Jim Shorkey


Chris Ware – Lost Buildings
January 24, 2011, 11:15 am
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This is a from a DVD Ware did for This American Life:



Jonny – album preview
January 24, 2011, 10:52 am
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The new album from Jonny (Norman Blake and Euros Child’s new project) is currently being streamed at their site:

http://www.turnstilemusic.net/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jonny+Album+Stream&utm_source=YMLP&utm_term=here

Here’s a video of their tune, Candyfloss:



Pete and the Pirates – Winter 1
January 17, 2011, 6:46 pm
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New song from Pete and the Pirates with an album to follow. It can also be seen wide screen at:

http://vimeo.com/18153281



The Parting Gifts – Bound to Let Me Down
January 14, 2011, 11:37 pm
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Reigning Sounds Greg Cartwright has a second job in the Parting Gifts:





Allo Darlin’ – My Heart is a Drummer
January 14, 2011, 11:27 pm
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Another new(ish)  band that I`ve been liking.





The Capstan Shafts – She makes amazing look stupid
January 14, 2011, 11:21 pm
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A new band I`ve been going back to a lot:



Mike Badger and The Onset – Precious Love
January 14, 2011, 11:15 pm
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Just `cuz I`m listening to it right now…





Smiths – demos
January 14, 2011, 11:12 pm
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 A Smiths vinyl bootleg called Unreleased Demos & Instrumentals available for download. It consists of some unreleased instrumentals and alternate version of existing tunes. All the tracks are worth checking out. It seems the lot of them have been posted to YouTube:



Oxford American – alternate tracks
January 14, 2011, 10:54 pm
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Since I have been pulling from the latest Oxford American, I should mention that this years state is Alabama and they go way beyond the usual Muscle Shoals picks. Their website currently has a whack of tracks that didn’t make the CD.

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/articles/2010/dec/02/alternate-universe-alabama-music-compilation/



Ralph “Soul” Jackson
January 14, 2011, 10:50 pm
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And another new find from Oxford, Ralph “Soul” Jackson. The Oxford track is a cover of Matchbox that sounds like a mash up with a ZZ top riff. This one was recorded around the same time:




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