LSTN #9: man/miracle

NPR’S Second Stage Podcast- Man/Miracle crafted the songs for its first full-length effort, The Shape Of Things in what the band members describe as a decrepit basement in their Oakland, Califor. home. The ramshackle feeling of the recording space comes through on their album.

Listen without me: Up

LSTN #8: ernest gonzales

NPR’S Second Stage Podcast- Music is often a more effective way to communicate our grandest ideas because words alone can diminish feelings that seem so spectacular on the inside. Take the latest release form electronic artist Ernest Gonzalez. Been Meaning To Tell You is an entirely instrumental album, but its 13 intricately produced tracks convey as much tangled emotion and soul as you’d expect from more lyrical works.

Listen with me: Dancing In The Snow

LSTN #7: south china

For fans of Sufjan Stevens!

NPR’S Second Stage Podcast- Husband and wife Jeremy and Jerusha Robinson have mastered a sound that’s about as satisfying as their names would have you hope. They make sparse folk songs that are studded with beautiful cello, horn and piano inlays that give each tune a rich and appealing ambiance.