Don’t forget to get your Peace On Earth Vol II Christmas charity compilation from Hard To Find a Friend blog. It looks like Caleb is doling out his best of the year one by one. Here are No. 2 and No. 3–whoa! A three-way tie? Hmmm. That would solve problems with my list.
Rollo and Grady [...]
My brother, the world-famous Uncle T, who often contributes to Speed of Dark, got his Top 10 of 2008 list together before I did, but I will have mine finished in a couple of days. We will also have more from Uncle T about albums that missed this list.
1. STAY POSITIVE - The Hold [...]
If you are planning to see the Christmas show on Aimee’s tour, there might be spoilers in this post. Check Aimee Mann’s Website for dates and venues.
This was no doubt our last concert for 2008. As we stood outside the beautiful art-deco Wiltern Theater Saturday night, me with my two cameras, one of the [...]
The old Speed of Dark is dead. Long live Speed of Dark!
This is actually the very first post I have written at our new location.
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Prolific to a fault, artist, songwriter, record label owner, and leader of the Lonely Astronauts (when does this guy sleep?), Joseph Arthur closes 2008 by adding a full-length CD, Temporary People, to the four EPs divided between earlier months. Not that he has stopped writing–oh no! Check out “Change Has Come,” a song [...]
Can You See the Sunset reviews an album of interest–and available by free download too–called Cities We’re Not From by The State Lottery.
Concrete Circles posts a tease about the Best of 2008 lists that will be ongoing through this month. Thanks Captain Obvious impresses me no end with a TOP 50 List! [...]
12.04The Pica Beats!
Ryan Barrett holding the cat; and from left Colin English, Garret Kelly, and Adam McCollomSomehow I am always attracted to things that are quirky, strange, or a bit off the regular…which brought me right to The Pica Beats’ debut CD, Beating Back the Claws of the Cold. It’s kind of indie-folk with its tongue [...]
If you are looking for good music to use up your eMusic credits, I have a tip: volume 2 of Guilt By Association, a collection of 15 covers by 14 artists, was released on November 15 by Engine Room Recordings/The Orchard. This album contains some real treats, including Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” redone [...]
When Colin Meloy sings about the gruesome Shankill Butchers, he does it with a rakish grin and a wink that lets you know it’s all in fun. Marry a similar fascination with the macabre to accordion and strings in the gypsy style of Beirut; trade rainy, grey Portland for frigid, grey Minneapolis; and add [...]