Today's Brew | EP Doubleheader

A couple of stellar EPs worth checkin' out.

tWO gALLANTS
I'm sure the Frisco boys are well over their whole Houston altercation back in October. Revisit the whole incident ovah here.
They return with the release of an EP to come out this summer.

From their EP "The Scenery of Farewell" (release date: June):
mp3:tWO gALLANTS- " Seems Like Home To Me"
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official site: tWO gALLANTS
My Space: tWO gALLANTS

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A Hawk and a Hacksaw and The Hun Hangár Ensemble
Jeremy and Heather team up with a group of Hungarian folk musicians they discovered at a record shop in Budapest.

From their EP "A Hawk and a Hacksaw and The Hun Hangár Ensemble EP" (limited release):
mp3: A Hawk and a Hacksaw- "Zozobra"
mp3: A Hawk and a Hacksaw- "Ihabibi"

My previous entry about them ovah here.

official site: A Hawk and a Hacksaw
My Space: A Hawk and a Hacksaw


On a sidenote:
The Passion of the Weiss and Straight Bangin have finally compiled and posted the results of The Greatest Hip Hop Albums of All Time according to the Blogosphere.

Today's Brew | A Hawk & A Hacksaw

They opened for Beirut. And their current album is in my rotation.



A Hawk & A Hacksaw comprised of Jeremy Barnes (drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel) and violinist Heather Trost and Zach Condon (Beirut) contributes in this album as well.
"Partially recorded in the tiny Moldovan village of Zece Prajini, Romania, The Way The Wind Blows was begun in a place where there are no pavements or plumbing, and farmers drive horse-drawn carts instead of cars." (Post Everything)

From the album "The Way The Wind Blows" (2006):
mp3: A Hawk & A Hacksaw- "The Sparrow"

official site: A Hawk & A Hacksaw
My Space: A Hawk & A Hacksaw

Today's Brew | A Hawk and a Hacksaw

For this week, not exactly a turkey, but a hawk.

#73.1 - A HAWK AND A HACKSAW - Part 1
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For more video performances, check it out ovah here.

My previous entries about them ovah here.

Day One | 26-33

So begins our one week journey for the quest of the numero uno spot for the best album of 2006 according to yours truly.
The list consists of releases from January 1, 2006- December 10, 2006. And as usual, I always throw in this statement that this list is flawed in the sense that I'll probably discover a good plenty of contenders that deserved to be on the list, that haven't been discovered yet. But for now, this is what it is.
And this list will be more about less text...cuz I'm a firm believer in less is more.

To see the progression of the changes within the list, one could look back at the following lists:
2006: Three Quarters (So Far)
2006: Half Year (So Far)
2006: First Quarters (So Far)

And now, it begins...


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33. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan "Ballad Of The Broken Sea" (March 7, 2006)

My previous entry about this ovah here.
32. Cold War Kids-Robbers and Cowards (October 10, 2006)

I got multiple entries about these guys, but here's a good starting point ovah here.
31. The Roots "Game Theory" (August 29, 2006)

My previous entry about them ovah here.
30. A Hawk and Hacksaw "The Way The Wind Blows" (October 17, 2006)

mp3: A Hawk and Hacksaw- "Fernando Giampari"
29. Be Your Own Pet "s/t" (June 6, 2006)

mp3: Be Your Own Pet- "Adventure"
28. Sunset Rubdown "Shut Up I'm Dreaming" (May 2, 2006)

My previous entry about them ovah here.
27. Bonnie Prince Billy "The Letting Go" (September 19, 2006)

mp3: Bonnie 'Prince' Billy- "Cursed Sleep"
26. Guillemots "From the ClifFs" (Mar. 14, 2006)

mp3: Guillemots- "Who Left the Lights Off?".