Next year, on November 5th, 2012, ‘Tallahassee’ by The Mountain Goats will turn ten years old. To celebrate, A cover album is being put together –14 artists each covering one song from the album. Houses is slated to contribute a cover of ‘Peacocks’. Several other artists are lined up, including Youngest Son and Tiger Waves. Slots are still available for other tracks; To cover the licensing fees associated with a project like this (the producers are fans of John Darnielle, so naturally, they would love to see him getting paid for his work) as well as some miscellaneous production costs, this project is being funded by Kickstarter. Head over to this page to find out how you could help or participate if you wish.

Due to an increasing demand we offer you a streaming option of our 2010 triple mixtape, our end of the year resolution, the best lofi bedroom tracks you could listen to, grainy, ragged and some beautiful music especially for you.

Track List

Vol 1:

Winter drones - Watch your eyes

Twin Sister – Lady daydream cassette version

Foxes in fiction - Flashing lights have ended now

Cloud nothings –  Hey cool kid

Moon duo - Dead west pt 2

Soft moon - Parallels

White fence –  The love between

Motorifik –  A vision

Telekinesis - Dirty thing

Shilpa Ray –  Beating St Louis

Memoryhouse – Bonfire

Radical face – Doorways

Young man - Up so fast

Saroos – See me not

Valleys - Ten thousand hours

Vol 2: 

Lower Dens –  Blue and Silver

Translations –  The wanderer

Oberhofer - Awyfrmu

Wiseblood – Solo 4 Claire

Ducktails –  Hamilton road

Chappo – Sweet Sigh

El Boy Die - Under my broken tree

Julian Lynch –  Just Enough

Yellow Fever –  Bermuda triangle

Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Fight for me

Land of talk – Quarry Hymns

Callers - You are an arc

Spectrals – I ran with love but couldn’t keep up

Coma cinema –  Her sinking sun

Houses – Endless spring

City center - Sky flowers

Viernes – Entire empire

The way the story goes:

…”I got laid off from my job at the end of last year and decided I needed a change. My girlfriend put in her two weeks and we moved out to a little cabin in Papaikou, Hawaii. It’s a pretty remote place outside of Hilo (i.e no plumbing/electricity/gas). We worked for meals during the day cultivating indigenous micro-organisms and learning the basics of sustainable living. We drank showered and cooked with rain water. It was a beautifully simple experience. In our downtime, she would paint and I would record. We’d have to light candles in an effort to save solar power to keep my computer running. We inspired each other a lot out there, and I think it shows on the album. She sings on a lot of the tracks on All Night. The music comes from a place of love and ease. The video for Endless Spring was shot there in our spare time, and the music was sketched out loosely over the course of a few months. We just kind of melted into one person. We were able to keep our heads above water for a few months before we both went broke and moved back to Chicago in April. I put together all the arrangements and field recordings over the next few weeks, and that became All Night. ”

Its not only a beautiful story, the album is just wonderful… Listen to   EndlessSpring.

The band is Houses, the LP is titled ’All night’  on Lefse records. To pre order at the Lefse web shop

Check out our frequent indie News spalsh column on the lofiles news section.

Setting Sun video and European tour

Weekend shares first MP3 from debut album, Sports

Houses shares new MP3, announces first live appearance at CMJ

Silje Nes releases ‘Opticks’ (FatCat, 13th September)

Chocolate genius ‘Swansongs‘ out next week on One little Indian

Megafaun shares  new MP3, covers Gillian Welch with Tallest Man on Earth

Twin Shadow Premieres “Savannah Howl” 7″ Split Single On Gorilla Vs. Bear, Sign To 4AD Outside Of North America! / Begins U.S. Tour With Jamie Lidell In Two Weeks/ Debut Album Forget Out Sept. 28th On Terrible Records

Darlings Premiere Debut Single “Big Girl” On PopMatters/ “Warma” EP Out This Fall On Famous Class Records / Play I Am Festival September 25th With Mates Of State + O’Death + 3 NYC Shows

Mitchell Museum Give away a track!  Mission_1 

The Black Angels Premiere “Phosphene Dream” on MySpace, Played Letterman

The Blow announces Fall tour dates

Life is good Festival Confirms Live Webcast news

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti announces joint tour with Os Mutantes

Cloudland Canyon On Tour Now / To Play The Wire & Hopscotch Music Festivals / Limited Edition 7″ Out Now On Bathetic Records / Fin Eaves Out Now On Holy Mountain Records

Dive Index Premiere “Burn Their Bodies” Video On Consequence Of Sound/ Sophomore LP “The Surface We Divide” Out October 12th On Neutral Music

The Dears debut new song ‘Omega dog’.

Women Premiere Second Single”Narrow With The Hall” On Pitchfork & Extend US Fall Tour