The Bruces

The Bruces, aka Alex McManus (also of Empire State, Lambchop, Bright Eyes, Vic Chestnutt), phones it in from Omaha, NE, over an old rotary phone. Lonesome and warm, and perfectly lo-fi, be comforted by the Bruces.

Songs:

Beautiful Slanted Northern Light / Pilot Light / Garbage Barge / Add It On

The Capstan Shafts!

Is it Robert Pollard? No! Even better, it's the debut 'public' performance by the Capstan Shafts. Dean Wells phones it in from Lyndonville, VT. Between the timbre of Dean's voice and the hiss of the phone, it's enough to bring me to tears of joy. Also our first show over VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

Songs:

Sideburns (from Euridice Proudhon) / Little Burst Of Sunshine (from Hope Gets Wheels) / Can't Climb A Tree (Without Breaking A Few Branches) (from The Sleeved & Grandaughters Of The Blacklist) / Sometimes The Horns (from The Night Shrine Of Well-Groomed Lawns) / Sunshine Profligate (from Euridice Proudhon) / More Lovely Than Likely (from The Megafauna Undermined) / The Day You Called Me Pretty (from Chick Cigarettes) / Sleepcure Theory Advancer (from Euridice Proudhon)

Mini Victrola

Tyler Crawford (Port City Allstars) & Maggie Livingstone (the Diskettes) phone it in from Montreal, Quebec. Mini Victrola sounds, in their own words, "the way a delicious chocolate croissant tastes". It's true, it's so so true.

Songs:

Treading Water / Lay your Head Down / How Come You Been Acting So Funny? / Too Much Noise / Untitled / In the Autumn / No One's Listening / Eva

Chris Maher

RIYL Records head honcho, writer, and all around Good Dude and Nice Guy Chris Maher (also of Automato, the Morningsides, Huggabroomstik, Dibs, the Johns, Phoebe Kreutz, Jack Lewis, Dan Fishback, Double Fantasy, Secret Salamander, Volumes, etc etc) phones it in from Seattle, WA. Poor cel phone quality can't destroy these songs; so good they're untouchable.

Songs:

Heather / Passing Through (Richard Blakeslee) / Camouflaged By Committee / mE=mc² / I'll Follow You / John Brown (Bob Dylan)