March 17
03 - lost and dazed - vampire deer
International Geophysical Year
Not a Donald Fagen cover, alas, but a moody slice of danceable IDM in the early-'90s style. Recorded for my new monthly subscription music project, Faulty Machine Recordings Service.
March 16
02 - captain firefly - vampire deer
March 15
Dog Song
Collaboration time! Here's a weird sad dog song that's alt-rock af with
my friend and artist Sarah Cosico on harmony vocals. [more inside]
YouTube Hello
I tend not to write love songs, but here's a quick little love song I wrote about sharing music with your crush. Also up on BC and YT should you need to text a link to anyone
Underground Test
A stab at epic, guitar-based pop by our band Sredni Vashtar, with a (very unauthorised) guest appearance from Winona Ryder in the middle eight. [more inside]
March 14
01 - st stephen's night - vampire deer
and so it was time to do another RPM album in feb - st stephen's night
as if this makes any sense ... [more inside]
Mean ol' Coronavirus
I wrote a little tune about that darn microscopic critter the whole world is talking about. I made a little video for it, too. If you wanna see it, it's here. Put it on Bandcamp as well, just for good measure, as an AIF file, which of course I'd be delighted if you bought for a buck. Or more. Cause all my damn gigs are cancelled lately. [more inside]
March 1
Played Out
After learning of the passing of Kazuhisa Hashimoto, I was inspired to pull this old Hence The Name song out of the archives. Hope you enjoy it. [more inside]
February 24
Microdots
Head Like A Hole
You know how you were thinking the other day "I really love Nine Inch Nails, but I'd really love Nine Inch Nails if they were Sufjan Stevens"
Yeah, me too. Also for the first time shot video as I was recording.
February 21
Migrane
February 19
Five Miles From Town
In honor of Clyde Davenport, who passed away this week at the age of 98, one of the fiddle tunes he played, although not particularly in his style. [more inside]
Patchwork Parallel
Acid/Techno/Chillout/Ambient electronic music in the style of Chemical Brothers and Kruder and Dorfmeuster DJ Kicks! era [more inside]
February 18
Letterbox (TMBG cover)
A hushed but nonetheless exuberant take on a very good song from They Might Be Giants' album "Flood," recorded at my kitchen table [more inside]
February 17
Irish Jig Set
Three jigs I've been working on recently - Miller of Glanmire, The Drowning at Bruckless, and Bill Harte's. Two tenor guitars (a recent Nigel Forster, and a 1943 Epiphone archtop), and banjo (Ode Juniper). [more inside]
February 14
Cantabile
February 9
The Story Is Everything - Ma Cher
"Won't shake it at the Mardi Gras, why don'tcha come home and shake it all for me!"
Americana and Second-Line rhythms combine in a character piece about a bayou boy skeptical of the charms of the Big Easy.
The upcoming album, Tales from the Crescent, is a New Orleans-themed song cycle that crosses multiple genre lines in its quest to musically capture the complicated creature that is the Crescent City.
February 7
Received Wisdom
In the spirit of perpetually re-arranging and re-recording our songs, 'Received Wisdom' has now evolved into this rather sleek beast. [more inside]
February 5
touch my hovercraft - tr0n1que
A short ride on some eccentric polyrhythms with some soft-synths and a processed vocalization. [more inside]
February 4
7 Hills Haiku
January 31
Jazz Guy
You're The Reason Why
January 25
Wintry Mix
An ambient/drone piece from my newly released album Float (pay-what-you-want on Bandcamp). I'm breaking a habit of expressing anxiety and foreboding through my music, and aiming to spread some tranquility and wonder instead. [more inside]
January 20
Best Booty on the Farm
January 16
rezdnts
January 14
The Bridges of Amsterdam (Original Soundtrack)
Jacob's Well
A re-recording of this song for an album that I swear is coming out soon (for the four people out there vaguely aware of it). Features acoustic guitar, harmonies from talented friends Ings and Jon David Russell, an instrument like a marimba that I forget the name of, and a flute solo (!) at the end. [more inside]
January 4
Stamps
December 31
And the Sunlight Among the Trees
A short (1:27) original piece of me on solo piano. It's a reworking / different arrangement of a previous tune I posted, which was piano & guitar. This is a slightly different take on rhythm and melody -- more of a contemplative feeling, and still reflective and reassuring (I hope). Happy new year, MetaFilter! [more inside]
December 30
08 - ghostland - vampire deer
December 29
SKA/BAND - Caledonia Mission
December 28
07 - banned from paradise - vampire deer
December 27
06 - trouble in my pocket - vampire deer
December 24
05 - berlin wall - vampire deer
The Best Part of Christmas is You
This year I wrote a Christmas song that I'm rather fond of for my wife, who I'm also rather fond of. [more inside]
December 21
04 - freedom to serve - vampire deer
December 20
This Woman's Work (Kate Bush cover)
Very late to the game on this, but here's a cheeky contribution to the Kate Bush challenge :D
I have toppled all the towers (You have trampled all the flowers)
December 19
03 - factory song - vampire deer
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