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The District Attorneys – Slowburner

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I failed to select april’s album of the month, because I was watching the hockey playoffs. If I had selected it, it would have been Slowburner by Atlanta-based The District Attorneys. Slowburner was my soundtrack during the finals. It’s damn brilliant and full of great songs. Especially the mid-part of the album is out of this world. Songs like Cherry Glow, The End, I Can’t Make The Distance, You’ll Have to Meet Me in The Halfway are heavenly good. This is americana with pop sensibility. Slowburner came out on This is American Music on april 24th.

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Video of the Day #98: Kurt Baker

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Time for some power pop action. Last month Kurt Baker unveiled a new video Why You Gotta Lie from last year’s Rockin’ for a Living album/ep. Kurt is definitely one of the good guys. The man has a great taste in music and has covered artists/bands like Nerves, The Vapors, The Knack and Nick Lowe. And most importantly he is able to write great 70’s influenced rockin’ power pop songs that are catchy as hell and a whole lot of fun. This is Why You Gotta Lie.

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Video of the Day #97: Nathan K.

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I’ve gotten a couple of Nathan K. recommendations to my mailbox. One of them came last night with a link to Nathan K’s new video Leave Them. I thought it was excellent and therefore I want to share it. Leave Them is an outtake from an upcoming Nathan K. full-length Dishes. Due out on 27th of june. I definitely want to hear the rest of the album after watching this video several times.

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Marmalakes – In Arnica

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Marmalakes just released a new EP entitled In Arnica. I’m extremely excited, because I’m a big fan of this folk-pop outfit from Austin, Texas. They took the EP of the year award 2011 and after the first half a dozen spins of In Arnica, it’s rather safe to say that they have a good chance of reclaiming the title. They have a perfect melodic sense and they have the ability to write intriguing lyrics. And most importantly, the vocals and the harmonies are always heavenly beautiful. They should be huge. This is Septimus Warren Smith from the new EP. You can stream/buy the whole thing on their bandcamp.

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