While I may have mentioned Jessica Fichot’s music two years ago, that is practically an eternity in the world of blogging. And considering I mentioned her on a mix, the mention consists of roughly “oh wow, this song is good, please listen to it.” I can do better than that! Ms. Fichot was born in [...]
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Kingsbury
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I mentioned the band Kingsbury a while back in one of my posts, so why not write about them again? Their latest EP, Lie To Me, came out late last year so isn’t particularly new anymore, but it is still good music that you crazy kids have yet to listen to. Their music is likely [...]
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The Taxpayers
Music freely available online is always appreciated, even moreso when it means I don’t have to resort to the morally ambiguous hosting of the music myself. There are some folks who believe this is the way of the future, and even though I always end up buying physical copies, the word of mouth potential [...]
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The Bookhouse Boys
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Sometimes, it appears that I read my e-mails and forget about them for an entire year. I remember reading the e-mail The Bookhouse Boys from bloody ‘ol England sent me last July, but never got around to responding to it. Procrastination wins the day again, I suppose. But as luck would have it, they are [...]
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Regrets & Brunettes
Sometimes you can’t find new songs that completely blow your mind with their awesomeness, and unfortunately that is more often the rule than the exception. Luckily for us, it doesn’t have to blow our minds to still be good music. Regrets & Brunettes are in the second category, the category of good songs that probably [...]
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Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat
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If there is one thing in this world, it is good food. A few more options down the line, however, good cabaret music eventually comes up. Not the needlessly dark tripe that seems to have riddled the genre, but the stuff that does what cabaret is supposed to do… y’know, entertain people. Perhaps I am [...]
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Yula and the eXtended Family
Alright, I’m back. For how long who knows, but here we go, bringing up the lovely Yula again, of Nanuchka, World/Inferno, et al). This time, she’s got a whole different assortment of folks, and though some of it is fairly familiar (Thumb Cinema mostly so, due to it already having been lent to [...]
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Sharon Van Etten’s On Tour!
So, everyone’s favorite folk singer, Sharon Van Etten, is on tour, and if you don’t go see her, you will definitely be missing out. Here are the dates (and yes, I’m a bit late in posting this so some of these dates are not applicable anymore!) And before I forget, or in case you don’t [...]
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Says She’s Ms. Blat
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It is interesting to see what one learns about themselves from their music blogs. I have learned that try as I might, and no matter how much good music gets thrown my way, I will still sit on it much like a toilet after too many burritos. Now that that pleasant image is in your [...]
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Mock Orange
Mock Orange is a band I’ve been sitting on for months now, so it’s high time I’ve posted them. The album these songs are from, Captain Love, did not manage to capture my attention as a whole, but songs like World Of Machines certainly did. Undeniably catchy and slightly odd at the same time, you’d [...]
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Pushboxer
Pushboxer is a band out of Oxford that agrees on me with their influences: The National and Interpol. I’d even throw an extra one in, The Cure, if only because Pushboxer’s new single, Pictures, reminds me so much of them. If you’re into the gloomier side of rock music, these guys should be right up [...]
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April Fool’s Mix
I was going to post this yesterday as a March Madness mix, but as I did not, it is now an April Fool’s Mix. Anyway, I haven’t posted up a mix since last November, and this is a fast and easy way to throw a good variety of music at all you Internet dwellers out [...]
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The Happy Hollows
You weren’t expecting me to write another post so soon, were you, curious visitor? Hah! As luck would have it, I’ve made the mistake of telling a few bands that I’d write about their music. The Happy Hollows aren’t one of these, but that’s OK. They are basically a somewhat crazy indie-rock band from Los [...]
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Alela Diane
I wasn’t planning on writing anything on here, not so much from lack of music worth writing about as, well, laziness. However, listening to Alela Diane’s new album, To Be Still, I felt compelled to get on here and ramble a bit about it. I’d quickly become a fan of hers after her first album [...]
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Leerone @ SXSW
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Leerone is another lady I’ve posted about before, but she’s easily one of the nicest people I’ve met through this accursed blog so hey, why not write about her again? To quote from what I said back then:“She’s from California and mixes her slightly unpredictable piano ballads with her lovely voice. That voice will help [...]
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Rykarda Parasol
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While I’ve written about Rykarda Parasol before, that was just a little over two years ago, so hey, why not write about her again? To summarize what I wrote about her back then, 1) her name is incredibly easy to Google, and 2) unlike many folk musicians, both her voice and the music she [...]
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St. Vincent
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Jeez, it’s been five days since I’ve written on here already. No wonder I have such a hard time keeping up. St. Vincent is a gal I’ve been meaning to talk about for a while, but haven’t, until now. Oooh! I’m not really sure what to say about her, but if writing a music blog [...]
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Ant’s Best of ‘08
I got just a little bit tired of waiting for my comrade, Hugh, to get off his kiester to post his considerably more awesome list, so I figured I’d get my very VERY little list of the way. That way, you guys can ignore it quicker and resume waiting for Hugh! Ain’t I nice?So, without [...]
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Alex & Sam
That double posting didn’t last long, did it? My laziness impresses me most of all. Oh well. Alex & Sam are a twosome from California that make enjoyable pop songs, which are always nice to hear when the weather’s getting cold. Not that this music is particularly summer-y, as it is indeed quite mellow. However, [...]
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