May 2014 Roundup – A Mixtape

Jon Doyle — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 18:17:00 +0000

A collection of songs from artists that were featured on Wake The Deaf throughout the month of May. Dig in.

Tracklist:

1. Kids Will Be Kids – Praything
2. Do You Have Romantic Courage – Hallelujah The Hills
3. The Shore And The Coastline – Now Wakes The Sea
4. The Corrections – Alphabetical Order Orchestra
5. Give Me Time – Roo & The Howl
6. To Remember – City States
7. Vow – Sales
8. In The Rain – Cut Ribbons
9. Feel What – Jacques Greene
10. Down On My Luck – Vic Mensa
11. Greater Than – Sharpless
12. Tennis Court (Flume Remix) – Lorde
13. Warehouses – Kane Ikin
14. Wild Geese – Small Sur
15. Youth – Best Wishes
16. Early Morning – Eagle Lake Owls
17. Dust To Settle – Rough River
18. Slow Down – Scott Orr
19. Gray Lodge Wisdom – Will Stratton
20. Brother, Do You Know The Road? – Hiss Golden Messenger
21. Something Like That – Wolf Collage
22. Muscle and Bone – John Joseph Brill
23. All Your Promises – Jesse Marchant
24. Echo Tropism – Inventions
25. Veiled Grey – Christian Löffler
26. All I Want – Dawn Golden

If you missed them, we have such mixes for January, February, March and April too.

May Mix from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Rough River – S/T

Jon Doyle — Tue, 20 May 2014 16:17:12 +0000

Rough River is Kate Skinner, a solo artist from Melbourne, Australia. April saw the release of her self-titled debut album, an alluring blend of traditional and contemporary styles of folk. Skinner mixes acoustic guitars and mournful violin with the bass/drums of a band, leading to a progressive brand of country music that owes as much to Angel Olsen or Sharon van Etten as it does Emmylou Harris.

Lyrically, Rough River is again close to the classics, using landscapes and natural imagery to paint tales of love, life, loss and grief. The current favourite line I have stumbled across so far is from ‘Sometimes’, which reads:

’And sometimes I can’t care to find
what it is that makes me feel good about this life.
And I’ll float back to you
on a raft, steady and true,
and you say,
maybe it’s meant to be that way?’

You can buy the album via Bandcamp as a download or as a lovely limited-edition CD (designed by Sarah Hopfer).

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May 2014 Roundup – A Mixtape

Rough River – S/T