Month: October 2008
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New on the ‘nets this week
So I did it again, got all caught up in my life and ignored the blog on a Friday. Sure there was the day job, sure there was a going away party for a colleague in a downtown hotel, sure I live about an hour drive from downtown. This does not warrant a snub to…
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Talons’ – Songs for Babes
So if you are into bedroom folk (hey, mind out of the gutter!) than I have the guy for you. Talons’ is the guy and he is just recording songs about babes…I guess. No seriously, this album from the Bark N Hiss label is a great collection of lo-fi singer songwriter recordings. Moments of charm,…
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Jeff Zentner – Hymns to the Darkness, and upcoming album alert.
So we all know I can appreciate down-tempo music – whether it be indie, songwriter, Americana and yes even electronic. When I get my hands on something good, whether it be by an suggestion from a friend, artist submission or found on another blog I will most likely latch on for keeps and try to…
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Oliver Thiessen
Sometimes as hard as you look, you sometimes pass over something in your very own backyard. This is the experience I had with Oliver Thiessen. With the internet, the world is not soo big anymore and the grasp for music goes fully around the globe. That is why I am happy to provide more local…
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Giving Thanks for Micah Blue Smaldone
photo from 4volt So it is the long weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving and I am sitting around enjoying great coffee (new connection for beans) and really getting into some Micah Blue Smaldone. As it inches towards the end of the year, I am mentally putting together my “best of 2008” list. Maybe it is the…
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Round the ‘nets this week
Another week down people, success – it’s the weekend! As a matter of fact it is a long weekend in Canada due to the real Thanksgiving weekend (no offense to my American Readers!). There actually was a fair amount that was pumping through millions of miles of Ethernet cable this week for all you internet…
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Friday Discoveries
So this post is going to be easy as it is full of artists that I am not very familiar with. I intend on listening to each one a bit more (of what they have to this point) as each one shows a lot of potential to become regulars on my personal playlists. Come to…
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Boduf Songs – How Shadows Chase the Balance (2008)
I know I just posted on the weekend saying I wasn’t posting on Boduf Songs, but…. So you think you know evil? Well I don’t think you know it like Boduf Songs emanates it. Pulsing and dark with an ominous soundtrack provided by Matthew Sweet. Yes, a man with a surname of Sweet, brings this…
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Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin – “Hapless” revisited.
So not just a possible awkwardly-too-long song title for a upcoming Sufjan Stevens opus, Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin is in fact the great moniker for the recordings of Morgan Caris. I thought I would take a moment to revisit this great album from 2006 and provide you with the information on…
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Dewer. More please.
Quick post today, sorry folks. So I know little about this Swede and have very little media from him. I am going to take this opportunity to send this over to you my readers…find more Dewer! Or if you know any info on him, post in the comments. I have been listening for a couple…
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The Incredible Black Cab Sessions
I have nothing else besides that. Incredible. The Black Cab Sessions has some of the best impromptu one take performances for some of today’s (and yesterday’s) best indie artists. Each time I am blown away by both the quality of the artist and then performance and recording. Take a run through some of the live…
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The Fairer Sex
So notoriously a fan of the male troupador and down on HIS luck singer songwriter, I have been having a bit of a rip in my very own space-time continuum. I have been listening to a lot of female artists lately, and it has been incredibly good. While I do have the staples down, and…