Our friends at Secretly Canadian sent over a link to download Richard Swift's new Ground Trouble Jaw EP for free. Swift is about to embark on two short West Coast mini-tours in support of the Walkmen and Stereolab, so now'd be as good a time as any to get familiar. Swift says the EP consists of "2 soul jams, 1 funny doo-wop song," and "2 synth/pop/?," and while it's all well worth the free, the...
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And I'm not talking about John Paul Young, people. I am talking about Richard Swift. I have fallen so hard for his music that I may not listen to anything else for the next week solid.sigh.Who's with me?
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A sunday cover!!!I haven't been mogging as much this week. I have been entertaining Kevin's wife. I am sorry for not commenting on all your good posts. I've been reading and missing all of you.Next week will hopefully be a good MOG-week.Here's Richard Swift covering Paisley Park. I love this version. After reading Chul's post about Paisley Park I send him some thought every time I listen to thi...
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POD Concerts presentsRichard Swift is to play Crawdaddy in Dublin on Monday, April 27. The California-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, celebrated for his vintage lo-fi experimental mélanges, saluting genres from Doo-Wop to lush American Pop, is set to release his fourth album on April 7. The Atlantic Ocean , Swift’s…
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I listened to Richard Swift at work a few months ago and then forgot about it until I saw it in my library, then burnt it to a CD to listen to in the car. So today was the first day I actually got to listen to it again, and I'm recommending it.This is music that sits in that fortunate category of uncategorisable. That doesn't mean its like Tom Waits, it just means I don't know who to compare ...
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Here is the second video from Richard Swift's latest album Atlantic Ocean. The video for the song "Atlantic Ocean" features robots fighting in a car lot and a crazy ass dance party that I wish I would've been at. I've been enjoying Swift's latest LP since it came out in April, definitely worth checking out if you haven't already done so. The album Atlantic Ocean is currently available now on ...
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Richard Swift’s Wikipedia biography falls just onthe believable side of the comic fence. I don’t necessarily doubt thathe “began performing and singing in Quaker churches around the age offourteen”, there’s nothing inherently funny about that after all. Butthere’s something about the way it’s written that recalls the Bob DylanSchool of Public Information.
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11 songs featuring Turbo Fruits, Pylon, Flat Duo Jets, The White Stripes...
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