February 17th, 2012
MP3: Fit Against The Country by Horse Feathers
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasThe moon cannot be stolen, only borrowed. Tonight, after your shift ends, I tell you about a surprise in the freezer.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 KapolasNothing is louder than snow falling / on the roof in the middle of the night // when you’re young.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 KapolasAs I sat in the Coffee Club today, who should I see but Ernest Hemingway.continue reading this poem
December 30th, 2011
ALBUM: Instrumental Mixtape by Clams Casino
Tags/ Posted by Chris Kapolassit with me in the dawn, watch me / peel the pineapple, flavor it / with lemon and papaya, brew for you / a delicate teacontinue reading this poem
Stripped bare of lyrics and raps, Clams Casino’s instrumentals stand on their own as fully realized songs, some sort of hip-hop-ambient-electro-dub hybrids.
