New and Old Bands

So, I have been listening to a few things of late that my friends should know about.

Bon Iver- This band has been everywhere and it is obvious why. For fans of folkish music.

Magnolia Electric Co.- A band that I fell in love with last year and it has only gotten stronger. For fans of alt. country and working class rock a la' Neil Young.

Junior Boys- "Begone Dull Care" The new album for the Junior Boys just leaked and is very unique. It is a new amalgam of electronic music.

Here We Go Magic- Without a proper release yet, this band is going to create some talk in the year to come. For fans of good lo-fi with an experimental tinge.

The Whitest Boy Alive-"Rules" The new album from Erlend Oye and co. is an extension of the first album, but with actual keyboards. Much more funky than the previous.

Sixto Rodriguez- "Cold Fact" This album was released in 1970 with mixed reviews but since they rereleased it in 2008, people cannot get enough! Psychadelic rock with blatant profanity.

ZCFOS in Evansville

This is my roommates and myself having fun in Evansville, Indiana. I worked a full shift that day and left straight from work. I drove two hours to get there and spent probably fifty minutes or so setting up, playing, and breaking down. Then I immediately drove back home to make it to bed by 2 a.m.

Filmed by Margaret on her camera.

Albums Friends Should Hear

2009 started of with three great albums:

Animal Collective: "Merriweather Post Pavillion"

A.C. Newman: "Get Guilty"

Andrew Bird: "Noble Beast"

I will not bore you with my opinion or go into detail. Just find these and listen.

Things Happen

I am not sure how many people read this stuff, but I want to apologize to any musicians that I have offended by sharing music. I wanted to use this blog as a way to share what I was doing musically and what other musicians were creating that I thought was noteworthy. So now, I am just going to give an opinion on new and old stuff as well as all the videos and the like that are legal to post.

Coffee and Tea with CJ Boyd- "Live: 1-17-2007"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ep7461

This is an improvisation by the band I played in back home and friend CJ boyd that was recorded by a tape recorder in 2007. It was actually the night of the release of my first album. The lineup that night was Cody Campbell, Elliott Mortensen, and Joshua Fulkerson.

ZCFOS- "Gobblin' Death"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/dznklm

This is a thrasher that we recorded when we were just starting out. We recorded eight songs with Chris Owens of the Lords back in April of 2008. This is the only one that remains. We plan to put it out as a seven inch sometime.

Freightliner- "Old News EP"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/sjm8sv

This is some old stuff that I had on my recorder. I decided that these were worth salvaging into a free EP that I could give to everyone.