Jan 30, 2008

Psalters



It's about time I said something about this group of musicians. I started listening to them a while ago and then more recently and I should have said something then. But alas. Anyways they combine all sorts of forms and influences of music and they travel in a bus running on vegetable oil and they only take donations (you can email them and receive their albums for free) and they are close friends with my favorite band, mewithoutYou and they are essentially psalmists. I don't know much else about them except that their music is powerful, human, and rich. You might not like it at first, but then they're not really for everyone anyways. They say, "You can come along if you're a miserable wretch...but unfortunately if you are generally a good person there is not enough room for you."

Also, “We are the cry of the exodus.
there is no home for us here.
we are a nomadic tribe of psalters,
walking in the footsteps of ancients past
to the far corners of the present,
united as one voice against the
oppression within and without.
one more echo in the eternal song of our
First Love, our Hope, our Pillar of Fire.”

Psalters Badlands
Psalters Turn Me Round
Psalters Banner
You are my Beloved and no matter what happens I want nothing more than to stand next to You.


Contact: Psalters.org and Myspace

Jan 17, 2008

What do I do now?



I'm sorry this might be filled with sappy love songs but, you know, sometimes it's necessary.

I started liking Ben Kweller again so here is some Ben Kweller:

Ben Kweller Sundress Ben Kweller
Ben Kweller Thirteen Ben Kweller

Songs of the week:

I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye.
Kimya Dawson I Like Giants Remember That I Love You
Woodpigeon Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever Songbook

Dawn Landes is like a mixture of Cat Power and Feist maybe. She sends me peace and beauty. Listen to her:

Dawn Landes Straight Lines Two Three Four
Dawn Landes You Alone Two Three Four
Dawn Landes Twilight Fireproof