BtWos 06-01-11

Great new material from Sleepingdog, Low, SPC ECO and some older, soft and melancholy tunes. Stream or Download.

I am a winner at posting playlists. Sorry for the near-month delay. Here we are:

Sleepingdog - Untitled Ballad of You and Me
Lightning Dust - Take It Home
Hosannas - Asleep in the Woods
Station Break - Max Richter - The Twins (Prague)
lowercasenoises - Depths
Low - I'm Done
Milton Mapes - Fallen Angel (Neil Young cover)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See A Darkness
Fleet Foxes - Blue Spotted Tail
Robin Pecknold feat. Ed Droste - I'm Losing Myself
Morning Clouds - Wasted Youth Blues
SPC ECO - Feels Like Flying

Bonus Video Time! Great French wall of sound here by the Psychocandies:

Beyond the Wall of Okinawa 05-18-11

My friend Patrick Robison co-hosts and introduces us to a world of Okinawan and Japanese folk music featuring the sanshin, a three-stringed banjo-like instrument native to Okinawa. Patrick even treats us to a live performance at the end of the show. If you think this is a big departure from the regular programming, listen to the show. There's songs about jilted lovers and skeletal hauntings aplenty. stream or Download.


Shakari Eisa Group - Chujun Nagari
Nenes - Tsuki nu Kaisha (The Beauty of the Moon)
Otome Tsubaki - Chindara Bushi
Nenes - Tinsagu nu Hana
Rinsho KadeKaru - Shirakumabushi
Misako Oshiro - Shirakuchibushi
Kosei Miyara - Densabushi
Takehiro Miyagi - Densunabushi
Ryoichi Nago - Jidai nu Nagari
Koei Tsuha - Nmu nu Kaori
Seijin Noborikawa - Kunjyan Jinto Yo
Seijin Noborikawa - Pesuto Pakkin Mama
Nenes - Kogane no Hana
Patrick Robison - Asadoyayunta