January 2010
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NEW FRIENDLY -- Sun Cut Flat
sun cut flat - becka says
we’ve added another friendly to the hi54lofi community; Sun Cut Flat. i’ve been listening to their album ‘Running of the Bulls’ quite a lot these last few days. it really is quite a great piece of work.
you can head over to our site and listen to the whole thing and also find out how you can get it for yourself (tip: it’s free). just...
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NEW FRIENDLY -- Maple Mountain
maple mountain - devon dream
we’ve added another friendly to the site, sir Maple Mountain. you can listen to the Various Songs EP over on our site an find out how you can grab one for yourself. it features 5 ‘folky’ ditties like / including the one included in this post.
just click on the album cover to go listen to the EP. and you can read the Q + A by clicking HERE.
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NEW FRIENDLY -- Cold Lake Flight School
cold lake flight school - driftwood
we setup a new friendly over on our site, Cold Lake Flight School. the track you are listening now gives you an idea of what the album holds in store, but to find out for real just head over to our page and listen to the whole thing (and find out how you can get download it — or get a hand-painted physical copy).
click on the album cover to...
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colder than in minnesota?
colder in moscow are the featured artists on the booking collective. if you live in the area, you should really check it out:
featured artist: http://bookingcollective.com/
profile page: http://bookingcollective.com/venues/userprofile/Colder%20in%20Moscow
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jeremy
hi-five for lo-fi records
(and if you are still here, you can click on the album cover to listen / get)
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bandcamp keeps it classy
while The 61* went with the crazy surprise approach for their sites development, Bandcamp appears to have decided to just keep being awesome. they just posted a great blog about there recent developments. its inspiring to see a website continue to do something cool and write so well about it.
http://blog.bandcamp.com/
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jeremy
hi-five for lo-fi records
* to be fair, i still like The...
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lieven and the paparazzi
a singer of songs has been getting some much deserved love on the internet this morning and we thought we’d share. one is in italian, so you may need a google translator on hand. they both are nice though, and come off some really great sites / blogs.
slowcoustic: http://slowcoustic.com/2010/01/25/songs-of-the-day-from-a-singer-of-songs/
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NEW FRIENDLY -- The Hillfields
the hillfields - down on you
we’ve been meaning to get The Hillfields setup as friendlies for a bit now, but time can be short on supply. their album of indie pop nuggets has been out for awhile now, through our friends at Underused Records (who co-released a Singer of Songs latest Old Happiness).
you can listen to The Hillfields - It’ll Never be the Same Again over on our...
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drama on the 61
not sure how much everyone else was left shell shocked by the redesign of the 61 a couple days ago (mom, i’m guessing your fine?), but i was pretty shocked. so were a lot of other people. their facebook page is a good spot to see that.
i won’t get into it much and i’ll try to find a balance between being dramatic and not being dramatic. but basically, they completely changed...
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kenny rogers - i just dropped in (to see what...
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driving down the 61
we just started a Hi-Five for Lo-Fi Records page on The 61. if you’ve never used it before, its a pretty cool site for discovering / listening to music.
apparently the best way to use it as an artist is to slowly upload your music, as it takes some time building up listeners and you don’t want your own songs fighting against each other for ‘hearts’. i think some people use...
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on the player - the archives
as some of you may know, we use our myspace player as a sort of mix tape. in fact, there is one up now that you can listen to. now this has never happened yet, but i’m sure you can imagine this scenario:
i get a message from some one saying, “these mix tapes are great, but everytime you update with a new one, i can no longer listen to the old ones. what up with that?”
well,...
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'hey hey my my'space mix cd (jan 2010)
hello everybody, welcome to the first ‘hey hey my my’space mix cd of 2010.
i was conflicted on whether i would keep doing these every month now that i’m a lot busier than i used to be, and a lot less people use myspace now a days. well, its still a great place for finding great bands. like these.
(if your new to this, the links go to each artists myspace page)
1. MamaDoom...
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NEW FRIENDLY -- The Singer Not the Song
the singer not the song - the song i sing when i am here
there is a lot of singing and songing in that song description. and all that singing and songing comes from the newest friendly on the Hi-Five for Lo-Fi Records page; The Singer Not The Song.
we currently have his great EP Not I and a Stephen Merrit cover track up on our site to be listened to and downloaded for free. you should get...
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a Singer of Songs - Old Happiness
a Singer of Songs new album Old Happiness is finally available. well, i’ve had it on my computer for weeks, but now you too can have it on your computer. and in your stereo.
it is available through the big names like Amazon and iTunes, and it is also available through smaller names like Underused Records and us, Hi-Five for Lo-Fi Records. You can check it out and purchase it through...
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NEW FRIENDLY -- Josh Hedlund
josh hedlund - sweet astrology
another fine artist has joined the list of friendlies. we are quite stoked with the addition of josh. his album Goodnight has definitely been on repeat around here. you too can have it on repeat, or just give it a listen over on our site.
listen / get Goodnight
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jeremy
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precious
i just got back from watching the movie precious (the less catchy official name of the movie is “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”) and if i could only use one word to describe this movie, that word would be ‘heavy’.
i know that might come across as me making a fat joke, but really it isn’t (although i’m sure ‘heavy’...
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myspace mix tape player - january 2010
hello,
happy new year / decade; hope everybody had a nice holiday. mine was good, minus the minus temperatures.
today is the 2nd day of 2010 and i thought i best take down the christmas decorations, as nobody wants to be those people that leave the christmas lights up until june. although i have had a clay santa hanging on my office wall since 2007 so maybe i already am those people.
either...
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