. As Tillman became more and more involved in the Seattle indie folk scene he befriended several members of the rising band Fleet Foxes. At the end of April 2008 it was announced that J. Tillman was joining the Foxes as their new drummer.

With his latest release Tillman is clearly holding fast to what he does best – pure honest lyrics backed sparsely by an interesting blend of instruments. Hammer dulcimer, recorder, cymbals of varying size and wheezing air organs all help to create the unique backdrop for Tillman’s vocals. In contrast to his previous album Vacilando Territory Blues Tillman’s latest record does not feature any of the other Foxes or their signature vocal harmonies. Rather Year in the Kingdom is a stark folk record that places Tillman’s unaffected voice at the forefront. This album is a true work of art and another glimpse into Tillman’s very being. With the whole pop music world becoming increasingly digitized and auto-tuned, it is truly a gift that musicians like Tillman still give us honest music.

Though stark and at times almost somber Year in the Kingdom is a record of hope and for those who have followed his solo career clearly his most joyful work to date. The title track has a beautiful happiness to it that seems to convey Tillman’s true feelings on life. The moving ballad Earthly Bodies is a celebration of this world we live in and the bodies that hold our spirits. Tillman has established himself as a real folk troubadour and this record clearly places him with the best of his generation. Year in the Kingdom embodies everything we want in a folk record: Honesty and truth with a beautiful stark accompaniment.

Here’s a great track off Year in the Kingdom:

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from “Year in the Kingdom”
(Western Vinyl)

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IODAcast 062: The Apples in stereo, J. Tillman, Lusine, More.

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Featuring The Apples in stereo, J. Tillman, Lusine, Egadz! and Finn Riggins.

Listen at IODAcast.com or at iTunes.

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download icon IODAcast 062: The Apples in stereo, J. Tillman, Lusine, More. “Earthly Bodies” (mp3)
from “Year in the Kingdom”
(Western Vinyl)

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download icon IODAcast 062: The Apples in stereo, J. Tillman, Lusine, More. “Have Some Guts Kid” (mp3)
from “Egadz is Dead”
(Kid Without Radio)

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from “A Certain Distance”
(Ghostly International)

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from “#1 Hits Explosion”
(The Apples in stereo)

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Vs. WildernessFinn Riggins
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from “Vs. Wilderness”
(Tender Loving Empire)

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IODA-Distributed Artists @ SXSW

Monday, March 16th, 2009

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The IODA Marketing blog will be a bit slow over the next week because we’re heading down to Austin, Texas for SXSW!  If the number of RSVPs are any indicator- this years SXSW will be just as packed as year’s passed.  Don’t forget to attend our event (details above) and try and check out some of the shows listed below!:

Tuesday, March 17th 2009

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End Sounds Second Annual Pre-SXSW Music Party/Show
7pm@Red Seven (611 E 7th St)

Filler (one time only Minor Threat cover band)
Madball
Death in the Park
Reign Supreme
Mike Herrera’s Tumbledown
Call to Preserve
True Widow
Bitter End
The Ramonahs
The Escape Frame

Wednesday, March 18th 2009

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Anticon/Ghostly International Present
7:30pm@ Mohawk (912 Red River St) (All Ages)

Christopher Willits- 7:30pm
Restiform Bodies- 8:10pm
Michna- 9pm
Anathallo- 9:40pm
Dosh- 10:30pm
Yoni Wolf (of WHY?)- 11:10pm
The Chap- 11:40pm
Themselves- 1am

Burnside Distribution
8pm@Submerged (333 E 2nd st) (21+)

Jackie Bristow- 8pm
The Summer Wardrobe- 9pm
The Service Industry- 10pm
Sweet Water- 11pm
Blind Pilot- 12am
The Slants- 1am

PASTE SXSW Showcase
Ace’s Lounge – 222 E. 6th St., Austin, TX Rotary Downs @ 9pm (21+)

Thursday, March 19th 2009

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Tricycle Records/The Bay Bridged
12pm@Beauty Bar (617 E 7th St)

