Nice. Calgary is buzzing about March. What a venue.

so excited to hear this live on upcoming tour

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"For the Boy Who Moved Away" is from EDJ's forthcoming self-titled debut.

Out 8/5/2014 through Easy Sound Recording Company (www.easysound.co)

Of the new record, Eric says:

In January of 2014 I decided to sit down and write an album’s worth of songs all over the course of a few weeks, which is something I had never done before.

Some were done at home during an unseasonably cold Portland winter, some in Boonville, California (a town in the wine-and-weed producing part of Mendocino County where they also have their own language,’Boontling’), and some in Joshua Tree, a place where people have always sought inspiration.

It had always taken a long time for me to write songs – and when one would finally come to me I’d put some broad concepts down on paper, find a nice melody, and then let the listener decide what they might be hearing.

Well, these new songs all mean something, from my life and from my brain. Even the lines that may be somewhat enigmatic or metaphorical sounding to you directly correlate to my life, and maybe yours, too.

The puzzle of existence on “Minor Miracles.” Rebuilding a life in “West County Girl” and “Lose It All, All the Time.” A quite literal story in “For The Boy Who Moved Away” about moving away from L.A. to an uncertain future, the San Gabriel Mountains engulfed in flames in our rearview.

And that’s to name but a few.

These are not the “happy” songs that I’ve come to be associated with – no fully major chords, and lots of suspended chords and major sevenths to make things kind of emotionally ambiguous. There was no stylistic dogma in making this record, and I was ready to fold in every type of music I was into at the moment – Joni Mitchell, new age, early 80′s McCartney, Another Green World, film scores, Talk Talk, British folk, and modern stuff that’s got me excited.

I had a bunch of my favorite people come and join me on this. Sam Cohen, Brian Kantor, and Josh Kaufman (all of Yellowbirds and a million other bands) made up the backbone of the band in the early part of the tracking. And then there were appearances by people from all the different chapters of my musical life – Andy Cabic from Vetiver and Tim Rutili from Califone dropped by to add stuff. James Mercer from The Shins sang some gorgeous high harmonies, and Nathan Larson of Shudder to Think (also my sometime film score collaborator) laid down some drone-y guitar vibes. And of course Thom Monahan, my usual studio co-conspirator, was there to make everything
come together.

These are simple stories, some about losses, a few about disappointment and regret, but also of hope and perseverance. I hope you like these melancholy grooves and existential make-out songs. These all mean something to me, I hope they will to you, too.

- Eric D. Johnson

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EDJ - For The Boy Who Moved Away

"Evangeline" is from Cass McCombs' 'A Folk Set Apart,' out December 11th on Domino. 

Order the album 'A Folk Set Apart' from the Domino Mart: http://smarturl.it/AFolkSetApartDM

Cass McCombs - Evangeline

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Wolf People - “Ninth Night” from Ruins, out November 11, 2016 on Jagjaguwar

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Wolf People - Ninth Night

Beacon Hill

Sleeping In The Cosmos combines electronic, hip hop and pop influences to create a soulful and energetic realm of sound. This EP includes six original songs from HANNAH.

Sleeping In The Cosmos

Let It Go

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Call Cat's new super mega awesome hit single called Bearded Burden!

Bearded Burden

Lead single 'Twist Your Arm' out today, from Ten Fé's debut album 'Hit The Light' which is released on 3 February 2017.

Pre-order album:
Vinyl: https://www.smarturl.it/HITTHELIGHTLP
CD: https://www.smarturl.it/HITTHELIGHTCD
iTunes: https://www.smarturl.it/HITTHELIGHTDA

Tour tickets: smarturl.it/HITTHELIGHTTOUR

Merch bundles:  https://www.tenfe.tmstor.es

Listen to Twist Your Arm on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3BBJADLnYSSVj7p4dPojK6

SOME KINDA LOVE / [PIAS]
Produced by Ewan Pearson

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Twist Your Arm

"What's That Perfume That You Wear?" off Jens Lekman's 'Life Will See You Now,' out February 17, 2017 on Secretly Canadian

Pre-Order 'Life Will See You Now': https://jenslekman.lnk.to/lifewillseeyounow

Life Will See You Now

WHAT'S THAT PERFUME THAT YOU WEAR

Jens Lekman - What's That Perfume That You Wear?

From Royal Canoe's upcoming album Waver. Out Jan 25, 2019 on Paper Bag Records.

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The Trouble With Templeton - Six Months In A Cast

Download this from http://chaptermusic.bandcamp.com/album/beaches-she-beats

From second album She Beats, out on Chapter Music 3 May 2013.

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Itunes Link: https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/distance/id610715433?i=610715933&uo=4

Beaches - Distance

Time = -Demo

The Rural Alberta Advantage's percussive folk songs about hometowns and heartbreak, and relentless tradition of touring have taken the trio from humble recognition amongst indie rock die-hards as "Canada's best unsigned band" to sold-out tours and devoted fans around the world with featured coverage from Spin Magazine, Pitchfork, The New York Times and Rolling Stone all taking note. The band has been nominated for two 2012 Juno Awards (Best New Group and Video of the Year for their song “Stamp”), long listed for the 2011 Polaris Award, and awarded the CBC Music Prize for Best Independent Artist in 2014.

The RAA has released three albums on Saddle Creek/Paper Bag Records: Hometowns (2009), Departing (2011) and Mended With Gold (2014). The trio of Nils Edenloff, Paul Banwatt and Robin Hatch will be hitting the road for set of road testing shows to preview the new material they’ve been working on and carve out these new songs in front of their fans in a live setting before returning home to record in between each run. The tour will swing through some of the band’s favourite venues across North America and Europe throughout 2016/2017.

Some words on The Rural Alberta Advantage:

““Regardless of your tastes, if you care about drums at all, Mended With Gold is a must-listen.” –Pitchfork

“The Rural Alberta Advantage are best seen live, where their acoustic crescendos and Nils Edenloff's Jeff Mangum-esque vocal acrobatics impress most.”  -Under The Radar

“There's something that just makes you want to root for them -- as Edenloff introduced "Tornado '87", a song about a twister that ran through Edmonton, one of the many Canadian bros in attendance shouted: "I LOVE TORNADOS!" That's making a connection.” – Coachella Festival coverage, Pitchfork

“The intensity of like “Stamp” and “Don’t Haunt This Place” lean on Banwatt’s marathon-runner stamina and fills, and it’s safe to say the band’s great melodies wouldn’t sound the same without him.” – “The 10 Best New Rhythm Sections”, Paste Magazine

“The crowd sang along to all the ‘oohs’ and danced to songs like The Deadroads and Frank, AB, even demanding an encore that would never materialize in a festival like this. Will this show rate among the weekend’s best? Too early to say, but it’s a strong contender.” – Montreal Gazette at Osheaga Festival

Beacon Hill

The RAA

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