Over the weekend, I went to see Carbon Leaf for probably the 6th or so time up in Burlington. There's really not any point in reviewing these guy's live shows any more, because I generally gush about them, and everything that I've said has been said before already. Their opening act, the Clayton Sabine Band , wasn't too bad - They sounded a lot like a Pearl Jam band, but had some decent ly...
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I posted my review of the Dan Kaplan concert earlier today, but I wanted to introduce him separately. I came across Kaplan on yesterday when I checked up on the Langdon Street Cafe's webpage. Following the links, I came across his website and myspace page and gave him a listen.Dan Kaplan is a singer-song writer out of Massachusetts. He used to be part of a group called The Still, which I haven'...
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I posted my review of the Dan Kaplan concert earlier today, but I wanted to introduce him separately. I came across Kaplan on yesterday when I checked up on the Langdon Street Cafe's webpage. Following the links, I came across his website and myspace page and gave him a listen.Dan Kaplan is a singer-song writer out of Massachusetts. He used to be part of a group called The Still, which I haven'...
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One of my favorite discoveries of this past year is Gregory Douglass, a local singer-song writer out of Burlington who has a smooth and lyrical sound - evocative pop, as I've heard it described. His 2006 album Up and Away was a real pleasure to listen to and review . The other day, I received some information about his upcoming album, to be entitled Battler , which is due out to be release...
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Last night, I needed to get out of the house and focus on my homework for a while, so with a little looking around, I found that the Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier was hosting Dan Kaplan and Leland Sundries for a performance last night. Giving Kaplan a listen via his myspace page, I decided it would be a good way to get out of the house for a couple hours while I caught up on my readings. ...
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Alas, there's no new music on here, but what it does have is four of his best tracks: For Emma, Flume, Lump Sum and Blindsided , all reworked in a session for myspace. This EP sounds fantastic, and it gives his music a subtle new sound that is just as good. They're not unrecognizable, but ... different. Best of all, the entire EP is up for a free download, here . Blindsided (Myspace Tran...
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A couple fellow music blogs have posted up this, and after giving it a read over, as well as the review in question, I felt compelled to do the same. The guys who make up the group The Airborne Toxic Event was given a 1.6 rating from the indie-music website, to which they had the following reply:Dear Ian,Thanks for your review of our record. It's clear that you are a good writer and it's clear ...
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Ani DiFranco is an artist that I've recently covered with the release of her latest single, Emancipated Minor, which I really enjoyed as a teaser for her latest album, Red Letter Year. Giving the entire album a full listen, I found it to be a mixed album, with some fairly good songs, and some that I was indifferent to.There are a handful of tracks here that really shine from this album - Emanci...
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Helen Lawson's debut EP Crossing the Bridge is a pleasant and charming listen, with a fantastic, easygoing sound that sounds somewhat like a cross between Enya and Kat Flint and something of the down-tempo genre, and to me, very English. There is a certain richness to the sound between the vocals and supporting instrumentation of the cello, bass and piano. The four tracks here are all really go...
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Snow Patrol has a new album coming out next month, entitled A Hundred Million Suns, due out October 27th. The lead single, Take Back the City , has come online, which you can listen to here on their website (or down below, streaming) and on their myspace page . I'm excited for this album. I really dug their last album, 2006's Eyes Open , although I have a number of extremely bittersweet...
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One of the founding member of Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, died at the age of 65 at his home in England. His obituary from the Associated Press: Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies age 65 By MEERA SELVA - 14 minutes agoLONDON (AP) — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist,
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Snow Patrol has a new album coming out next month, entitled A Hundred Million Suns, due out October 27th. The lead single, Take Back the City , has come online, which you can listen to here on their website (or down below, streaming) and on their myspace page . I'm excited for this album. I really dug their last album, 2006's Eyes Open , although I have a number of extremely bittersweet m...
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--- - |- I hate what this day has done to the US - I'm disturbed by the attitude of my country and my classmates, and I wonder what life would have been like if things were different.The world has plunged into madness. I hope that it will someday be righted.Freedom - Amos LeeFor What It's Worth - Buffalo SpringfieldThere Were Roses - Cara Dillon16 Military Wives - The DecemberistsKnockin' on...
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--- - |- Fox's much-hyped show Fringe hit the airwaves last night, a multi-million dollar pilot episode that combines some of the more interesting elements of CSI , Alias and the X-Files . The show is to be about an FBI team (and consultants) who investigate odd happenings around the world, fringe science. The pilot is certainly one to catch attention - on a flight to Logan Internation...
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--- - |- Big milestone in geek-genre history today. Today is the 42nd anniversary of the first release of Star Trek, back in 1966. 42 is a fun number for anyone who's a geek and read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which is why I find this amusing.I'm not a Trekkie - regular readers will remember that I'm a Star Wars nerd, but Star Trek is one of, if not the most influential Science Fictio...
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--- - |- I don't normally delve into family things at all with my online writings. However, I do want to throw out a congratulations to my brother and future sister-in-law for their engagement over the weekend. They've been going out for a very long time, and there has been a general feeling of 'it's about time', at least from me - I know it's something that had been discussed over the past co...
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Ani DiFranco is an artist that I've followed off and on over the years, and I've always enjoyed her style of music. Later this month, on the 30th, she'll be releasing her latest studio album called Red Letter Year . The first track has been released, Emancipated Minor , which is a fun listen that sounds very much like DiFranco , but with some evolution here. This album sounds like it will b...
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--- - |- Once again, it's the close of one month, and in with another one. This past month saw the return of a number of favorites of mine with new material, and all around, some fantastic material from a numbe of really good bands.Shelly - The Alternate Routes This is a song that I've been hearing live when I've seen the Alternate Routes over the past year. This...
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--- - |- A while ago, I posted up a couple of ripped MP3s of the songs from the webseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog . It was a fantastic series, and now, the soundtrack is now up on iTunes! It's a short album, but without the background noise, it's fantastic! Here's the tracklist: Horrible Theme My Freeze Ray Bad Horse Chorus Caring Hands A Man's Gotta Do My Eyes Ba...
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