Causa Sui Stories

Friday Album Reviews | Seven New Records You Need To Know

As every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks from the week. Here are our favorite records from 11/17.Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Soul Of A Woman [11/17]Soul Of A Woman is the final album from the late Sharon Jones, put together posthumously by The Dap-Kings. Like the rest of her...

Causa Sui Offers 'Ju Blues' & More From Forthcoming Live Album

Our favorite Danish band is at it again, blending classic rock, stoned out, fuzz-drenced psychedelia and free-wheeling improv brilliantly on the new LP Live in Copenhagen.They dropped the first track on SoundCloud, and if you've got the 11 minutes and a few synapses to spare, this is one hell of a ride.Culled from...

Beyondify In The Heat Of Summer

 Beyondify is our periodic feature which features new music before it hits Spotify.  As usual, we mine Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and YouTube for the goods. Here's what we came up with in the heat of the summer.  Father John Misty seems to be a bit divisive among our readers, but I...

VIDEO | Causa Sui @ Jazzhouse Copenhagen 4/29/16

Maybe if we all get together, close our eyes, join hands, and think really hard about it, Causa Sui will realize that there's an audience in the States for their psych-jazz-jam music.Until then, here's a video from an appearance in Copenhagen. The venue is called Jazzhouse and, like their recent record, the band is...

Album Reviews | March 2016 Releases

M. Ward- More Rain [3/4]His first solo release since 2012, M. Wards More Rain is an extremely big deal. The underrated and understated folk singer-songwriter has a cult-like following, developed over years of consistent releases that focus on atmosphere and songwriting. More Rain sounds deceptively simple, as though the songs have existed forever, every instrument sounding...

Beyondify: More Great Under The Radar Tracks

Earlier this month, I had so much fun summarizing new tracksthat hadn't yet made it to Spotify, I've decided to make it a regular feature. I've even named it. I'm calling it Beyondify, and hope to publish every few weeks to let you know about under-the-radar tracks that you've got to dig a little to...

Six Tracks That Foretell Great Things For 2016

Here at TBP, the majority of our new music discoveryhappens via Spotify these days... but the service doesn't always tell the whole story. Many bands will take to YouTube, Soundcloud or other services/channels to "leak" new tracks into the world... and for those, well you just have to pay attention.Luckily we're keeping our...

These Are My Jams, Volume Nine

Welcome to the ninth edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams, our landing page for the entire series.I've been slowly been chipping away at getting caught up with posting these summaries. What's amazing about this run...

The Barn's Top Ten Things of 2013

As with last year, I'm not going to try to rank the best shows, songs or albums of the year (though some thoughts on albums are here and here). I want to use my year end list to capture the musical things that had the biggest impact on me -- and also provide an excuse...

The Barn's Best Albums Of The (Second Half) of 2013

Here's a follow up to our Best Of The First Half of 2013 post. Thanks again to @WeirScrewed for contributing the first part of this list (the six albums with the more detailed write-ups).I (Steve - @thebarnpresents) have added some additional selections, and some one-liners of my own, at the end of the post. You...