Binoculers – Adapted To Both Shade And Sun

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Hamburg-based songwriter Nadja Rüdebusch operates under the moniker Binoculers. She has a new Binoculers album Adapted To Both Shade And Sun ready to drop into my heart on 19th of June. I have high expectations for this one, because the previous album There Is Not Enough Space In The Dark was such a beauty. There’s a couple of songs already out there from the forthcoming album. The song Contrails is available on her Bandcamp (free download). You’ll find the other two below, Bow and Arrow and the music video for the song Where the Water Is Black.

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Binoculers Website

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Courtney Marie Andrews – Leuven Letters & China – Towards The Sun

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A quick post about a couple of music releases that I’ve loved during the week. First we have Courtney Marie Andrews from Phoenix, Arizona and her Leuven Letters EP. I got severely addicted to this one and listened to it for several hours during the past week. I previewed the EP sometime late last year and really liked it, but somehow I made a bad decision that I will just wait for the new full-length instead of purchasing it. After finding myself re-visiting her bandcamp several times during the winter and spring, I finally did the right thing and bought the download. It was totally worth it, because this is timeless and amazingly beautiful. I love the whole thing, but especially the songs They Say and Near You are the ones that strike me harder than an army of black metal guitarists. Those tunes are a perfect match with the romantic core of my heart.

Courtney Marie Andrews Website

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I can’t say I really know anything about a band called China, but earlier today, my Bandcamp browsing session took me to their page (thanks to Dying For Bad Music) and after listening for a while, I found myself paying a few bucks and downloading their two EPs. They are from Oakland, California and the members might be better known from a band called Odawas. I need to check that one out as well even though this folk/americana thing that the China are perfectly mastering is probably a bit closer to my heart. This is May 21st from their new EP Towards The Sun.

China at Bandcamp

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Daniel Romano & The Trilliums Finland Tour 3.6 – 6.6.2015

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This is a big deal. Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter Daniel Romano will be hitting Finland next week. It’s definitely a bit of a dream come true to see this hero of mine perform with his band The Trilliums next Friday at Klubi, Turku. Do not miss this one, if you are even a little bit interested in these things like country, americana and folk music. It just doesn’t get much better than this. Ok, I’ve never seen them live before, but I’m extremely convinced that this is going to be totally awesome. A big big thank you to Gaea and 8raita for making this happen.

Daniel Romano & The Trilliums in Finland

03-06-2015: Maarianhamina, Dino Bar
04-06-2015: Tampere, Herwood Stage & Bar
05-06-2015: Turku, 8Raita, in-store (around 5pm)
05-06-2015: Turku, Klubi
06-06-2015: Helsinki, Korjaamo

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Daniel Romano Website

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