Franky Silence & Ghost Orchestra - NEW EP Fallen

Sabrina Troxler - vox, co-writing

Pablo Haller - lyrics

Adi Rohner - uprightbass, lapsteel, composition

...and The Ghost Orchestra:

Nik Mäder - vox, bassclarinet, clarinet

David Bokel - piano, accordeon

Simon Rupp - guitar, banjo

Christian Bucher - marimba

Vincent Glanzmann - drum, percussion

Franky Silence’s latest work is full of swearing, moaning, ranting and raving. The protagonists know that they’re lost, but they don’t care anymore – they just continue.
Sabrina Troxler and Adi Rohner, a young artist couple, are Franky Silence. They have dedicated themselves to traditional American song writing, thus “Fallen” is characterized by gloomy references to blues, Folk Noir and Vaudeville chanson. Street Date: 2013-04-05 "Fallen EP" will be available as free download at http://franky-silence.ch  for a limited time

The opening track “Fallen” draws the listeners in with it's David Lynchesque opening bars and slides into a smooth melancholic slow dance. “Last Night” mystical and dark with a beatnik beat and echoy guitar with Sabrina's vocals lurking around like shadows on building walls. Josh Homme and Mark Lanegan's desert rocker “No one knows” gets a banjo and clarinet makeover giving it a jazzy gothic uplift. The last song on the EP "I Have To Go" a twangy sad ballad, leaves you wishing they didn't have to go and craving more.

The Ghost Orchestra with bass clarinet, accordion, banjo, marimba and waterphone creates an authentic soundscape – wistful and dark deserts, missed opportunities and thrown away happiness drifting over them. Desperados and fallen angels are travelling towards new horizons, which might bring salvation or, more probably, once more failure.
Skillfully composed, consistently arranged, with playful harmonies and chamber music subtleties, the band consisting of Nik Mäder, David Bokel, Simon Rupp, Christian Bucher and Vincent Glanzmann rumbles through a dimmed universe of sound. A sound, which could just as well unfold in a shabby theatre in the american bible belt.
To round off the artistic oeuvre, Franky Silence brought in Pablo Haller, who (for the second time after Franky Silence’s much-praised debut “Recordings For Imaginary Movies“) provided poetically condensed, hallucinogenic words for Troxler's alterable voice.

Feel Bad For March: CxCW Edition

This month we celebrate Couch By Couchwest (http://couchbycouchwest.com/). That’s the alternative music festival that can be enjoyed from the confines of your own home, on your very own luxurious couch! Who needs SxSW? You’ve gotta take time off from work and deal with crowds and drunkards. I don’t know about you, but I’m too broke and lazy to go to the trouble of heading to Austin. Criminy, you can be your own crowd and revel in your own drunkeness!

Thanks to AnnieTUFF (@AnnieTUFF) for this month’s artwork. Grab a beer, a shot or… some herb if you live in Colorado or Washington (like me!), kick back and listen to some tunes. Oh! And leave some comments!

Download

1. Title: Aluga-se-Vende
Artist: Móveis Coloniais de Acaju (translates as “colonial mahogany wood-made furniture”)
Album [2005]: Idem
Submitted By: hoosier buddy
Comments: In the song, this couple breaks up and he says things to her about keys and the living room and brokers, all of which may make sense to him. What I love about it is the weird Bill Murray/Oingo Boingo vibe, the complicated but well-orchestrated arrangement, the drumming, and the way the song builds, then chills out a lot, and finally comes back like gangbusters to knock your socks off.

2. Title: Moving Furniture Around
Artist: The Handsome Family
Album: Odessa (1995)
Submitted By: toomuchcountry
Comments: Couches, love seats, ottomans, futons, etc. They’re all Sofa King pieces of furniture that must be moved from time to time.

3. Title: This Is A Notice
Artist: Mic Harrison And The High Score
Album (year): Still Wanna Fight
Submitted By: annieTUFF
Comments: Keeping with the CXCW theme I chose Mic Harrison and The High Score. I filmed Mic Harrison and The High Score’s CXCW video last year…in the dirtiest motel in Tennessee. No joke, that place was disgusting. I set my beer down to take some photos and when I went to pick it back up a roach was on the can. That motel is condemned now by the way… Anyway, back to the music, this song is on “Still Wanna Fight” the same album as the song they sang for CXCW last year “The Colonel Is Dead”. Good stuff, check it out.

4. Title: Da Couch Dat Burps
Artist: Da Yoopers
Album (Year): For Diehards Only (1995)
Submitted By: Gorrck
Comments: There’s a fine line between participation and mockery.
[Editor: FOR.THE.WIN! If I were to give awards for monthly contributions, this is the March winner.]

5. Title: Falling Apart
Artist: Billy Pilgrim
Album (year): Bloom (1995)
Submitted By: @philnorman
Comments: Feels like a CXCW song to me, “left me here in these ragged
chairs, stuffing snowing everywhere.” Golly, I loved this band. You
might know Kristian Bush now for being “the guy in the hat in
Sugarland.”

