The guy sounds at least 65, like some thrice divorced and sullied bar patron in a seaside town, making his flannel and scuffed boots look damn good.  But as you can see, Willy Mason is MY AGE (28), and frequents England the majority of his youthful time.  ”I Got Gold” is a short jig that I fancy for its foreign simplicity.  I own neither gold nor ground, and wouldn’t mix the two if I could help it, but I’m smelling what Mr. Mason is cooking, and suggest you at least grab a waft while it’s fresh.  The guy is all flavor.

Watch out for his upcoming album, Carry On, due out December 3rd.

*Bonus*

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-Matt

For something that sounds like a dire and looming wave of manic curiosity, “White Foxes” by Susanne Sundfør is a key brush stroke on her brand new album, The Silicone Veil.  It’s electronic rush hour with Kate Bush swinging above the lanes on wire rigs; a zip-line through a blinking digital forest.  Sundfør goes off the typical path quite a bit on the album, loitering in some instrumental bits and using the occasional odd example of imagery (see “gravy of your soul”), but her vocal talent is a force to rock you on your heels.

(photo by Luke Gilford)

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An amazing bit of evidence on a live take of the album’s title track, “The Silicone Veil”

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-Matt