Mike Relm
Vetiver
The Morning Benders
Sholi
Thee Oh Sees
The Heavenly States
Wallpaper
Lilofee
The Frail
Two Sheds
The Union Trade
French Miami
The Red Verse

The End Records
8pm@The Ale House (310 E 6th St- Alley Entrance) (21+)

Junius- 8pm
Hull- 9pm
These are They- 10pm
Goes Cube- 11pm
Tub Ring- 12am
Early Man- 1am

IHEARTCOMIX
7pm@Beauty Bar (617 E 7th st) (21+)

Cerebral Ballzy- 7:30pm
Ninjasonik- 8pm
Team Robespierre- 8:30pm
Totally Michael- 9pm
The Death Set- 9:30pm
Juiceboxxxx- 10:15pm
Thunderheist- 11:45pm
Designer Drugs- 12:15am
Futurecop!- 1:15am
Beauty Bar Backyard:
Paparazzi- 7pm
Radioclit-8pm
The Golden Filter- 9:45pm
HEARTSREVOLUTION- 10:30pm
Ocelot- 11pm
The Toxic Avenger & Franki Chan- 12am
Drop The Lime- 1am

Western Vinyl
9pm@ Club 115 (115 San Jacinto St) (21+)

Mom- 9pm
Callers- 10pm
Balmorhea- 11pm
J. Tillman- 12am
Here We Go Magic feat. Luke Temple- 1am

Hometapes/Leaf
7pm@Habana Bar (708 E 6th St) (21+)

All Tiny Creatures- 7pm
A Hawk And A Hacksaw- 8pm
Stars Like Fleas- 9pm
CYNE- 10pm
Efterklang- 11pm
Megafaun- 12am
Slaraffenland- 1am

Standard Recording Co. / Undertow
11pm@Habana Calle 6 (709 E 6th St) (21+)

Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher, J. Matthew Gerken, These United States- 11:15pm

Absolutely Kosher
10pm@Prague (422 B Congress Ave) (21+)

Azeda Booth- 10pm
Sybris- 11pm
+/- {Plus/Minus}- 12am
The Wrens- 1am

Tee Pee Records
8pm@Room 710 (710 Red River St) (21+)

Kreisor- 8pm
Black Math Horseman- 9pm
Night Horse- 10pm
Ancestors- 11pm
Annihilation Time- 12am
Earthless- 1am

Siltbreeze
8pm@Soho Lounge (217 E 6th St) (21+)

Ratas del Vaticano- 8pm
Eat Skull- 8:45pm
Hank IV- 9:30pm
Psychedelic Horseshit- 10:15pm
Naked on the Vague- 11pm
U.S. Girls- 11:45pm
Los Llamarada- 12:30am
FNU Ronnies- 1:15am

Electronic Musician/reapandsow music SXSW Day party
Calle Habana 6 – 709 E. 6th St., Austin, TX Rotary Downs @ 3pm – INSIDE STAGE

NOLA Soul Presents
Historic Victory Grill – 1104 E. 11th St, Austin, TX Rotary Downs @ 5:45

Friday, March 20th 2009

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End Sounds
8pm@The Independent (501 N IH 35)

The Escape Frame- 8pm
Death in the Park- 0pm
True Widow- 10pm

Burnside Distribution
12pm@Threadgill’s World Headquarters (301 W. Riverside Dr.)

Hillstomp- 12pm Main stage
Linda McLean- 12:30pm Folk Alliance Stage
Or, The Whale- 12:50pm Main stage
Jackie Bristow- 1:20pm Folk Alliance Stage
Blind Pilot- 1:40pm Main stage
Audrey Auld- 2:15pm Folk Alliance Stage
The Refugees- 2:35pm Main stage
Glenna Bell- 3:05pm Folk Alliance Stage
Terry Anderson & The Olympic Ass-Kickin’ Team- 3:35pm Main stage
Song Island Review- 4:05pm Folk Alliance Stage
Redd Volkaert & Friends- 4:25pm Main stage
Linda McRae- 5:10pm Folk Alliance Stage
Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers- 5:30pm Main stage

Slumberland
8pm@Emo’s Jr (603 Red River St) (All Ages)