6. Title: Wicker Chair
Artist: Kings Of Leon
Album (Year): Holy Roller Novocaine (2003)
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22
Comments: I love early Kings Of Leon. Their sound was so ‘swampy’, but they had the occasional laid back song and this fits that lazy, laid-back ‘sofa/chair’ theme.

7. Title: Friends in Bottles
Artists: The Takers
Album (year): Taker Easy (2009)
Submitted By: Rockstar Aimz
Comments: This is one of the best songs of the last five years, however, to my knowledge, The Takers as a band no longer exist. Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that they split in 2010. Devon Stuart, formerly of The Takers, and Michael Claytor played “Narrow Road” for CXCW 2011. At CXCW2012, Chase 56 did a damn good cover of “Friends in Bottles.”

8. Title: When Our Love Passed Out on the Couch
Artist: X
Album: Wild Gift (1981)
Submitted By: @tincanman2010 (http://tincanland.wordpress.com/)
Comments: Was tempted to send in The Couch by Alanis Morris Settee, but X tiCX a heap of CXCW boXes – to wit, crunchy guitars and depraved indifference to polite society. On TGIF, God gave man the couch so that we might spend our days of rest passed out or making out – or, in this case, making out with other girls while yours is passed out.

9. Title: Sleight of Hand
Artist: Kassy Key & the Raindoggs
Album (2012): Kassy Key & the Raindoggs
Submitted By: @popa2unes
Comments: Don’t know how they’ll all fit on a couch, but we shall see, I expect something really special shall transpire

10. Title: Run Away
Artist: The End Men
Album (year): Play With Your Toys (2013)
Submitted By: Simon
Comments: One of my favourite 2012 CXCW performances came from the The End Men, here’s a slice of primal rock n roll taken from their current album Play With your Toys available at http://theendmen.bandcamp.com

11. Title: Chimayo
Artist: Will Kimbrough
Album (Year): This (2000)
Submitted by: erschen
Comments: This guy has collaborated with people like Todd Snider, Jayhawks, Matthew Ryan and Guy Clark but is an great musician on his own.

12. Title: No Honey for Anybody
Artist: The Bear
Album (year): The Bear (2011)
Submitted By: TheOtherBrit
Comments: Never would’ve heard of the crew out of North Alabama if it weren’t for CXCW. Looking forward to their video this year!

13. Title: Italian Leather Sofa
Artist: Cake
Album (Year): Fashion Nugget (1996)
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22
Comments: Who doesn’t like Cake? I had this and Wicker Chair as my choices for this month’s comp and since we are a little light this month, I added this one too.

14. Title: Irene
Artist: Trixie Whitley
Album (Year): Fourth Corner (2013)
Submitted By: BoogieStudio22
Comments: What the hell?!? One more. Trixie Whitley is my current artist crush. I first heard her on Daytrotter in January and she’s won my ears. If you like neo-R&B/Soul, check her out. She’s the daughter of Chris Whitley, a well-regarded guitarist who died too young. You should check out catalog too.

NEW Album> The Imperial Rooster - Cluckaphony

Members: Cootie LeRoux, Nat King Kong, Tennessee Skilly McGee, Khorn Syrup, Lulu Lotus Cornblossom, Dusty Vinyl

Yet again The Imperial Rooster burst forth with a floodwater of creativity on their new album “Cluckphony” In true Porch Pontificator style the Roosters with cathartic outbursts, and an orchestrated glorious ruckus, toss witty lines of insight and wisdom around like pit bulls with ragdolls as they create the soundtrack for the purgatory waiting room.

Track List:
The Hoover Farm Exorcism
Overunderstimulated
April
Santa Cruz
Exit Me
Polka De Nalgas
Shit Falls
The Shit Song
Soldier Boy Johnny
The Saviour
Pine Box Hell

They would like to stick it in your ear for free, but this is worth any amount you'd like to pay.

The Imperial Rooster's Couch By Couchwest 2013 Sessions

Popa Podcasts? Mental Noir-ish Mints

Ok I'm stepping out on the ledge here, with a feeble attempt at podcasting, I have a face for radio and a voice for dark alleys, but on the bright side the music is really good. In this first episode (wait what? there'll be another one?) we have a mix of folk, gypsy noirish tunes, for those dark whiskey soaked twilight evening's.
So crack open that bottle of Makers and indulge with me for an hour and we'll take the journey together.
Listen below, to download right mouse click here save file as.

