Songbird
Mar
8
Personal Update
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A lot has been going on behind the scenes…2007 was a tough year for me work wise. After the company I was working for sold and everyone lost their jobs, I had a really hard time finding work that challenged me and kept me busy and I also had a hard time finding people I enjoyed working with! That is a big deal for me, because quite frankly I am an only child and I just don’t play well with others. Anyways I was even considering going back to school full time to finish off my BA but I just couldn’t do it financially (but that doesn’t mean I won’t be going part-time). In January I got a job working on websites in LA and I was working there for a few weeks but the traffic was killing me and I didn’t feel challenged at all and I knew I was not going to be happy there in the long run.
So I went South to the OC and I found a job working at a printing company, as an account executive doing a little bit of everything and I immediately felt I fit right in, I am happy. This is why it has also been so quiet around here, since I have been adapting to this new job but I will find the groove. :-)
In the mean time I wanted to just post a cover of Arcade Fire, done by the lovely Calexico. Enjoy! I will be back tomorrow with some new music.
mp3:Â Ocean of Noise
Intervention Single (Merge Records)
Mar
3
Waiting For Radiohead
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Yeah I am waiting on pins and needles for Radiohead’s Los Angeles or San Diego shows to go on sale…This gem: Radiohead performing Bodysnatchers, off their 2007 album In Rainbows, at BBC2’s Later… with Jools Holland.
Feb
28
What Did You Say?
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The President of United States offends me on a regular day basis…I didn’t think it was possible but he manages to pull it off daily. And I am so done with him…
And what perfect music to accompany this mood…Plants and Animals kick some major ass! And another band which hails from Canada…I really need to consider moving there. This three member band can make some great funky indie rock that has just enough original attitude to make you get up and start dancing. Dance away the day! Dance away frustration! Dance away this President!
I would just like to add that I am seriously dancing right now in front of my computer and loving every minute of it! Puma is looking at me like I am nuts though…This album is awesome!
mp3: Bye Bye Bye
Plants and Animals on myspace
Parc Avenue 2008 (Secret City Records)
Feb
25
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
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I was actually in tears after watching Markéta’s acceptance speech at the Academy Awards last night. I was so thrilled to see this duo win an Oscar for their song, Falling Slowly. So well deserved and that makes me smile. So I had to post their acceptance speech, actually Markéta got cut off but they brought her back out so that she could actually have her moment and boy did she shine. So in honor of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová…
mp3: Falling Slowly
Feb
21
Bon Iver is Yummy
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Sorry it has been so quiet around here this week…I noticed this week has been a strange one, eerily quiet. Like for instance yesterday there was no traffic on my way home from work and I thought how is this possible? In the middle of the week that is just…Scary. But there was not a brake-light to be seen. Ok so I am going to go listen to some music…Care to join me? Geez my posts have been rather dorky this week as well. I’m the odd one.
I know Bon Iver (Justin Vernon) is all the rage at the moment and that is because his debut album was just released, For Emma, Forever Go and DAMN it is GOODNESS…A gentle but passionate album that has a cohesive mellow vibe that just makes me feel good inside.
mp3:Â Flume
mp3:Â Skinny Love
Bon Iver on myspace
For Emma, Forever Ago 2008 (Jagjaguwar)
Also available from emusic
Feb
18
Halou, Sawtooth EP
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Halou is another project by Ryan and Rebecca Coseboom (R/R Coseboom) And if this all looks somewhat familiar to some of you that is because I have previously mentioned this duo HERE.
It is President’s Day here but not everyone got a holiday, sadly…But everyone I seem to know right now is either just getting over being sick or is sick currently…I have to be honest I am a little scared my immune system won’t be able to fight this all off. I mean it is coming from every direction! So I am in a kick ass kind of mood, it will be a fight till the death!
And I couldn’t ask for better music to accompany. Stay healthy everyone!
mp3: The Professional
mp3: It Will All Make Sense in the Morning
Halou on myspace
Sawtooth EP 2008 (dynamoPHONE)
Feb
14
Love And Stuff
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It is Valentine’s Day. It is really not all that exciting…People should be spreading love year round. The best thing about today is that I woke up to a cloudy sky and some rain drops on the ground. That made me smile and Pip’s post made me smile…Cute-ums indeed!
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day I thought I would post Ida, Dan Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell are a husband and wife team who make up the core members of Ida. They have just released a new album, Lovers Prayers and it is an album filled with gentle melodies and hushed vocals perfect for cuddling up with your Valentine.
mp3:Â Willow Tree
mp3: Â The Love Below
Ida on myspace
Lovers Prayers 2008 (Polyvinyl Records)
Feb
11
Thao Love
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I am kind of not in the best of moods this evening…The kind of mood where you don’t really want to come near me because I just might snap. Don’t know why really…I think part of it is the weather in California right now, sunshine has the opposite effect on me than most. It has been like 75 degrees here the last week and there hasn’t been a cloud in the sky…It just pisses me off to look outside and see a brown layer of smog in the horizon…It isn’t pretty it is just gross and puts me in a foul mood. So I decided to just come home and throw on my headphones and zone out.
I am listening to the new album from singer songwriter, Thao Nguyen. We Brave Bee Stings and All is her second album and it is really a solid delight. A 11 track album filled with singer songwriter pop songs with a little bit of a folk undertone, good stuff indeed. And she does a lovely job of putting a smile on my face. :-)
A couple of my favorite tracks…
mp3:Â Beat (Health , Life, and Fire)
mp3:Â Â Travel
Thao on myspace
We Brave Bee Stings and All 2008 (Kill Rock Stars)
Feb
8
Scrabbel, Emily I
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I thought I would post some new music today…And it being Friday and all I thought what better than to post this fun, happy new single from a little band called Scrabbel. Dan Lee and Becky Barron are the two members behind the music and I just love their fun energetic pop.
Hope everyone has an excellent Friday! Mine is much better now that my terrible headache went away.
mp3:Â Emily, I
Scrabbel on myspace
Emily, I Single 2008 (Three Ring Records)
Available HERE
Feb
7
Paste Music Sampler Pick #2
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I am kind of in a less is more mood this evening…Where you don’t feel like typing and you certainly can’t even fathom actually putting together constructive sentences…Do you ever find yourself in this place?
Paste Music Sampler Pick #2 from Paste Magazine issue 3/2008 is a bit of a dreamy pick, the kind of music I would want to accompany me while I was horseback riding on the sands of Bali or maybe something a little less dramatic…
mp3:Â A & E
From their forthcoming album Seventh Tree
Album available February 25/26Â Pre-Order
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