Horse feathers "Cascades" 7".

Horse feathers is an amazing band from Portland, Oregon fronted by Justin Ringle. They currently have two records out: "Words are dead" and "House with no home". They are both solid records from start to finish but I am drawn more to "House with no home" because of its orchestration and deeper concentration on multiple instruments to achieve its sound.

They have also just released a new 7" entitled "Cascades" which furthers the sounds of "House with no home".
You can hear more here and here.

Jim Bryson "The North Side Benches"

I am going to start adding music to my blog for 2010. I was recently introduced to the music of Jim Bryson through the Weakerthans website and I am happy that I did! Before heading out for a solo career he was in Kathleen Edwards'
band. His sound is honest and unique. Maybe easy to categorize as indie folk with a country tinge. I am excited to hear the Weakerthans/Jim Bryson album coming out sometime this year. Should be a great collaboration.

You can check out Brysons' work here and here.

"Give Them The Rope" Blog review of my artwork.

I ran across a blog review of my work which is well written and interesting. The rest of the blog is also definitely worth checking out. Written by Todd Richardson out of Boston and full of interesting posts about typography, photography, arts and music.

Article and blog are here.