“A friend of mine sent me this album and said "This might be the perfect punk album" and you know what I think he's right.”
This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
All in QUICK HITS
FANDCAMP: An Overview on Phenomenal Nature
“A gorgeous, shimmering set of songs that combines ultra-smooth pop sounds (recalling the softer moments of Destroyer's "Kaputt") with sweet ambient textures. Fantastic songwriting work, as well. A joy to listen to, and a clear early contender for 2021's album of the year.”
FANDCAMP: World's Most Stressed Out Gardener
“A really special release from Chad. Feels looser than most of his recent major releases, in a very satisfying and intimate way. The freewheeling, exciting experimentation is all here, as usual, and the songwriting on point.”
HIGH FIVE FOR… THE 2020s | #HI54MIXCDS ON MOUN.TOWN/FM
Just because we’re only a few years into the 20/20s, don’t think that doesn’t mean there hasn’t already been way too many nice songs from way too many nice artists to count — AND — we’ve currently got a nice mix of 95 of ‘em over on this MOUN.TOWN/FM mix cd playlist, with “shuffle updates” done on an imprecise timeline. |-> OPEN ON SPOTIFY
FANDCAMP: Music Has The Right To Children
“A classic piece of electronic music, still sounds fresh and haunting after all these years.”
FANDCAMP: Julius
“Her tone, her cadence, the way she articulates the sound of the words is captivating. I think of Violeta Parra (!!!), Vashti Bunyan, Aldous Harding, Joni Mitchell when listening to her.”
SOUTH OF AMERICA | #HI54MIXCDS on MOUN.TOWN/FM
A mix of a bunch of great music coming out ‘South of America’ (and for playlist purposes this includes Mexico and all the countries in Central America, South America and the Caribbean). So pack some loose, breathable fabrics and go grab the headphones.
EH CANADA | #HI54MIXCDS on MOUN.TOWN/FM
Canada gets a lot of stick for our overt niceness, being obsessed with hockey and a bunch of other ‘simple folk’ stereotypes—but people often forget that in between the maple syrup free-basing we do to distract from our colonial past/present, we also make a lot of really good music. This playlist highlights some of it, from coast to unceded coast.
FANDCAMP: Lonesome Weary Blues
“What a happy surprise to have new music from Daniel Bachman to start the year! Joyful tunes.”
FANDCAMP: Earth Trip
“Earth Trip brings us another round of country-fried cosmos layered in brooding bass, dreamy slide and twangy jam. Every bit as compelling as Summerlong was last summer.”
OPEN ROAD | #HI54MIXCDS ON MOUN.TOWN/FM
“If you have to drive any further than a few KMs (or miles for y’all south of the border, eh), you're gonna want to have a good mix for a little dashboard drumming and open window karaoke running man.”
FANDCAMP: Dawn
“My first exposure to Mount Eerie, didn't realize how often I would come back to the catharsis, and now the nostalgia of the simple worries from the before.”