John Vanderslice

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The Most Important Music Links EVER on the Web (right now)

By Swapmeet Louie ⋅ May 12, 2009 ⋅ Comments

We’re always finding great articles, blog posts, and music out on the web, and so once again we wanted to share with you some of what caught our eye in the last few days with our The Most Important Music Links EVER On The Web (right now) list. Check out all the great sites below, grab some cool music, leave a comment or two, and tell ‘em Swap sent you.

Addicted to Vinyl has the second mix tape in their Monday Morning Mix series posted and available for download. The “Halfway To The Distant Sun” mix includes 14 songs [...]

New Music from John Vanderslice, Great Northern, Netherfriends, A Lull

By Swapmeet Louie ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ Comments

We’ve talked about John Vanderslice a few times already this month, first with the release of his first single, “Fetal Horses” and then with a great bootleg from Bloomington, IN. Well, Vanderslice is now offering a second standout song, “Too Much Time” from his upcoming release, Romanian Names, for free download.

Romanian Names will be out via Dead Oeans on May 19th. If you plan on picking up the album, you may want to consider pre-ordering it, as all pre-orders come with a digital download of the full album that can be listened to immediately. Cool. [...]

John Vanderslice: Live at Buskirk-Chumley (Bloomington, IN) 4-6-09

By Swapmeet Louie ⋅ April 8, 2009 ⋅ Comments

The other day we featured a new single by John Vanderslice, “Fetal Horses” from his new album, Romanian Names (available May 19th). Well, today we came across a great bootleg from just a couple days ago. This show, which is part of Vanderslice’s Gone Primitive Tour comes to us from Craig/Gnat and features a nice mix of old and new… songs from his earlier releases as well as a couple new songs from Romanian Names.

Vanderslice is relatively new to me, but I’m digging what I hear. If you’re not too familiar with his material, I highly recommend [...]

New John Vanderslice: “Fetal Horses” from Romanian Names LP

By Swapmeet Louie ⋅ April 5, 2009 ⋅ Comments

On May 19th John Vanderslice will release his new album, Romanian Names on Dead Oceans (his first with the label). This album is a follow-up to his 2007 release, Emerald City, which was recorded in the midst of anguishing legal limbo after a visa application for his French girlfriend was rejected by US immigration.

Romanian Names takes a lyrical approach less concerned with cohesion than his previous works, with the emphasis being placed on [...]