News: Summer Camp Release New Video, Michael Kiwanuka Teams with Dan Auerbach, Daytrotter Crosses the Pond

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWcMEyFOA1g&w=590&h=300] I do exist, I swear! I've been working--that's right, working. I've been on blog hiatus this past month or so as I've started my job at Synthetic, the company behind the Hipstamatic iPhone app. (Guess all those gig photos paid off, eh?) I'm still woefully behind on blog duties, but I'll be rolling them back in over the next few weeks. After all, I still owe you an Andrew Butler review.

If anyone is interested in doing a guest post, please comment on this post, tweet me, or shoot me an email. I'd love for you to fill readers in on all the new-folk awesomeness that I've missed over the past month or so. There's been a lot!

Not least of which: congratulations to Daughter for being signed to Glassnote (home of Communion friends Mumford & Sons), Michael Kiwanuka for recording with the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach (track below), and Summer Camp for releasing this super awkward video for "Losing My Mind" (especially loving the cat).

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BREAKING NEWS: Daytrotter has just announced that they're teaming up with Communion and heading to London. From The 405:

We're so excited to be working with Sean and the Daytrotter team here at Communion. We're long time admirers of the ethics and integrity that they display, and we feel as champions of new artists and musical discovery it's a perfect fit for us," said Communion's Jones. Added Lovett, "Daytrotter are the godfathers of alternative music in America, and we're very happy to be entering into this marriage, as Kev said we just love everything they do."

The first batch of sessions recorded here included 4-song sets by Bombay Bicycle Club (the first to be posted on Thursday), Metronomy, Big Deal, Lucy Rose, Niki & The Dove, Nathaniel Rateliff, Admiral Fallow, Slow Club, Simone Felice, Bear Driver, Duologue, Jesca Hoop, Folks, Kyla La Grange, Boxer Rebellion, Tribes and Channel Chairo. Read more at the 405.

Get a year membership to Daytrotter, courtesy of the Ridges!

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Remember when I wrote about Ohio band The Ridges? Well, they've been busy since I reviewed their EP in May. They hit up Daytrotter in the fall, and have now released the gorgeous session. The band is all about atmosphere (the EP was recorded in an insane asylum, remember), so it's no surprise that they met up with Daytrotter in an old, dusty barn.

The band is now giving away a free year-long membership to Daytrotter, and all they're asking is a tweet or share. Just post this on your Facebook, or retweet this by noon (EST) tomorrow for a chance to win.

"[Victor] Rasgaitis, percussionist/vocalist Johnny Barton and cellist/vocalist Talor Smith - along with an assortment of auxiliary players and characters - make the kind of Americana music that falls off the bone, but it's hidden with turn of the century and Dust Bowl-era themes that make it understood that there's bone there still." Read more from the session here.

Daytrotter session tracklist: 1. Welcome to Daytrotter 2. Not a Ghost 3. Dawn of Night 4. War Bonds 5. Overboard 6. Jackson Pollock