YellowFever- 8pm
Woods- 9pm
Air Waves- 10pm
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart- 11pm
Cause Co-Motion!- 12am
Crystal Stilts- 1am

End Sounds
8pm@The Independent (501 N IH 35) (21+)

The Escape Frame- 8pm
Death in the Park- 9pm
True Widow- 10pm

Ghostly International/Full Time Hobby/ Mojo Magazine
8pm@Radio Room Patio (508 E 6th St) (All Ages)

Choir of Young Believers- 8pm
Micah P. Hinson- 9pm
School of Seven Bells- 10pm
Deastro- 11pm
White Denim- 12am
Rolo Tomassi- 1am

Misra
8pm@The Tap Room at Six (311 Colorado St) (21+)

The Gala Band- 8pm
Emily Rodgers- 9pm
Monahans- 10pm
The Low Lows-11pm
Southeast Engine- 12am
Palomar- 1am

Insound’s 10th Anniversary SXSW Party
Noon-6pm@Club de Ville (900 Red River St)

Handsome Furs
Obits
The American Analog Set
The Thermals
The Hold Steady

Saturday March 21st 2009

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Load/Dull Knife
8pm@The Independent (501 N IH 35) (21+)

Future Blondes- 8pm
Balaclavas- 9pm
White Mice- 10pm
Rusted Shut- 11pm
Indian Jewelry- 12am
Six Finger Satellite- 1am

Park the Van/ Paper Thin Records
8pm@Room 710 (710 Red River St) (21+)

Eagle Winged Palace- 8pm
The Peekers- 9pm
Golden Boots- 10pm
Floating Action- 11pm
The High Strung- 12am
The Spinto Band- 1am

New Granada Records “No-fficial” Showcase
3pm@Gingerman Pub (304 W 4th St)

New Roman Times
Zillionaire
Hankshaw
King of Spain
Rec Center

Panache Booking/ Lovepump United
8pm@Mohawk (Both Stages)

Daniel Francis Doyle- 8pm
Pictureplane- 8:15pm
Deradoorian- 8:50pm
AIDS Wolf- 9pm
Past Lives- 9:40pm
Clipd Beaks- 10pm
FIASCO- 10:40pm
The Mae Shi- 11pm
PRE- 11:40pm
HEALTH- 12am
Mika Miko- 12:30am
Monotonix- 1am

Victorian Room at the Driskill
(604 Brazos St) (21+) Moriarty- 10pm

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IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash 2009- Next Wednesday!

Friday, March 13th, 2009

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Can you believe SXSW is next week?!

Start it off right with IODA’s 5th Annual Opening Day Bash at Emo’s Annex from Noon-6pm. We’ll have some special brunch treats for all to enjoy- Batter Blaster pancakes served by your favorite IODAns! (while supplies last)

The event is free, no wristbands or badges required.

Performing artists include: Easy Star All-Stars, Deer Tick, J. Tillman, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Blind Pilot, maus haus, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Deastro, Marching Band, Theresa Andersson and Y La Bamba.

Visit http://iodasxsw.com to get more details on our event.

http://iodasxsw.com/download will get you 11 free tracks from our performing artists! This sampler is also available at most online retailers including Limewire Store, iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and more.

http://iodacast.com features a special SXSW episode that’ll also give you event info and music from the performing artists.

Thanks to our sponsor- Limewire Store.

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IODAcast 052: IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash 2009 Preview

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

By: Jillian Putnam-Smith

Check out the newest episode of IODAcast that features songs by all artists playing our 5th Annual IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash on March 18, 2009 in Austin, Texas!  Artists include: Easy Star All-Stars, Deer Tick, J. Tillman, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Blind Pilot, Maus Haus, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Deastro, Marching Band, Theresa Andersson and Y La Bamba!  Thanks to our sponsor: LimeWire Store.

You can listen at IODAcast.com or on iTunes!

IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2009

Various Artists
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Be sure to visit IODASXSW.com to get all information about our event and download a free sampler full of tracks by artists in our line-up!  You can also find the sampler at LimeWire Store, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon and other great online retailers now! IODAcast 052: IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash 2009 Preview

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IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler Out Tomorrow!

