The Tallest Man on Earth :: Weather of a Killing Kind

The Tallest Man on Earth :: Weather of a Killing Kind

Today we find a new track from Tallest Man on Earth featured in Adult Swim's weekly mp3 series. Check out "Weather of a Killing Kind," an understated and simple folk tune that is (thankfully) not much of a stylistic stretch for the talented songwriter

The Tallest Man on Earth-Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird

The Tallest Man on Earth-Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird

Swedish native Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth is my new love. He has just released his new EP, "Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird" on iTunes, with a hard copy available elsewhere on November 9th via Dead Oceans. The EP is beautiful and melancholy and has been playing on repeat on my ipod for the last week or so with very few interruptions. My favorite song is "The Dreamer." Listen below.

There is also a free download of "The Wheel" on the Dead Oceans website, and of course his myspace.

Tallest Man on Earth - My Journey to the Sky

Tallest Man on Earth - My Journey to the Sky

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BCB's Favorites of 2010 Thus Far

BCB's Favorites of 2010 Thus Far

Well its about 2010.5 (actually, its 2009.5 to be technical) and its time for more lists! Brandon and I recently composed our lists of favorite albums and EP's and lo and behold they were quite similar. Instead of just listing out our hierarchical impulses, we are just going to lay out the albums we agreed upon.

Top two albums:
Beach House: Teen Dream
Joanna Newsom: Have One On Me

I (Scott) had Teen Dream atop my list and Brandon had Newsom's triple LP, but we both agree that these are the best albums of the year thus far. I would say future '10 releases from Panda Bear, Radiohead, and Fleet Foxes are the only chances of supplanting this pair.

[mp3] Beach House :: Silver Soul

[mp3] Joanna Newsom :: '81

Other agreements (in no particular order):

The Tallest Man On Earth: The Wild Hunt

[mp3] King Of Spain

Morning Benders: Big Echo 

[mp3] Excuses

Owen Pallett: Heartland

[mp3] Lewis Takes Action

Mountain Man: Made the Harbor

[mp3] Soft Skin

Tame Impala: Innerspeaker

[mp3] Runway, Houses, City, Clouds

MGMT: Congratulations

[mp3] Flash Delirium 

ceo: White Magic

[mp3] Come With Me

Best EP's thus far:

Twin Sister: Color Your Life

Memoryhouse: The Years

Oberhofer: oO0OooOo

Active Child: Curtis Lane

Grouper: Grouper/Roy Montgomery Split 

The Buzz Box #6

The Buzz Box #6

The Buzz Box #6 features the new single from Kanye West, plus some new (fantastic) music from rising acts Bodies of Water, Suckers, and recently P4K approved Wild Nothing. Also included is a Paul Simon cover from The Tallest Man On Earth, who at least impressed my (musically picky) roommates at this past weekend's Sasquatch Music Festival. Enjoy:

The Tallest Man On Earth :: Graceland (Paul Simon Cover)
Kanye West :: Power
Bodies of Water :: Rise Up, Careful
Suckers :: A Mind I Knew
Wild Nothing :: Chinatown
Kathryn Calder :: Slip Away
Sean Carey :: In The Dirt

The Buzz Box #1

The Buzz Box #1

This week we will be starting a series of posts called "The Buzz Box" that will be a mix of the most current hyped music that we here at the Box consider worthy of your listening.

This week saw the continued rise of young acts Sleigh Bells and Memoryhouse as well as some great new tracks from some veterans like The Books and The New Pornographers. Also included is the only track worth listening to on the new Band of Horses album...

The Books :: Beautiful People
Memoryhouse :: Bonfire
The New Pornographers :: Crash Years
Band of Horses :: Factory
The Tallest Man on Earth :: King of Spain
Sleigh Bells :: Tell 'Em
Horse Feathers :: Belly of June

[Note: With the new media player you can only download a song (right click, save as) when it is not being played]