Sappyfest ↗︎There's no better time to visit this swampy little town.
Music by Friends
Candlewax ↗︎Virtuosic trip hop propelled by massive, driving drums. Put it in your headphones.
Eric Ivanhoe Carrier ↗︎Prolific lofi rock & roll troubadour with an expansive catalogue of raw, honest songs. The Mountain Goats of the mountainless East.
HAPEXZM ↗︎Eerie beats as smooth as butter. Don't know if anyone's doing it better.
Jenny Omnichord ↗︎It's natural to assume that the instrument must have been named after her, that she's the Leon Theremin or Rudolph Wurlitzer of Omnichords, but it is, in fact, the other way around. Beguiling tunes that will stay with you forever -- go have a listen.
Julie Doiron ↗︎I don't think there's anyone in this town who hasn't sobbed their way through heartache to the sound of Julie's songs. Lovely listening on sweeter days, too.
Little Stone Crow ↗︎I had to pull over three songs into 'Dives Underwater' to send them a voicemail that went something like, 'Hey, Jan, Bog Sorcery here. Holy fucking shit. I'm like three tracks into into your album and holy fuck it's good. God damn. I fucking love the beats. I love the flow. So good. Just wanted to, like, let you know right away. I'm on the road right now driving back to the swamp. So, yeah, you wanna collab on something?' To which they shortly afterwards responded, 'Yes, let's do it for sure. Mark it in stone, mark it in blood, in earth, in trees, in... ALL THE ELEMENTS.' So there's something to look forward to soon, swamp friends!
Peter Panthers ↗︎Haligonian heirs to the kind of punk pioneered by Television, the Violent Femmes, & the Pixies. Absolutely fantastic band. You'll recognize Dan's voice from Bog Sorcery's 'Please Please Please' and 'Pink Slip'.
pölysormi ↗︎Kaleidosonic palimpsests from a beat bricoleur for whom sample-driven music 'is a continuation of the folk music tradition where the music has no one author.' Groovy stuff.
Ranger Thin ↗︎Imagine our delight in learning we're not the only queer synthpunk duo making weird sounds in these backwater swamps! Strong Peaches and Le Tigre energy here, and the LP 'Animale' is a non-stop bop. 'It's not the gender of the member, it's the clap of the strap' is firmly stuck in my head, now.
Rick White ↗︎If you want to understand what it feels like to be deep in the woods at dusk around here, listen to some tunes by Rick White, probably best known as the frontman of Elevator to Hell/Elevator through Hell/Elevator Through/Elevator, and, with Julie Doiron, one of the leads of Eric's Trip.
Tamara Kazziha ↗︎Utterly sublime vocalist, who Bog Sorcery fans might recognize (through a sampler, darkly) from the backing vocals in Omphalos and Orangutengu.
The Syrian Cassette Archives ↗︎Such a fantastic archive, preserving what might have otherwise been ephemeral recordings lost to the cruelties of history.