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

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Title: IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash 2009 Sampler
Label: ioda
Release Date: 2/24/09
UPC: 844185034371
Genre: Alternative
Territories: World

The sampler will be available tomorrow at LimeWire Store, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon and other major retailers but you can get the sampler for free now at http://iodasxsw.com/download! One song per eleven performing artists, including: Easy Star All-Stars, Deer Tick, J. Tillman, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Blind Pilot, Maus Haus, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Deastro, Marching Band, Theresa Andersson and Y La Bamba!

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IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash 2009

Friday, February 20th, 2009

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Visit IODASXSW.com to get all the details and access PromoTracks by each artist performing at our 5th annual Opening Day Bash! It’s open to the public and no wristbands or badges are required! Thanks to our sponsor, LimeWire Store!

Here’s a brief introduction to each of the amazing artists performing:
Easy Star All-Stars Easy Star All-Stars
The East Star All-Stars are a collaboration of many different artists from the label who have come together to cover classic records, like Dark Side of the Moon, Ok Computer, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club transforming them into deep dub and reggae grooves.  Their record, Dub Side of the Moon (2003), the complete reggae re-vision of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most successful reggae albums of the 21st century. It has spent over 5 years on Billboard’s Top Reggae Chart and Reggae Catalog Chart.

Label: http://www.easystar.com/

Artist: www.myspace.com/easystarallstars
Deer Tick Deer Tick
“War Elephant displays an astonishing level of complexity and lyrical depth in spite of its melodically simple facade. Maybe McCauley’s an older soul than he lets on.”
– Treble

Label: http://www.partisanrecords.com/

Artist: http://www.deertickmusic.com/
J. Tillman J. Tillman
“Singer/songwriter J.Tillman’s music paints languid, sadly beautiful portraits of love and life on the margins with the moody depth of Nick Drake and the country-influenced textures of Ryan Adams.”
-Mark Deming, All Music Guide

Label: http://westernvinyl.com/

Artist: http://www.myspace.com/jtillman
We Were Promised Jetpacks We Were Promised Jetpacks
“The phrase ‘guitar band’ covers a multitude of sinners in the pop battleground. We Were Promised Jetpacks, apart from having the best name in showbiz, meet all other requirements necessary to lift them above their peers. Their live sets rip along at breakneck pace but somehow deliver a mini-anthem in every tune, merging Postcard and C86 jangle with full-on alt.rock.”
- The List

Label: http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/

Band: www.myspace.com/wewerepromisedjetpacks
Blind Pilot Blind Pilot
“Sounds a lot like what James Mercer of The Shins would sound like if he recorded a solo, acoustic album. It’s quite wonderful”
-Paste Magazine

Label: http://www.expungedrecords.com/

Artist: http://blindpilotmusic.wordpress.com/
Maus Haus maus haus
“Maus Haus combine a paranoid insomniac vibe with playful pop lines and cleverly cinematic lyrics that make them out to be the bastard child of Kraftwerk hanging with Captain Beefheart that would obviously have a video starring Simon Le Bon and the boys.  That is an admittedly nutso sentence, but it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what Maus Haus is – other than totally rad.”
-Christen Thomas, RCRD LBL

Label: http://www.prettybluepresents.com/

Artist: http://www.myspace.com/maushausmusic
The Phenomenal Handclap Band The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Embassy Sound Productions’s Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand, two New York underground club DJs who became restless with the concept of playing other people’s music, began to focus on producing: The PHCB is their result. They are a supergroup comprised of a “who’s who” of the indie rock and underground soul scenes. Members of such diverse bands as TV on the Radio, L’Trimm, Calla, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Mooney Suzuki, and Sí Se all contribute their individual talents.
“New York’s answer to Broken Social Scene”
–Music Snobbery Blog

Label: http://friendlyfirerecordings.com

Artist: http://phenomenalhandclapband.blogspot.com/
Deastro Deastro
“As synth-soaked electronic pop attacks the entire world, Detroit musicans have the distinct advantage of being surrounded by the click, whir and constant hum of factories and automobiles”
–Paste Magazine

