In my abscence from MOG (sorry) I discovered some amazing music. So I'm going to take some time going back and showing you, maybe, why you should buy an album of which the radio only plays one song.Yes, Love Song, is a great song. Sure it's a hit. But the album? Fucking amazing.I first heard Gravity on Pandora and was stopped dead in my tracks. Her voice is stunning. It's clear and throug...
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First, I would like people to note that I'm generally on top of alternative pop, if you will. Feist? At least a few years early (and before that silly ipod commercial).But this one? I've been on this bandwagon for...oh, maybe 6 years.Here's what I mean. Matty Nay has this following. Girls, guys, young, older, all of them know each and every lyric. He's a pretty good lyricist (mostly in th...
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It was a while ago that I was listening to World Cafe on NPR and heard Feist through my ears. I was in the car at the time and quickly grabbed a pen to scribble her name and some lyrics (to google her by) onto my hand.Days later I had purchased the album (Let It Die) and had memorized almost every single song.So when I got a chance to get my hands on this album early? Oh baby oh baby. Normal...
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Imagine Ryan Adams on stage. And he starts playing. And it's this great southern rock but soulful great music. Only he's not an self promoting pompous ass (Ryan, wherever you are, I love you, and I couldn't live without your music, but let's face it, you're not a nice person, you and Ben Folds should have a party).Dustin Kensrue, the lead singer of Thrice, has dabbled in some off-of-his-genr...
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One of my favorite releases of 2006 came from Metric's lead singer Emily Haines. This release she always puts second to her Metric work -- but I love it ten times more. She has a soft lyrical voice, like a sad lamenting Regina Spektor.I love the way she writes and I love her lyrics (bras started burning up ribs in the sixties). She has a great view on the world and, long story short, give he...
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Wait, you mean I've gone through and done some little things about all of these new CD's (and some old) but I've neglected Mae? Whoa there hoss. One of my most favorite bands of all time and, I've yet to drool over them?Alright, so this is their most recent release (though they're almost done with the new one rumor has it). I first heard Mae over the speakers at an H&M in Boston and fell ins...
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Much like The Bens (remember them, oh man, they were the shit) I have a collection of Matt's. Well, Mat's, Matt's, Matthews, etc. They all share some characteristics. Mr. Wertz was a total accident for me. I went to a Matt Nathanson show (see, I'm going to marry someone named Matt, I swear) and he opened. Holy crap.First off, he was SO personable. Second, the audience knew his music which...
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Here's the thing...I really liked Decadence (or Tokyo Decadence depending on which copy you picked up). And I liked them (if not loved them) live. They had this great vibe with each other. The problem? This album is really pop-esque. Think one of those crappy pop bands like (I'm bad at this, I don't really know any so...) Fall Out Boy, or something. They sold out like whoa and MTV is all ...
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I grew up in a college town. We had this great radio station (ran completely by students) and because we actually have a few great venues and a recording studio or two we got that perfect sector of the music society. We got Jason Mraz on his first tour (when he was super laid back and amazing), we got Ozomatli, we got all of those 'oh my gosh they're amazing you should hear about them' sort o...
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I was first hooked on Jonny in my 8th grade year after a trip up to Montana. We had driven to visit a good friend of my mothers' who had cancer. He asked if I'd heard of him and (being 13) I had to admit that I hadn't. That put me in a difficult spot. Here was this awesome man who I admired so much -- and I was so out of touch. I bought the CD that day. I listened to it sort of on the way...
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