Boats & Black Waves

Sunday Morning Coffee

I’ll be honest, I’ve been hearing & reading about Conrad Plymouth for quite some time, but I’d never really given him a listen. I finally gave in and bought his album after I saw posts about him on www.slowcoustic.com and www.muzzleofbees.com earlier this week. I’m 3 songs in and already know this album will be on repeat for quite some time. Reminds me a lot of Joe Pug and Joey Kneiser of Glossary.

Sunday Morning Coffee

It’s been a while since I woke up early enough on a Sunday to enjoy a coffee. The first song that came on my iTunes shuffle was “Cakewalk” by an extremely underrated indie/americana band called The Snake, The Cross, The Crown. There’s been days at work where I put their album Cotton Teeth on repeat all day. I’m not at work, but I think today will be one of those days…

Best of 2010

I know it’s almost the end of January already, but I put together a Best of 2010 list back in December and realized that I had only posted it on my Facebook and not on here. The song on this post is “All Choked Up Again” off Ryan Bingham’s Junky Star album.

Best Albums [in no particular order]

• Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues
• Futurebirds - Hampton’s Lullaby
• Jim Bryson - The Falcon Lake Incident
• Breathe Owl Breathe - Magic Central
• Glossary - Feral Fire
• Trampled By Turtles - Palomino
• Old Man Luedecke - Hinterland
• Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Junky Star
• Charlie Parr - When The Devil Goes Blind
• Motel Motel - The Big Ocean

Close Calls

• The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt
• Drag The River - Demons
• The Arkells - Jackson Square
• The Black Keys - Brothers
• Delta Spirit - History From Below
• Titus Andronicus - The Monitor

Best Discoveries

• Trampled By Turtles
• Blaze Foley
• Travel By Sea
• The Parade Schedule
• Seasick Steve
• The Low Anthem

Best shows [in no particular order]

• AA Bondy @ Mangos
• Lucero @ Free Press Summerfest
• Futurebirds @ Mangos
• Elliott Brood @ SXSW
• Joe Pug @ Mangos
• Charlie Parr @ Fiddler’s Green Music Shop
• Drag The River W/ Cory Branan @ Rudyards
• This Will Destroy You @ Mangos
• Breathe Owl Breathe W/ Megafaun @ Rudyards

Sunday Morning Coffee

On Sunday mornings I typically like to sit around, have a cup of coffee and pick an album on my itunes to listen for a couple hours before I attempt to get out and do something productive.

Right now, I’m having a cup of coffee that my sister sent me from Hawai’i and I’m listening to Blaze Foley’s “Oval Room” album. I only just recently came across this Blaze while I was reading about Townes Van Zandt. Van Zandt was once quoted saying, “He’s only gone crazy once…decided to stay”. Blaze was an amazing singer/songwriter who wrote great lyrics. In 1989, he was shot and killed by his friend’s son while trying to help.

Oh and…. this song is how I got the name for this awesome blog