The week ahead, instead of bringing fall weather to southern California, brings a return of scorching temperatures. Yesterday I looked longingly at the beautiful winter squashes that are now appearing at the farmer’s market. No way could I turn on the oven for an hour to bake them to melting deliciousness, not even [...]
The perfect moody blend of ambient and goth, mysterious Jeniferever from Uppsala, Sweden, makes music that sounds like the calling of a lonely sea. Their second full-length, Spring Tides will be released April 13. Meanwhile, sink into the luscious folds of “Green Meadow Island.”
Green Meadow Island from Spring Tides, for release April 13
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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 [...]
Former Rhode Islander Gavin Castleton now lives and writes and engineers his own music in Portland, OR. “Coffeelocks” (with Lauren Coleman) is the happy beginning of an ill-fated love story told in the 14 songs on his brand-new album Home. The album apparently reflects the real-life arc of a six-year relationship that ended. [...]
There is no better way to describe New York’s Golem! than with their own words: “Where Eastern Europe meets the Lower East Side.” Klezmer/punk?
Annette Ezekiel Kogan, who also plays accordion, and Aaron Diskin do the vocals while Alicia Jo Rabins saws the strings and Curt Hasselbring plies trombone. Taylor Bergren-Chrisman plays the [...]
As I remarked in another post recently, I was hoping I would like Andrew Bird’s new album Noble Beast better than his last one, 2007’s Armchair Apochrypha. It’s a terrible shame that in spite of Bird’s unquestionable talents, I literally had to force myself to listen to that album. I found his violin-plucking [...]
Any Twin Peaks fans lurking out there? In this weird TV show of the 90s, the Bookhouse Boys were a secret do-gooder club headed by town sheriff Harry S. Truman and stoic gas-station owner Ed Hurley.
London band the Bookhouse Boys have been inspired by the show’s theme music, which was penned by Antonio Badalamente, [...]
I work on-call editing scientific reports, and when the work comes it usually arrives in big chunks on a short deadline. Then all other priorities get shoved aside until the job is done. The work requires so much attention and focus that I can’t even listen to music while I’m doing it.
When it’s is [...]
It’s way too cold to be naked in New York, but this song makes me want to hear more anyway, and “Sushi” is the missing link between bedroom alternative and the dance floor. Real Blasty was released this past Tuesday.
Kyle Andrews from Real Blasty (2009):
Naked In New York
Sushi
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Being sick with a cold plus having an unusual amount of paying work (a good thing) this week has resulted in some blog neglect. With my head about to explode, I haven’t felt much like listening to music, and my watery eyes couldn’t stand much time on the computer, so I haven’t been reading [...]
