Wow.. It's as you can hear that it's a Andrew Bird production from the very first hit! Nice! <3

Local Natives - Sun Hands

Marie tu pleures - Karkwa

Sugar Hill and Vanguard Records are making these two amazing albums available on vinyl for the first time in celebration of Black Friday this November. 
 
Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein 
This extremely well-received 2010 album co-produced by Bobby Bare and Bobby Bare, Jr. features original Shel Silverstein artwork and performances by My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, John Prine, Dr. Dog, Black Francis & Joey Santiago, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, and more.  Issued on 2xLP White Vinyl and Mastered at 45rpm for maximum fidelity!


I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey  
This acclaimed 2006 tribute album co-produced by M. Ward and Stephen Brower features performances by Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, M. Ward, Calexico, Fruit Bats, Lee Ranaldo, Jason Lytle, and more.  Issued on 2xLP Green Marbled Vinyl and Mastered at 45rpm for maximum fidelity!


Andrew Bird -  The Twistable Turnable Man Returns (From Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein)

The Donkeys - Bio
Ride the Black Wave
California places a distinct sonic stamp upon the m
usic born with in its boundaries.
Owens had his Bakersfield, Parsons his Joshua Tree,
and Malkmus his Stockton, and
in their tunes you can hear dust, desert highways,
and skateboards gliding over
suburbia. The Donkeys have San Diego, and from tha
t environment have woven a
fundamental ease in their music - a rock, a roll, a
sway, a slide - you could even call it
a breeze. On
Ride the Black Wave
The Donkeys continue their easy rolling, classic
vibrations
,
but add a mystery and tension that make this recor
d their most lyrically
and instrumentally compelling.
Ride the Black Wave
embodies what Jack Kerouac described of California
’s coast as
having an “end of the land sadness.” The Donkeys st
are out at the ocean in a
“fantastic drowse” - a kind of pensiveness towards
their environs that summons the
elements of sound and style that belong only to the
m. In “Blues In The Afternoon”,
a collective mantra, the band runs out of land and
asks of the ocean to offer
suggestions about their fate. It is songs like the
se that prove the Donkeys are a band
in the true sense of the word, sharing each other’s
worry and wonder. With
RTBW,
The Donkeys have further caged their craft and have
accomplished the delicate and
artful challenge of taming the captured, while also
letting it be wild.
Recorded at San Diego’s Singing Serpent and mixed b
y LA’s Thom Monahan, the
Telecasters have a golden shimmer, the drums seem t
o echo with a regional
reverberation. The notes coming off the Rhodes flo
at on like beer-buzzed
afternoons, but just when you get lost in the hypno
tic swirl of “Sunny Daze” the
churning guitars begin to circle like sharks, remin
ding us of the realities beneath all
beautiful surfaces. Ten tracks deep, Adrianne Verh
oeven of San Francisco’s Extra
Classic appears like the mythic Calafia herself, de
livering a vocal that would bring
Cortez to his knees.
So, it is with
Ride the Black Wave
that The Donkeys add their own stratum to
California’s ever expanding musical frontier, while
maintaining their golden “shine”
as well as interjecting a tension with the sun and
beauty. The record hypnotizes as
much as it awakens; it poetically puts us at ease w
hile we sit in traffic, peck at our
keyboards in cubicles, or conversely, it accompanie
s us as we ride along desert
highways, or sway with our lovers. It is about hom
e; it is about waves, and
surrendering to their movements, trusting that they
will take us to where we truly
belong. 

07 Ride The Black Wave

Highway 9 - Barnaby Bright

Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo, I think I should sing to you

Listen to the full song and read the lyrics at https://soundcloud.com/nik-bear-brown

Nik Bear vocalizes his poems as a daily prayer as a follow up to 
‘Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo' https://on.soundcloud.com/4SJwQ9QEeyxKA13H8 

Vocalization, Lyrics, Arrangement, and Production: Nik Bear Brown

And the Lord God answered, soft and true,
Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo,
"I think I should sing to you."
No more haunted by what could have been,
Now there's hope where fear had been.

Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo,
Now I know what I should do.
Wiggle Jiggle Diggle Dee,
The answer was inside of me.
Sing to her, let your heart be true,
Hinkle, Finkle, Dinkle Doo.

