Category: lo-fi
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Smash & Grab MP3 Post, but still worthy of some “good” attention
So a quick one today, kind of a “smash & grab” post as many bloggers refer to when music blogs put up a post with no real content, but with MP3 links. Umm, yeah – so I am kinda doing that, so back off haters. I have 3 separate tracks from different artists, but all…
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Nothing more delicate than “A Book About Elephants”
So a little gem of a lo-fi EP fell in my lap recently – and you regular readers (I know you are out there) will appreciate a bit of an accented bedroom recording. The band is a solo project of Christina Tsui who is going by “A Book About Elephants” and she has a FREE…
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Talons’ “Songs for Babes” sees official release!
First blogged about Talons’ lo-fi gem almost a year ago (see here) and I am glad to see what I think is an official release of the album. Serious bedroom folk for the broken hearted. A little bit of reverb, a little bit of piano and a lot of girls from the past. I stand…
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Ladies Night – Volume Four
Here we are with another episode of ‘Ladies Night”, and this looks like volume four…so you know we have worked the kinks out, right?? With such posts it is difficult to segue into the post as such, being a man I often sit back, mouth agape at the intricacies of women. I did dig into…
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Artist of the Day – Jan Felipe
So I have been online acquaintances with Jan Felipe for over a year now as we have connected a few times on Last.fm. He will let me know on happenings here and there and if he has a new track for download. Low and behold he does have something new for perusal and he let…
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Fairer Sex Video Post: Sharon Van Etten & Julie Doiron
So a little pair of video love of the fairer sex this Sunday morning, my first day back from vacation (unfortunately), and to ease my way back into some much needed blog posting – some video love! First off, Sharon Van Etten. I am falling in love with this New Yorker…hard. I only recently started…
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Gareth Dickson’s Sunday Morning.
Just a quick post on Gareth (although he is deserving of more) – I simply needed to put this out there as I was listening to his “Collected Recordings” this morning and had to post. There has been fewer perfect moments than a tranquil back yard on a Sunday Morning…the yard half immersed in sunlight…
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Basket of Figs – Dead Language
Back again with the new EP from Basket of Figs. This Toronto phenom is known for her EP releasing (maybe an album upcoming….maybe…) and they all are self released and incredibly dark, stunning lo-fi experiences. I have said it before and I will say it again, you feel drawn into her voice, it is like…
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The Antlers “new” Album Hospice, gets me back on board
So I know it was available, I know it was getting some pretty good press from fellow bloggers. I just didn’t immediately take the “real listen”. I don’t know why. I might have be the deluge of music the last few months, finding another couple of releases that took over my listening, work or general…
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Beauty in Pairs – Sarah Winchester and Tara Jane O’Neil
So I stumbled across a little bit of a sampler a week or so ago. Somehow found it while floundering around various links on the interwebs due to my love of the Sarah Winchester EP (posted on it here – Highly Recommended). Turns out that this Cascadia compilation hosted a pre-release version of “Oh the…
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After One Listen Review – Joshua Barton’s “Thanks, I Missed You, Too”
When Joshua suggested I listen to his album, I thought to myself – “Oh great, another musician emailing to tell me I need to listen to his music! Why do all these damn musicians…er, wait. Joshua Barton?” Okay, to be honest, I don’t mind getting emails recommending music – I am a music blogger, it…
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Acoustic Dakota Suite on “They Shoot Music Don’t They?” + bonus MP3s
Very nice haunting of the Viennese Hotel Fürstenhof. Ever find yourself wanting for a lonely day, or simply need to unwind – Dakota Suite is here. They will provide you with their melancholy a la post rock singer-songwriter persona to be the one to walk you down that winding path into dusk. Sometimes ethereal, sometimes…