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Keaghan Towndsend recently gave us a little submission. This 17-yr old lo-fi musician plays guitar-centric tracks with a meandering sound I would expect to accompany me on an epic journey to find the zombie hand of Nick Drake.

His tracks are multi-layered often with a second guitar part, the more pop-tronic sounding synth xylophone or a harmonica. His lo-fi sound is surprisingly well matured and mixed for a self-recorded album. Check out his submission:

Hi there,

My name is Keaghan Townsend, and I’m a 17 year old, lo-fi musician. I play what most would call “indie/folk” music, with numerous comparisons to Iron & Wine, Nick Drake, Jose Gonzalez, Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst, Jack Johnson etc. I record everything solo, and typically play solo shows, but I am currently forming a backing band for a few upcoming local shows and a possible multi-state tour. This summer I will be releasing a full length concept album, “Sparrow/Oak,” that tells a story of an anthropomorphized tree, birds possessing humans, humans on par with dirty dogs, mother nature’s womb etc etc. I put a LOT of effort and thought into my lyrics and my music in general. Thus, I honestly think this album has the potential to be really, really good, and go somewhere and so I’m really trying to get the word out about it. I think that once you sit down and listen to my music, you’ll like it.

I’ve always been a sucker for concept albums and this kid’s got some potential. Check out his tracks after the bump: (more…)

This post was submitted by Keaghan Townsend.

King Tut is a folkpsychtechrock duo based out of Asheville, North Carolina. Mark Boyd (Guitar), formed the band in the summer of 2006 with a different line-up, though Drew Veres (Drums) joined shortly afterward.

After writing a year’s worth of material on Mac laptops using Garageband and Reason, King Tut released their first album “Chopping Wood & Carrying Water” on a upstart label from Boston, Amaro Dolce.

When they play live, Mark uses a looping pedal, building whole songs from scratch on the fly, backed by Drew’s classically trained, powerful jazz drumming. King Tut has consistently been defined as new, fresh, original, uplifting, and exciting.

Alternative Press magazine mysteriously got their hands on a copy of their CD and gave it a 3/5 stars. They recently opened for The Liars on their Radiohead tour. And just a little while ago, they made it into the semi-finals of the BBC’s “Next Big Thing” contest, where they were 1 of 20 bands selected from 2000 entrants from 80 different countries. King Tut currently has plans for 3 new albums (one folk, one electronica, one live) to be released concurrently.

: King Tut on MySpace

King Tut - Here It Is And There It Goes.mp3

King Tut - Running From You.mp3

Shepizzle says, “I like ‘em!”

Running From You

This post was submitted by mark boyd.

Tango Alpha Tango is the brainchild of Nathan Trueb, formerly of the long-time Portland band, The Carolines. Tango Alpha Tango released their debut record in Feb. 2008 and has recently been added into rotation on 94.7 NRK in Portland, a great feat, due to the unbelievable amount of great music to choose from in this burgeoning music scene.

• Tango Alpha Tango on MySpace
• Outgo Records

These guys submitted this info through the new submissions page and I felt that it was definitely worth passing along to the rest of you. What do you think? I think that they have a unique sound… vocals are clean, tracks are mixed well, and the music is right up ol’ Shepizzle’s alley.

• Tango Alpha Tango - I Have Stopped Thinking About You.mp3
• Tango Alpha Tango - What You Wanted To Hear.mp3

Thanks for the submission and for letting me pass on some tunes!

This post was submitted by Patrick.