Cotton Jones is the new project from Michael Nau and Whitney McGraw of Page France. The forthcoming debut full length, Paranoid Cocoon, is due out January 27, 2009 on Suicide Squeeze Records. I'm going to classify the sound as backwoods psychedelic. Enjoy the first track released, "Gotta Cheer Up." Cotton Jones - Gotta Cheer Up
Michael Nau of Page France is currently making music as Cotton Jones. It looks like he'll be continuing the relationship he made with Suicide Squeeze in Page France by releasing his next Cotton Jones record through them in 2009. But why wait until then? Head over to their Myspace page to stream two songs from [...]
--- - "We never saw it coming. It is always the quiet ones. And et cetera. Who would have ever guessed that behind the quiet, enterprising fa\xEF\xBF\xBDade there would be a conniving home-wrecker in Suicide Squeeze, a label otherwise known for its purity and sweetness? Word on the street has it that the Seattle-based imprint has tapped two new bands to fill its roster but how they got them may...
Quick Review of Cotton Jones - I Am The Changer. I got this from a friend this morning, and instantly fell in love with it. It's got a Devendra Banhart sort of feeling, the label page describes it as "wooden psychedelia," and though I can't say what that means it certainly fits. I was so impressed I decided to pre-order the LP which comes with a free mp3 download, poster, buttons, bonus EP, an...
If it's Christmas at You Ain't No Picasso, that means it's Mixmas! These twelve days give me a chance to turn You Ain't No Picasso over to the musicians I cover and allow them to showcase and talk about some of their favorite songs through a themed mix. This is the fourth year of Mixmas; [...]
Michael Nau of Page France is currently making music as Cotton Jones. It looks like he'll be continuing the relationship he made with Suicide Squeeze in Page France by releasing his next Cotton Jones record through them in 2009. But why wait until then? Head over to their Myspace page to stream two songs from [...]
Quick Review of Cotton Jones - I Am The Changer. I got this from a friend this morning, and instantly fell in love with it. It's got a Devendra Banhart sort of feeling, the label page describes it as "wooden psychedelia," and though I can't say what that means it certainly fits. I was so impressed I decided to pre-order the LP which comes with a free mp3 download, poster, buttons, bonus EP, an...
A more than pleasing soundtrack to your Monday evening, Cotton Jones plays Baltimore tonight. The group returns to their native state of Maryland, bringing their ever evolving sounds of folk, pop, alt-country, and woodsy psychedelia.Originally Michael Nau's side project to Page France, Cotton Jones recently dropped their debut under this moniker via Suicide Squeeze. Paranoid Cocoon is a pretty ...
Off The Record is a recurring feature here on the Drunkard that marries two of my greatest interests; music and travel. Having a locals perspective when visiting a new locale is the difference between experiencing it through the lens of a tourist and of that of a native. Off The Record gathers some of my favorite [...]