Showcasing their harmonizing capabilities, The Watson Twins released a cover EP last month titled Night Covers – EP. Three albums after breaking through as backup singers to Jenny Lewis, the sisters have developed an indie-folk reputation all their own.

Image courtesy of The Watson Twins.

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Tracklisting (with original artists):

1. “You Showed Me” by The Turtles
2. “Angelene” by P.J. Harvey
3. “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers
4. “Here Comes the Rain Again” by Eurythmics
5. “Sweetest Taboo” by Sade
6. “Tighten Up” by The Black Keys

mp3s purchased on iTunes

Night Covers – EP by The Watson Twins

The self-titled debut album of The Belle Brigage is now available on iTunes and Warner Brother Records. The band is made up of brother/sister duo Ethan and Barbara Gruska.

“While the band has drawn many comparisons to Fleetwood Mac and other pop-rock bands of the ‘70s, it’s the soft poetry of Simon & Garfunkel and the pop sensibility of The Beatles that seem to have had the biggest influence.” ~ Paste Magazine.

For a free live-in-studio download of “Rusted Whell” visit the Daytrotter Sessions.

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“Rusted Wheel” by The Belle Brigade

Image and mp3 courtesy of the Daytrotter Sessions.

Trent Dabbs will be heading out on the road to play some new songs from Southerner. His last stop will be at the Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles as part of the TEN OUT OF TENN tour. Other artists on the TOT tour include Katie Herzig, Andrew Belle, Matthew Perryman Jones, Gabe Dixon, Tyler James, Jeremy Lister, Amy Stroup, Butterfly Boucher and k.s. Rhoads.

Also, if you missed it this week, Dabbs had a song with Amy Stroup on Grey’s Anatomy, “Love You Good”. Be sure to check it out and pick it up on Amazon by clicking here.

Lastly, Dabbs congratulates the winner of his “Leave To See” video contest. Check out the beautiful video made by Craig Landino below.

103.7 FM is Houston’s new Adult Alternative radio station. “Lost and Found” is a program on 103.7 FM hosted by Luke Crampton every Sunday morning from 8am to 11am.

“A weekly 3-hour Sunday morning radio program highlighting exceptional music – most of which you’ve probably never heard (but you’ll want to hear more)” – Lost And Found Radio on Facebook!

In addition to the regular scheduled airing of the show, you may visit Lost and Found for a weekly replay. The latest episode aired on Mother’s Day, May 8th. Please have a listen to Week 12 below.

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Week 12 of Luke Crampton’s Lost & Found

Image courtesy of 103.7 FM.

iTunes Podcast Link

Thanks to Twin Lens Productions, Gin House (formerly Brandon Clark & The American Standard) has a video to share for their track “Anchor”.

On-site photo of Brandon Clark during the “Anchor” video shoot.

Image courtesy of Twin Lens Productions on Facebook.

Love Notes/Letter Bombs is the third full length studio album by Indie pop band, The Submarines. It was released on April 5, 2011. “Ivaloo” is my favorite song from the album.

Image courtesy of UpVenue: Share Your Concert Pictures With the World.

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“Ivaloo” by The Submarines

ivaloo one day they’ll name this street after you
eyes wide as the moon
your smile so far away, beautiful fool
i’ll lose my heart to you

i saw you riding round the reservoir
the sidewalk slows as you pass by
somewhere on india near the boulevard
you stole my heart that day

ivaloo how could i ever keep up with you
in the afternoon won’t you find your way to the
place we once knew
don’t give this up too soon

you’ll bring your overhead projector
to demonstrate where we’d go wrong
you’ll chart our every flaw
shone ten times tall on the bedroom wall
but if you’d love me we could erase it all
well maybe without me you’d be better off
and if you say you love me
i should know better by now

in the aftrnoon i hope you find your way
guess i always knew you’d be leaving soon
ivaloo one day they’ll name this street after you
my beautiful fool

your eyes bright as the moon
light up my room
how i hate to see you go

This is Lelia’s “Shoot For The Moon” performance at SIR for Rolling Stone. Masquerade is her new album and it is available now.

For a free EP, visit Lelia’s official site and sign-up for her mailing list. Or, you may stream the new album there as well.

Merrill Garbus, aka tUnE-yArDs, is now on her sophomore album w h o k i l l. On tour she will add a saxophone to her layers of ukulele, voice, and electric bass. Watch the video here.

Image and mp3 courtesy of mySpoonful: a taste of new music.

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“Bizness” by tUnE-yArDs

Recently I listened to a Sound Opinion podcast, subscribed through iTunes. Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot were taking turns picking songs to share and this one was Jim’s pick—The Bewitched Hands singing “Work” from their Work EP – Single.

Image courtesy of Bloomilicious: Explore the Delicious Side of Life….

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“Work” by The Bewitched Hands

mp3 courtesy of iTunes.

On March 29th, the Boston-based band Larcenist released their latest album, We Become The Hunted EP.

The acoustic beauty and seamless string integration of the first song transitions smoothly into the folk-twang that succeeds ahead. The later maintains a precise amount of associated percussion over its accent. Furthermore, there are hints of a gentle, raindrop-like piano (“Morte Lena”) and distant, bluegrass-sounding harmony vocals (“Ocean City, Swallowing”). Lyrically, We Become The Hunted EP is insightfull and lightly witty. For instance, in “Proud Life”, we are warned of the “barstools swallowing paychecks”.

The EP is available for free download on the Larcenist band camp page. It is also available at shows in CD format.

Image courtesy of the Larcenist tumbler page.

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mp3s courtesy of Brandon from Larcenist.

Tracklisting:

Leon
Ocean City, Swallowing
Morte Lenta
Proud Life
Last Hours of Being Young