The Oedipus Project
After a 5 year hiatus, we will soon have a new Fleet Foxes album, Crack-Up.
Father John Misty (Joshua Tillman) is no longer drumming for the band, but the exquisite vocals of Robin Pecknold continue define the band’s distinctive sound.
Third of May is our first listen.
Third of May
Father John Misty is the current moniker for J. Tillman.
He is a singer/songwriter and guitarist but for the past 4 years has drummed for Fleet Foxes.
He has recorded 8 solo albums since 2004, but this is his first as Father John Misty. The album is Fear Fun on Sub Pop which offers a couple of free downloads from this multi-talented artist.
“I’m Writing a Novel” is featured here.
Glastonbury, the world’s largest music and arts festival, takes place this weekend in South West England.
Traditionally the last weekend in June, Glastonbury has been going strong since 1970 when T.Rex was the headliner.
Today, the line-up is daunting with hundreds of bands and performing artists on numerous stages covering 900 acres.
RCRDLBL has a free download of thirty-one of the bands appearing at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, including The Kills, Lykke Li, Janelle Monae, Battles, Fleet Foxes, Warpaint, Wu-Tang Clan and, and this song “Celestica” from Crystal Castles remixed by Thurston Moore.
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“Grown Ocean” is the second song Seattle’s Fleet Foxes have made available from their forthcoming album Helplessness Blues.
The song’s release is to coincide with Record Store Day taking place this Saturday, April 16th.
BTW, the unmistakable gorgeously pure velvet voice is from lead singer/songwriter Robin Pecknold.
(N.B., the title track is still free from the band’s website.)
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“Grown Ocean” by Fleet Foxes
Today The Oedipus Project expands as we begin broadcasting on CyberStationUSA, a premier internet radio portal.
This hour long broadcast/podcast airs every Thursday at 5:00 pm Eastern and On Demand thereafter.
Radiohead
Fleet Foxes
The Strokes
PJ Harvey
Lykke Li
Cut Copy
Crystal Castles
British Sea Power
Bright Eyes
Beady Eye
The Decemberists
The Airborne Toxic Event
Cold Cave
Dum Dum Girls
What better way to return from aboard then to a gorgeous new Fleet Foxes song.
The second album from this Seattle-based band, Helplessness Blues, is due in May.
The title track is a free download from the Fleet Foxes website and is the Song of the Day.
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“Helplessness Blues” by Fleet Foxes
More free Christmas music, this time from Amazon, America’s largest online retailer. The website is offering 25 days of free holiday music, a song a day.
Thus far we have songs from Fleet Foxes, Superchunk, and Shelby Lynn among others, plus this lovely little treasure from Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan. “Time of the Season” is from their album Hawk released earlier this year.
The season in this song is Christmas.
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“Time of the Season” by Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
