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This Week's Featured Music
Hidden Pony Records
Hidden Pony Records
Happy Birthday Hidden Pony!
Betty Who
Betty Who
Betty Who – The Remixes
This Week's Featured eBook
This Southern literature debut from Dave Newell chronicles love lost, hope taken, and the enduring consequences of selfish devotion.
An eccentric, understated literary puzzle with an effortless plot, Red Lory tells the tale of a small-town physician who plans to marry the wife of a wealthy, dying patient in order to escape financial pressure. Not knowing of his agreement with the soon-to-be widow, Dr. Howard's desperate secretary has her affections set on him and ultimately sends this story toward a fatal scandal and an exploration of selfish love.  
SIMILAR AUTHORS Truman Capote, William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor
Will's Weekend Wrap-Up
Greeting and salutations! Whether I’m giving in to my OCD tendencies, simply enjoying a good challenge, or just shamelessly borrowing the format of This American Life, I decided to make this week’s Weekend Wrap-Up theme-based. The common denominator of my four picks this week is pretty simple – they’re all some of my favorite duos that are currently offering something here on NoiseTrade. As Ike and Tina, The White Stripes, and Hall and Oates have shown us, there is a unique power that is created when two musical beings can crystallize into one inseparable entity. Sure, sometimes the experiment goes awry and we get Nelson or The Weather Girls, but at least that kind of fallout gave us the karaoke knock-out punch of “It’s Raining Men.” No need to worry about any duo duds here though. Give these albums a listen and get your weekend started off on the good foot! –WILL HODGE, NoiseTrade Music Editor
Sugar and the Hi-Lows
Sugar & the Hi-Lows
Sugar & the Hi-Lows
When solo artists Amy Stroup and Trent Dabbs first announced that they would be making music as the duo Sugar & the Hi-Lows back in 2012, there wasn’t a question of if it would be good, just one of how good it was going to be. Well, it’s safe to say that even with high hopes, their self-titled debut exceeded expectations. Their soulful sing-a-longs, garage-rock guitars, and vintage sonic vibe are only surpassed by the grandeur of their sweet-and-salty vocal mix. Come for the Motown flavors of “I’ve Got You Covered” and “Stubborn Lover” and stay for the bluesy swagger of “See It For Yourself” and “Two Day High.”
Shovels & Rope
Shovels & Rope
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In the spirit of full disclosure, let it be known that Shovels & Rope is actually one of my hands-down favorite bands from the last five years or so. I’ll try to headlock the fanboy and keep it brief. Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent are as explosively energetic as they come, but the dashing duo can also simmer and smolder at the drop of a hat. They have a brand new album called Swimmin’ Time due out August 26, and this exclusive NoiseTrade sampler will bring you up to speed with the geographically gorgeous “Birmingham” (from their smash debut album O’ Be Joyful) and a few songs each from their previous solo releases. Start your day with “The Winner” and end it on the back porch with “Who's Gonna Raise These Babies” and you’ll go to bed with a full heart and a smile.
Mystery Twins
Mystery Twins
The Politics of Being Alone
Working with just a guitar, drums, and the singular voice that is created from the joint vocals of Stephanie Bush and Doug Lehman, Mystery Twins is a wonderfully raw and charismatic duo with a taste for experimentation. The Politics of Being Alone is an incredibly inventive EP that takes tracks from their debut full-length album Ghost in the Ground and reimagines them with sound collages, old movie footage, and audio recordings of enigmatic poets Charles Bukowski and Henry Miller spliced throughout. The result is a startling comment on individuality, isolation, and our endless attempts to find points of connection.
Grace & Tony
Grace & Tony
Hey Grace, Hey Tony
Grace & Tony blend punk, folk, gospel, bluegrass, and Texas swing into a curious concoction they refer to as “punkgrass” and I just can’t seem to get enough of it. I love their ability to sing murder ballads and love songs with equal aplomb. This four-song sampler features selections from their debut November and it does a great job of whetting the appetite for the full album. Each song features their acoustic instrumental prowess and their fluid and flirtatious vocals, a combination that has already been cemented as their calling card. You can check out their tastefully shot black and white music video for “November” here.
When writer Will Hodge can't go for that, you can find him running off at the keyboard about music, concerts, and vinyl at My So-Called Soundtrack.
NoiseTrade Music Staff Picks
fun.
fun.
Before Shane Went to Bankok: FUN. Live in the USA
Catfish & The Bottlemen
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Ben Sollee
Ben Sollee
The Hollow Sessions
Harvest Records
Harvest Records
Harvest Mixtape 1
Sisyphus
Sisyphus
Rhythm of Devotion
Ásgeir
Ásgeir
The Toe Rag Sessions Acoustic EP
NoiseTrade Books Staff Picks
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Timothy Wilard & Jason Locy
Timothy Willard
& Jason Locy
On Being Pretty: An Open Letter to Our Daughters
Blake Mundell
Blake Mundell
Little Mountain
Don Trowden
Don Trowden
Normal Family
Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult
Where There's Smoke
Ben & Jerry's
Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield
Ben & Jerry's Homemade
10 Classic Flavors
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