Music like this works not because of it’s simplicity, one of the many appealing features, but because through the entire song you are lifted higher, subtlety and slowly enough that the simplicity turns to appreciation. Appreciation that someone is being adventurous with solo acoustic lament turning to anthemaic pop song. You don’t realise how high you are until you start bursting the clouds. G.W.B is a counterpart on the latest Field Music album.

MP3: George Washington Brown - It still rains

http://www.myspace.com/georgewashingtonbrown

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The latest Take Your Medicine Podcast is out now. I have podcast. It is called Take Your Medicine. It is about 45 minutes long and there is some exceptional new music from around the world on it. Much less anglocentric and a little more eclectic than this blog. Go and download it here, or subscribe directly in your Itunes media player using this link.

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And also: On the non-British music front come - “Iran”… no not literally - do not be alarmed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is safely tucked up in his presidential palace. This is quiet indie-rock that expands and contracts with every breath - a new work of art every second. Sure it’s a lot of noise but one of the best things I’ve heard in a long while. If you can stand indie-rock descending into noise-pop filtered through god knows what, slightly hissy and neccessarily lo-fi recordings, that becomes pretty damn over-driven and treble-y have a listen. It comes from an albdum released a few years ago, but they have new material out this year. Which excites me immediatly even though I own neither of the albums they’ve put out previously. Whatever. It doesn’t matter: Mp3 available - make your mind up for yourselves. Go to Dead Oceans records and download on the left, or listen at their myspace page. Let’s give Iran the airtime they deserve. I somewhat doubt they will be a hit on mainstream U.S radio…

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Fans of Tv On The Radio and Hot Chip may be turned on by Muscles - go and listen to “Ice Cream” for music from Australia.

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