Artist	Song
1) The End Men	Cleaning Your Mind
2) Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds	Conjure Man
3) Howe Gelb & A Band of Gypsies	Cowboy Boots on Cobble stone
4) Sean K. Preston	Ain't No Grave
5) Miss Chain And The Broken Heels	It's Gone
6) Sikamor Rooney	Midnight 2
7) Sidestreet Reny	BK
8) Franky Silence & Ghost Orchestra	Fallen
9) The Bailey Hounds	Oh My Demons, How They Wander
10) Brown Bird	Fingers To The Bone
11) Henry's Rifle	Odds Favor the Devil
12) The Dirty Urchins	Hand Me The Crown
13) Blackwater Jukebox	Hangman Two-Step
14) Justin and the Salty Dogs	Streetwise
15) Skeletons In The Piano	The Price Put On You
16) The Amboys	Ashley Meets the Wolf
17) The Peculiar Pretzelmen	Burn Your House Down
18) The End Men	Into The Mines

New Album: Keith Kenny - And the light came blaring in​.​.​.

Keith Kenny dazzeled the couch by couchwest crowd with an exuberant couch performance of his new song 'Filling Holes'. On March 23rd his new album 'And the light came blaring in​.​.​.' was released, as a songwriter Keith tackles issues of the human condition and his inner demons, as a singer/musician he pours is full being into the delivery of his songs, with a rockin' mixture of blues/folk. A blistering guitarist with multi-instrument skills and his unique vocals are on full display on this album of blues tinged rocker's and sizzling slow burners.

Couch By Couchwest performance of the new song “Filling Holes”

Released 23 March 2013
All songs written, performed & produced by Keith Kenny
Mastered by Ed Littman
Artwork by Keith Kenny & Ian Luberecki

Tour Dates
3.26.13 - Martin's Downtown - Roanoke, VA 9pm
3.27.13 - Preservation Pub - Knoxville, TN 9pm
3.29.13 - Jack of the Wood - Asheville, NC 6pm
4.01.13 - Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA 8pm
4.04.13 - Steamboat Willies - Palatka, FL 10pm
4.10.13 - Tobacco Road - Miami, FL 8pm
4.18.13 - Steamboat Willies - Palatka, FL 10pm
4.19.13 - Brick House Kitchen - Charleston, SC 7pm
4.24.13 - Terrapin Brewing Co - Athens, GA 5pm
4.26.13 - Havoc - Raleigh, NC 10pm
4.27.13 - The Saloon - Charlotte, NC 10pm
4.29.13 - Amra's - Raleigh, NC 8pm
5.03.13 - Langhorne Coffee House - Langhorne, PA 6pm
5.17.13 - John & Peter's - LIVE RECORDING - New Hope, PA 9pm

Brown Bird - Fits of Reason

Artwork by Will Schaff.

Brown Bird’s two members, David Lamb and MorganEve Swain, continue to build their sound from the foundations of blues and American roots music, utilizing the simple foot-percussion, violin, cello and upright bass that they have become known for, while expanding Swain’s vocal presence and flaunting Lamb’s lyrical mastery. Recorded in their home-state of Rhode Island at Machines With Magnets, Fits of Reason is inspired by the writings of Omar Khayyam, Christopher Hitchens, and Plato, among others, and grapples with the human condition in a smooth but unapologetic departure from the band’s previous release, Salt for Salt. With the introduction of electric guitar, electric bass, and a more prominent display of the band’s Middle Eastern, metal, and psych-rock influences, Fits of Reason delves into heavier territory and invites the listener to hear with discerning ears.

Brown Bird spent most of 2012 on the road, supporting Trampled By Turtles, The Devil Makes Three, Yonder Mountain String Band and Horse Feathers, and wowed the crowd at the Newport Folk Festival with their first main-stage appearance. The band will continue criss-crossing the US in 2013, with a full US tour planned in April, and an appearance scheduled at the Stagecoach Festival in Indio, CA. Fits of Reason will be released on Supply & Demand Music on April 2nd, 2013.

Pre-Orders in various flavors available for purchase now. Sneek peek, Listen to 'Seven Hells' and 'Nine Eyes'



Upcoming Tour Dates

2-Apr Billy's Tavern Thomaston, ME
3-Apr The Parlor Room Northampton, MA
4-Apr Higher Ground South Burlington, VT
5-Apr The Met Pawtucket, RI
6-Apr The Press Room Portsmouth, NH
9-Apr Lilly's Pad @ Toad's Place New Haven, CT
10-Apr FED LIVE Harrisburg, PA
11-Apr Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
12-Apr The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
13-Apr The Bishop Bloomington, IN
16-Apr The Southern Charlottesville, VA
17-Apr Strange Matter Richmond, VA
18-Apr The Saint Asbury Park, NJ
19-Apr Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
20-Apr One Longfellow Square (TWO SHOWS!) Portland, ME
28-Apr Stagecoach Festival Bermuda Dunes, CA
3-May Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
4-May Isis Asheville, NC
6-May The EARL Atlanta, GA
7-May The Melting Point Athens, GA
8-May Bottletree Cafe Birmingham, AL
9-May Siberia New Orleans, LA
10-May Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
11-May Stubb's Jr Austin, TX
12-May The Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge Fort Worth, TX
14-May Low Spirits Albuquerque, NM
16-May eTown Hall Boulder, CO
17-May Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
18-May The State Room Salt Lake City, UT
22-May The Satellite Los Angeles, CA
23-May The Independent San Francisco, CA
24-May Strawberry Music Festival El Portal, CA
27-May Sasquatch Festival George, WA
2-Jun Nelsonville Festival Nelsonville, OH
19-Jul Wildwood Music Festival Willamina, OR

