Category: Ramblings
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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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New on the ‘nets this week
So another week gone by and what do we got? Same ol’ rerun of internet/blogging goodness, that’s what. Shall we swing on through a few examples of why we do this? Our good ol’ boy over at Aquarium Drunkard posted some great live tracks and interviews of Fleet Foxes from BBC 2 and a bit…
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What’s new in the neighbourhood?
So what is going on around the Slowcoustic HQ? Same ol’ out here I guess. Things that made me happy this week include, but are not exclusive to: Hearing about Bon Iver’s reworking of 4 tracks from his album for MySpace Transmissions. Yes, the album is getting a bit long in the tooth for the…
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Singer? Songwriter? Actor? Blurring the lines in Indie-ville.
***Guest Blogger Alert, guest blogger alert!*** The very musically experimental Devendra Banhart has been a staple on the indie circuit for many years. He recently featured his ladylove Natalie Portman (and porn legend Ron Jeremy) in his music video for Carmensita from Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. Carmensita is styled like a 60’s / 70’s…
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Campo Bravo — “Goodbye, Oklahoma”
So digging through my CDs the other day in order to find a CD that was not in it’s case (and still outstanding!), I re-found Campo Bravo’s 2006 release “Goodbye, Oklahoma”. I proceeded to give it a spin and remembered why I purchased in the first place. Good solid Americana. From what I can gather…
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WELCOME TO THE NEW SLOWCOUSTIC
Sorry for the down time in the last day or so, and I will work on the archives for past posts as well. Should be fully back and updated in a day or two!! Thanks for your patience people! **PLEASE NOTE SOME MP3s WILL BE IN THE PLAYER AND SOME WILL BE LINKS – keep…
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No post today (well not really), maybe tomorrow?
Okay, maybe a quick one as I am tired. A great track to listen to in headphones on a long roadtrip (one that is in my very near future – no blog posting shortly!). Don’t let anyone tell you that you are not cool for listening to Ryan Adams still. [display_podcast] Thanks to Aquarium Drunkard…
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Bon Iver, Joanna Newsom, Alec Ounsworth, et al.
Independent Artist Vocals Styles – A dissection. I was thinking in traffic the other day about the “indie” band/artists and the vocal styling they can have. What I am alluding to is the fact that often a vocalist in the “off the beaten path” side of the music industry can sometimes be…”not a formally trained…
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Is Slowcoustic a bit too “Adult Contemporary”?
Typing that statement alone pretty much evokes strong feelings from me, and I don’t really know why. This is sadly something that comes up now and again, and is usually brought to light from “interlopers” who are not familiar with good music and/or are trying to be funny by assuming this will be taken as…
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And the winner is…I’m not completely sure!
I have already used up my “lazy Sunday” theme post, so this means it is officially the second full week of the new blog!!!! Huzzah! A little background on this post…I was working on a “Guide to Slowcoustic” as some people are still a bit lost on the concept of made up words and musical…
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Olympic sized post (not really, it is actually quite average sized)
So we all know what is happening at the moment – OLYMPICS! 08/08/08 This is always an exciting time as I am a big fan of worldwide competition (enjoyed a spirited game of “Risk” here and there in my day) and what better competition is there than the Olympics? Okay some of you may not…