“I said baby that’s like asking you to take out your shoe laces—so she took out her shoe laces.” Quite the clever lyric, I will say. Upon discovering Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, I heard this song, and was oddly intrigued. She tells him to take off his sunglasses, but that’s just the most unreasonable request [...]No related posts. Sorry.
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jj – jj No. 2 Review
JJ or “jj” is band from Sweden that makes electronic/dance/pop music. That’s as much as I can tell you and I won’t have anything to share really. No myspace or official artist website just the catalogue on their record label, Sincerely Yours’ website. In a way it’s cool and novel but at the same time [...]No related posts. Sorry.
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Albums Of The Decade: The Futureheads S/T (2004)
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Some bands are plagued when they release a good debut album and in a sense it’s a curse for a band such as The Futureheads. Their self titled album released on July 12, 2004 marks one of my favourite albums of the decade. While their other two albums haven’t followed suit their first is still [...]Related posts:Albums Of The Decade: Brand New – Deja Entendu (2003) Being that the decade is al
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Pursuit of Happiness- Kid Cudi ft. MGMT and Ratatat
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I have been a huge Kid Cudi fan since I first heard Day and Night (ed. note isn’t it Nite?) last year, I had the pleasure of meeting with him last August when he performed at Wrongbar. Not only was his set amazing, he is also an amazing guy, he was buying people drinks [...]Related posts:Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon: The End Of Day “At at at night.” WAIT WAIT, IMMA LET YOU FINISH...Ratatat
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The Mix Tape Is Dead. Long Live The Mix Tape
To me, making a tape is like writing a letter — there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again. A good compilation tape, like breaking up, is hard to do. You’ve got to kick off with a corker, to hold the attention (I started with “Got to Get You Off My Mind”, but [...]Related posts:The Dead Trees – King of Rosa It’s been a long time since I’ve been introduced to...Dead
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Some Final Thoughts on the Polaris Prize
Not really sure what to make of the Polaris Jury’s pick, the Toronto “hardcore/punk” band Fucked Up and their album The Chemistry of Common Life. It probably goes without saying that I’m not really a fan, nor do I think that they deserved to win, and they give me a headache, but I’m not [...]Related posts:Fucked Up Win 2009 Polaris Prize Fucked Up’s The Chemistry of Common Life captu
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The Academy Is… – Lost In Pacific Time EP
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The Academy Is… has always been a band which pumped out quality music, despite having grown and matured at an alarming pace. From Almost Here to Fast Times At Barrington High, all three albums showed great progression and maturation as a band, yet the individual efforts of each album can not be ignored. I’ve enjoyed [...]Related posts:pg.lost – It’s Not Me, It’s You! pg.lost are an awes
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Muse – Uprising Music Video
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Not much here from AWmusic today guys. Expect us to slow down as we grind down with midterms and the school term.I’ve had a chance to listen to Muse’s The Resistance a few times and George is planning a review soon. My personal opinion? It’s decent but I haven’t had a chance to really dilvulge [...]Related posts:Muse – The Resistance Review Muse’s fifth studio album ‘The Resistance
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Brand New – Daisy
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Brand New are in a position that many bands would both dread and be envious of.Since the release of 2001’s Your Favorite Weapon Brand New has achieved cult status, and attained a rabid fan base that only grew with the release of 2003’s incredible, genre defining Deja Entendu.The band took there time crafting one of [...]Related posts:Brand New HMV Acoustic Set and Signing Waiting in line for
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tUnE-yArDs – Bird Brains Review
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My first impression of Tune-yards was that she was a strange woman and I couldn’t quite get into her music but I tended to myself back to her myspace page giving it another try. I’ve really grown to her charm, it’s a little bit odd and strange but it’s cute and as much as it [...]Related posts:Andrew Bird – Noble Beast Review Although Andrew Bird isn’t a chameleon the same way an...Cle
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Albums Of The Decade: Brand New – Deja Entendu (2003)
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Being that the decade is almost drawing to a close, I’m refusing to write a top albums of the decade list simply due to the fact that I was just 12 years old once we started the new millennium. Safe to say my musical tastes have varied over the decade.I liked very few albums in [...]Related posts:Albums Of The Decade: The Futureheads S/T (2004) Some bands are plagued when they release a good...
