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Jun
14
My Sad Captains, Bad Decisions
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The members of My Sad Captains are: Nick Goss – guitar, samples, Jack Swayne – bass, Ed Wallis – vocals, guitar, Jim Wallis – drums, vocals and Cathy Lucas – vocals, violin, keyboards
Bad Decisions, their debut single leaves me wanting more! Delightful jingle pop that just puts a smile on your face. Their band name is taken from a Thom Gunn poem and their music is reminiscent from some of their influences such as Pavement and Sparklehorse
mp3 Expired: Bad Decisions
My Sad Captains on myspace
Bad Decisions 2007 (Fortuna Pop!) GET IT
Jun
12
Chet, Fight Against Darkness
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Fight Against Darkness is the third full length album by this British Columbia based band. It gives you that kick back and chill sort of feeling. Ryan’s majestic voice commands your attention but after a few listens it becomes almost enjoyably haunting. So sit back and relax…
mp3 Expired: The Shepard
mp3 Expired: Very Old Story
Chet on myspace
Fight Against Darkness 2007 (Aaargh!) GET IT
And you might have noticed Untitled Records is officially launched, a big thank you to Pip for everything and a big thank you to Squashed over at Bricolage Fantasy for his Word Press wisdom and advice. It has been a long time coming but I am pretty damn proud of how it turned out, that being said please update your links and bookmarks accordingly. :) Cheers!
Jun
4
Herman Jolly & Ladyhawk
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I’m having one of those music inspired moments where music and thought sync up and there is all this creativity and passion running through your body…And I know some of you may be wondering what I’m on but I assure you nothing. I mean I agree that I may have exaggerated the emotions a bit but I was just making sure that point was clear. ;-)
But actually I was just talking to my talented dear friend Tara about forging your own path, with your own unique style, adding something to your own field(s) of interest something I admire about her…And something I think I may have been lacking in my posts lately.
My daily affirmation: Be original! Stray away from the heard! Weeee!!
And I got an early birthday present this weekend (I’m smiling) a turntable! But it gets better…The turntable plugs right into my computer and converts the marvelous music to mp3 (of course you can’t reproduce the glorious sound of a record and man it is glorious) but it makes it that much easier to share my growing record collection with you. Weeee! I will post a song from the first records soon. :-) So thankful and happy!
mp3 expired: Candy Stairs – Herman Jolly
Bunker Life 2007 – Get It
mp3 expired: War – Ladyhawk
Fight For Anarchy 2007 – Get It
May
28
Sick and Twisted
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Actually I wouldn’t say I’m twisted but definitely sick….So please forgive my short absence while my body defends itself against whatever virus I picked up.
Being sick sucks x 10
In the mean time listen to this breathtakingly beautiful song off the new Cinematic Orchestra’s new album, Ma Fleur
mp3: To Build a Home – Cinematic Orchestra
Ma Fleur 2007 – Get it
May
24
Coltrane Motion, Songs About Music
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Coltrane Motion, Songs About Music
That’s what I call reinventing music in the digital era. One of the things that I talked to my client about a lot is the time of year that they want to take their engagement portraits. The first thing that I recommend is not having your engagement portraits taken in the same season that you will be married in. Brilliant.
mp3: Twenty-Seven – Coltrane Motion
mp3: Ex-Girlfriend In A Coma – Coltrane Motion
Songs About Music 2007 – Get It
May
22
Stars, Do You Trust Your Friends?
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Do You Trust Your Friends? 2007 I posted about the Stars album Do You Trust Your Friends? awhile back, which you can find here. The album has officially been released on the Arts & Crafts label and I highly recommend picking up a copy because it is a fantastic collection of re-invented songs from their brilliant 2005 release, Set Yourself on Fire
And I couldn’t think of a better song to post in celebration that I am no longer unemployed still unemployed but this entire album is still fabulous and this rendition of the Stars, Celebration Drums still makes me smile
Cheers!
mp3: Celebration Drums – Camouflage Nights with Kevin Drew
Do You Trust Your Friends 2007 – Get It
May
21
City-State, Monument
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City-State, Monument 2007
The band City-State quickly became one of my favorite new bands when I heard their
“Wolves” + 4 EP last year, in fact it was #7 on my 2006 EP Picks.
The bands new album, Monument was released this past week on Liberty Fuse Records and once again this 4 member band from Washington D.C. has dropped in and swept me away with intense marching drums and atmospheric guitars. And Jim Anderson’s soaring vocals blend effortlessly with the dark melodic rock. Monument does a wonderful job of displaying City-State’s own unique style amongst their post-punk rock comrade’s.
mp3: Mary – City State
mp3: The Dakota – City State
Monument 2007 – Get It
May
17
Ensemble And Cat Power
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Ensemble – Disown, Delete
Well…I am pretty much done with this day. And I think I am 0 and 3 in my music picks, I have been getting some grief and I give myself enough of that already, hopefully all ruffling of feathers will cease and we can all sit down and listen to some damn good music. Cheers!
Perfect song to end this day. Wooo hooo.
Ensemble teams up with Cat Power on their 2006 self-titled release (Fat Cat Records), a match made in heaven indeed. A beautiful ambient folk melody dances with Power’s sultry soul and I just don’t want it to end.
Good night!
mp3: Disown, Delete – Ensemble, Cat Power (vocals)
Ensemble 2006 – Get It
May
15
BOAT, Let’s Drag Our Feet
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Ahhh yes the extraordinary oddball indie-rock band BOAT from Seattle, Washington has a new album, Let’s Drag Our Feet out July 10th on Magic Marker Records. A 14 track album filled with music that is energetic and original. I will even go as far as to consider BOAT to be the poster band for indie-pop in my mind, fun-tastic music indeed. They have a handful of summer shows lined up, check their myspace for more info.
I hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day yesterday, I took my mom to see The Hoax, it was entertaining, pretty good and funny.
I also finally designed a new header that I’m actually happy with for Untitled 2.0…I know I’ve been talking about it for the last decade now…But moving to a new place on the net is not easy, and perfection takes time. ;-)
Enjoy!
mp3: (I’m A) Donkey For Your Love – BOAT
mp3: Let’s Drag Our Feet! – BOAT
Let’s Drag Our Feet 2007 – Get It
May
10
The Clientele Saves My Sanity
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My car over-heated yesterday!!! My poor 2004 VW Golf…I think at some point I seriously angered the car gods…Anyways I had her towed to the closest VW dealer because it is still under warranty and it turns out the water pump was busted…I thought it was for sure the thermostat but I guess this is why I am not a mechanic. It was all covered under warranty (Weeeee). But they tried their hardest to get some money out of me because suddenly my hood release isn’t working correctly (even though I had just opened it when she started over-heating and it seemed perfectly fine to me) so they either broke it or they were trying to screw me, I’m thinking it’s both so I told them to just fix what needed to be fixed and that was that.But given the circumstances I needed some dreamy indie-pop to take me to a land filled with beautiful flowers and dancing elephants…The Clientele is a four piece band from the UK who make some of the dreamiest psych-pop with a 60’s flare I have heard since Belle & Sebastian. Their new album God Save The Clientele (Merge Records) was just released this past Tuesday and it is pop-tastic indeed. Cheers!
mp3 expired: Somebody Changed – The Clientele
mp3 expired: Carnival on 7th Street – The Clientele
God Save The Clientele 2007 – Get It
Mp3’s are expired but you can stream the entire album at their website here
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