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Year 2011 Round Up Part 3: A.Mattsson, Sloan, Jonny, Fountains of Wayne, D.Myhr, T.Keene, M.Sweet, M. Viola

December 5, 2011 No Comments

On with the highlights of the year. And this time finally some pop songs (even though I will get back to folk and country sooner or later). Let’s start with the big boys and power pop wizards who have written awesome pop music for years.

Andreas Mattsson – AA from the album Kick Death’s Ass

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPj7fJZWtPg]

Jonny – Candyfloss from the album Jonny

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDeZPvn_EDA]

Sloan – Unkind from the album Double Cross

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6JqLk66oSY]

Fountains Of Wayne – A Road Song from the album Sky Full Of Holes

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltwoI5gstfY]

David Myhr – Looking For a Life from the upcoming album Soundshine

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud9k1LPyz14]

Tommy Keene – Deep Six Saturday from the album Behind The Parade

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJmoe8bBwP4]

Matthew Sweet – She Walks The Night from the album Modern Art

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/21180408″]

Mike Viola – Get You Back from the album Electro De Perfecto

[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/22751336″]

International music, Top lists

Year 2011 Round Up Part 2: Jason Isbell, Austin Lucas, Lauderdale, Brown Bird

December 5, 2011 No Comments

Continuing with the highlights of the year 2011. I started with the unhurried side of music (like Slowcoustic describes it). Now I’m kicking it up a a tiny notch, but the quality remains equally high. Still very much in the folk, country and americana zone, but don’t worry. Some pop hits will be coming up as well (even though that “finnish pop site” slogan is getting a little questionable these days). Like previously mentioned. The full best songs/albums/reissues lists coming up late december. Without further pointless crap. Here’s again four great songs from the year 2011.

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit: Alabama Pines

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCMsUQmS0Bo]

Austin Lucas: Thunder Rail

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wwKSl86pXs]

Lauderdale: Stars Fell

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jvlcLV6Yns]

Brown Bird: Bilgewater

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1zbePIN5DQ]

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Year 2011 Round-up Part 1: Small Houses, Hezekiah Jones, Chris Bathgate, Stranded Horse

December 2, 2011 No Comments

I think it will go close to Christmas (or even after) until I have the albums and songs of the year lists ready, but I thought I post a couple of quick round-up posts before that. Maybe I should ask Suburban Home is that Micah Schnabel album coming out before the end of the year, before choosing the album of the year. At the moment it seems to be a contest between The Deep Dark Woods and Glossary with Dawes lurking on the 3rd spot and Mummypowder leading the local contest. But last minute changes are always possible.

I’ve become more and more addicted to folk singer-songwriters during the year and Jeremy Quentin (Small Houses), Raphael Cutrufello (Hezekiah Jones), Chris Bathgate and Yann Tambour (Stranded Horse) are new musical heroes of mine. I think I’ve found the first three from the wonderful Canadian blog Slowcoustic and if you like these videos below you should bookmark it (or just make it your home page).

Without further ado, I’ll bring you these great folk songs. Also known as the most beautiful songs of the year 2011 here at the onechord.net headquarters. I’ve listened these so many times that you need master’s degree in mathematics to be able to count that far. The albums are also fantastic. Well at least the first three. I don’t actually have the Stranded Horse album yet, which is criminal because I love that song. I have to do something with that if the rest of it is even half as good.

Small Houses: Late July (from the album North)