Previous Releases 2011

Bloody Lovely Audrey - Four Dark Eyes EP

Sinead Curry - Vocals | Rob Cleary - Guitars | Andy Cavenagh - Bass | Seb Guajardo - Drums

Bloody Lovely Audrey is raw raunchy rock and roll and I like it, no love it!. While their debut EP 'Animal' was an in your face ball grabber, on their sophomore effort, titled 'Four Dark Eyes', Sinead and the boys go straight  for your jugular and shake you like a voodoo rag doll. Over heavy primal beats and soaring riffs, Sinead serenade's you like a wild banshee dripping sweat and blood from a rock god sacrificial ritual.

released 16 July 2010 debut EP 'Animal' is the sound of four people having a damn good time. It's louder than a riot, sexier than double D cleavage, and unapologetically in your face....like double D cleavage.
It's an attempt to take the brutal energy and dirty, dirty noise we put into our live shows and compress it all onto one little plastic disc. These are songs about life, love and lust. Especially lust.

18 Savory Sounds The Appetizer by Built4BBQ

Formed by local punk-Americana dudes The Slaughterhouse Chorus and Henry’s Rifle, the Built4BBQ record collective released the first of three planned 2013 sampler albums. The 18-track compilation, dubbed The Appetizer, features music from associated artists Charmboy, The Pistolwhips, The End Men, Bridge Under Fire, Maggot Brain and Linear North, as well as numerous special guests representing the best in independent Empire State music. Punk, country, folk, metal, blues, powerviolence, post-hardcore, psychedelic rock, garage… whatever your flavor, it’s all there on The Appetizer sampler. Built4BBQ invites you dig in at www.built4bbq.com, where the sampler is available for free download in a variety of formats.

Built4BBQ is a collection of like-minded musicians from the Capital Region and beyond, banding together in the name of good tunes and good times. Fully DIY in approach, the members of Built4BBQ produce and package their own albums, screen their own merchandise and book their own shows. Additional releases slated for 2013 include The Pistolwhips’ Solid Gold Zeppelin full-length, a full-length from Henry’s Rifle and two more samplers: The Entree, due in July, and Dessert, out this winter (the winter that comes after the current one – Ed.).

The Slaughterhouse Chorus and The End Men bring Built4BBQ on the road this week, joining forces for a 10-date U.S. tour known as “No Tour For Old Men”. The tour kicks off in Brooklyn and finishes up at Valentines in Albany on March 30.

No Tour For Old Men Schedule:
3/20: Brooklyn, NY @ Muchmore’s
3/21: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
3/22: Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project
3/23: Columbus, OH @ Scarlet & Gray
3/24: Nashville, TN @ FooBar Too
3/25: Carbondale, IL @ PK’s
3/26: Lawrence, KS @ Frank’s North Star
3/27: Chicago, IL @ Quincher’s
3/28: Canton, OH @ Buzzbin Magazine HQ
3/29: Rochester, NY @ Sticky Lips BBQ
3/30: Albany, NY @ Valentine’s Music Hall

EXTRAS! EXTRAS! #NYC Uncle Leon's Casting Couch Call

New Yorker's, do you have that one in a million face, are you a character with individualistic style, do you have talents yet to be discovered? Of course you do you're from the city that never sleeps, the center of the universe the melting pot of the world, well you of untapped and hidden talents, get ready for your close up!

CALLING ALL EXTRAS!

On Tuesday, April 30th, Uncle Leon and the Alibis will be shooting a video for their song “Wild Ways” at Hank’s Saloon in Brooklyn.

The premise is simple: We’re the band. You’re the audience. And with your help, we’re going to create the wildest, most freak-tastic Uncle Leon and the Alibis show ever recorded.

All you have to do is be in the crowd, and act like you’re having a good time. (We know that’s tough, but use your imagination.)

As a reward for your time and effort, we’ll be handing out free cans of beer, courtesy of Brooklyn’s own Sixpoint Brewery. That’s right—we’re giving you free beer, just for hanging out in a bar.

We’re looking for all types. The crazier the better!

If you have a special talent—dancing, burlesque, fire-eating, motorcycle-riding, lasso tricks, roller boogie, or whatever—let us know. We may decide to use you as a Featured Extra, with your own mini-scene.

To be in the video, you MUST:

Be age 21 or over, with valid ID

Be willing to sign a standard video release form.

Be able to show up at Hank’s Saloon on Tuesday, April 30th promptly at 3:30 pm, and stay the whole time until 7 pm.

(Yes. It’s a Tuesday afternoon.)

