THE MUSIC MADE ME DO IT

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

The first video from Fleet Foxes for "White Winter Hymnal" off of their self-titled debut album from Sub Pop. Directed by Sean Pecknold.

TOUR NOTE: For my friends here in the Twin Cities and back in Denver, Fleet Foxes are coming to town:

MPLS: 7/20 @ The Entry

DEN: 7/22 @ Hi Dive

More tour dates here.

Fleet Foxes

My latest favorite addition to the music library? Without a doubt, Fleet Foxes. They're getting great write-ups and deservedly so. I know I can't stop listening to them.

As many are noting, they're being tied into The Long Tail of Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket and Grand Archives, but that's not really a fair comparison at all. An article in The Stranger states that they "grew up on their parents' records—Crosby, Stills, and Nash; The Beach Boys; the Zombies; Joni Mitchell; Simon and Garfunkel—and they wanted to make music that was more true to those roots."

Their EP, Sun Giant, is five songs full of gorgeous harmonies and lush melodies that leave you craving more. Thankfully, they've got a full-length album coming out June 3rd. Currently they're on tour in Europe and will be coming back to the States in late June, hitting the Twin Cities on July 20th (according to their MySpace page).

For my friends reading this in San Fran, Denver, Chicago, Boston & New York, here are your dates:

San Fran: June 26

Denver: July 22

Chicago: July 17 & 19

Boston: July 14

New York: July 9 & 10

As a last bit/treat, here's a video of them covering Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" in 2006...

Tyler Ramsey - A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea

Since moving up here I have been meaning to drop by Electric Fetus and today I finally did just that. I went in not only to just check things out but also to see if they had a CD that I'm having a hard time tracking down.

While walking around, I happened to see a collection of CDs along the wall that resembled something similar to a list I would put together full of my favorite albums and artists in the past year or so. Within this collection, a title card behind one of the discs read: Tyler Ramsey (Plays with Band of Horses). Being a fan of BOH, I decided that if he's good enough for them, who was I to not give him a shot!?

I'm glad I did. I've pretty much been playing it non-stop since popping it in to rip it to iTunes. If you get a chance, jump to his MySpace or Last.fm and give him a listen. Definitely love to know what you think too, if you care to leave a comment.

Related Item: Band of Horses playing "Is There A Ghost" on Letterman w/Tyler playing to Ben Bridwell's left.

Reviews:

Stereogum | Obscure Sound | NPR Music | KEXP Blog | Herohill

Tyler Ramsey on the interwebs:

Tylerramsey.com | MySpace | Last.fm | iTunes | Amazon