Archive for the ‘ New Music ’ Category
One thing I missed in 2009 was the new Bob Log III album My Shit Is Perfect. Here’s the title track, a delirious mix of slide guitar, old school rhythm, and DIY ethos. This guy is pure fun and, brother, there’s always a need for that. MP3: Bob Log III – My Shit Is Perfect [ READ MORE ]
Warp Records has released their 2010 compilation and it includes this fabulous track by The Hundred In The Hands, a fresh summer song run through an electro wringer and mashed into an amalgamation of all around goodness. Plus, could Eleanore Everdell be any more adorable in that band picture? She looks like a French Yé-yé [ READ MORE ]
I hope everyone got to enjoy a few days off for “holiday relaxation,” a term which usually means crowded airports, awkward family encounters, and stupefying boredom. So nothing relaxing perhaps, but hopefully there were also a few magical moments that made it all worthwhile. No better way to get back into the swing of things [ READ MORE ]
When it comes to holiday music I’m a traditional guy. I prefer the somber, slightly depressing minor keys of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, We Three Kings Of Orient Are, and the like, and the most modern I go for performing artists is Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Dean Martin. So modern bands recording their [ READ MORE ]
I was looking for a strong song to head into the weekend with and I do believe I’ve found it with the Lyrebirds. It’s clearly got an Interpol feel to it, but I’m always one to be fine with the familiar if it’s done well and those chord changes in the intro are a textbook [ READ MORE ]
[via] Those of you who regularly visit the site (as opposed to those who simply know me through their feed reader) might have noticed the constantly changing design the past few days. In fact, at select times you could have kept hitting Refresh and been treated to a cornucopia of different color schemas. The internet [ READ MORE ]
[via] An unplanned illness and a planned business trip left Monday and Tuesday post-free. Let’s see if we can get back on track. Photo Credit: Baldur Kristjans I really needed this Lay Low song today. Demanding To Do lists, rapidly filling InBoxes, a house sliding into municipal reclassification as a “trash disposal site” – it’s [ READ MORE ]
Let me start this post with a perfect track for you to start your weekend with. I’ve been a fan of Le Castle Vania since the first time I heard him and “Nobody Gets Out Alive!” is a great example of why. The track has got a sense of determination about it when, about 1:45 [ READ MORE ]
[via] I’m at that delicious part of the day when the drowsiness is starting to take hold, the day’s To Do List a fading memory, and I’m wearing out my rocking chair in the quiet of a house going to sleep. Well almost quiet – there’s another song to be had before lights out and [ READ MORE ]
I gave the first Husky Rescue album, Country Falls, a few spins when it came out back in 2006 and walked away somewhat indifferent on it. The ensuing three years have clearly seen the Helsinki band honing their chops because the new single “We Shall Burn Bright” is damn well brilliant. The haunting melodies, the [ READ MORE ]