Be willing to dance, shake, hop, or otherwise act like you’re enjoying yourself on camera, even after you’ve heard the same song 150 times.

To sign up, just fill out this form  To be featured, check “Featured Extra” and list your special talents.

After signup, you will receive detailed instructions via e-mail.

Hank’s Saloon is located at 46 3rd Ave. at Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, NY. 

Listen to Wild Ways and hone your Wild Ways antics

#cxcw Couch Klieg light: Uncle Leon and the Alibis - Wild Ways

Leon Chase - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar.

Neil Magnuson - Bass and Backup Vocals.

Charlie "Chedda" Aceto - Lead Guitar.

David Varriale - Drums.

Uncle Leon jumped on the couch at Couch By Couchwest via the Beer Train, a goodtime, romping sing-a-long commute that gathered twitter steam like a rolling keg. creating two memes along the way #beertrain #girlwiththebook, Leon's continued engagement throughout and after the festival is what builds and maintains fans and friendships.He should be listed in NYC's list of must see attractions. Uncle Leon and the Alibis album Wild Ways is essential listening for fans of rowdy, drinking, americana fun.

Brooklyn's Uncle Leon and the Alibis album Wild Ways is like a late night stumble and tumble into the last neon sign lit smokey bar open way past last call, deliriously bleary eyed you find a seat in the corner next to a lady named Big  Maybelle order a beer and a shot, glance leeringly at Maybelle and toast 'Fuck It'  then the music catchs your attention and coming over old tube amps, loud and raunchous, Uncle Leon and the Alibis  are playing their unique brand of whiskey fused, roadhouse honky tonk, capturing your mood completely 'whiskey, women, pills and booze still can't kill these lonsome blues', their in your head man what are they doing in your head? You look around and everyone's a bipping and bopping to the music, they're in everyone's head man, your eyes clear a bit, you sing along a few verses and in a minute your foot stomping and hootin' and a hollerin' with the crowd. Fuck the world!
The Uncles got the vocal chords of nashvilles greats piped straight from his gut, backed by musicians that sound like they've played on every Sun session ever recorded. Essential listening for every roots revival enthusiast. Rating: Four Levi Buttons
Recorded entirely on vintage analog equipment, straight to 2″ tape and mastered by Joe Lambert at Brooklyn’s JLM Sound, Listen and buy full album

All My Crazy Friends Got Old and Lame
Don't Blame This Guitar
Cold Dark Night
Fuck the World
It Ain't That Easy
Hold On
Loving a Cowboy.mp3
The Cheatin' Kind
Whiskey and Weed and Big-Titted Women
Wild Ways

Listen and Purchase on the website  Give a like of Facebook, Follow on Twitter

Bio:
Previously, Uncle Leon and the Alibis have released two “quick-n-dirty” self-produced studio albums: "Drunk" and "Roller Derby Saved My Soul", as well as the 2010 live album, "That’s My Shit!" Uncle Leon also recorded a limited-edition vinyl single, “The Bartender”, for Metropolicana Records in Scotland.

Two of the band’s songs, “Big Idea” and “Drugstore Roses”, appeared in the independent feature film "My Best Day", which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2012. The song “Roller Derby Saved My Soul” has been featured in two Australian documentaries—ABC TV’s “Roller Derby Dolls”, and "This is Roller Derby"—and continues to show up in various fan-created YouTube videos. The song has also inspired a theatrical stage play, a few serious essays, and at least one tattoo.

Locally, they’ve had the pleasure of opening for several notable indie-roots characters, including The Legendary Shack Shakers, Joe Buck, and Eddie Spaghetti of the Supersuckers. Uncle Leon is also the founder of the website Brooklyn Country.

Fueled by a boozy mix of classic honky-tonk, high-energy garage-punk, and good old-fashioned filthy talk, Uncle Leon and the Alibis seem determined to drag modern “Roots” music, kicking and screaming, back to the gritty back roads it grew up on.

#cxcw Couch Klieg light: Fifth on the Floor & The Dead Exs

Justin Wells of Fifth on the Floor is a staple at Couch By Couchwest, as are The Dead Exs, always out of gum and packing punches, so when I saw this little twitter exchange needless to say I got all a twitter.

@fifthonthefloor we needs to get on a stage togetha!!! nice work man hope you got the blood back in your fingers.
— The Dead Exs (@thedeadexs) March 16, 2013

Let's do it! "@thedeadexs: @fifthonthefloor we needs to get on a stage togetha!!! nice work man hope you got the blood back in your fin... "
— Fifth on the Floor (@FifthontheFloor) March 16, 2013

Justin  plays “January in Louisiana” from their album “Ashes & Angels” on a train in cold, cold Lexington, Kentucky.


