#h.c. mcentire

[missythangs]

BETTY'S w / SS @hcmcentire going where eagles dare

[noloveforned]

i'm back from my long weekend in chapel hill and ready to hit wlur at 8pm with a new show so tune in if you're around tonight!

last weekend was all about celebrating 35 years of merge records. i joined in on the fun with a three hour restrospective of merge releases (stream it on mixcloud) in (mostly) reverse chronological order. as always some stuff got left out so my apologies go out to polvo, sacred paws, and the others i would have liked to squeeze in!

no love for ned on wlur – july 26th, 2024 from 8-11pm - merge records 35th anniversary show

artist // track // album // label superchunk // everybody dies // everybody dies 7" // merge quivers // apparition // oyster cuts // merge rosali // my kind // bite down // merge mhaol // bored of men // attachment styles // merge carson mchone // hawks don't share // still life // merge hiss golden messenger // hardlytown // quietly blowing it // merge the mountain goats // last gasp at calama // songs for pierre chuvin // merge cable ties // hope // far enough // merge archers of loaf // raleigh days // raleigh days 7" // merge gauche // flash // a people's history of gauche // merge swearin' // oil and water // fall into the sun // merge waxahatchee // silver // out in the storm // merge h.c. mcentire // quartz in the valley // lionheart // merge teenage fanclub // the darkest part of the night // here // merge twerps // back to you // range anxiety // merge ex hex // waste your time // rips // merge mikal cronin // weight // mcii // merge mount moriah // lament // mount moriah // merge wild flag // romance // wild flag // merge times new viking // it's a culture // dancer equired // merge superchunk // digging for something // majesty shredding // merge jay reatard // pull down the shades // stroke - songs for chris knox tribute // merge telekinesis // coast of carolina // telekinesis! // merge big dipper // wrong in the charts // supercluster- the big dipper anthology // merge shout out louds // normandie // our ill wills // merge camera obscura // lloyd, i'm ready to be heartbroken // let's get out of this country // merge robert pollard // dancing girls and dancing men // from a compound eye // merge tenement halls // plenty is never enough // knitting needles and bicycle bells // merge arcade fire // neighborhood #1 (tunnels) // funeral // merge richard buckner // a chance counsel // dents and shells // merge crooked fingers // big darkness // red devil dawn // merge destroyer // this night // this night // merge the essex green // the late great cassiopia // the long goodbye // merge the rosebuds // kicks in the schoolyard // make out // merge spoon // small stakes // kill the moonlight // merge the clean // drawing to a whole // anthology // merge annie hayden // red lines // the rub // merge the ladybug transistor // perfect for shattering // argyle heir // merge the rock*a*teens // car and driver // sweet bird of youth // merge superchunk // hello hawk // come pick me up // merge neutral milk hotel // two-headed boy // in the aeroplane over the sea // merge lambchop // your fucking sunny day // thriller // merge butterglory // she clicks the sticks // are you building a temple in heaven? // merge east river pipe // hey, where's your girl? // poor fricky // merge the magnetic fields // born on a train // the charm of the highway strip // merge 3ds // beautiful things // the venus trail // merge seam // granny 9x // granny 9x 7" // merge erectus monotone // vertigogo // vertigogo 7" // merge finger // everywhere // everywhere 7" // merge chunk // my noise // what i do 7" // merge

[musicollage]

H.C. McEntire — Eno Axis. 2020 : Merge.

! acquire the album ★ attach a coffee !

[musiconspotify]

H.C. McEntire Every Acre (2023) … grandeur …

[tenofthebest]

2023

1. H.C McEntire - Every Acre

The alt-country poet and band leader from North Carolina returns with her strongest work to date on which she explores the meaning of home, both physically and spiritually, while sounding like Neil Young and Tammy Wynette at their languid and guitar-drenched best. It's a rare pleasure nowadays to hear someone making great American music like this.

