February 17th, 2012
MP3: Fit Against The Country by Horse Feathers
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasIt is always spring for the mantis, hope gushing from some pheromone fountain inside its tiny brain.continue reading this poem
The gentle string-pluckers in Portland’s Horse Feathers return with new track “Fit Against The Country”, a perfect mix of slowed down country stomp and string-backed folk.
February 3rd, 2012
MP3: In The Yard by Bowerbirds
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasNext to this the body is nothing, and the mind less than the body, and only the country of the heart is equal to what I know.continue reading this poem
On “In The Yard” we see the North Carolinans building on their tried and trued folk ways with expanded instrumentation and more complex harmonies.
January 27th, 2012
MP3: Never Change by Julianna Barwick
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasI am the unexpected bleeding stepping off the stagecoach unannounced in tight shoes and a christening dresscontinue reading this poem
January 6th, 2012
Stream: With Tomorrow/I’m On Fire by Olof Arnalds
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasSee me reflected in the fairy tale mirror: the snarls of hair, the graying teeth, the skin smeared with mud and rain. I might have crawled out of the brush to hamstring you with a sharpened rock.continue reading this poem
You have to be careful with cover songs. I’ve heard some awful ones and some so bad that I can no longer listen to the original. Olof Arnalds weaves a beautiful and seamless medley out of Gene Clark’s “With Tomorrow” and Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire”….
