Category: New Album
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Listening…
Ciao My Shining Star – Mark Mulcahy So I’m diggin’ Mark’s tribute album that was just released (or most of it, okay some of it…). Especially like that Hayden version of “Happy Birthday Yesterday” as it is classic Hayden sounding. Remember the tribute album isn’t only about the Thom Yorke track…just sayin’. Pick up the…
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Interesting find and slam dunk find of the weekend: Glass Ghost & Vic Chesnutt
I end up being in a bit of a bubble at times. I know what you are thinking: “Hey Sandy, you are totally on the bleeding edge of music, how can I know as much as you??”. I hate to burst this proverbial bubble (maybe just the one in my head), but I tend to…
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Does anyone else hear Pornography-era The Cure here?
The Twilight Sad “Reflection of the Television” (mp3) from “Forget the Night Ahead” (Fat Cat Records) More On This Album ~~~ Maybe just a bit more “noise” in the studio than Robert Smith & Co. – but that base line…listen @ the 0:40 mark of the video in comparison to the above track: It’s gloomy…
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Song of the day – Matt Dill’s “Mountain Side”
I have been listening to a lot of music, but not posting as much as I should. I thought I would give you a quick song of the day post to fend of the daily mp3 crowd and the die hard regulars (love you guys!). Hopefully I can get some decent coverage of some really…
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Nineteen Year Old Swedish Sisters!! This is not spam, it’s “Taxi Taxi!”
Okay, lame post title I know – but seriously, how is “19-year old Swedish sisters” not something you get in public email spam filters? Seriously though, the subject of this post are folk diva sister’s from Stockholm, Sweden and they have quirky, tragic, fun, heartbreaking folk pop simply oozing from them. Comparable to Calgary’s own…
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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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Do Not Forget! J. Tillman’s “Year In The Kingdom” officially available today!
So, my dears, my favourite artist releases his album in physical form next week, but today you can purchase digitally, so GO PURCHASE already! The track Earthly Bodies is below, but don’t forget you can download “Though I Have Wronged You” over at Stereogum HERE. Stunning album and will be a top album of the…
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Its a “various artists” Friday headlined by Anders Parker & Amy Millan
TGIF, god damn it! So we have a bit of a mixed bag today courtesy of the good folks at IODA. See below, I am sure something is going to work out for you! Amy Millan (and this track specifically) has been featured already on Slowcoustic, Anders Parker has also graced the pages (thanks to…
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Some Tuesday listening suggestions: Julie Peel, Boca Chica & Concept: Bravery
The above photo is not me, but just someone who I might just look like after this weekend. I have been a bit remiss in my music blogging the last couple of days on this past labour day weekend – a long weekend without a music blog playlist!?!? What was I thinking, a long weekend…
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Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man Video
Can’t wait for the new album from Mumford & Sons due October 5th and entitled “Sigh No More”. For a band that seems to be getting well known, this is in fact their debut album due to multiple previous EP releases (which were all stellar if I may say so). The track isn’t exactly “Slowcoustic”,…
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Here Cometh The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come
All hail the coming of more Darnielle & Co. So the new album from The Mountain Goats “The Life of the World to Come” will be out on October 6th, 2009. No, it isn’t the calling of one who has found the Lord, but 12 songs of lessons learned in life. If you know Darnielle,…
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New/Upcoming Release Listening – The tracks I’m “allowed” to give you edition.
photo stolen from Less Noise More Signal So I am sitting here listening to one of the many iTunes playlists I make (I am a bit of a fiend for this) and while scrobbling to my Last.fm profile I noticed that some tracks are readily available for download. As I consider myself basically an up…