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Dreamtigers: Fools
On Fools, Dreamtigers let the subtlety of their arrangements flourish with folk instrumentation and a wide sonic pallet.
Available formats: 7", mp3

Manners: Look Into Look Unto
These minimalist jazz-folk melodies have precisely enough notes to maintain a rare and rewarding kind of disjointed momentum.
Available formats: 7", mp3

Dreamtigers: Broken Seasons
Dreamtigers write earnest rock anthems of hope and deliver them with blistering intensity.
Available formats: CD, mp3

Vinegar Socks: s/t
A fully-embellished work of stunning beauty that draws from a number of musical forms, including Irish folk, gypsy, and punk.
Available formats: CD, mp3

The Points North: I Saw Across the Sound
These quiet New England anthems are perhaps more at home in 1909 than 2009, but you won't find a better folk album this year.
Available formats: LP, mp3
Play "Stone Walls"
Slowest Runner: The Flophouse Session
Slowest Runner combine guitar, bass, drums, piano, violin, cello, tape loops, and heavily-distorted vocals to create beautifully-dramatic movie score music that frequently reaches blistering intensity.
Available format: CD
Play "The Sea Swells"
Elijah Wyman: tiny mtns
His first true integration of the youthful exuberance of Beautiful Like Words, the ambition of Why We Never Go Swimming, and the earnest politics of Butterfly Needles.
Available formats: CD, mp3
Play "Thicket Holds a Ram"
Detektivbyrån: Wermland
A beautifully-crafted collection of pop songs inspired by Nordic and Eastern European folk, Wermland quickly rose to #3 on the Swedish charts and captured hearts worldwide.
Available format: LP
Play "Om Du Möter Varg"
Elijah Wyman: Why We Never Go Swimming and Other Short Stories
Available formats: LP, CD
Play "My Blood Will Cry Out to You"
Elijah Ebenezer Wyman: Butterfly Needles
These quiet and beautiful songs chronicle Elijah's kidney disease, which was diagnosed in early 2006.
Available formats: CD, mp3
Play "Healthy Models"
Elijah Wyman: Beautiful Like Words
Focusing on such themes as spiritual struggle and the transition into adult life, Elijah's Blue Duck debut features many of Elijah's most loved classics.
Available format: CD
Play "The Sea has Taken My Darling Away."
The Points North & The Woodrow Wilsons: Freedom or Decomposition Songs
The Points North and The Woodrow Wilsons traveled to Freedom, Maine in late June, 2008 to record this fantastic split tape on a 6-track analog recorder.
Available format: Mp3
Play "Decomposition Song"
Elijah Wyman: Give & Take
Elijah Wyman's beloved debut release's simple melodies, idiosyncratic lyrics, and bare-bones production has earned the album cult status in New England.
Available format: Mp3
Play "Shadowlands"
S Joe Hazelwood: s/t
The tracks on this thoroughly moving release were recorded as live takes with very few overdubs and feature such diverse instrumentation as acoustic guitar, flute, whistle, octave mandolin, violin, and subtle percussion.
Available formats: CD, mp3
Play "Moth and Wool Part II"
Saint Joe Hazelwood: Moth & Wool
Available formats: CD, mp3
Play "To the Man on Trail"
Brother/Sister: Merry Christmas, Brother/Sister
These are not your parents' Christmas songs. Instead, the band has crafted original compositions using banjo, guitar, accordion, glockenspiel, and out-of-tune piano that serve as homages to the traditional songs.
Available format: Mp3
Play "Oh Come Oh Come, Emmanuel"
Hello Shark: Book Lungs
Available format: Mp3
Play "Bubble Guns"
Saint Joe Hazelwood: Summer 2007 Tour EP
Showcases alternate versions of three excellent tracks from their S Joe Hazelwood album as well as a traditional Irish tune.
Available format: Mp3
Play "Jaws"
Grinding Tapes Subscription 2009
Get rare and exclusive songs emailed to you every month. For just $10 you will get 3 special mp3s from Grinding Tapes-related artists each month for six months along with a special CD at the end of the six months!
Available format: None
Elijah Wyman: Secret Campfire Recording
No less than 50 fans gathered around the campfire to hear Elijah perform old favorites and obscure rarities at this secret show during Soulfest 2005.
Available format: None
Grinding Tapes Promotional Disc #1
Available format: None