Year: 2008
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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…
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In and ’round the ‘nets this week
Well some may know, but for the most part most will not. The Slowcoustic new site turned “1 month” this last week!! I know, I know, maybe a bit early for parties and movie deals yet, but congrats to us anyway! I have to say that the last month we did quite well for a…
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Side A, flip, repeat – the playlist
Hmmm…records…not recordings, but records. Thing of the past or recently making a comeback? One thing as the so called “mp3 generation” we lose the ability to have two sides to music (and actual hold in your hands media). Not necessarily that the music has a formal beginning and an ending as both sides simply may…
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Side B, flip, repeat – the playlist
Oh, and the “B-side”. While mostly reserved for dance floor remixes and the song that almost didn’t make the album, the other side can often be just as good if not better than the A-side. What I am getting at is I am looking for a thin connection to a Friday Playlist and have a…
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If You Haven’t Heard – Donovan Woods
This one is going to be a keeper folks, the fourth installment of If You Haven’t Heard – “Donovan Woods”. Oh, did I mention we also have an unreleased new song as well?? Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I have been listening to Donovan Woods for a little while, and in that short…
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Cranes & Crows – Blame Winter (2008)
While linking through some of my MySpace artists that I have already posted on, I came across a connected artist that I should have already found, and didn’t know why I had missed it. Cranes & Crows is the work of Paul Brandt who has worked with the previously profiled project, The Cloud Hymn, and…
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Lisa Cerbone
Pixie voiced songstress Lisa Cerbone enters your ears and washes over you, sending melodies to assist in falling deeply into a relaxed state. But wait…don’t get too relaxed, you don’t want to miss anything! This is how I feel hearing the songs of Cerbone, I feel her stories soothe and keep me listening over and…
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Bosco and the Lonely Drunks
So other than this self imposed mugshot photo of Marcus Jönsson (aka Bosco), I don’t know much about this Swede. I tried to contact him through through his MySpace page and got no response, and there is not much new material there outside of some upcoming live gigs, so here it is a post none…
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New on the ‘nets this week
So another great week across the blogosphere and internets and I have looked to see about some of the best of it. Hope you like ’em! Blogroller – Herohill – has a post on the new album from Brian Borcherdt (of Holy Fuck fame) that comes out on October 7th. Swing on by the East…
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Make it up to you music post!
Well I have to apologize for yesterday…no post! Please accept my apology as I kneel down before you, the internet. Now, I don’t know what a good “wanna be blogger” is doing trying to have a life and going out and enjoying a bit of the good times and ignoring you all? Honestly, I needed…
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Joanne Robertson – The Lighter (2008)
The new album from Joanne Robertson currently out on Textile Records is currently my favourite lo-fi female singer songwriter spinning my iTunes. This album is bleak, stark, ominous and incredibly good, I mean I am not going to cover something I don’t like…I don’t think. I am starting to digress as I can’t think of…