Wind Blows Deeply

Crooked Still – “Half of What We Know”

HT: Joe Carter’s Commonplace

Rather than the monthly feature I have been posting for the last year, New Music Day will become a random post once again. Still highlighting new artists I come across in my journey of discovery. If you have an artist you think I should know about, leave me a comment.

In the meantime, here are a few that you might enjoy:
Derek Webb: the edgy and controversial “Mockingbird” and “Stockholm Syndrome”
Emm Gryner’s new album “Gem and I”
And “Echoes” by Jenn Grant

Sharpen your pencils, break the spine on your notebook and take note of some great Canadian albums.

Jon Bryant: Two Coasts for Comfort
Jon and Roy: Homes
Royal Wood: The Waiting

A few picks for a summer’s day

Peter Katz: Dangerous
Ben Rector: The Beat and When a Heart Breaks
Tim Halperin: She Runs

It’s summer! It’s hot. It’s humid.

Nights around bonfires. Ice cream melting faster than it can be eaten. Mosquitoes eating faster than can be swatted. Road trips with friends and to friends and to home. That infamous road trip requires a soundtrack.

First off, a new remake of an old UK classic by Slade:
C*m on feel the noise (Lucky Uke)

Next is Home from Parlor Hawk’s new album Hoarse and Roaring. What a better reason to include it on your mix-tape than this quote:

“Listening to ‘Hoarse and Roaring‘ is like driving alone down a long, open road off into a sunset tinged landscape, leaving plenty of time to contemplate life’s hopes and struggles.” – Chase Larson

Good Old War – their entire new album

Rabbit Song (Boy & Bear)