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I did not have the bucks to continually delve into the new records of 2007. So here are just a few thoughts. I did not have any singular compelling dance or electronic record strike me, which was disappointing. That might explain my increasing fondness for reggae and dub, it was the best place to get that melody and rhythm fix. So obviously without much good electronic I listened to a lot of rock and roll too. One big disappointment for me was the new Ponys' record, i... MORE

...because i've never heard of/heard M.Ward.  (I still haven't hunted on Wikipedia or whatever to find out more; i'm still recovering from the discovery.) I was on YouTube, looking for vdeos for a post about Katrina, New Orleans and Gustav.  (I'm afraid this one may be The Last One for NOLa...) And i found this:

And i'm still reeling from the emotional suckerpunch. (Adding to the punch, i think, is that it's less than an hour since the i heard Michelle Shocked's... MORE

An alphabetical list of great music I found through my fellow Moggers. (great great album!)

Slowly sorting through the cache of single tracks I've picked up free over the past few months from Paste and Emusic and looking into the artists and albums. Love this song and am eager to download more, starting with the title track "Postwar."

...and that's that. :)

It's rare for me to stumble across songs that I like on first hearing. But I woke to this song on my clock radio the other day, and dug it straight away; lyrically and musically. Here's the live version: I've since got the album, and it's a gem.

Is this the right place??? I want to win M. Ward Tickets!

Yet another song that I must listen to on repeat because it's too short to listen to just once. I mean, just when I feelin' the song it's over :( Yeah, M. Ward is a great musician and Post-War is an awesome album.

Wow...is all I can say. I've got tickets to see M. Ward in June. Can't wait. If the video doesn't work, here's a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBcRSMNGKk4

I really like the new M. Ward album. A lot. Big time. And how. It is the kind of music that makes me want to make more music.

I'm nuts about M. Ward. He's full of surprises and has a shmorgasbord of musical styles, crafty stories, layered lyrics, instrumentals galore, and classiness to spare. His voice is like a beautiful raspy violin, ranging passionately between soaring sweetness and gravel-y despair. There's piano, jangley guitar, driving steel resonator, strings, woodwinds, kettle drums, cricket sounds, and god-knows-what-else. I hear Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, Tom Waits, Paul Simon, RL Burn... MORE

It was a grand weekend in the San Francisco clubs for this particular music freak (And no, I’m not talking about the sold-out Slim’s show by rising “American Idol” also-ran Chris Daughtry and his band, whose overly-earnest vocals and pre-fab populist hard-rock sound are as tiresome and played-out as pop clichés can be.) The true sonic splendor came by way of two marvelous acts: of Montreal and M. Ward. First, I hit the Great American Music Hall and caught the Friday gig ... MORE

I know there are still a few days left in 2006, and maybe I'll hear something in the next 2 days that will change my list (I should probably wait until April to post this list so the dust can settle and the fat can rise to the top and all). But as of today, here are my top 10 albums of 2006. 1. M. Ward – Post-War2. Josh Ritter – The Animal Years 3. Neko Case – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood4. Flaming Lips – At War with the Mystics5. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Hi... MORE