Usually when I'm enchanted by some new musical discovery, I'll hop on over to this website and discover that MOGsters far more hip and astute than myself have already posted about said artist.That is not the case with Devon Sproule, which is astonishing to me.Devon Sproule rocks my world. If the Ditty Bops and Jolie Holland all got together and had a jazzy little baby who was, at birth, sprinkled
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Jenny Owen Youngs is totally my current indie pop girlcrush. That is all.
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Bad music is bad music is bad music. I mean, if we're going to be real, at least 25% of what you'll hear on Top 40 radio doesn't even qualify as music, and what is it doing to 12-year-olds when they listen to that crap?And yet.A few years ago, Hilary Duff, in her quest for World Tween Domination, released her first single, "So Yesterday," with these lyrics. Notable lines:Thank you - you made my
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Think of Eleni Mandell on Country for True Lovers as a young Rickie Lee Jones with an alt-country twist, covering Merle Haggard and Irma Thomas. Needless to say, that one-sentence description is chock full of various different kinds of awesomeness, so you can take it as a hearty recommendation.I'll have to check out her other albums, which are, from what I gather, more "alt" than "country." Tom
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Here's why I've always loved Imogen Heap's song "Goodnight and Go." The first verse and chorus starts with a perfect description of the way all of us have felt about someone at some point:Skipping beats, flushing cheeks, I am strugglingDaydreaming bed scenes in a corner cafeAnd then I'm left in bits recoveringTectonic tremblingsYou get me every timeWhy'd you have to be so cute?It's impossible to
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Someone from the MOG team has kindly promised that my digital music collection will be wiped out at some point soon, so I can start fresh, which I appreciate. Coming back soon, automated widgets - better! than ever! Well, kind of the same, without duplicates. Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams will still be king and queen of the forest, that much I can assure you.Anyway. Since I've finally managed
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I've (temporarily?) gotten rid of all my automated widgets on this page because I changed the location of all my music files on my computer just after Christmas. My mom bought me an external hard drive, which was majorly necessary because my computer had taken to shouting, "I don't have anymore disk space, motherfucker!" every time I tried to download music, or rip a CD or, like, launch Windows a
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What follows is my review of Alice Smith's debut album.And yeah, it might not look like much of a review, but I should clarify that I have this reaction maybe two or three times a year, tops.THE REVIEW, in its entirety:Holy shit, this is fantastic and everyone should buy it.
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If you work as a cashier, or in some similar field, or you just generally have to deal with people who suck on a regular basis, I fully recommend having this song burned onto a CD and ready to go the second you get into your car after work.Get Set Go - "I Hate Everyone"Some stupid chick in the checkout lineWas paying for beer with nickels and dimesAnd some old man who clipped couponsHad argued whe
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