Ben Howard - Promise

Another gorgeous Ben Howard video, featuring him & his band travelling around & surfing in Scotland ;) This song (Promise) is one of my favourite haunting love songs, filled with uncertainty, fear and tenderness.

Ben Howard - Promise

And meet me there, bundles of flowers
We wait through the hours of cold
Winter shall howl at the walls
Tearing down doors of time
Shelter as we go

And promise me this
You'll wait for me only
Scared of the lonely arms
Surface, far below these words
Maybe, just maybe I'll come home

Who am I, darling to you? Who am I?
Going to tell you stories of mine
Who am I?

...

I come alone here

Vampire Weekend

The new Vampire Weekend album, 'Modern Vampires of the City' is due for release on 6 May 2013. The new single contains the songs 'Diane Young' and 'Step':

Vampire Weekend - Step

Vampire Weekend - Diane Young

Engrama

I was lucky enough to get a moment to chat to Lakua Arriaga about her store, Ionic, and band, Engrama. Engrama are a band who play in Second Life, so that people from around the world can attend their concerts online.

What amazes me about Engrama is their ability to produce the sound of an full band with only two people - both singing, playing the guitar & drums :)

Here is Engrama's bandcamp page:

http://www.engrama.bandcamp.com

Engrama - into the others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGCBIjuF9tA

Engrama - All is full of love (Bjork cover)

http://vimeo.com/55049575

Daughter - Still

Daughter, the trio from London have recently released their first album, 'If You Leave'. This release follows after 2011's 'His Young Heart' and 'The Wild Youth' EPs and the 'Smother' single in 2012.

Daughter's music is as ethereal as any release from their label, 4AD - folksy, and if you sift through the layers of just plain beauty, you'll discover... well, I'll leave that for you ;)

The song 'Still' is a single from the new album:

Daughter - Still

The official Daughter site:
http://www.ohdaughter.com

Kishi Bashi: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

K Ishibashi is a master of building his music from the ground up, from live violin loops to layered singing to beatboxing, in order to create pocket symphonies steeped in classical music and 21st-century pop. He brings that ingenuity and songcraft to the Tiny Desk at the NPR Music offices.

(from the youtube comments)

The Lone Bellow - Teach Me to Know

So first, story time...Long, long ago (but not at all far away), I listened to the music that eventually drew me into the world of what we today call alternative/indie. We here in Texas called that music I listened to "Third Coast Music".

The Lone Bellow takes me back to that time - of Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Red West, Robert Earl Keen - but also some of today's music, like the most recent Band of Horses album, Elliott Brood, The Great American Canyon Band, or even a little Lord Huron.

I've discovered a lot of great music lately, but I had to share The Lone Bellow with you because it might be something you don't get a chance to hear through your regular channels. I hope you enjoy a little foray into this world that appeals to my Texan sensibilities.

Ben Howard - Depth Over Distance

I love how increasingly, the Indie Cantina story is becoming the Ben Howard story ;) By far, he's collected the most posts on this blog - as you can see in the tag cloud on the right.

He keeps delivering amazing music - and this track is no exception:


Ben Howard - Depth Over Distance