What’s on The Capitol Heights’ playlist? March 2015 Edition
This months theme is – cult underground.
- Neutral Milk Hotel – King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1
This is a classic band from the late 80s / 90s. If you were an 80s [cult underground] baby – you were a fan of NMH. - Daniel Johnston – Life In Vain
Daniel Johnston is the epitome of cult underground. He struggled with mental issues his entire life, but still managed to crank out some interesting and meaningful music – so much so, a tribute CD was recorded in his honor by famous musicians such as beck, the flaming lips, and death cab for cutie. Oh, he even had a documentary made about him. It’s super interesting as well! - The Mountain Goats – Going To Georgia
The Capitol Heights are from Georgia. That means you must listen to this song. The Mountain Goats have a Daniel Johnston-esque sound. I can imagine it being played around a camp fire… ahh.. Anyways. The lyrics tell a deep and slightly dark story – there is no spoiler here – so you need to listen to it yourself! - Iron & Wine – Faded From The Winter
Oh man. We just listened to some old Iron & Wine.. This song – along with many others – is phenomenal. If you like this one, we strongly suggest you go back and listen to pre-such great heights Iron & Wine. - Jose Gonzales – Heartbeats
How can you get through a cult underground list without mentioning Jose Gonzales? You can’t. There is a constitutional amendment about it. If you are going to put a picture slideshow of your life (in sepia tone), you are going to put one of his soft, angelic, songs as the music track. - Beck – True Love Will Find You In The End
Guess what? Remember that Daniel Johnston guy? This is Beck doing one of his songs. Boy.. Did we pull out all of the hipster stops…. - Sufjan Stevens – Holland
We are big Sufjan Stevens fans.. We do have to confess……. We first found this particular songs on an episode of Weeds.. We know.. How could we call ourselves real fans?! Anyways.. This is an immensely beautiful song on his CD Michigan. If you like that one. Put on his CD Illinoise. Both are gifts to the world. - Okkervil River – Westfall
This song uses interesting harmonies throughout the song. It also features a slammin’ mandolin solo. Reminds us of a band we know… Oh yeah.. The Capitol Heights! =] - Jeff Magnum – I Love How You Love Me
We stumbled across this song on the interwebs by clicking on related artist after related artist on spotify. We put this on the list because – it’s underground – it is unplugged, and it has beautiful lyrics. Kudos to Jeff Magnum for this excellent song. - The National – Fake Empire
Fake Empire begins with a piano playing in a non-standard rhythm. We are all about non-standard. We enjoy this song because it has a great timbre, it builds nicely over the course of the song, and the melodies are soothing.
Local track:
The local track is an artist by the name of Ian Kraft. We had the privilege of playing with him at Northside Social’s last open mic. We were lucky we went. We shot this video of him and posted it to our YouTube channel. We hope to cross paths with him again!
A spotify playlist with this month’s songs is below!
