CATEGORY: Found on the Web - Randoms - Self-promotion

Hello friends.  I’ve started a side “blog” dedicated to the videos I find during my frequent late night web spelunking.  It’s called No Flashlight and beside being inspired by the Mount Eerie album of the same name, it also features two great, recent live performances from Phil Elverum and his Mount mates.  Feel free to pass the link along and “follow” it (to put it in Tumblr speak).

NO FLASHLIGHT @ noflashlight.tumblr.com

To celebrate No Flashlight’s debut, I’ve decided to attach a few mp3s of the various videos posted so far.

Mount Eerie - O, My Heart from the album Lost Wisdom
Mount Eerie - Voice in Headphones from the album Lost Wisdom
Anni Rossi - Wheelpusher from the album Afton
Tegan and Sara - The Con from the album The Con
Bon Iver - Skinny Love from the album For Emma, Forever Ago

CATEGORY: Editor's Pick - MP3

Sibling labels Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, and Secretly Canadian have always attracted solid talent to their roster and Wisconsin’s Bon Iver is no exception. Meaning “good winter”, Bon Iver is the stage name for solo artist Justin Vernon and his sparse, personal folk music which has collected much praise since his debut record For Emma, Forever Ago was released in February. The album was recorded in a remote cabin in Wisconsin during Vernon’s self-imposed hibernation from the outside world. The plan, according to Vernon, wasn’t to write a record during this time but it happened and no one can complain with the end result. On ‘Skinny Love’ the grizzled, flannel-loving Vernon shouts, whispers, and sings in his ear-grabbing falsetto, finding any way he can to get the lonely feeling of the track across. The acoustic music and sparse tone may be familiar ground for these kinds of projects but the raw delivery is something worth hiding out from the world for.

Bon Iver - Skinny Love

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