She was everything I wanted, but fear held me back,
A shy nerd stuck on the safest track.
Now I hear the Lord's gentle cue,
A song’s the way to start something new.
I'm ready now, my heart’s in line,
To let her know, in my own time.

Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo,
Now I know what I should do.
Wiggle Jiggle Diggle Dee,
The answer was inside of me.
Sing to her, let your heart be true,
Hinkle, Finkle, Dinkle Doo.

The distance is long, but hope is strong,
I feel she remembers, like the echo of a song.
Her steps are slow, and mine are too,
I’ll wait for her, come what may.
I prayed for this chance, and now it’s near,
Her presence, even tentative, is clear.

Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo,
Now I know what I should do.
Wiggle Jiggle Diggle Dee,
The answer was inside of me.
Sing to her, let your heart be true,
Hinkle, Finkle, Dinkle Doo.

No rush, no fear, I’ll sing and wait,
The Lord God showed me it’s never too late.
She’ll take her time, find her way,
And I’ll be here, come what may.

Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo,
My heart sings this song for you.

Hinkle Finkle Dinkle Doo, I Think I Should Sing To You.

Official theme song, written and recorded for the by Kristian Matsson (The Tallest Man On Earth) for the Yellow Bird Project, to help raise awareness of their initiative.

Watch the official music video here: http://www.yellowbirdproject.com/theme_song

The Tallest Man On Earth - A Field of Birds (YBP Theme Song)

Tall Tall Shadow

It Can't Be You

Produced by Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, Cave Singers) at The Hive in Vancouver, Oh Fortune carries collaborations from many esteemed improvisational and experimental musicians including Eyvind Kang (Beck, Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, John Zorn), Jesse Zubot (Nels Cline, Mats Gustafsson), Gord Grdina (Gary Peacock, Paul Motian), Kenton Loewen (Mats Gustafsson, Jerry Granelli), JP Carter (Fond Of Tigers, Inhabitants) and Peggy Lee (Wayne Horvitz, Veda Hille).

Currents of mortality, isolation, and desperation run through the album, and yet its title comes from a reflection of a ticker-tape parade celebrating the return of Gertrude Ederle to the United States in 1926. For a heartbeat, she was the country’s biggest celebrity. She had just become the first woman to swim the English Channel, and simultaneously the new world-record holder (previously held by a man).

There exists in Oh Fortune this chaos of juxtaposition. It could be taken as a sad or dark album, yet musically it kicks with more ferocity and tenacity than people may expect from Mangan. It debates melancholy while it anticipates incredible moments of glory and victory. It’s not sad, it’s simply honest. 

07 Oh Fortune

La Force 
"You Amaze Me"

a Force is Ariel Engle, vocalist and newest member of Broken Social Scene, whose acclaimed 2017 album Hug of Thunder is marked by her enchanting lead vocals on "Stay Happy" and "Gonna Get Better." The music of La Force is nocturnal pop, layering seductive melodies over restrained electronics, lead beautifully by Engle's undeniable voice. Shaped with Warren Spicer of Plants & Animals, and featuring members of Suuns, Patrick Watson, and Broken Social Scene, first single "You Amaze Me" – a love song to husband and bandmate Andrew Whiteman –defines the tender but powerful essence of La Force. Stepping up to the role first helmed by the immeasurable talents Leslie Feist, Emily Haines (of Metric), and Amy Millan (of Stars), Engle brings La Force's singularity to the familial energy of Broken Social Scene.

@laforceband
laforceband.com

La Force - You Amaze Me

Shakey Graves, rising star from Austin, performs "Roll the Bones" at ACL Live during the Austin Music People Gala.

Shakey Graves Live @ AMP Gala - "Roll the Bones"

Vanguard Records, part of Concord Bicycle Music’s Fantasy Label Group, is one of the world’s leading independent record labels. Its eclectic roster of quality artists includes Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Switchfoot, O.A.R., Flogging Molly, Parachute, Sallie Ford, Matt Nathanson, Chris Isaak, Barenaked Ladies, Greg Laswell, Trevor Hall, Indigo Girls, and more. It’s rich history of catalog artists features Levon Helm, Merle Haggard, Joan Baez, Mindy Smith, Buddy Guy, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Wells, John Fahey, to name a few.

Andrew Bird - The Twistable Turnable Man Returns (From Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein)

Vanguard Records

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