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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 |
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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 |
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Dreamtigers: Broken Seasons Dreamtigers write earnest rock anthems of hope and deliver them with blistering intensity. Available formats: CD, mp3 |
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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 |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Elijah Wyman: Why We Never Go Swimming and Other Short Stories Available formats: LP, CD Play "My Blood Will Cry Out to You" |
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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" |
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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." |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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Saint Joe Hazelwood: Moth & Wool Available formats: CD, mp3 Play "To the Man on Trail" |
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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" |
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Hello Shark: Book Lungs Available format: Mp3 Play "Bubble Guns" |
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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" |
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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 |
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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 |
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Grinding Tapes Promotional Disc #1 Available format: None |





















