toby keith -- nah, I kid, i kid.
-Teitur
-Shuggie Otis
-Explosions in the Sky
-DeVotchKa
-Tortoise
-Sam Bush (new grass)
-Bela fleck (ditto)
-Mogwai
Bands for Blitzen Trapper Fans
(46 posts)-
Posted 5 months ago #
-
gatorbutts
MemberCheck out "The Slackwater News" for a very similar blend of styles to BT.
Posted 4 months ago # -
GrangerLang
MemberBasia Bulat, funky indie folk songstress - http://www.myspace.com/basiabulat
The Joy Formidable, great 90sesque alternative - http://www.myspace.com/thejoyformidable
Band of Skulls, good ol' rock - http://www.myspace.com/bandofskulls
Posted 4 months ago # -
furryfan
MemberLoch Lomond! Did anyone see them open for BT on the summer tour? So good.
They are headed out on tour tomorrow in support of their new EP that comes out Tuesday titled Night Bats.
Dates below.
Go check them out http://www.myspace.com/lochlomondmusic
Nov 7 Sorrento Hotel Seattle, Wa
Nov 9 Pendleton Center for the Arts Pendleton, Or
Nov 10 The Woods Portland, Or
Nov 11 EMU Univ. of Oregon Eugene, Or
Nov 12 Hotel Utah San Francisco, Ca
Nov 13 Luigi's Fun Garden Sacramento, Ca
Nov 14 Historic Brookdale Lodge Santa Cruz, Ca
Nov 15 Muddy Waters Santa Barbara, Ca
Nov 16 The Loft UCSD La Jolla, Ca
Nov 17 Bootleg Theater Los Angeles, CaPosted 4 months ago # -
Nathan Berrong
MemberBig ups and respect for Midlake and Mumford and Sons.
Posted 4 months ago # -
indytriple
MemberI really think that Trapper fans would like the new release from Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service) called "One Fast Move or I'm Gone". It was made for a Jack Kerouac documentary of the same name (the documentary is quite good as well and can be bought "bundled" with the album on iTunes). The lyrics are courtesy of Kerouac, and they are from his gut-wrenching but beautiful novel "Big Sur".
Posted 3 months ago # -
- Constance Demby ...hammered dulcimer, various instruments weave this incredible, powerful music
- Eddie Vedder & Kaki King collab on the "Into the Wild" soundtrack. Really simple, direct, real tunes. not a lot of layers, acoustic guitar, drums, bass, or sometimes, just acoustic and eddie, really emotive, heartfelt stuff. I was impressed (and it flows with the movie wonderfully)
The album is talking about things your average person's typical learning thresholds in their lives: personal loss, relationships, adversity, disappointment, necessity to set a new course in one's life, etc. Which is a great story to share those things with, based on a true story, sean penn really nailed this movie imo. Whats really interesting to me, at this point in my life, is how the album speaks also to the enormous waves of planetary change we are seeing daily beginning to roll in: declining energy and natural resources (peak oil, peak natural gas & species extinction), rapid environmental destruction, climate change & catastrophic weather, loss of arable land and fresh water, growing economic hardship (recent global econ. contraction) and political instability, pandemic disease (h1n1 ukraine outbreak), and growing worldwide conflict by a growing population facing a planet in resource decline. Vedder in one song, called Society, riffs "society/you're a crazy breed/hope you're not lonely/without me", also riffs on over consumption leading to people to buy bigger houses/storage units to hold all their un-used accumulating stuff, etc.
Speaking of stuff to check out...WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING ? Man. It is one of THE crucial questions to be asking with honesty and sincerity right now...to just be with the question over time and see what response comes up. Its really impacted me since I started looking around, educating myself on the world's condition recently. Wow, things are clearly changing rapidly, and not for the better, can you feel it? (It helps to look also at alternative news sites, foreign press for a real clear sense, tendency of the MSM is to be 90% hopelessly lost in hypnotizing TV's crap like paris hilton.) There's a new book I've started to read that I'm really excited about, and thanks to the unbelievable step by step prep. in the back of the book: its really been a major crossroads in my life, a huge fork in the road and a 180-degree change in my relationship with everything in my life. I highly recommend all young people in particular reading this incredible book, talk about real perspective based on real changes and individual empowerment as a result of changing circumstances! Wow. What a read! I am telling everybody about this book and have given several away, including to a kid at work. Its called the The Great Waves of Change: Navigating the Difficult Times Ahead. As the book says, in the Great Waves of change now converging in the world, everyone's life will be affected: how will you really know what to do? (in the face of the great changes I listed above). check out the nonprofit publisher of the book's website: GreatWavesOfChange.org for 4 free chapters of a new book by award-winning author Marshall Summers, who's also a good speaker and visionary writer. It is truthfully one of the most important sets of chapters (the free one's even) and also one of the best books on any subject you'll ever read.
Posted 3 months ago # -
yetifriend
Memberbill fox is great! i highly recommend him, especially to those of you who especially like blitzen trapper's acoustic stuff
Posted 3 months ago # -
spikewilbury
MemberI recommend this song by Silver Jews because it's catchy as hell.
Posted 3 months ago # -
GrangerLang
MemberMatt Berry, king of tongue in cheek Neil Diamond tunes Neil Diamond would totally jam to: http://www.myspace.com/mattberrysmusic
Bruce Peninsula, music for driving through the mountains, all warped folk and appalachian gospel choirs and dirty blues growls: http://www.myspace.com/brucepeninsula
Posted 3 months ago # -
michael.james
TrapperSome stuff we listen to in the van on tour (that you may not have guessed):
Pentagram, the Daktaris, Of Montreal, Augustus Pablo, Caetano Veloso, Dead Moon, Joanna Newsom, Earth, Althea & Donna, Roy Orbison, Queen, Merle Haggard, Edan, Panda Bear, Neutral Milk Hotel, Mastodon, EPMD, Sam Cooke, Dusty Springfield, Ethiopiques - and lots lots more.
One of my long time favorite websites for music is:
http://awesometapesfromafrica.blogspot.com/
Super-cool, download-able bootlegs from all over Africa.
Share the music people!
love,
mPosted 3 months ago # -
nooneastern
Memberi just thought of another band that's been around for a while .... and thankfully has returned too ..... the Florida band Home. they are pretty great.
Posted 3 months ago # -
spikewilbury
MemberYou guys should definitely do a Mastodon cover on your next tour.
Posted 3 months ago # -
thewalrusman42
MemberPosted 2 months ago # -
NoahA
MemberCalexico
Neko Case
Caitlin Rose
Nash Street (Local Bluegrass)
Dr. Dog
Avett BrothersThanks for all the suggestions, my iTunes just keeps getting bigger!
Posted 2 months ago # -
Neko Case is superb. ...and sultry sounding.
...Great American Taxi....Jim Nabors all-covers album ....seriously, for a good laugh, its well worth it
Posted 2 weeks ago # -
hopey8574
MemberCheck out 'Monsters of Folk' and there self titled debut album, awesome! Its a supergroup made from members of Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket and Mr M Ward. M Wards solo stuff as well is worth checking out, awesome.
Oh and my band 'Old Yellow', check us out and become a fan:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Yellow/60091032282?ref=ts
Why not hey.
Posted 5 days ago # -
hopey8574
MemberSorry, forgot to post a beautiful version of our song "Wither Away", done live in rehearsal last week. Check Old Yellow out!:
Posted 5 days ago #
