Songs about The Simpsons or bands even inspired by the series aren’t a new concept, but I doubt they get any more wistful than Tom Freund does as he sings about “Homer Simpson’s Clouds”. The track was released as part of the “East Of Lincoln” record which was released in 2018 on Surf Road Records and is directed by Phineas and Ferb’s Swampy Marsh and production by Surfer Jack productions.
Listen to this week’s Captain Americana Spotify playlist featuring:
The Pinkerton Raid – Rebel Mama Blues
Farees, Calexico – Y’all Don’t Know What’s Goin On
Wayne Graham – What For (K&F Records)
Mipso – Hourglass
David Quinn – Intro & Letting Go
Grandaddy – Underneath the Weeping Willow (piano version) (Dangerbird Records)
Martin Ruby – Kodachrome Shangri-La (WhistlePig Records)
Black Pumas – Black Moon Rising
James Houlahan – Tomorrow’s Had Enough of Me
Adrianne Lenker – Two Reverse (of Big Thief)
Josh Merritt – Live With That
Stuffy Shmitt – Mommy and Daddy
E.Z. Shakes – Count Me Out
The Savants of Soul – Yes I Will
Joe Stamm Band – Pearls to Pigs
Ned Hill Music – That Old Black Lung (WhistlePig Records)
The Handsome Family, Allen Ginsberg – Hiway Poesy Painted Desert to Albuquerque
Low Cut Connie – If I Die
Tiphanie Doucet – Painted Blue
The Drew Young Band – I’m Worried About this World
Chris Williams – Empty Spaces
Josh Shilling – (Go to Hell) 2020
FRETLAND – Could Have Loved You
George Shingleton – Have A Good Time
Sarah Jarosz – Hometown
Ferris & Sylvester – I Should Be On a Train
KATIE COLE – Hands Tied
Cordovas – Afraid No More
Tanya Tucker – What’s Your Mama’s Name – Live From the Troubadour
Strays Don’t Sleep – Couldn’t Be Happier
Natalie Schlabs – Eye of the Storm
Steve Poltz – Quarantine Blues
Ashley Riley – Close to Me
Listen to this week’s State of the Art Spotify playlist featuring:
8 Inch Betsy – Grotesque (Baby Robot Records)
The Coathangers – Wife Eyes (bonus track)
HESS – Rented Rooms (Baby Robot Records)
Julien Baker – Faith Healer
Lazerbeak – Marlo (Doomtree)
The Replacements – I.O.U. – Demo
Oginalii – Black Hole
Jean Dawson, ASAP Rocky – Triple Double (Handwritten Records)
Abhi the Nomad, Kato On The Track – Tom CruisE
Dizzee Rascal! – Body Loose
Baby Shakes – Sweet ‘n’ Sour
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine – Satan’s Combover
Jenny – Stupid Band
Low Cut Connie – Take a Little Ride Downtown
Mall Girl – Bad Girl (Jansen Records)
Party Jacket – Moon
Open Mike Eagle – Sweatpants Spiderman
R.A.P Ferreira- Leaving Hell
Iron Wigs, CRIMEAPPLE – Problematic
Preservation Mon Dieu Music, Navy Blue – North Bridge
ROTTING OUT- Unforgiven
DRAIN – The process of weeding out
Power Alone- Something Real
GAYNGS – Appeayl 2 U part 1
Melanie Faye – Eternally 12
Godcaster – Sassy Stick Boy
High Contrast, Kae Tempest, Anita Blay Cocknbullkid – Time Is Hardcore
Knot – Horse Trotting, Feet Not Touching The Ground
Gregor – The Rock (And The Stars)
Marie Davidson , L’œil Nu – Renegade Breakdown
The Phoenix Foundation – Hounds of Hell
Blue Hawaii – I Felt Love
The Japanese House, Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) – Dionne
Dropdead – Flesh and Bone
Today, we are pleased to debut the new track by Stuffy Shmitt. On “Jim’s Dad,” Stuffy channels Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and even a little Mountain Goats and crafts a track that is easy going… and extremely dark.
Speaking to Punknews, Stuffy said: “I used to hang out at a bar called Drake’s Drum in Manhattan. I played rock and roll a lot. I drank a lot. I had a friend called Lory Lazarus who didn’t drink at all, looked like Harpo Marx and wrote musical comedies—I hate musical comedies. He wore orange a lot—I hate orange. One of his musicals, The Reunion of Sam, had a scene where a couch gave birth to many little foam-rubber couches. The song was called “I Vouch For A Couch”—that will give you an idea of where we’re going here. Lory wanted to write songs with me. I didn’t wanna write songs with Lory. He kept hounding me. So finally I made a deal with him. We’d go around the corner to my fifth floor walk-up and write songs. If it took over twenty minutes to write one, he would have to go to Drake’s Drum with me and buy me drinks ’til 4 a.m. As a result, we wrote something like 15 songs in under 20 minutes. They were ridiculous but really catchy. We laughed for 19 minutes straight and the session was over.
The heart-wrenching “Mommy and Daddy” grapples with a universal truth that evolution has not yet alleviated. NYC-bred rock & roller Shmitt, who has performed and recorded with legends like Levon Helm and Gordan Gano, steps back into his artistry with a harrowing vignette of his once-spirited parents closing in on the end of their lives.
“My mom was a fox. She had long hair and was just a beautiful woman. My dad was a handsome, tall man,” he describes. Shmitt’s mother played the drums and his father played guitar. His sister wrote concertos, wore long black dresses, and conducted orchestras. READ MORE…
Wayne Graham delivers a multi-generational approach to Americana from the rugged hills of central Appalachia. Today, they premiere their new single, “What For?” ahead of 1% Juice, due on November 13th. READ MORE…