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Fucked Up Win 2009 Polaris Prize
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Fucked Up’s The Chemistry of Common Life captured the 2009 Polaris Prize for Best Canadian album and winning the $20,000 prize that comes with it. Good news but I do feel bad for Chad VanGaalen losing out with his excellent alum – Soft Airplane.I didn’t provide as much coverage as I did last year regarding [...]Related posts:Polaris Music Prize 2009 Longlist Sucks I guess I expect too much
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HEALTH – Get Color Review
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Listening to Health is no easy task. These noise rockers have an abstract sort of music that I find isn’t easy to “get”. I think the problem with Health is that they’ve had a good remix album and their first single off Get Color was Die Slow. I thought they were going to move [...]Related posts:Health – Die Slow MP3 Review Health is the first band to add me on Myspace...Health – Die S
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Counterpoint: On American Idol, Mainstream Music
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I am putting forth a continuation of what I believe to be a very interesting debate, and one that I find myself in the middle of more often than almost any other.Regarding the Idol point, mainly, I feel it is necessary to point out that I find it hard to believe that this series in [...]Related posts:Counterpoint – Ellen Degeneres On Idol and Misconceptions Let me start by saying that I have ne.
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Good Night, States – In The Impossible Tension Review
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Every once in awhile, I’ll hear an album full of songs so surprisingly fresh yet familiar, the whole thing will feel like deja vú. Good Night, States has managed to produce an EP of such caliber, crafting six tunes with simple, familiar melodies that nonetheless manage to catch me off guard. The songs [...]Related posts:Muse – United States of Eurasia MP3 Review Before starting AWmusic or
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Thao With The Get Down Stay Down – Know Better Learn Faster MP3
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I was a huge fan of Thao With The Get Down Stay Down’s last album as We Brave Bee Stings and All, giving it the “elusive” (it’s hardly elusive) 5 out of 5 early in the 2008 year. It was well deserving in my opinion and I’m expected for her release later this year, Know [...]No related posts. Sorry.
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Ellen Degeneres, Misconceptions and American Idol – Revisited
Photo courtesy of BoingBoing.netLast week I wrote an opinion piece on how I thought Ellen Degeneres was a poor choice as judge on American Idol and how I thought Idol and shows like it were detrimental to the music industry. Cas, one of my fellow writers on this blog, to offer an alternative view [...]Related posts:Counterpoint – Ellen Degeneres On Idol and Misconceptions Let me start by sayin.
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Jamie T – Kings and Queens Review
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Jamie Alexander Treays a.k.a Jamie T is back with his latest CD “Kings & Queens”. Signed with Virgin records Jamie T has become a very popular force in UK music Scene. He has won Shockwaves NME award for best solo artists in 2007 and has had his past single “Sheila” climb the UK top 40 [...]Related posts:Kings Of Leon – Only by Night Kings Of Leon are of one of the most...Juliette Comma
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A Sunny Day In Glasgow – Ashes Grammar Review
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I’ve had a chance to listen to Ashes Grammar sporadically over the past month or so. To say I’ve heard what I liked is a huge understatement. Some reviews have been lukewarm and I guess I’ll disagree vehemently that this album is a “miss”. A Sunny Day In Glasgow is a seven piece from Philadelphia [...]No related posts. Sorry.
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Sunset Rubdown – Black Swan Music Video
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Sunset Rubdown’s Dragonslayer may not have been as good as Shut Up I Am Dreaming and Random Spirit Lover, adding to the fact that “official” music videos weren’t really done for either album. It seems to fit that a music video for Black Swan – not the greatest track on Sunset Rubdown’s third album was [...]Related posts:Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslayer Review Sunset Rubdown is noted fo
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