Music Makes Us

Balto – October’s Road

I needed something relaxing and simple this morning, and this felt like a good fit. I hope you all enjoy this album, but it is different from my usual posts. Balto came into being when Daniel Sheron abandoned his life in Moscow, Russia and went alone into Siberia. Against an ever-shifting backdrop of railways and [...]

Middle Brother – Self Titled

I came across this just in time it looks like. I was hoping to post an album by Red Pens, but I can’t find their music anywhere to upload to Grooveshark. Middle Brother is an American Rock band and supergroup consisting of songwriters and musicians John J. McCauley III of the band Deer Tick, Taylor [...]

Deer Tick – War Elephant

I have some new releases of 2010, but I still need to upload them to grooveshark and write the tracklist because last.fm has been slacking on newer albums. Deer Tick is a folk rock band which formed in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 2004. The band consists of John McCauley III (vocals, guitar), Andrew [...]

The Avett Brothers – Emotionalism

Just a heads up, I will most likely not be updating this weekend. The Avett Brothers are a non-traditional bluegrass band that originated in Concord, North Carolina. The two brothers, Seth and Scott, formed the group after the breakup of the former rock band, Nemo, adding a third member, Bob Crawford. More recently, they have [...]

M. Ward – Hold Time

Stage name of Portland, Oregon based singer-songwriter Matt Ward. Ward grew up in Newbury Park, CA and attended Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Ward was previously with the band Rodriguez, which included bassist Kyle Field (of Little Wings fame) and drummer Mike Funk. They recorded and released on cassette Box Plots and Cash Crops and [...]

Fake Problems – It’s Great To Be Alive

This is Fake Problems newest album, released just over a year ago. Fake Problems is an American rock band from Naples, Florida. They released their first album, How Far Our Bodies Go, on Sabot Productions on April 27, 2007. Their second record, It’s Great to Be Alive, was released through Side One Dummy Records on [...]