In the middle of Couch By Couchwest on March 12th Fifth on the Floor dropped their 3rd album 'Ashes & Angels' featuring songs writing by all members of the band, Aaron Earl Graham - Drums, Vocals
Jason Parsons - Bass, Vocals, Matty Rodgers - Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Justin Wells - Vocals, Guitar.
It kicks off with an ole timey slidin' and a fiddlinjamoree devil went down to Twangville 'Whiskey' and slides like a warm shot into the riff heavy, beat pounding ballads 'Shotgun' and 'January in Louisiana'.  On 'The Last Opry' Matty's  just fuckin' burn the Opry down with molotov cocktail that jumps fire barrier's and takes the torch right into 'Burnin' Nashville'
'Wild Child' features Shooter Jennings on Piano and Diamond Bobman Emmett on organ for a rock riff laden windows down pounding on the steering wheel ripper of a song. Eli Hall on Petal Steel and Shooter Jennings on piano join them on 'Angels in the Snow'. The next song 'Wine' features the magnificent vocals of Rachel Brooke I don't think anything more needs to be said about that. 'Hangman's Reel' is the perfect hanging at the train yard waiting for a hop sing-along for all us vagabonds at heart, the guitars bellow of destinations to be and Justin wails like freight train wheels on full steam. The next song features Brandon Bowlds on Banjo Benjamin Ringle on Dobro, Don Rogers on fiddle with Matty on Harmonica on the melancholic 'What For'.
'Same Ol' Thing'  closing out the album 'One Big Holiday' features Rachel Brooke on backgound vocals and Shooter Jennings back on piano and Eli Hall adding his fantastic petal steel
Shooter Jennings produced the record at DeadBird Studios in Louisville, KY.  The album features performances by Jennings, Rachel Brooke, Benjamin Ringel (The Delta Saints), and Kentucky musicians Brandon Bowlds, Eli Hall, and Don Rogers.

Track Listing:
1.  Whiskey
2.  Shotgun
3.  January in Louisiana
4.  The Last Opry
5.  Burnin’ Nashville Down
6.  Wild Child
7.  Angels in the Snow
8.  Wine (ft. Rachel Brooke)
9.  Hangman’s Reel
10.  What For
11.  Same Old Thing
12.  One Big Holiday

The Dead Exs returned to CXCW with a new song 'Don't Mess With The Girl From Texas' from their sophomore album 'Relovolution' released 16 September 2012 reviewed here
So with those two tweets I started this post off in mind I thought what better way to satisfy my need for these two bands to jam together, then with a Fifth on the Floor/The Dead Exs playlist. see/hear below..




Listen to 3 song set by Fifth on the Floor


Listen to a 3 song set by The Dead Exs

#cxcw Couch Klieg light: Shinyribs - Gulf Coast Museum

On March 16th at Couch By Couchwest Shinyribs aka Kevin Russell front man for The Gourds graced the couch with a killer cover of  Willie Nelson’s “Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground.” Kevin's vocal and musical range is amazing and is on full display on his upcoming album 'Gulf Coast Museum' due to drop April 16th on Nine Mile Records.... continued below video:

The aptly titled Gulf Coast Museum has the sounds of a leisurely sail along the Gulf coast from Key West to Corpus Christi, with detours into the many inlets, bays, and lagoons where influences from as far away as Motown, Chicago flow effortlessly on the stunning Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes cover, If You Don't Know Me By Now and  'Bolshevik Sugarcane' and 'Sweet Potato' and mingle perfectly with the Leon Russellesque 'Sweeter Than The Scars' and the margaritaville for the rest of us, 'Take Me Lake Charles'. Nashville wanders it's way into the journey on country crooner's 'Somebody Else' and 'Song Of Lime Juice & Despair', Not to be left out 'Teaxs Talking' hits the Honky Tonkin' twang sweet spot.

First Listen: Bolshevik Sugarcane and Take Me Lake Charles



Track List:

        1.     Sweeter Than The Scars  

2. Take Me Lake Charles

3. Limpia Hotel (Chihuahua Desert)  

4. Somebody Else  

5. Texas Talking  

6. Bolshevik Sugarcane

7. Sweet Potato  

8. Song Of Lime Juice & Despair  

9. If You Don't Know Me By Now  

This video was recorded live in Little Rock's Fellowship Hall Sound, the recording studio in Hillcrest shared by Isaac Alexander, Jason Weinheimer (an old friend of Russell's) and Spradlin. This song, a preview from a forthcoming album from Russell's side-project Shinyribs, was recorded last October after a performance by The Gourds at White Water Tavern.

Shout Outs: Couch By Couchwest 2013

The good folks over at Couch By Couchwest have pulled off something truly amazing and historic for cxcw2013 an influx of submissions while I don’t know the exact numbers of submissions it dwarfed last year’s event which dwarfed the inaugural 2011 event, the amount of participation was so high they even had to extend the festivities an additional day.  They even snagged an interview in a little ole music publication named Billboard!

