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I made a brief mention of The Heartless Bastards a handful of times here at ENS, but never did a fully dedicated post aimed at them. First, let me just say that Erika Wonnerstrom’s voice is lovely, with all the charm of Billie Holliday and the bite of Janis …

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For many years growing up here in the Cincinnati area, WOXY, 97x, was THE radio station in town. The future of rock and roll went strong for more than 20 years until eventually being sold to one of the big boys almost two years ago. However, the station …

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Today a Mini Mix, Jagjaguwar edition…..
Black Mountain- Heart of Snow
The Minus Story- You were on my side
Okkervil River- No Key No Plan
Pink Mountaintops- New Drug Queens
The SkyGreen Leopards- Mother, the sun makes me cry
http://www.jagjaguwar.com
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Back in 2002, Belle and Sebastian did an entire Peel session devoted to the holiday season. Here it is for you, Merry Christmas….
Belle & Sebastian- 2002 Christmas Peel Session (zip file)
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I dont need to tell you about Will Sheff and the amazing Black Sheep Boy album released this year by Okkervil River. It was a worthy top 10 album of the year in this bloggers opinion. However, the additional material released more recently on the Black Sheep Boy …

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While labelmate Sufjan Stevens got all the praise this year, Castanets released an excellent album in “First Lights Freeze”. I hear a small amount of Velvet Underground influence in these songs, but they fall more in line with the Will Oldhams of the world in my opinion. …

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Beck released an album full of remixes of his Guero stuff today, titled, Guerolito. One track you wont find on that album however that is worth a listen is this unreleased remix of the song Que Onda Guero. Remixed by The Mae Shi.
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Beck- Que Onda Guero (Team Shi …

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I posted on Meredith Bragg a while back, and ive enjoyed everything Ive heard from MB and the Terminals this year. Meredith has a new EP ready to drop in January, its a limited edition EP titled, The Departures. Alan over at Sixeyes has a nice write up …

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Got a heads up about Thunderegg this week in the ENS inbox, and listened to a few of their tracks. Named after the state rock of Oregon, a state the band was moving to, (but never did). So far so good, im always partial to true independent artists. …

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Many folks are already well aware of the work of 13 Ghosts. They caught my eye from a Speldid review a while back of their newest release, Cicada. Im not saying this is accurate, but when you drop the mighty names of Tweedy and Farrar in a album …