Here's what I'm listening to...

More so lately than in recent memory, folks have been asking me what I've been listening to. Here's a 12 song playlist that should carry you for a few weeks or at least until I remember to create a post of this nature again. Many of these tunes have been culminated from various music blogs around the web. Many of these are available on iTunes and you can probably also find them if you conduct a quick search on elbo.ws. Here's the list:

AA Bondy "I Can See the Pines are Dancing" from the album When The Devil's Loose

The Swell Season "In These Arms" from the album Strict Joy

Blitzen Trapper "Black River Killer" from the album Black River Killer EP

Malcolm Middleton "Carry Me" from the album Waxing Gibbous

Gregory Alan Isakov "Evelyn" from the album This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Port O'Brien "Sour Milk / Salt Water" from the album Threadbare

David Bazan "Bless This Mess" from the album Curse Your Branches

The Mountain Goats "Genesis 3:23" from the album The Life of the World to Come

Fruit Bats "The Ruminant Band" from the album The Ruminant Band

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "40 Day Dream" from the album Up From Below

The Silent Years "Taking Drugs At The Amusement Park" from the album Let Go

MT. EERIE "Stone's Ode - Nick Krgovich" from the album Wind'S POEM

Great Plug from Munich!!

I love the internet. I stumbled upon this via Twitter. A blog in Munich called das klienicum wrote some words about my music and plugged my records!! Pretty cool! I ran the piece through Google Translate and this is what it returned:

"na, the josh preston I do not refuse, although his last note to the world from the 08 november comes. is therefore contrary to my aktualitätswahn, but it is part of the therapy (not always just the hypes to follow). I know a lot about the guy with his guitar not only that I am close to what he and what he has to sing. the (below), there are player for each of his four albums (+1 ep). as always, listen to yourself!"

So cool. Have a great week and thanks for sharing!

Complex Wooden Heart EP was reviewed by Record Dept. Music Reviews

I want to thank Record Dept. Music Reviews for reviewing my Complex Wooden Heart EP. Thanks guys!! Here's a link to the review:

:: Review of Complex Wooden Heart EP by Record Dept. Music Reviews ::

If you don't have a copy of this EP, you can listen to it, share it and/or download it for FREE via the player below!!

New site and a new show!

MATM Creative overhauled my website yesterday! Poke around and let me know what you think!

I've got a show coming up this Friday evening at Kimbro's in Franklin, TN. It's my first time playing live in many months so there will be a new tune in the set along with some other tricks. Show starts @ 7:30 and Stillhouse Hollow goes on after me. If you haven't seen them live yet, you're in for a treat!

Great Article About The Complex Wooden Heart EP by You Crazy Dreamers

The incredibly kind folks over at You Crazy Dreamers did a great post about my EP The Complex Wooden Heart EP. You should definitely take the time to poke around their blog! Really great stuff! Here's a link!

Monday after Bonnaroo. Hence the short post. See ya soon!

"Fire" on Slowcoustic

Calgary, Alberta, Canada based blog Slowcoustic included a link to my tune "Fire" in a post over the weekend! The post included some great tunes so check it out via the link below!!

:: Slowcoustic - Thinking Warmer Thoughts With "Hot" Playlist: June Snow in Calgary Mix ::

My Interview for The Billy Block Show / New Jazz Tune?

Happy Friday! So when I'm not out making a racket in some club, I'm running a little record label called Me and the Machine Records. I was recently asked to be on The Billy Block Show where Billy and I discussed Twitter and other social media elements as they relate to the record industry. Check it out if you get a minute!

On an utterly unrelated note, per the gentle coercion of Andrew Dolfie of The New Whole Usuals, I might make a jazz record. I've started demoing/writing some stuff and I thought I'd share my first half-baked number with ya. I'm curious to know what y'all think so please feel free to shoot me some feedback. Here's the mp3 for your listening pleasure (right-click on the link below to download it):

:: Josh Preston - "lower case j" ::

Have an awesome weekend everybody and I'll see ya again sooner that you'd probably prefer!!