2. Blur - The Ballad Of Darren

The Britpop icons show up in surprisingly good form on their ninth studio album. Mature songwriting, lush harmonies, and a tight 36-minute run time make this take on middle-aged melancholy some of the best work of their career.

3. Kojaque - Phantom Of The Afters

Irish rapper-producer Kevin Smith delivers fresh, insightful, and poignant takes on immigrant song as he tells modern-day tales of a young Irish person relocating to London to pursue their dreams. If that sounds too specific, it turns out that the struggles are universal.

4. Buck 65 - Super Dope

The self-proclaimed "all-time undisputed king of drum breaks", who made my favorite album of 2022, came right back with another jaw-dropping set that he said is the best work of his career. It was the album I listened to most this year, by far.

5. Cory Hanson - Western Cum

Terrible title and even worse cover art aside, this is an extremely fun take on classic rock that fuses instantly enjoyable guitar shredding with surreal lyrics and a kind of bizarro Neil Young style of songwriting that works far better than you'd think.

6. The Coral - Sea Of Mirrors

20 years in, the Liverpool band are at the peak of their powers on this collection of twangy folk-rock tunes that are laden with all manner of metaphors about the crumbling of modern Britain.

7. Margaret Glaspy - Echo The Diamond

The Brooklyn alt-pop singer-songwriter returns with an album written and recorded under self-imposed time constraints that help capture an arresting immediacy in both the writing and the stripped-down performances.

8. Róisin Murphy - Hit Parade

The Irish singer's full-length collaboration with German DJ Koze is her strongest album yet, full of intentionally off-kilter house, funk, and disco tunes that see both artists giving their all to produce a sound that is truly original.

9. Jape - Endless Thread

Two decades into his career, the Dublin-born, Malmö-based songwriter has come up with his most accomplished and cohesive collection of songs yet, on which he filters his inquisitiveness and introspection through inspiration drawn from the great 1970s solo albums from the likes of Paul McCartney, John Cale, and Judy Sill.

10. Colter Wall - Little Songs

The 28-year old son of a prominent Canadian politician is an unlikely candidate for the second coming of Johnny Cash, but Colter Wall's take on country and western is the real deal.

[punkrockmixtapes]

Listen/purchase: 'Til I Get It Right by H.C. McEntire

[missythangs]

H.C. McEntire, “Dovetail (Get Down Version)”, Single Compilation Release, Produced, Mixed, Engineered. Link to single - 100% profits go to Hurricane Helene relief.

[burlveneer-music]

Field Works - Cedars - a concept album about forests, but in two distinct halves: Arabic poetry spoken and sung by Youmna Saba over ambient tracks, and poetry in English spoken by H.C. McEntire over Americana

The mystifying 9th album in the Field Works series, Cedars combines cosmic Americana with Western ambient and Middle Eastern influences. Delicate layers of pedal steel, banjo, oud, and hurdy-gurdy float atop looping guitar drones to create a soothing, atmospheric chamber where folk and electronic music coalesce. Set to Arabic and English poetry, the song cycle examines some of Earth’s most iconic and ancient forests, revealing our complicated relationship with the natural world. For this special dual-language release, Field Works producer Stuart Hyatt has assembled a supergroup of musicians, poets, and artists. The album is narrated by Youmna Saba and H.C. McEntire. Instrumentalists include Marisa Anderson, Fadi Tabbal, Dena El Saffar, Danny Paul Grody, Bob Hoffnar, Tomás Lozano, Nathan Bowles, Alex Roldan, Youmna Saba, and Stuart Hyatt. Renowned illustrator María Medem brings poems by Todd Fleming Davis and Youmna Saba to life in the accompanying full-color Risograph comic book; and longtime Field Works collaborators PRINTtEXT design the packaging.

[woodencup]

Listen/purchase: True Meridian by H.C. McEntire

[tiny-dancer-in-my-head]

(H.C. McEntire)