I sat glued to my computer for eight days, afraid to take my regularly scheduled naps in fear of missing something; I shunned showers, survived on a diet of libations and snack foods while each video that was posted offered a new discovery or a treat from a favorite band/artist. While it may take you some time, I cannot suggest strongly enough how much you need to go over to the site and check it out, whether you were paying attention during the week or were somehow in the dark about the event there is a cornucopia of deliciousness awaiting your eyes and ears.

Now over the coming weeks you should be on the lookout for coverage from various blogs as lists are culled, performances highlighted and the awesomeness is relived. Now I found some new that blew me away and saw new songs by old favorites, I will save those for another day.

What I want to do here is highlight and thank the bands and artists that put up with my persistent nudging and reminders about submitting and taking part in this year’s event and those that returned for a second year and to the others that wished to but were unable see you next year!  They all were awesome and patient with me many rearranging their busy schedules, others with many questions and those that jumped and ran with it. Many, Many thanks to all of you!

March 10th The Foresters - Way Up High

The Foresters consist of the three Nork brothers from Bethany, Connecticut. Evan – (age 13) guitar and lead vocals, Hayden – (age 11) bass and vocals, and Liam – (age 10) drums.
http://www.theforestersband.com
Bandcamp
The Foresters Facebook
twitter @forestersct


March 10th Maynard and the Musties - Pine Box
Maynard and the Musties from Brooklyn, New York, bring us “grim little tune about attending your own funeral.”
Maynard and the Musties Facebook
Reverb Nation


March 10th Keith Kenny - Filling Holes
One-man band from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He uses a loop sampling pedal and foot drums for both feet.
http://www.KeithKenny.com
Keith Kenny on Facebook


March 10th Uncle Leon - Beer Train
Uncle Leon is the lead singer/songwriter for Uncle Leon and the Alibis out of New York City.
http://uncleleon.com
Uncle Leon and the Alibis on Facebook
Twitter @UncleLeonAlibis


March 11th Kasey Key and the Raindoggs - Ain't the Madonna
http://www.raindoggs.com
The Raindoggs Facebook
Twitter @raindoggs



March 11th Cupla - Electric Set
Vancouver’s Cupla brought us a live acoustic set last year, and they return this year with another brief set, this time they have gone full electric.
Culpa on Facebook
Twitter @Cupla1



March 11th Al Gross & The Bottle Cap Rockets - I Don't Love You
New Jersey's rockabilly/rock ‘n’ roll group the Bottle Cap Rockets. 
http://bottlecaprockets.com/
https://soundcloud.com/bottle-cap-rockets
The Bottle Cap Rockets on Facebook
The Bottle Cap Rockets on Tumblr
Twitter @bottlecaprocket


March 11th From Seattle, Science! - Shuksan
http://www.scienceseattle.com
Science! on Facebook
Twitter @scienceseattle



March 11th New Jersey's Ray G, Ward of Ray G Ward and the Light - You
http://raygward.com/
https://twitter.com/RayGWard



March 11th Albany, New York's The Lucky Jukebox Brigade - Flip
http://www.theluckyjukeboxbrigade.com/




March 11th from Swansea, UK. Tipi Valley - You Know
Twitter @tipi_valley




March 11th from Toronto The Stone Sparrows - Picture Show
http://www.thestonesparrows.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thestonesparrows
http://www.twitter.com/stonesparrows



March 12th Philadelphia/Asbury Park Ruby The Hatchet return again this year with You Will Die
http://rubythehatchet.tumblr.com/
facebook
twitter



March 12th Vance Kotrla from Sci-Fi Romance returns with a killer verison of Steam Drill Blues from the album The Ghost of John Henry” and a world Couch By CouchWest premiere.
http://www.scifiromance.net
facebook
https://twitter.com/vkotrla




March 12th from Athens, Georgia, Darrin Glenn Cook – In Tha Chicken Coop
Darrin Glenn Cook on Facebook
@DarrinGlennCook



March 11th from Austin, Texas, Mother Merey and the Black Dirt - Chicken Scrabble
http://www.theblackdirt.com/
Facebook
https://twitter.com/TheBlackDirt 



March 12th - A triple header from Os Noctàmbulos, who live in Paris, France. Members of Os Noctàmbulos are also part of 39th & The Nortons.
http://39thandthenortons.tumblr.com/
Os Noctàmbulos on Facebook
39th and the Nortons on Facebook



March 12th - from Morrisonville, New York, The Blind Owl Band - Highway's Song
The Blind Owl Band on Facebook
@TheBlindOwlBand



March 12th from Brooklyn, New York, Dan Abraham - Mila Says
http://www.danabrahammusic.com/
Dan Abraham on Facebook
@DanAbrahamMusic


March 13th from Brookly, NY The Whispering Tree - Somewhere Over The Rainbow
http://www.thewhisperingtree.com
facebook
twitter



March 13th NYC's The Dead Exs Return! Don' Mess With The Girl From Texas
http://www.thedeadexs.com/
https://twitter.com/thedeadexs
http://www.facebook.com/thedeadexs

