How did I forget about this album for so long? A recent sojourn reveals what makes good music (and soundtracks) great. Majestic and fragile, epic and intimate, The Virgin Suicides encompasses contrasting moods and tones adhered by several recurring themes. Indisputably Air's finest work, they take their trademark style and apply it on a much grander level to great effect. Listen to it on th...
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Syntaks returns with this, one of two tracks released in anticipation of their new full-length, Ylajali, which came out November 3rd. In “Sudden Dreams” Syntaks creates a sublime soundscape that congeals nicely under a beat that bubbles up halfway through. As the track title may suggest, this is very dreamy and quite etheral. Overall, a pleasant diversion from more structured stuff and is r
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"Just Dance" I loved immediately, but it took me a little while to warm up to "Poker Face". Given that "Bad Romance" is definitely cut from the "Poker Face" cloth, I'm also considering it a bit of a grower. It doesn't have the immediate appeal of something like, say, "Lovegame", but all the elements are there for another #1 hit, which is why it debuted at #9 on the charts this week.I'm still un...
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Is there anything that represents more douchebaggery than a rapper sampling himself for a new song? I'm not talking about someone using a vocal hook, I'm talking about taking a sample from an album you put out approximately two years a go and using it on your new album. Like this:50 Cent has long ceased to be relevant, but this is just too hilarious not to make mention of. This is presumably a ...
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Last Friday night, Toronto-based indie darlings Gentleman Reg and The Hidden Cameras played the second show of their tour at The Grad Club, one of several student-run pubs at Queen’s University. The Grad Club is essentially a century home converted into a drinkin’ hole, with a bar on both floors and an L-shaped music room. Despite the awkward shape of the facilities, the sound was excellent
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I first heard Ola Podrida when he was getting solid reviews from quite a few major music publications for his debut self-titled album. I was hooked from the first listen, and it easily made my top ten list from that year.So, imagine my face when I get an e-mail from his publicist reminding me that he has new material coming out! It resembled that smiley emoticon represented by the ":D" that no ...
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This song is shockingly awesome.I'm incredibly ill, so I will simply list all the reasons this song breaks through it's potential mitigating factors (namely, Trey Songz) and becomes amazing:1. The chorus is spectacular. The Dream-esque vocal hook combined with the song's ludicrously incredible claim - "Girl you gon' think I invented sex" - makes for something catchy and over-the-top, a.k.a. the...
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Video Of The Week on a Monday! BLASPHEMY!Well, I don't care. Blaspheme away! Leonard Cohen, is one of my all-time favourite songwriters, and the fact that he's Canadian and still sounds breathtaking to this day is just the icing on the cake. So I'm perusing around the internet and find myself some videos, some recordings of Beck & friends recording their own version of Songs of Leonard Cohen, a...
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Oh Darren, thanks for posting that massive post featuring all those wonderful artists that have been e-mailing us. I feel slightly ashamed that neither of us had been able to find the time to post about those bands sooner.But some good did come of this, I fell in love with The Heligoats.That's right.L-O-V-E.H-E-L-I-G-O-A-T-S. Check them out.
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Martha, thank you so much for the food, it was all veryP/S/Y/C/H/E/D/E/L/I/C/I/O/U/S/1. Sunburned Circle - Variksenpelatin (2007)2. Rainbow Ffolly - Montgolfier (1968)3. Shugo Tokumaru - Yukinohaka (2006)4. The Doors - Riders On The Storm (1971)5. Woods Family Creeps - Howling On Howling (2008)6. Pink Floyd - Let There Be More Light (1968)7. Black Moth Super Rainbow - Falling Through a Field (2...
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Well, it's Saturday night, and I'm in the library, and this song that I haven't heard in ages comes up on shuffle.Not only am I reminded of how much I love this song, but I am also reminded that I should probably be drinking right now.An ode to intoxication from the one and only Mr. Waits.Tom Waits – “The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)” (Download)
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I am SORRY.The last couple months have been crazy since I moved back to school, and because of that I've had less time for checking the blog e-mail. I've gotten tons of talented people sending me shit, and I haven't had the time to post a good portion of it. This is my making like Little Boots and remedying this shitty situation.Here's thirteen artists I've really enjoyed from my e-mail, listed...
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Pussiest. Rap song. EVER. There's a good way to make a "feel good" rap song, and that way is not "Good Morning".Lets get the obvious out of the way: it's Chamillionaire of "Ridin' Dirty" fame, and he's sampling "Free Fallin'". The sample is...lame, to say the least. It's literally him rapping over "Free Fallin'" with a few drums thrown in, and that's about all that's changed from the original. ...
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Not totally knowing what to expect here, I was surprised and quite pleased to find that "Master Moon" is something that skirts that line between ambient pop and some sort of organic lullaby. A basic but airy groove is established, with stops, starts and different sonic accents keeping it interesting for six-plus minutes. A bit experimental to be sure, but a nice diversion from, let's say, soul...
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But here's the thing.It got released about half an hour a go. I'm in class, and have yet to hear it. Frankly, while I am obnoxious enough to make a blog post in the middle of class, I'm not obnoxious enough to take out my headphones and freak out to the new Rihanna single in the middle of class.Also because of this dilemma, I can't really preview which YouTube video I can embed here because, on...
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Yesterday evening, I managed to get myself a ticket for Daniel Johnston's early show at The Mod Club in Toronto. Not sure what I was expecting exactly, but after listening to his latest record Is And Always Was (buy here) about 5 times in the past few days, I knew that I would absolutely enjoy this experience. I wasn't wrong.Unfortunately getting there too late to catch any of the opening bands...
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And I'm not nearly as sad about it as this mp3 makes it sound.Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - "Bus Song" (Download)
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And now a message from our sponsors."Kids. Don't do post-secondary education.I know they're all like, 'You need it to get a good job,' and I say FUCK THAT. I will gladly work in a position of unskilled labour if it means I don't have to go through the bullshit that is midterm season. Because it's at this point of the year that all the professors get together and say, 'How can we fuck these youn...
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Two unbelievably amazing things happened today in Billboard-land.1. In a shocking (but kind of wonderful) twist, Britney Spears' "3" premiered at #1. I don't know if this is surprising to everyone or just me, but regardless it's pretty incredible. I figured after "Radar" had middling results that Brit was probably done for 2009, but apparently not.2. My favourite nonsense pop song of the year ...
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This week's vid of the week, is for a track that blew me away. I haven't experienced a combination of audio and video in a music video telling a story this adventurous in quite some time. "Bromst" is a wonderful album, finally sat down and listened to it on vinyl the other day, and this is a great track, plus the puppets and set materials are just so cuuuutee. Check it out to your right, or by ...
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