#indie bluegrass

[alacant-raw-power]

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[dovebuffy92]

My Top Five Fave Florence Welch Duets

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lvcpmLpukaw

2. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWI3tMg0Wk&pp=ygUdZmxvcmVuY2Ugd2VsY2ggZGl6emVlIHJhc2NhbCA%3D

3. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iu7YURHcmKI.

4. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HzDZCvRc6sA

5. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hgs1NwbFx9A

Honorable Mention:

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Tracklist:

Sigh No More • The Cave • Winter Winds • Roll Away Your Stone • White Blank Page • I Gave You All • Little Lion Man • Timshel • Thistle & Weeds • Awake My Soul • Dust Bowl Dance • After the Storm

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[ismellpestilence]

Everyone go listen to the Laurel Hell's Ramblers right now

[zombimanos]

Finally isolated the video of us debuting a new(ish) song back in 2019. Thought this was lost to the social media gods.

[neonatenecromancer]

Prayers & Thoughts (Anna Bates)

Flowers are dead, coke bottle red Blood is spilling halfway down your green glass head I feel sick, dirty dirty trick Shiny little bullet all you wanted was a lick Men come check, fingers to your neck Sirens in the sea and the street at the wreck Neighbours all show, none that I know Offering their big teeth bold lies hope Fishbowl face, mouth so strange I've never seen a person act in such off ways Limbs gone limp, eyes still twitch Shiny little bullet all you wanted was a lick Nurse in black, hair ties back Premature funeral name on a plaque Breathe is dim, living is slim Chapel bells ring when the reaper turns grim You look good in your cotton gown They're trying real hard to get the lead all out The sun still moves, I think it should stop There's gotta be a way around natures cruel clock Change God's mind, religious all night Too many pages and we don't have time Prayers and thoughts, prayers and thoughts They only say that when they think hopes lost...

[norsecoyote]

Music: Best of 2023

This year I've been particularly active about trying to find new artists and then exploring their catalogs, and according to Spotify I've hit Like on over 1,000 songs (and purchased over 650, because frankly fuck Spotify). So, around the beginning of December, I thought it would be fun to try and pull together a Best of 2023 playlist, and three weeks later here we are!

These are not by any measures songs that were released in 2023, just songs that I, personally, happened to hear for the first time this year (well, including December 22, so that the playlist spans a full 12 months).

I also gave myself the restriction that I could only use one song by any single artist, which was easily the hardest part of making the list (although I would absolutely have run into different, equally hard choices otherwise). And then, because this is a fundamentally self-indulgent exercise, I dumped a bunch of second tracks by my favorite new artists, and a few other difficult last-minute cuts, into a "B-Side" playlist that's still half the length of the main one.

Anyway, here they are -- hopefully you'll discover something new, too!

(I'll make a second post later with the full playlist text including links to Bandcamp pages where applicable.)

[technicolorxsn]

okay actually one more bitch about how people talk about music, when people say they hate blues or more commonly jazz it sounds. so fucking stupid. most people listen to and enjoy music that was either directly or indirectly inspired by blues and/or jazz like come on dude

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[liewithm3]

Statue Of Liberty

Little River Band, live in Australia with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra 1979!

[pleasant-turtle-student]

Songs with pretty small-ensemble acoustic arrangements

Time for more song recs babey!! really oddly specific title but it was about as close as I could get to the content of the post

Itomori Highschool by RADWIMPS (Bgm from the movie "Your Name")

Favorite Parts: Rising string duo line at (1:16), cello line at (1:21)

First of all, great movie. amazing movie. second of all,

No further questions your honor

Everlong (Cover) by Miracles of Modern Science

Favorite Parts: Whole second verse (1:49-2:12) and the slow trill during the bridge (2:47)

I love the call and response lines between the vocals and the strings in the second verse. something about those high, akward-ish sounding pitch falls really tugs at my heartstrings.

Bonnie Wait by Vulfmon

Favorite Parts: Vocal melody at (1:20), rising bits at (1:54) & (2:20)

I love the vocal melody sticking to the 7th on the I chord (see timestamp). the way it rubs against everything else just hits me in a way.

I love the fluttery wind arrangement that pops up into the spotlight now and then (see timestamps), along with the low bass(?) clarinet(?i think) part that joins in with the second verse. plus the sad but still silly lyrics capture the vibe well.

there's also some light pitch wobble from tape/a tape effect that's especially noticable in the last chord.

I'm also always a sucker for II major in a major key.

I like talking.

Lava Landing (Cover) by The Hit Points

(This entry is formatted a bit differently)

Favorite Parts:

(1:26) [pretty plucky part] I love this banjo line sooo much holy carp ❤️❤️🐟🐟

(1:42) [solo] cool banjo solo.

(2:09) [dobro] epic triumphant dobro mini-solo

(2:38) [beat] I like the groove they added here

(2:55-3:12) [unison lead] self explanatory; awesome and a bit sad sounding

I enjoy that this cover gets the rhythm of the bassline in the grand part correct. it bothers me an irrational amount when people don't.

Really pretty arrangement. they did an amazing job in adapting a solo piano piece to a 7-instrument bluegrass outfit.

Kirby's Epic Yarn is peak

That's it for today! as always, feel free to mention some stuff you think fits on this list!

Song recs playlist

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Tracklist:

Old De Spain • Curvaceous Needs • Oh My God • Lady Grey • My Own Tune • Shine Like Neon Rays • Driving After You • Flash in the Dark • My Dear • Bad Girl • Rockland

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[ismellpestilence]

It's a travesty that this song is one of their least popular

[theindyreview]

New Music Friday: March 10, 2023

#NewMusicFriday w/albums by @MMATAband @StoryoftheYear @warandtreaty @ManchesterOrch & songs by @tallestman @iatanyc @thePinkSpiders @itspetergabriel @lonnieholley @McKinleyDixon @thexcerts @TheNewPornos @girlfriendsxo @HotMulligan @tribefriday & more!

Are you all ready for a music-filled weekend? If you’re here in Los Angeles, you could be going to see Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks at SoFi Stadium. I unfortunately can’t make that one, but will be in the pit seeing Jawbreaker and AFI at the Forum on Saturday. As for what will be streamed this weekend, here’s what’s rocking our New Music Friday. Up-and-Coming pop-punk group Meet Me @ The Altar…