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Neiles Life has some nice indie folk from Austrailia and the duo Angus and Julia Stone.
The now famous (there was a nice interview with Heather on NPR) I Am Fuel, You Are Friends discovers the amazing roots music of The Felice Brothers.
Bruce over at Some Velvet Blog has a new tune from Kate Maki – a Songs:Illinois favorite.
Idolator takes on No Depression and generalizes all to hell about this worthwhile publication
The un-aptly named mp3 blog Pasta Primavera has a couple new songs from Finian Mckean’s new record.
Midwest Record has news of Bo Ramsey’s upcoming record and Minneapolis Fucking Rocks has something from his son’s band The Pines.
Hello neighbor-
Indie music, americana,”power”folk-these are a few of my favorite things, when the dog bites, when the bee…never mind. I am listening to, over and over-so many layers it seems in this music-the everybody fields,nothing is okay. Hopefully a bit of interest there for you, duo from southeastern, TN I think. Pure, informal storytelling,rich rich voices-yea, I reallllly like it. Thanks for doing what you do, taking your recommendations to heart, bank account feeling the withdraw, money for music- best investment for my buck. Take care-
I generally find Idolator amusing and agree with their trashing of Rolling Stone and Spin, but slamming No Depression is unwarranted. ND is the only music magazine I still subscribe to and their content (which is similar to what you & I post) wipes the floor with the crap most music blogs praise.
I’m with muruch, mostly. Not that any mag is unassailable, but ND’s content and presentation are generally strong, worth celebrating.
Two notes, to be fair: Alden’s voice is a bit pedantic, on occasion; that wasn’t his best writing, I thought. And I agree with many commenters on the original site, who note that the mag’s focus is sometimes a bit narrow, though I also recognize this is a stylistic note, not a critique.
But this is no justification for the comprehensive ass-whoopin’ Idolator gives ND. As a folkblogger who considers the No Depression end of music within bounds, I’m left even more confident of my use of ND as a source of information and inspiration — and bereft of respect for Idolator’s anonymous reviewer.