Here's a tasty little nugget I've been sitting on for awhile but would like to share with you all this morning. The Beards are an Australian band that writes music exclusively about the virtues of having a beard. Since 2005 they have released three albums entitled The Beards, Beards, Beards, Beards, and finally, Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard. The video below is the single from their latest album and is aptly titled Got Me a Beard. It is also hilarious and wonderfully well done by the whole team.

Read on for the complete video credits as well as more beard, and Beards related news.

I wrote about how much I like Little Daylight's third single "Glitter and Gold" and how the band is establishing their identity last month. They have since released an EP and now a video for the track. Read on for my thoughts.

Some unearthed footage has recently been posted on the world wide internet of Bryan John Appleby performing at the Timber! Outdoor Music Festival in Carnation Washington. This event boasted a seriously engrossing line up of artists (many of whom have been featured here on Those Who Dig) and put them on outdoor stages in the great outdoors of Washington State. Sadly, my relocation to the Pacific Northwest was just a little to late to take in this event personally, but I'm all in for next year. Regardless, Bryan John Appleby is a favorite of mine and I was happy to sneak a peak of his set from July 26th where he was caught performing both his own song, The Words Of The Revelator, and the Simon & Garfunkel classic Sounds of Silence. 

Even though this appears to be a bootleg camera phone video, the audio is balanced (props to the Timber! audio engineers for that one) and BJA's prodigious tenor voice rings out clear and true. If this taste of Bryan John Appleby has you in the mood for more, check out our other articles about him here, or swing into his bandcamp page to listen to, and consider purchasing his latest album Fire On The Vine. You can also get at our man via Facebook and Twitter. You dig?

Brook Pridemore's latest single from Gory Details is "Celestial Heaven." Check out the cool video for this very good song.

Good morning, Dig Nation. After a little vacation, I am back and ready to blog again. Thanks to Dave for keeping TWD going strong (and have you heard he's moving to Portland? Help him make a playlist here). This morning, I have some videos of great songs we've shared in the past.

Nothing like a little rain (actually, make that a lot of rain) to make you want to stay in and watch some music videos. Especially when they're really cool ones like the newest from our friend Mal Blum for "The Bodies, The Zombies," and one from The Yellowbirds for "The Ceiling."

No real theme to this post, I just have a few songs and videos I want to share. Some are older, some are new. Some are tracks, some are videos. They're all cool. Hope you dig them.

Bryan John Appleby is perhaps my favorite newly discovered artist of 2013. However, while his epic beard and wonderful songwriting may be new to me, he has been a mainstay of the Pacific Northwest for the last few years. If you want a quick catch up you can find my review of his album Fire On The Vine here, or you can visit all the usual stops of Facebook, Twitter, and Offical Webpage to get your fill of Mr. BJA.

The performance is a two song set starting with The Road and finishing with Noah's Nameless Wife. The performance is strengthened by the bands unusual orchestration and their thoughtful attention to layering as the song builds. Additionally, I've always been a sucker for thoughtful xylophone performances on foggy mornings. Following this is Noah's Nameless Wife were BJA manages to to nail his choreography with the local Belted Kingfishers. Apparently the cue for their performance is the word "gander", so keep that in mind the next time you need a unique bird call in your folk song. You dig?

Baobab, the recording project of Phil Torres, just released a new album BAYOHBAHB physically Tuesday and a new video for track "Magdalene Street." You should check them out.