Compiled by Nick Drake's producer, Joe Boyd, Way to Blue features a selection of 16 tracks from all three Drake studio albums and the Time of No Reply collection. Of course the music is excellent, but Drake's albums stand so well on their own that this collection of piecemeal offerings doesn't quite work as the best way to experience his distinctively haunting brand of folk-rock. Though a good starting point, ultimately it will only whet your appetite for the highly recommended, four-disc Fruit Tree box, which contains his complete catalog.
Well this year, I've seen (discounting festivals), such bands asChemical Brothers, Editors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Richard Hawley, VNV Nation, Miles Hunt, Seasick Steve and InterpolI've seen them each a few times each this year - a bit repetitive but was really struggling to get fired up about some of the new acts out there.So... my final review.Was an early start, the tunes were pretty s...
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I've always been interested in music as a medium in and of itself, not trivially linked to something else. The idea of music videos as a concept sometimes bothers me. I feel like music is an open-ended medium where the listener or participant is given the responsibility for using their imagination to engage a given piece. What music videos essentially do is limit that viewers imagination to the
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Well, I guess I should jump on the "Me, Myself, and I" train…lesse here... I was named after the great library in Alexandria, Egypt and Alexander the Great (because my mom wanted me to be smart, strong, and brave), the state flower of Connecticut, and my grandmother (though my mom really wanted to name me Sagje…don't ask…).I am an only child of a single mother. My dad's an asshole who likes
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Billboard.com, MTV.com and Pitchfork are reporting about an eerie obsession Heath Ledger had with Nick Drake, the singer who died young in 1974. Nick Drake is well known to have suffered with depression and died of an overdose of anti-depressant medication.http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003700068Ledger directed a black and white video for the song "Blac...
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I've always been interested in music as a medium in and of itself, not trivially linked to something else. The idea of music videos as a concept sometimes bothers me. I feel like music is an open-ended medium where the listener or participant is given the responsibility for using their imagination to engage a given piece. What music videos essentially do is limit that viewers imagination to the
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Well this year, I've seen (discounting festivals), such bands asChemical Brothers, Editors, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Richard Hawley, VNV Nation, Miles Hunt, Seasick Steve and InterpolI've seen them each a few times each this year - a bit repetitive but was really struggling to get fired up about some of the new acts out there.So... my final review.Was an early start, the tunes were pretty s...
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When I find music that I want to share, I usually let it marinate on my desktop for a while before posting. I just noticed that three of the songs I have waiting to be put up are covers. So here. Also, I saw that 2 piece whale vase at The Band From's website and I'm still in awe. If it ever goes into production I'm buying one.Spinto Band - Give Me Just A Little More Time (Chairman of the Board ...
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Ok, I wrote this once and it all just got erased... I was sharing my excitement with you all about "commercial music". How fabulous is it to find a new (or old) song while sitting on your bum watching TV, or eating popcorn at a movie theatre. That really cool "Coke" ad pops up with a song you can't get out of your head... Well, they have a remedy to it all: adtunes.com Go there and eat yo...
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--- - |- My girlfriend has just got off the phone to Orange, to arrange for her mobile phone to be fixed. The guy she spoke to apparently sounded "really pissed off", and I suspect I know why. I'm guessing that the dude in question had been called in to work on his day off to cover someone he knows for a fact spent the weekend taking pills at Creamfields. He's also fed up because all his ma...
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