Loves

The Shins - New Slang

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma - BBC Maida Vale Session

The girl who was afraid of moths

Studio Outtake from The Law Of Things 
Expanded 2xLP 'Compiletely Bats' and 3CD 'Vol 1' box set available May 27th on Flying Nun / Captured Tracks 
Pre-Order Here - http://www.capturedtracks.com/bats-re-issues-for-pre-order/

The Bats -  Block Of Wood (Four Track Demo)

I'll Be Lightning

Gather To The Chapel

chump

just a couple

learning to whistle

Liam Finn and Dream Team perform songs from the Nihilist on the roof of [theend] recording studios in Brooklyn NY. Mixed by Brian Crowe and Liam Finn

SNUG AS FUCK (LIVE)

A cover of Eight days a week i made with my friend Francis at the beginning of last year. i just dug it out of the archives cos i think it's quite sweet. new Sinatra Frank tunes coming soon xx

Eight Days a Week - Beatles cover featuring Francis Fox

(S.Best/K.Sai) The Jim Novak Experience and myself recorded this song which was inspired by a Manic Street Preachers song with Nina Persson from The Cardigans called 'Your Love Alone is Not Enough', we kind of nicked the chorus but not really. I would call this an homage to them because they are cool. :)

Manic Street Preaching featuring The Jim Novak Experience

Boyfriend song (for William)

From the new album CARRIE & LOWELL by Sufjan Stevens
Get it: http://akrec.co/1y05i0M
Available on Asthmatic Kitty Records

More info: http://carrieandlowell.com

LYRICS:

I should have known better
To see what I could see
My black shroud
Holding down my feelings
A pillar for my enemies

I should have wrote a letter
And grieve what I happen to grieve
My black shroud
I never trust my feelings
I waited for the remedy

When I was three, three maybe four
She left us at that video store
Be my rest, be my fantasy

I’m light as a feather
I’m bright as the Oregon breeze
My black shroud 
Frightened by my feelings
I only want to be a relief

No, I’m not a go-getter
The demon had a spell on me
My black shroud
Captain of my feelings
The only thing I want to believe

When I was three, and free to explore
I saw her face on the back of the door
Be my vest, be my fantasy

I should have known better
Nothing can be changed
The past is still the past
The bridge to nowhere
I should’ve wrote a letter 
Explaining what I feel, that empty feeling

Don’t back down, concentrate on seeing
The breakers in the bar, the neighbor’s greeting
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination

Don’t back down, there is nothing left
The breakers in the bar, no reason to live
I’m a fool in the fetter
Rose of Aaron’s beard, where you can reach me

Don’t back down: nothing can be changed
Cantilever bridge, the drunken sailor
My brother had a daughter
The beauty that she brings, illumination 

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Sufjan Stevens, "Should Have Known Better"

It's All Too Much - Jim Novak featuring Sinatra Monroe

EZTV cover Chris Knox's 'Not Given Lightly' from the 1989 album 'Seizure' - reissued again on LP and CD from Flying Nun Records.

Not Given Lightly

EZTV - Not Given Lightly

Wicked Game - Karaoke bootleg

Only with you

Trouble I'm In

Monkey Records is pleased to announce the release of a summery little gem from Auckland artist Bond Street Bridge.  The new song ‘Birds’ is the first single from Bond Street Bridge’s forthcoming sophomore album, due for release late 2010 following on from the critically acclaimed The Mapmaker’s Art released in 2008.

In this catchy wee number, Bond Street Bridge, aka Sam Prebble, reflects on the mating habits of New Zealand’s paradise shelduck, Tadorna variegata.  These striking brown-and-white ducks  generally mate for life, and pairs are a common sight in open country in New Zealand.

Prebble says ‘I spend a lot of time driving around the country for shows and whatnot, and anthropomorphising the wildlife is a good way to pass the time.  I have to concede that the birds in this song are probably not really in love, but based on the way they tend to sort of sit next to each other and not really say much, they sure look like they are.’