November 2009 Mix
Disc One 1. Wake The President - something to turn up (taken from their 2009 release You Can’t Change That Boy) 2. Wake The President - professor

Fair and Balanced News - #3
It’s been quite some time since I chatted it up about notable ‘events’ throughout the blogosphere as well as upcoming plans here on BTID. As you may have read last month I am preparing BTID’s 50th monthly mix and I promise you it will be the highlight of your November, other than turkey (or tofurkey if that’s your thing). You can expect that to ‘drop’ on Thursday. Also in the works is a (pants-less?) video profile of the Roanoke music collective, The Magic Twig Community AND possibly a netlabel release from one (or more) of its members. Speak

Monday Morning Shuffle - #33
Peter Von Poehl - forgotten garden (taken from his 2009 release May Day) Pico Vs. Island Trees - open doors (officially unreleased) Floating Action - to conne

Mini-Beats - November 2009 - Edition 7
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns (2009, Saddle Creek) ♥♥♥♥ -outstanding storytelling folk-core; guys sounds A LOT like Jeff Mangum as does the music at times; imagine a less pompous, less annoying Decemberists/Colin Meloy (sorry, fans)- Le Loup - Family (2009) ♥♥♥♥ -a natural progression from their debut; banjo-centric folk not unlike Akron/Family, add a dash of bro-fi- Noah and The W

Yer Foxy and Ya Know It
North Carolina’s The Sinful Savage Tigers have made their debut LP available for free (or donation..*wink wink*). Also available is a 2-song SST demo single and Seth Martin’s solo album, The How and Why. You can expect copious amounts of banjo, strings and beard-core. The band claims to be influenced by everything from Gram Parsons to Guided By Voices