• Friday Playlist: A side of quiet melancholy to start your weekend right

    The Girl from Boca Chica Posted On August 20, 2010
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    Ben and Bruno

    New Friend Song

    A lovely Michigan duo. Their sad harmonies are sad. They will make you sad too.

    Great Lake Swimmers

    She Comes to Me in Dreams

    Tony Dekker melts hearts and minds with his otherworldly voice. From the Palmistry release.

    Dave Rawlings Machine

    Method Acting-Cortez the Killer

    This is what Gillian Welch has been getting up to the last couple of years. This song is a melding of a Bright Eyes tune with Neil Young’s beautiful creeper, Cortez the Killer.

    Emma Hill

    Lady Of The Sea

    Great laid back banjo and lovely vocals on this shambling tune by newcomer Emma Hill from rural Alaska.

    The Harlan Twins

    Stones In My Passway

    This one starts out drowning its sorrows on a barstool then moves to the street in a drunken brawl. Brilliant.

    Sam Quinn and Japan Ten

    Fanboy

    A beautiful downer from another sweet Ramseur band.

    Guthrie Kennard

    Bristol

    The last track on the sandpaper throated singer’s album, Matchbox.


    *Image is Pittsburgh at Night, by Aaron Harry Gorson, circa 1915*




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