Far West Music
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Does anybody know who Stuck Mojo or Whiskytown is? I see them in rotation on the Far West channel, but I've not heard them. Guess I'll go research.
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I *love* Janelle Monae. Hadn't picked up her latest album yet, but now I guess I have to!
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For those of you who caught the Breaking Bad finale last night -- the opening song (and the episode's title) were taken from this classic, which is very FAR WEST appropriate:
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Wow. That's excellent. Downloading it now, and putting it in my Far West playlist. Thank you.
Plus: Coalhada
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"Roving Gambler" from this album seems like a good character theme tune...
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Another recent addition to my Far West playlist -- the 2003 track from the Handsome Family that has recently been used as the theme to HBO's brilliant "True Detective":
Check the lyrics. I cannot imagine a more perfect fit for FAR WEST:
From the dusty mesa,
Her looming shadow grows,
Hidden in the branches of the poison creosote.
She twines her spines up slowly,
Towards the boiling sun,
And when I touched her skin,
My fingers ran with blood.
In the hushing dusk, under a swollen silver moon,
I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom.
A strange hunger haunted me, the looming shadows danced.
I fell down to the thorny brush and felt a trembling hand.
When the last light warms the rocks,
And the rattlesnakes unfold,
Mountain cats will come to drag away your bones.
And rise with me forever,
Across the silent sand,
And the stars will be your eyes,
And the wind will be my hands.Plus: Puppetfox
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It doesn't get more "Western plus Asian" than this: GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY, performed on traditional Vietnamese instruments. Mind. BLOWN.
Plus: jehosephat, Puppetfox, rexroad33
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Because I like Cake!
"Arco Arena" from "Comfort Eagle"
http://youtu.be/2wa9ZwTx8aU
FYI
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCO_Arena_I -
Abney Park's "Airship Pirates" has an Imperial / Industrial cowboy sound...
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I really dig these guys! It's rather upbeat but it's a country-chinese flavor
Plus: GMSkarka
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this chinese bluegrass is a nice hybrid sound, it gets better further in the song:
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Some cool stuff by this husband and wife duo (banjo meets chinese bluegrass):
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another by Abney Park that I think is so epic, hybrid, elegant but cowboy, and definitely has a post apocalyptic/western vibe, and his voice also sounds kinda asian to me:
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Another awesome bit of inspirado: The Native Howl, a band that combines Bluegrass with the style of Thrash Metal:
Plus: Puppetfox
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So I wrote a very short tune for the guitar, and it seems a bit silly to keep it to my self.
The link below is for an MP3 of the tune, and a PDF of the arrangement.
Enjoy.
And So The Fox Went West
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z2Mf2_0p62DqyN8QZYHCHDEH_8jVvbxF -
Recent acquisitions for my FAR WEST playlist:
First up, the soundtrack album to the Netflix series GODLESS is quite good.
Plus: Puppetfox
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Second, it's more Japanese in feel, but the asian take on the Wu Tang Clan's C.R.E.A.M. from the most recent season of WESTWORLD is incredible:
Plus: Puppetfox
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This is an older song, and a bit of a stretch for a western setting but I like the trumpets. Style wise it's a bit all over the shop. I really like this band having seen them live more than a few times.
The Cat Empire: The wine song
https://youtu.be/detOIeKuQwU
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Bonefield - Window
https://youtu.be/QKqnhyABHWw
note to anyone posting...
youtu.be/(video) will just post the link
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How about some Mongolian metal?
The Hu - Wolf Totem
The Hu - Yuve Yuve Yu
(jump to 1:00)
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New Pixies album dropped and these two stood out as far west worthy.
(embedding is blocked on these)
PIXIES – Silver Bullet
https://youtu.be/H8B414sOtMk
PIXIES – This Is My Fate
https://youtu.be/4Yp8GROvJSUPlus: GMSkarka
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