Category: indie
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Calgary Concert Alert – Sunset Rubdown Tonight, July 2nd!
Another show at the Marquee room tonight, this time it is Sunset Rubdown on their new album tour for the June 23rd released album “Dragonslayer”! The new album “Dragonslayer” is still too new to make comment as SR are not a regular listen for me. There definitely is that signature sound and panicked delivery that…
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Summer Song! Slowcoustic gets up, dances awkwardly. People stare, but can’t look away.
Ah! A Trilogy of not so Slowcoustic posts! Who has taken over this blog? Come on, we all need a fun summer song. Well folks, look no further – I AM GIVING YOU GOLD HERE. Thank me later after you have the best summer of your lives due to this song. From the look of…
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Saturday Afternoon with Brent Randall & his Pinecones. We all seem to get along.
So to further my effort for a bit of a “pop” infused Saturday, I bring another pseudo brit-psych-pop group, but this time from Halifax. Come on seriously, it couldn’t be anything other than that with the album cover above, could it? In all honestly I am trying to not be as much as a purveyor…
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Saturday Morning with Papercuts. Not as painful as it sounds.
San Francisco’s Papercuts is sound tracking my start of vacation Saturday Morning. You can’t start all crazy and sometimes it is nice to start with something that you haven’t heard much of. I have been meaning to spin the Papercuts recent album “You Can Have What You Want” for a while now, so why not…
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Frontier Ruckus release Orion Songbook Double Vinyl! Slowcoustic falls to knees, weeps joyously…
This makes me VERY happy. The double LP release of one of last year’s best albums released by anyone, anywhere – yeah I said it. Frontier Ruckus’ “The Orion Songbook” is now available on dual vinyl!! I just ordered my copy via Lower Peninsula Records and absolutely cannot wait. If you are a fan of…
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Horse Feathers do in fact have a home
…it is over at HearYa, with the newly released live session with Horse Feathers recorded in early May 2009. If you like Horse Feathers, you will love this session. The use of instruments: the aching of the violin, the pining of the saw, all along Justin Ringle’s voice holding you transfixed. These live session tracks…
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John Goraj – A “Possible” Interview
Well folks it is more than “possible”, it is in fact a post and interview with John Goraj. Some may not know of this northern prairie boy, but you just might need to. I first heard John Goraj when fellow blogger Olivier over on You Crazy Dreamers put a post on him, and I took…
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Just a couple of quick suggestions: Land of Leland and Anthony D’Amato
What I will be listening to today on the way to work, from work and most likely when I get home tonight. I love musical recommendations that work out. ~ Land of Leland Just a guy from Brooklyn – has a couple of nice tunes. Okay, a couple of really nice tunes that he will…
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Share’s “Slumping In Your Murals” to be released August 4th. Let the Countdown Begin!
Share, the latest band I have found from Halifax, Nova Scotia is set to release their new album this August. What is happening in the East Coast of Canada? These people are ridiculously talented, it could be our version of Portland/Seattle, me thinks. If I were you, I would start counting the days, as it needs to be…
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This Is What Sunday is For – Ofeliadorme
Ever want to lie awake and stare off to the distance, but with purpose? Well, take a listen and feel yourself catching yourself gazing off, losing yourself while at the same time being totally focused. Ofeliadorme (or “Ophelia is Sleeping” translated from Italian) is part shoegaze, part ambient with a shake or two of dark…
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What I’m Listening To This Weekend. You Should Be Too.
So what will be spinning around the homestead this weekend? Well see below for a breakdown of talent on tap – it is a bit all over the map (not really), but at least there is a bit of selection I think. This is all subject to change as I will be hitting the streets…
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Tonight’s Calgary Concert Alert – Julie Doiron / Dog Day / Miss Quincy
Tonight, June 11th, 2009 at Broken City here in Calgary! Julie Dorion w/ Dog Day and Miss Quincy and the Ramblers Watch & listen to some performances – maybe convince you to go? Just that last push over the edge? ~Smansmith p.s. Visit my post on Doiron’s “Wintermitts” here, tell me it isn’t one of…