#NewMusic Weekend: Quiet Company, Twin Atlantic, Electric Guest, Reverend and the Makers, Blood Red Shoes

Staff picks from Semaphore Music

1.  Quiet Company (Austin) “The Easy Confidence” @quietcompanyatx

2.  Twin Atlantic (Glasgow) “Lightspeed” @twinatlantic

3.  Electric Guest (Los Angeles) “American Daydream” @electricguest

4.  Reverend and the Makers (Sheffield) “Bassline” @Reverend_Makers

5.  Blood Red Shoes (Brighton) “Cold” @bloodredshoes

SXSW picks: Mother Falcon, Guy Forsyth, Quiet Company, Kat Edmondson, Vauxhal Broadcast, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

Mother Falcon

Guy Forsyth

Quiet Company

Kat Edmondson

Voxhaul Broadcast

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears

New Music: Top 22 for 2010: Guy Forsyth, Quiet Company, Duke Spirit, Killick, Warpaint, Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans, Pegasus Bridge, Railroad Earth, Tom Brosseau, Hot as Sun, Angela Correa, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Rose Elinor Dougall, Choir of Young Believers, Marvin Etzioni, Vanessa Lively, Picture Me Broken, Laura Marling, Ladies of the Canyon, Cedrick Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm, School of Seven Bells

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Chris’s Top Picks of 2010

Guy Forsyth

Quiet Company

Duke Spirit

Killick

Warpaint

Jim Bryson & The Weakerthans

Pegasus Bridge

Railroad Earth

Tom Brosseau 

Hot As Sun 

Angela Correa

Emilie-Claire Barlow

Rose Elinor Dougall


Choir of Young Believers

Marvin Etzioni

Vanessa Lively

Layla Allman/Picture Me Broken

Laura Marling 

Ladies of the Canyon

Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm/Juke Joint Duo

School of Seven Bells