We’re excited to announce the newest act in the Live At Aloft Hotels Presented by Paste Magazine series. The June 9 show in Philadelphia, Pa. is set to include a performance from Philly’s own Strand of Oaks, who will perform songs from the album Pope Killdragon. The show is set to take place June 9 at 7 p.m at Aloft’s Philadelphia Airport location....

Recommended Show: SUNDAY, MAY 20, 2012 WHITE TOWN, and more @ LITTLEFIELD 622 Degraw St Brooklyn, NY 11217 $18, 4PM What made us do a doubletake on tonight's list of shows was the presence of White Town among the bands playing Littlefield. You may remember this guy from the 90s hit, "Your Woman." Lacrymosa @ Ace Hotel Fred Armisen @ Union Pool Reggie Watts @ Webster Hall Cornelius Loy @ Manhattan Inn The Promise Ring @ Irving Plaza Davi, Ikona, samn!, & Tamara in Harlem @ Glasslands Vaz, Roomrunner, Multicult, & Fuckton @ Shea Stadium Strand of Oaks, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, & Cigarette @ Cake Shop Sam Sowyrda, Ryan Sawyer ...

If only every city had a Hopscotch. Raleigh, NC’s big-big music festival has gotten even bigger this year, with the addition of historical (and possibly haunted!!!) sounding venues like the Long View Center, Memorial Auditorium and the Contemporary Art Museum to its 15 venues strong festival map. There are 175 artists playing this thing, people, with everyone from the likes of Class Actress and Baroness to Liars and Wagner">Mirel Wagner. This year is only Hopscotch’s third go-around, and already they’ve got swell headliners like Built to Spill, The Roots, and The Jesus and Mary Chain keyed ...

Brooklyn Vegan : HOPSCOTCH 2012 LINEUP Airstrip (Carrboro, N.C.) Altar of Plagues (Cork, Ireland) Altos (Milwaukee, Wis.) Alvarius B. (Seattle, Wash.) Amen Dunes (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Arnold Dreyblatt and Megafaun (Berlin, Germany / Durham, N.C.) Balam Acab (Mechanicsburg, P.A.) Baroness (Savannah, Ga.) Beat Report (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Big Troubles (Ridgewood, N.J.) Bill Orcutt (San Francisco, Calif.) Ritmo">Bio Ritmo (Richmond, Va.) BIrds of Avalon (Raleigh, N.C.) Black Skies (Carrboro, N.C.) Boy Friend (Austin, Texas) Built to Spill (Boise, I.D.) Burglar Fucker (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Calico Haunts (Durham, N.C.) Cantwell, Gomez & Jordan (Durham, N ...

Can’t quite understand how we missed this, but thankfully picked it up from the ever excellent Folk Hive blog and thought you may have missed it too. Either way it was definitely worthy of a repost. Shaking Through is a documentary series about bringing a song to life. Each year, ten of the most exciting [...]

6am Repeat is a recurring feature here at Folk Hive in which we stream the latest track that plays incessantly in the earbuds when we awake at that hour and imbibe massive amounts of coffee and cigarettes in preparation for the advancing day.  Consider it your jam of the day — a sweet, sweet gift from … Read More

It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. Here’s some new stuff that I have been listening to. Expect new albums from all these folks soon. Visit Joe Pug’s facebook for the full song   Download Sidi Touré for free on the soundcloud Tondi karaa (The White Stone) by Sidi Touré   Get the black [...]

“Welcome to my new…space station” Strand of Oaks remained in constant rotation on my early morning soundtrack all last summer (I just can’t get enough of hearing songs about Dan Aykroyd and synthesizer folk) so I’m glad to see that Tim Showalter has a new release.  The song, “Spacestations” is a bit of a deviation [...]

We are beyond stoked to announce the lineup for Homeslice Pizza's "Music by the Slice 2012", to take place Friday March 16, and now featuring fully permitted sound! As always, the party is free (no rsvp, no badge required) and again this year, ALL of the proceeds from concession sales will be donated to charity!!! Friday, March 16: The Belle Brigade (8:20 PM) Radiation City (7:45) Great Lake Swimmers (7:10) Mother Falcon (6:35) Dan Mangan (6:00) Family of the Year (5:25) Dark Dark Dark (4:50) Yellow Ostrich (4:15) Hospitality (3:40 ...

Source: wvmusic Shaking Through is a non-profit organization dedicated to "shining a spotlight on hard-working, emerging musicians and raises awareness about our mission to ensure that we can keep a good thing going." A documentary series, Shaking Through selects 10 artists each year to take on the challenge of recording one song in two days, from first take to final mix. No exceptions. Their latest episode features Tim Showalter's Strand of Oaks  and was curated by Chris Ward (booker of Philly's famed music venue Johnny Brenda's, and drummer for Pattern is Movement). The video also features vocals ...

Tracks from Kill County, Strand of Oaks, Jonas David and Tyler Butler on my "Whatcha Listenin' To?" mix.

Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Starlight Mints, Of Montreal Song: Langor - Ladyblade [download here ] What's so good? Let’s all give a warm welcome to Langor, the project of one-man wonder Brian Langan from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Brian has just released his A side/B side with two tracks that are so infectious and sweet that there’s no way they won’t get stuck in your head. Langor combines fantasy pop with psychedelia to birth a sound of its own, and after listening to this split, you’ll probably be left wanting more. There’s a touch ...

Shaking Through: Strand of Oaks from Weathervane Music on Vimeo. in my opinion, which i am sure isnt worth much, timothy showalter and his strand of oaks is one of the bands that could help transform and shape the musical landscape over the next 5-10 years. i already think he’s in the process, but again [...]

Strand of Oaks aka Timothy Showalter recorded a new song with the folks at Shaking Through in Philadelphia. It’s a simple song with a big sound, building on the wall of synths Showalter was developing on Pope Killdragon. In fact, … Continue reading →

Something about Strand of Oaks is peculiar and calming . Featured as a showcase artist last year at SXSW, finishing his third album, Timothy Showalter has come a long way in past few years. His second album Pope Killdragon was … Continue reading →