(RIYL – “Defeatist Folk”, Nostalgia, House of Wolves)

Pop Winds – Earth To Friends

(RIYL – Psych Pop, Animal Collective, Parts & Labor, Braids)

Praything – Her Skin Caught The Glow

(RIYL – Indie Pop, Pianos, Beach House, Fleet Foxes, Youth Lagoon)

Rem’s Floating Chandelier – Think Of The Willows

(RIYL – Chillwave, Ambient, Dream Pop, Variety)

Ricky Eat Acid – Ambien Music

(RIYL – Ambient, Drone, Melancholy)

Ricky Eat Acid + Arrange – Sketches

(RIYL – Ambient, Collaborations, Ricky Eat Acid, Arrange)

Roman Ruins – Homebuilding

(RIYL – Electronic Pop, Animal Collective, Beach House)

Sean Atkins – Volume One / Volume 1.5 / Volume Two

(RIYL – Acoustic, Singer Songwriters, Bright Eyes, J. Tillman)

Selkies – Tall Grass

(RIYL – Psych Folk, Nature, Mountain Man, Joanna Newsom, Lemolo)

Seth Frightening – Don’t You Worry (Heat Death)

(RIYL:Experimental Folk, Smog, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Grouper).

Shipwrecks – Whatever

(RIYL: Bedroom Pop, Talons’, Phil Elvrum, Sufjan Stevens)

Sledding With Tigers – Being Nice is Still Cool

(RIYL: Folk Punk, Defiance Ohio, Andrew Jackson Jihad).

Snow Mantled Love – Romance 126

(RIYL: Dream Pop, Sharon Van Etten, Beach House, Twin Sister, Sigur Ros).

Spook Houses – Trying

(RIYL: Indie Rock, Pavement, Titus Andronicus).

Squanto – On Being Lumpy

(RIYL: Ambient, Folk, Nils Frahm, Talons’)

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Tracklisting:

1. Heroes (David Bowie Cover) – TV On The Radio
2. Shame (PJ Harvey Cover) – Japandroids
3. Close To Me (The Cure Cover) – WHY?
4. Float On (Modest Mouse Cover) – Blackbird Blackbird
5. The House That Heaven Built (Japandroids Cover) – Beat Radio
6. Going To Georgia (Mountain Goats Cover) – Sledding With Tigers
7. Still Life Blues (Elephant Micah Cover) – Small Sur
8. Runaway (Kanye West Cover) – Parts & Labor
9. Flume (Bon Iver Cover) – Emily Sprague
10. Lovely Allen (Holy Fuck Cover) – Shugo Tokumaru
11. Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ (The Velvet Underground Cover) – Bry Webb & Casey Mecija (of Ohbijou)
12. Whirring (Arms Cover) – Windmill
13. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) (My Morning Jacket Cover) – Trampled By Turtles
14. End Of The Line (Travelling Wilburys Cover) – GSJF
15. Constructive Summer (The Hold Steady Cover) – Kelly Hogan
16. Texas In A Drawer (Heidi Spencer Cover) – Conrad Plymouth (Now Field Report)
17. Red Candle Bulb (Withered Hand Cover) – Meursault
18. Yulia (Wolf Parade Cover) – Dan Griffin
19. Kettering (The Antlers Cover) – Sean Atkins
20. Golden Age (Beck Cover) – Strand Of Oaks

As usual if you like what you hear then go out to shows and buy stuff.

(P.S. Be sure to check out Volumes I and II if you haven’t already)

The Covers Mix: Volume #3 from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

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Sean Atkins

Sean Atkins is a songwriter from Pittsburgh. I was immediately taken by his sound; a heartfelt simplicity with a good dose of melancholic introspection and regret, while all the while underpinned by a faint hint of hope. This is an achingly beautiful release from someone who deserves much wider attention. Volume 2 and numerous other releases are available on Bandcamp for free.

Castanets

Castanets is the moniker Ray Raposa, a Portland resident with quite a few albums already under his belt. Unfortunately I have only recently stumbled across him but am looking forward to exploring backwards through his catalogue. Check out the Keith Whitley cover below.

Matt Olsson

Matt Olsson, from New Jersey, has that American acoustic sound that brings to mind Bob Dylan and Tallest Man On Earth. ‘Snakes’ is the first single from his new album The Sabotage and is available free on Bandcamp.

Reuben Bullock

Reuben Bullock, a songwriterfrom Calgary, has formed a band called Rueben And The Dark. They have a much fuller sound than the previous artists on the list but are no less enthralling. I’m hearing some similarities to band such as Hip Hatchet, which is no bad thing.

Jo Schornikow

I first caught Jo Schornikow on The Waiting Room radio show where she played a session (along with Scott Rudd, who we wrote about here). The Australian plays piano/keyboards for The Shivers and is now going it alone with her various bandmates in support. Here a song below.

Water Liars

Water Liars, fronted by Theodore’s Justin Kinkel-Schuster, have released their debut album Phantom Limb on Misra Records. A superb blend of loud and quiet (as opening track ’$100’ displays below), like Damien Jurado singing on Pope Killdragon. An album that is well worth your time.

While it would be better to give each of these their own post (and therefore the attention and focus they deserve), time isn’t something I have in abundance right now. You have my apologies but this will have to suffice.

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