Month: January 2010
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Who said emotion and guts had anything to do with music? The Gunshy did, damn it.
I start to absorb the photo and then I have to listen to some Gunshy. Have to. So I start playing a couple of tracks and one of the tracks…has everything and also gives you everything…
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Who needs a new album? Bill Patton frickin’ does.
This guy just seems to keep coming up on my daily listening adventures due to his great “Gets It On” album from a few years back.
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Song(s) of the Day from “a singer of songs”
The album is overflowing with ballads meant to be merely whispered to the one next to you…often accompanied by a piano and/or a lone guitar strummed at half speed…
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The Moonband guides me through the “open space” of my Sunday
You may get the impression of some progressive post rock epic, but in turn you get a warm collection of acoustic folk and indie pop and even a touch of Americana to finish it off.
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Calgary Concert Alert (the possibly a bit late edition): Woodpigeon @ Broken City…TONIGHT!
Apologies lad and lassies but little ol’ me forgot to give the heads up for the locals (like they didn’t already know) on Woodpigeon tonight in Cow-town! They are playing at Broken City…
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Matthew Ryan gets RAW with new video series
Matthew Ryan is doing something that I really like. Taking his songs and giving us intimate and unique versions of them by recording them in (so far) intimate and unique locations.
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A recommendation to me, now for you all: Olds Sleeper
Something I like is getting a recommendation for something that catches you off guard. Olds Sleeper did just that – Fringe country at its best.
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Akron Family perform “Crickets” on They Shoot Music
They Shoot Music is a great impromptu “music-a-la-video” series and a new session with a favourite of Akron Family has surfaced that is really great…
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New on the ‘nets over the last bit
Sit back, grab a steaming hot cup o’ joe and dig into some items I have noticed over that last couple of weeks that deserve a mention.
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J. Tillman’s “Casualties” on Luxury Wafers – is it my song of the decade?
Casualties from J. Tillman’s “Long May You Run, J. Tillman” is most likely my favourite song of the last decade. So no list of best songs of the 00’s, just this one great video/song
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Video Friday with I Am Oak!
I Am Oak is my kind of music, so if you are reading this, it just may be yours as well…Today I bring you 2 of the 3 videos from I Am Oak with his Naked Fish Session.
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Artists Listen Up: Get a new website for free! Kilted Chaos kick up their skirt to your future!
as a musician/artist/band if you are not available (and want to be) and you don’t have a website set up – you might as well just stay in your basement by yourself…