Last year at this time I said that I would definitely be toning down the concert going in 2008 because my frail old body simply cannot sustain the momentum. 2007's final performance tally weighed in at approximately 132 acts. For 2008, the band count was 145. Yep, as per usual I didn't keep to my word as I intended to, but the fact remains that my personal concert going agenda is still about ha...
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2008: The Shows
2008: The Songs
Coming up with a list of ten great songs is significantly more difficult than coming up with a list of ten great albums for the simple reason that a study of the most basic mathematics suggests that songs usually outnumber albums by about 50 to 1. (OK, I randomly pulled that number out of a hat but I think that I've made my point...) Unlike last year's list however, there was no one song that r...
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2008: The Songs
Coming up with a list of ten great songs is significantly more difficult than coming up with a list of ten great albums for the simple reason that a study of the most basic mathematics suggests that songs usually outnumber albums by about 50 to 1. (OK, I randomly pulled that number out of a hat but I think that I've made my point...) Unlike last year's list however, there was no one song that r...
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TICKET GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Whale Tooth, Amos The Transparent and Bellewoods @ Rancho Relaxo
Whale Tooth - Self Titled EPSo I'm sitting here listening to an advance copy of the upcoming debut EP by a local band called Whale Tooth, and I'm immediately blown away by the band's sophisticated ability to craft a clever and danceable pop song. Their immediate appeal makes their "just over a year" existence come across as a cleverly fabricated myth since they sound like a band with experience...
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TICKET GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Whale Tooth, Amos The Transparent and Bellewoods @ Rancho Relaxo
Whale Tooth - Self Titled EPSo I'm sitting here listening to an advance copy of the upcoming debut EP by a local band called Whale Tooth, and I'm immediately blown away by the band's sophisticated ability to craft a clever and danceable pop song. Their immediate appeal makes their "just over a year" existence come across as a cleverly fabricated myth since they sound like a band with experience...
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TICKET GIVEAWAY CONTEST: Whale Tooth, Amos The Transparent and Bellewoods @ Rancho Relaxo
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Artist:Whale Tooth
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Album:Hibernation Song
Whale Tooth - Self Titled EP So I'm sitting here listening to an advance copy of the upcoming debut EP by a local band called Whale Tooth , and I'm immediately blown away by the band's sophisticated ability to craft a clever and danceable pop song. Their immediate appeal makes their "just over a year" existence come across as a cleverly fabricated myth since they sound like a b...
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2008: The Albums
For several personal reasons, 2008 is not a year that I will be looking back on with a great deal of fondness. There's been high points for sure, but the low points are ones that I hope I'll never need to experience again. On a much more superficial level however, there was a lot of good accomplished in double-oh-eight, and the world of interesting music cranked out a lot of good, while the wor...
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2008: The Albums
For several personal reasons, 2008 is not a year that I will be looking back on with a great deal of fondness. There's been high points for sure, but the low points are ones that I hope I'll never need to experience again. On a much more superficial level however, there was a lot of good accomplished in double-oh-eight, and the world of interesting music cranked out a lot of good, while the wor...
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Rudely Interrupted, Rural Alberta Advantage & Still Life Still @ Sneaky Dee's
On Tuesday night, I attended the show that I had contested out a few weeks ago at Sneaky Dee's featuring two of the most talked about local bands on the scene today as well as an Australian import that truly is one of the most unique acts that I've ever seen.Rudely Interrupted were right smack dab in the middle of an incredible rock 'n roll experience, one that I'm sure band mentor and musical ...
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Rudely Interrupted, Rural Alberta Advantage & Still Life Still @ Sneaky Dee's
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Artist:Rudely Interrupted
On Tuesday night, I attended the show that I had contested out a few weeks ago at Sneaky Dee's featuring two of the most talked about local bands on the scene today as well as an Australian import that truly is one of the most unique acts that I've ever seen. Rudely Interrupted were right smack dab in the middle of an incredible rock 'n roll experience, one that I'm sure band mentor and musi...
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CONTEST: Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain CD and autographed poster giveaway
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain"Folk music" is a tag that is thrown around quite liberally these days, to the point where it has almost grown as difficult to decipher as terms like "indie" and "transplendent" (which are both terms that I use quite frequently, I'll admit.) Usually, when an artist is described as a 'folk' artist, it usually means that they play country music; not new country...
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CONTEST: Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain CD and autographed poster giveaway
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain"Folk music" is a tag that is thrown around quite liberally these days, to the point where it has almost grown as difficult to decipher as terms like "indie" and "transplendent" (which are both terms that I use quite frequently, I'll admit.) Usually, when an artist is described as a 'folk' artist, it usually means that they play country music; not new country...
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CONTEST: Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain CD and autographed poster giveaway
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In The Grain"Folk music" is a tag that is thrown around quite liberally these days, to the point where it has almost grown as difficult to decipher as terms like "indie" and "transplendent" (which are both terms that I use quite frequently, I'll admit.) Usually, when an artist is described as a 'folk' artist, it usually means that they play country music; not new country...
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Neil Young, Wilco and Everest @ Air Canada Centre
Well it turns out that my prediction that Friday night's Neil Young show at the ACC would be the concert event of the year was 100% accurate as both Neil and Wilco put on a show that will go down in the annals of personal concert going history as nothing short of legendary.As the evening began however, it didn't look like that was going to be the case. I was quickly reminded of why I hate dishi...
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Neil Young, Wilco and Everest @ Air Canada Centre
Well it turns out that my prediction that Friday night's Neil Young show at the ACC would be the concert event of the year was 100% accurate as both Neil and Wilco put on a show that will go down in the annals of personal concert going history as nothing short of legendary.As the evening began however, it didn't look like that was going to be the case. I was quickly reminded of why I hate dishi...
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Anthony Rochester - Music For In The Spaceship
Upon first listening to Anthony Rochester's Music For In The Spaceship album, it's very easy to understand how one might think that he comes from Sweden, where he would share the lyrical whimsy of Jens Lekman. Perhaps you could be forgiven for thinking that he hails from Norway, where he would be influenced by the vocal subtlety of Erlend Øye. And the true music aficionado would be justified i..
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Anthony Rochester - Music For In The Spaceship
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Upon first listening to Anthony Rochester 's Music For In The Spaceship album, it's very easy to understand how one might think that he comes from Sweden, where he would share the lyrical whimsy of Jens Lekman . Perhaps you could be forgiven for thinking that he hails from Norway, where he would be influenced by the vocal subtlety of Erlend Øye . And the true music aficionado would be justif..
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Left Of Zero - Self-Titled
Progressive soul? Math jazz? Neo-funk-folk? When I saw Left Of Zero play the Rancho back in August, I knew that if I ever hear their recorded work, it would border on the impossible to slide the band into any particular genre. And sure enough, despite the fact that I've been listening to their infectious self-titled full length relentlessly this week, descriptive terms continue to elude me. The...
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Left Of Zero - Self-Titled
Progressive soul? Math jazz? Neo-funk-folk? When I saw Left Of Zero play the Rancho back in August, I knew that if I ever hear their recorded work, it would border on the impossible to slide the band into any particular genre. And sure enough, despite the fact that I've been listening to their infectious self-titled full length relentlessly this week, descriptive terms continue to elude me. The...
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Left Of Zero - Self-Titled
Progressive soul? Math jazz? Neo-funk-folk? When I saw Left Of Zero play the Rancho back in August, I knew that if I ever hear their recorded work, it would border on the impossible to slide the band into any particular genre. And sure enough, despite the fact that I've been listening to their infectious self-titled full length relentlessly this week, descriptive terms continue to elude me. The...
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