March 13th from Colorado, (transplanted New Yorker)  David Lott - Mondays
http://dlott.wordpress.com/
@dlottmusic
David Lott on Facebook
 


March 14th New Jersey's Don Ryan - Vultures
facebook
Twitter @donryanmusic



March 14th from New York, New York, Makar - Three Times A Midnight
Makar facebook
Twitter @Makar



March 14th from Saratoga Springs, New York, Skeletons in the Piano – Victorian Dead
Skeletons in the Piano site
Skeletons in the Piano facebook
@skeletonsinthepiano


March 14th New Jersey's Tony Tedesco - Salt 
http://tonytedesco.bandcamp.com/
Tony Tedesco & The Full Fathom 5 on Facebook
@TonyTedescoNJ



March 14th “the best and most modest rock band in New York City” The Nuclears - Suburban Girls, Shelf Life and Five Years
http://www.thenuclears.com/
http://thenuclearsblog.tumblr.com/
http://twitter.com/thenuclears







March 14th New Jersey’s Nikki Sue and the Bad News - Nothing Gold / Somebody Led Me Away
http://www.nikkisueandthebadnews.com/
https://twitter.com/NikkiSueSays


March 15th from Kingston, New York, Lara Hope - The Gold Hope Duo
http://www.reverbnation.com/thegoldhopeduo
The Gold Hope Duo facebook



March 15th  from Seattle, Science! back with another - The Seventh Admended
http://www.scienceseattle.com
Science! on Facebook
Twitter @scienceseattle


March 15th New Jeresy's Al Gross and the Bottlecap Rockets back with a twofer 
http://bottlecaprockets.com/
https://soundcloud.com/bottle-cap-rockets
The Bottle Cap Rockets on Facebook
The Bottle Cap Rockets on Tumblr
Twitter @bottlecaprocket





March 15th Last year, New Jersey's Joe Cirotti of Only Living Boy joined us with a solo, this year here's the band! Only Living Boy - Cool Collected Headcase
http://onlylivingboy.com/
Twitter @OnlyLivingBoyNJ



March 16th from Fredricksburg, Virginia, Alex Culbreth and the Dead Country Stars - PBR, Whiskey and Pot
Alex Culbreth & The Dead Country Stars facebook
Alex Culbreth bandcamp



March 16th from Philadelphia Jeanette Lynne is back for a second year - Ho Hey
http://www.reverbnation.com/jeanettelynne
http://www.facebook.com/jeanettelynne
https://twitter.com/Jeanette_Lynne



March 16th Last years “Most Rocking” band award winners NYc'S The End Men are back with an eight song Rooftop CXCW Showcase
http://www.theendmen.com/
The End Men on Facebook
twitter @theendmen


March 17th from California, Melody Walker & Jacob Groopman - "I'm Only Sleeping"
Melody Walker facebook
@melodiouswalker
 

March 17th from Boulder, Colorado, Monocle - Can't Get By
Monocle facebook
twitter @MonocleBand


March 17th from East Rutherford, NJ duo, Sunflower & the Seeds, the fabulous, Kyra Schenck  – Free 
Sunflower and the Seeds facebook
https://twitter.com/SunnySeeds


March 17th from Sheffield, UK, The Payroll Union - The House On The Hill (CXCW2013 solo performance) Pete David performs a solo version of The House On The Hill, the closing song of the band's debut album, The Mule & The Elephant, for Couch By CouchWest 2013.
http://www.thepayrollunion.com/
https://twitter.com/ThePayrollUnion
https://twitter.com/sneekypedro
 

March 17th New Jersey's Boxed Wine - "Boomerang" & "Young Folks" (Peter Bjorn & John cover)
Boxed Wine facebook
Twitter @boxedwinemusic
 

 March 17th New Jersey's The Ugly Club – Real Dreams 
https://twitter.com/theuglyclub
http://www.theuglyclubmusic.com/




When I contacted Tony Tedesco from the Full Fathom Five about participating his enthusiasm was immediate and intensive, he set about opening his studio club house to local New Jersey bands and letting them come in and record they’re submissions, and he supplied some amazing talent to the event. Here they all are in a playlist:




It was truly an amazing week at Couch By Couchwest 2013 and I will be spending all year revisiting all the truly fantastic talent that graced the pages of the Internets Oldest, Longest running online Music Festival, where the beer is cheaper, and the only hipster is you.

A few were unable to get thier videso in by the deadline due to thechnical reasons or other mishaps: I will inculed them here:

Fom Philadelphia here's The Miners  - I Recall
This is the video we recorded for CXCW 2013 but failed to submit due to missing the submission deadline as a result of technical difficulties. Acoustic version of "I Recall" from our debut EP Miners' Rebellion. Arthur Herman of the Morning River Band helps us out on dobro
Website
Facebook
Twitter



Jonathan Warren & The Billy Goats perform "Strangetown" for CXCW (Couch by Couchwest) on a couch in Austin, TX.