Label: http://ghostly.com/

Artist: http://www.myspace.com/deastro
Marching Band Marching Band
“I think what we have here is one of the dark horses of 2008, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Marching Band become one of the festival-circuit buzz bands next year. Girls room poster-worthy pop, indeed.”
–Other Music

Label: http://www.urbandlazar.com/

Artist: http://www.marchingband.se/index.php
Theresa Andersson Theresa Andersson
Melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre; these are the traditional building blocks of pop music. Recorded in her kitchen, DIY indie-pop songstress Theresa Andersson plucked, picked and even tapped everything from violins to soda pop bottles to create her uniquely beautiful album alongside songwriter/producer Tobias Froberg (Peter Moren’s The Last Tycoon).

“Brokenness, resolve, loneliness and redemption pour from the belly deep grain in her vice. Recommended.”
– All Music Guide

Label: http://www.basinstreetrecords.com/

Artist: http://www.myspace.com/theresaanderssonmusic

Y La Bamba Y La Bamba
“This is an astonishingly confident breakthrough with a precise scope in its angelical vocals and the revelatory lyricism which is evocative and religiously codified. With huge possibilities to succeed in the world music circuit, it’s also a charmingly catchy album that should be able to overpass its folk and break into the pastoral side of the melodramatic popular song.”
- Club Fonograma

Label: http://gypsypoprecords.com/home.html

Artist: http://www.myspace.com/ylabamba
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Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues… or Help You Dwell in Them

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

By: Jillian Putnam-Smith

Finally, some scientific backing to the funk most feel around this time of year:

“If you woke up Monday morning feeling like your life was particularly in the toilet, you may have validated the formula that claims that the third Monday in January is the most depressing day of the year.

Cliff Arnall, a psychology professor at Cardiff University in Wales, came up with the following formula to determine Blue Monday for 2009:

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The variables relate to things like weather, debt, Christmas bills coming due, failure of New Year’s resolutions, and the need to take action versus general motivational levels.”  (source: CTV.ca)

Here are some songs to help lift you out of the funk and a few to help you dig deeper in (in case you’re a masochist or just happen to enjoy a sad song or three):

Depressing:

J. Tillman, the drummer extraordinaire for the Fleet Foxes, has released 3 solo albums and the most recent, Vacilando Territory Blues, is named appropriately.  It is dark, expansive and solemn as all hell.

From Pitchfork:

“Tillman’s stories sound as elliptical as his music, as if the lyrics demand such sparse arrangements. “Everything moves so fast,” he sings on “Steel on Steel”, “leave no time to ask, does nothing last? Do all things pass, just ash to ash?” These songs whisper loudly to slow the world down, to preserve a moment and all its emotions, whether they’re pleasant or– more likely– painful.”

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download icon Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues... or Help You Dwell in Them “Steel on Steel” (mp3)
from “Vacilando Territory Blues”
(Western Vinyl)

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The album that topped many Best Of lists in ‘07 (even some Best Of lists in’08) features warped vocals, described by the artist as “angelic and haunting”, set against crackling waves of echoes and ambience:

Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues... or Help You Dwell in Them
UntrueBurial
download icon Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues... or Help You Dwell in Them “Ghost Hardware” (mp3)
from “Untrue”
(Hyperdub)

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Uplifting:

Blue Giant might have the word “Blue” in their band name and this song title, but this is a bright, shiny and anthemic Southern rock tune:
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download icon Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues... or Help You Dwell in Them “Blue Sunshine” (mp3)
from “Target Heart EP”
(Amore!Phonics)

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Record label Ghostly International and modern cult classic programmers, Adult Swim, have paired up for a compilation of new music and art.  One tune on the comp, “Light Powered” by Deastro, has a crunchy, marching beat that’ll kick your ass out of bed.  Take a listen and tell us you don’t feel reinvigorated:

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download icon Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues... or Help You Dwell in Them “Light Powered” (mp3)
from “Ghostly Swim”
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Music to Pull You Out of Your January Blues... or Help You Dwell in Them

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