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Tallahassee: Old Ways
Tallahassee is: Brian Barthelmes (Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Resonator), Scott Thompson (Guitar, Banjo, Keys), Shawn Carney (Electric Bass, Upright Bass) and Matt Raskopf (Drums, Percussion), and they are from Rhode Island, not Florida. Despite taking their name from a Native American word meaning “Old Town” and calling their most recent record “Old Ways,” this is not … Read more
Big Lonely: Short Stories with Recurring Characters
Big Lonely are from Burlington, Ontario, Canada, and Stories With Recurring Characters is their first EP. They start out with a sweet indie pop-rock groove and then go careering off the rails in the best way possible right in the middle of a song, and it only gets better from there. Here is the video … Read more
Video: The Rest, Who Knows
Here is the video for Who Knows from, SEESAW, by The Rest. The third in their ongoing series, it features science, the world’s most maddening Rorschach test cards, some super-freaky drawings, 3-D printing, birds, and explosions, roughly in that order. If you watch it with the sound off it still makes perfect sense as a … Read more
Two Songs from: Lance Whalen
Lance Whalen is singer/songwriter from Nashville via Kentucky. The tracks below are from Sweet Sugar Pie, his latest EP. It is a collection of fan favorites, and, y’all, his fans have excellent taste. There are four songs on the EP, and it was hard to choose two to share because they are all just delicious. … Read more
El Sportivo & the Blooz, Nights & Weekends
Nights & Weekends, the new record from El Sportivo & the Blooz, is aptly named; this could be music for the after-hours, for unwinding and spinning down. Or it could be company for the dark hours of the third shift. It definitely is high-quality smooth country funk – sippin’ whisky for the soul, if you … Read more
Video: Jonathan Coulton, First of May
One of my favorite Jonathan Coulton songs. Still not safe for work, but now with bonus ASL translation! The signs are provided by Stephen Torrence and friends; if you’d like a closer look at the signs, you can have that here: DON’T FORGET TO FILL OUT THE NTSIB READER SURVEY! … Read more
Housekeeping and reminders: submissions guidelines and survey
Two items of business this evening, darlings: 1) Our submission guidelines have been revised. 2) The reader survey: still happening. 10 questions which should not take more than 10 minutes of your time. Stand up and be counted and give us your unvarnished opinion!
One More Time With Feeling: The NTSIB Reader Survey
This time with a little bit more explanation. The survey is our attempt to get to know y’all a little bit better, partially because we’re curious, and partially because we do sometimes get asked who our audience is, and it would be useful to have some hard data to back up our suppositions. There are … Read more
Two Songs From: Night Engine
Night Engine are from London, England. They only have four songs; I’ve picked these two because I listened to them and immediately wanted a) acquire all of their music and b) lace up my boots and go out dancing. This is I’ll Make It Worth Your While, and, darlings, THEY WILL. Click that button, you … Read more
Salt Petal: Sea Monster
Salt Petal are: Autumn Harrison (Vocals/Accordeon), Rodrigo Gonzalez (Guitar), Hiroo Nakano (Drums), Jesse Herrera (Bass), and Dayna Richards (Trumpet). They are currently from Los Angeles, but have roots in Argentina. Their music is an effervescent combination of languages – English, Spanish and Portuguese – and styles, including Argentinian folk, Brazilian tropicalia, Cumbia (big brass … Read more