bedroom community compilation

for your listening pleasure and occasional terror

indigo street - blindfold

majiker feat. bedroom community - flesh and bone

sam amidon feat. shahzad ismaily - preet feer demseel

valgeir sigurosson - haglaskot

helgi hrafn jonsson - ashes away

sam amidon feat. bedroom community - johanna

benoit the intern - benoit the intern reads Æ plís by reykjavík!

nico muhly - fast twitchy organs

matthew collings feat. nico muhly and paul corley - meeting at the merry-go-round

ben frost - picture something beautiful

partyface - the jumper

shahzad ismaily - bamboo strings

sam amidon feat. shahzad ismaily, valgeir sigurosson, sigga sunna and helgi hrafn - as i roved out

mio - i found my wednesday

ben frost feat. amiina - a horizontal fall

indigo street - singin' in the rain

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girls - album

girls - album

Girls is a band from San Francisco started by Christopher Owens and Chet “JR” White in 2007. The band’s lead singer, Christopher Owens, is a former member of the Children of God cult. They were named “the year’s best new artist” in the October 2009 issue of Spin Magazine. The New York Times compared the band’s sound to Elvis Costello, Buddy Holly, and the Beach Boys.

Pitchfork named their song PlayHellhole Ratrace one of the “Top 500 Songs of the Decade” in August 2009. Their debut album entitled Album was released on True Panther Sounds, September 22, 2009. Chris was formerly a part of Holy Shit with Ariel Pink.

http://www.myspace.com/girlssanfran

our sleepless forest - s/t

our sleepless forest - s/t

Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track, 45-minute debut that is incomparable to any in this field in recent times.

http://www.myspace.com/oursleeplessforest

mississippi records compilations

oh graveyard, you can't hold me always

mosby family singers - eternal life

straight street holiness group - come on

laura rivers - thats alright

rev. lonnie farris - peace in the valley

radio four - walk around

joe townsend - going over the hill

white family - help me jesus

silver quintette - sinners crossroads

james carter & the mighty stars - you don't know

farris and williams - in your kingdom

traveling echoes - looking for a better place to live

brother willie eason - grumblers

sensational happy travelers - march theme

anonymous - we shall overcome

i don't feel at home in this world anymore

marika papagika - zmirneikos balos

wilmouth houdini - blow wind blow

cleoma falcon - prends done courage

mme. riviere's hawaiians - e. mama ea

the caresser - edward the VIII

two gospel keys - i don't feel at home in this world anymore

sexteto bolona - te prohibido el cabaret

jacob hoffman & kandal's orchestra - diona & hora

blind uncle gaspard & dela lachney - baoille

mike hanapi's ilima islanders - hilo hula

lydia mendoza - palida luna

blue sky boys - will you miss me when i'm gone?

unknown artist - sorban palid

big boy cleveland - quill blues

woke up one morning in may

cryin' sam collins - lonesome road

lottie kimbrough (the kansas city butterball) - lost lover blues

henry spaulding - cairo blues

memphis minnie & kansas joe mccoy - can't i do it for you?

buster johnson - undertaker blues

elvie thomas - motherless child blues

little hat jones - bye bye baby blues

robert wilkins - i'll go with her

willie baker - rag baby

blind blake - rope stretchin' blues

louie lasky - how you want your rolling done?

charlie mccoy - keep it clean

lottie kimbrough - wayward girl blues

joe callicott - fare thee well blues

DOPO - blue lands

DOPO - blue lands

DOPO is a Portuguese psych/freak folk band formed in late 2004 around Oporto, Portugal. DOPO began to record improvisations using many instruments, including toys, singing bowl and organs. The first result of the many homemade recordings they’ve made is on “Last Blues, To Be Read Someday”, an EP released in December 2005 on Portuguese netlabel Test Tube.

http://www.myspace.com/dopodopo

arthur russell - world of echo

arthur russell - world of echo

mahsingo. - the elephant tree demo

mahsingo. - the elephant tree demo

Mahsingo is the sonic manifestation of guitarist and songwriter Eric Rodriguez. He wants his music to incite animal riots. He’d prefer it if instead of applausing, the audience could make animal sounds. Musicians that aid him in the performance of his material, the lovely few he couldn’t do without, are Stephen Flannery (guitar) and Andrew Carlos Knott (drums, percussion).

http://www.myspace.com/mahsingo

city center - s/t

city center - s/t

Although this eponymous album may be the debut from occasional New Yorker Fred Thomas, he's far from a newcomer to the scene. Rather he has spent most of his life in search of the perfect pop music, first as the frontman/mastermind of Saturday Looks Good To Me and now under his oddly monikered solo project. Apparently the name comes from European tours where the sign 'City Center' was such a regular (and reliable) sight, but gives few clues to the unknown pleasures held within Fred's music.

Taking cues from the skewed pop music of Arthur Russell on one side and Brian Wilson by way of Panda Bear on the other, Fred has channelled an outsider pop masterwork. Thick waves of decomposing electronics and processed instruments (is it gamelan? Is it something else altogether?) crash and fizz beneath Fred's singular chanting vocals. There's a sense that someone, somewhere might be singing along to these songs, but hearing them on mainstream radio might be pushing it a little too far. Sandwiched in-between three-minute pop marvels such as opener 'Killer Whale' and the stand-out 'Summer School' are extended ambient experimentations, but unlike the occasionally academic workouts you might expect from Type these feel organic and distinctly home-brewed.

There is something magical about Fred Thomas's distinct and original musical creations, something that grabs you and won't let go. We're not entirely certain what that is but we're sure if you give City Center a try you'll feel exactly the same as we do. Pop music has rarely sounded so warm or quite so open hearted... - soundcloud

http://www.myspace.com/citycenternyc

lichens

omns

the psychic nature of being

Lichens was the solo improv project of Chicago composer Robert Lowe, previously known as the bassist with art rock combo 90 Day Men. A product of the Kansas City area, Lowe signed on with 90 Day Men in 1996, just prior to their relocation from St. Louis to Chicago; when the group went on hiatus following a European tour supporting its 2004 disc Panda Park, Lowe channeled his energies into his long-simmering solo pursuits, appearing as Lichens at that summer's Arthur magazine-sponsored Million Tongues Festival and self-releasing a limited-edition CD-R, R. Brown. Looping wordless vocals and avant-folk fingerpicking to create otherworldly sheets of deep-listening drone, Lowe soon captivated the attention of Kranky Records co-owner Bruce Adams, and in the autumn of 2005 the label released Lichens' official debut, The Psychic Nature of Being. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

le loup - family

le loup - family

At the core of every contented family is a sense of balance, an emotional push-and-pull that helps stabilize the entire unit. A similar equilibrium anchors Le Loup’s second album, Family. Recorded in a remote cabin and a Maryland basement, the record finds the middle ground between tribal rock, freak folk, and sonic experimentation.

http://www.myspace.com/leloupmusic

many mansions

many mansions - return to source

Many Mansions is the ongoing recording and performance project of Shane M. Donnelly. Begun in 2005, Many Mansions has had numerous releases on cassette and cd-r over the years; however only three have officially been released on the Whitehaus Family Record so far. The project has many different faces and has evolved greatly since its inception as a lo-fi noise tape recorded on four-track cassette.

http://www.myspace.com/manymansions