Weekend Edition: SXSW Revisited with The Wans and Will’s Weekend Wrap Up

The first in a series of upcoming features where we look back and revisit artists that performed at our NoiseTrade SXSW Day Parties Presented by Clif Bar GreenNotes, we're excited to shine a light on The Wans. Their set in Austin was a scorcher, filling the indoor room at The Blackheart with sonic tones that are still resonating in our collective ears. They're on tour now, check them out when you get the chance. In the meantime, read Will's interview with the band HERE and enjoy these four songs from their debut album He Said, She Said. Happy Easter weekend, NoiseTraders! I have lovingly filled each one of your Easter baskets with a bunch of goodies this week but, as promised, I did not break into your house wearing a giant bunny costume (again). We've reached the final week of our Josh Garrels album-a-week giveaway and I can't recommend enough for you to make sure you pick up this week's offering. The Sea In Between Soundtrack is one of his most captivating records and you'll find yourself getting lost in its enchanting sonic embrace. Garrels's new record, Home, will be released this Tuesday here on NoiseTrade and you guys are seriously going to fall in love with it. Morning and Night Collective and KaiL Baxley's records are both pretty fantastic this week as well. My book pick this week is from Eugene Petersen and whether you are familiar with him already or not, you can trust me that he is one of the foremost author/translators you'll ever come across. Dig in! – WILL HODGE, NoiseTrade Music Editor Josh Garrels The Sea In Between Soundtrack With the release of Josh Garrels's brand new album Home merely days away (out April 7), this is your last opportunity to snag one of his previously released gems. Billed as "an LP of sight and sounds," The Sea In Between Soundtrack is a fully realized audio-visual album that features Garrels and members of Mason Jar Music capturing deceptively simplistic live performances in stunningly picturesque landscapes around Mayne Island, British Columbia. The Village Voice described The Sea In Between Soundtrack as "Equal parts candid rumination and jaw-dropping performance all taking place on the rocky peninsulas and pine-lined shores of a location Wes Anderson would drool over." You can also check out the full-length The Sea In Between Soundtrack documentary HERE. Morning and Night Collective Good Morning. Happy Easter. 4 NoiseTrade favorites Morning and Night Collective have just released the fourth installment in their Good Morning. Happy Easter. series and much like the three previous volumes, it's a standout collection of diverse indie artists unifying under a common creative banner. Exploring the themes of Lent, Easter, and Pentecost, the songs featured on Good Morning. Happy Easter. effortlessly mix hymns both ancient and anew without being able to tell which is which. The unique sonic cohesion of Morning and Night Collective is perfectly exemplified in the way that the bubbly synth textures of JackRabbit's "Oh Tom" and Tyler Ellison's "Passion Song" sit so comfortably next to the acoustic intimacy of Von Strantz's "Maybe" and "Sean Carter's "Old Rugged Cross". KaiL Baxley Heatstroke/The Wind and the War With his drawled rasp and his honey-smooth delivery, boxer-turned-bluesman KaiL Baxley crafts a salt-and-sugar mix of dirty roots blues and vintage R&B melodies and rhythms. Heatstroke/The Wind and the War combines Baxley's first two EPs and a bonus b-side ("War Dance") into one greasy and gritty collection that feels as rich and heavy as the South Carolina soil from which he was raised. The juke joint slink of "Don't Matter to Me" and the somber storytelling of "The Rebel" are fantastic entry points for this release. Keep your eyes and ears out for Baxley's new album A Light That Never Dies slated to come out later this summer. Eugene Petersen The Message of Easter (eBook) With an invitational charge to "Evaluate Jesus for yourself – without the preconceptions, without the dogma, without the culture wars", Eugene Petersen's The Message of Easter is a modern translation of ancient Scripture that realigns the language in such a way to convey the original tone of the stories and messages. Pastor, poet and scholar Petersen has translated the entirety of the Bible in this way for The Message and he is currently offering a condensed glimpse into the engaging experience here with The Message of Easter. No matter if your level of interest is all-encompassing or non-existent, Petersen offers an equal opportunity encounter through an enjoyable read. When writer Will Hodge isn't the endless seed of mystery, you can find him running off at the keyboard about music, concerts, and vinyl at My So-Called Soundtrack .

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