Archive for the ‘ Miscellany ’ Category
I’m not sure commentary is even needed. Check out more at their website and MySpace page. You can buy their EP “She Creatures Invade” at Amazon and iTunes. If you want to try it first, you can stream the full EP at their website[ READ MORE ]
I talked recently about how much I loved Anna Ternheim‘s track What Have I Done. I still love it – such an amazing song. Baeble Music had an acoustic session with Anna which includes the aforementioned tune. Check out it out, along with two other songs and an exclusive interview: Watch the full concert at [ READ MORE ]
I cut my musical baby teeth on Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago, so any band with a horn section hits my stereo with copious amounts of goodwill built in. When they’re good on top of that, well brother, that’s just bonus! I have no idea what to make of Avon Junkies. It’s like a [ READ MORE ]
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Knox Road’s Lee drew my attention today to Exit Clov‘s online pledge drive to raise money for victims of Taiwan’s Typhoon Morakot. Money is tight with everyone these days, certainly around my place as well, but I’m digging deep to donate a few bucks to the cause. Consider it a deposit in your karma bank. [ READ MORE ]
[via] Music News Hypebot reports the latest study results on teen’s relationship with music and piracy, this time from the UK. Ben Hewitt has a chat with FRS hero Peter Hook. “That was the wonderful thing about Joy Division. From its inception to its demise, we never earned a single penny. We started it broke [ READ MORE ]
Music News Kyle Bylin explains why I find music so disposable these days. Also makes frequent and distracting use of italics and bold type. The Stranger notes albums are getting shorter. Anyone who has tried to listen to a recent Manic Street Preachers album in one sitting will agree this is a positive development. Captain [ READ MORE ]
So last night was worth staying up for (or TIVOing if you’re a prematurely old man like me), as Regina Spektor performed on Conan and Jarvis Cocker appeared on Jimmy Fallon. I haven’t made it around to Spektor’s new album yet (thus putting my music blogging credentials into question) but quite enjoy the song she [ READ MORE ]
Music A bad week for dead tree music journalism as Christopher Weingarten said it’s dead (read Andy’s excellent analysis here as a companion piece), ex-Blender writer Jonah Weiner said it’s dead, and John Vanderslice not only said it’s dead, but also said he’s not authorizing any print advertising and is now relying on mp3 blogs [ READ MORE ]
Father Abraham, an underground rapper and producer from Boston, has undertaken the ambitious project of creating a track a week for a year, the sort of thing you wish all bands would do but few have the work ethic to actually pull off. To make the deal even better, Abraham blogs the song writing process, [ READ MORE ]