SXSW 2009 is coming up fast. I haven’t ever been able to go, but the sheer number of new bands that come out of the festival fascinates me. Maybe next year my blog buddies and I can realize my blog-heaven fantasy of a trip to Austin. Meanwhile, back in reality, here are [...]
Months ago I agreed with Indie Mom that I would stay with her son, He Might Be Giant, this weekend while she and her husband are out of town at a wedding. You would think I was moving in permanently, I brought so much stuff. Even if her computer were working (sadly, it [...]
I don’t know why I haven’t discovered Edmonton’s Faunts before. Their electronic trance and pit-pat, Joy Division versus Notwist style is so very “me.” I don’t like everything, but the title song and “It Hurts Me All the Time” from their just-released full-length Feel.Love.Thinking.Of. are wonderful.
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M4, Part II from M4 EP (2007)
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Last month on a Finally Friday I posted the single “Tunnelvision” from Luke Temple’s new group project with Baptiste Ibar and Peter Hale, Here We Go Magic. Since then, I have been listening to the whole album, which was officially released only yesterday. At this point in 2009, it is my highest-recommended album.
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I got a link by e-mail yesterday to this new video, produced by Drew Danbury, for the Desert Noises song, “New Man,” from their debut self-titled EP that was released at the end of January. I was immediately struck by the gorgeous production values in the sound of the guitars and vocals. I [...]
Some of the criticism that I’ve seen about Zach Condon’s double-EP release, March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland is that it is not up to par with Gulag Orkestar or Flying Club Cup. True, but remember this is not Beirut’s follow-up CD to those two albums. These EPs only reflect what happens [...]
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Sometimes the most wonderful things happen right outside your front door. Our front door, with its expansive view of valleys and majestic mountains, is sometimes especially magical. I wonder if the people across the road were aware that a pot of gold briefly sat on their front porch between the [...]
Miranda Lee Richards also appeared on the bill with Lower Heaven at Spaceland on Feb. 10. She’s pretty enough that you can believe this tiny blonde was a model at one time. She was also in the late 90s a brief member of Brian Jonestown Massacre, but she easily has bountiful talent on [...]
Oh, my. Where was I before a cold or flu slammed me down on my bed and held me there for days and Mr. Computer started doing endless digital backflips? It’s kind of a blessing that we were both inoperable at the same time. I can attribute Mr. Computer’s good health to [...]
I have not been online since sometime Wednesday due to computer problems. Notice the plural–computer problems never come in singles. They always arrive in swarms, like locusts. At least it can’t get much worse than this: my hard drive totally crashed yesterday just when I thought I had a different issue solved. Mr. Folkie and [...]
