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Category Archives: 2011
new track: Coat Hooks – “Popcorn Blues”
(Originally appeard on Tympanogram.com on December 27, 2011) Back in May I introduced you to a band out of Scotland that goes by the name Andrew Lindsay and the Coat Hooks. They had just released their fantastic The Whittling EP, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, music, songs, tympanogram, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Lindsay, Coat Hooks, folk, music, pop, tympanogram
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Favorites albums of 2011
(Originally posted on Tympanogram.com on December 22, 2011) It’s hard to tell whether this was a really great year for music or if I was just paying attention more than last year. That sums up my feelings at the end … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged 2011, best of, calgary, canada, colin stetson, david comes to life, diaper island, flemish eye, fucked up, groovemine, jicks, king of limbs, malkmus, mirror traffic, polyvinyl, radiohead, ravedeath, ravedeath 1972, science island, starfucker, tim hecker, toronto, tUnE-yArDs, two koreas, tympanogram, vangaalen, whokill, wild flag
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Video: RACES – “Big Broom” (live)
(Originally posted on December 20, 2011 on Tympanogram.com) One of the tracks that I kept coming back to this year was “Big Broom” by RACES. At the time when I first came upon it there were only, from as far … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums
Tagged 2011, Baebel music, big broom, Frenchkiss, races, tympanogram, Year of the Witch
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Rah Rah – “Parkade”
(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 18, 2011) It’s only been 2 and a half months and I’m already realizing all of the things I miss about living in Western New York. One of them is that Toronto … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, music, reviews, songs, tympanogram
Tagged breaking hearts, canada, rah rah, regina, saskatchewan, tympanogram, video
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Introducing: A Happy Death
(This post originally appeared on Tympanogram.com on November 16, 2011) It’s really great to be a music blogger. I get the chance to listen to a ridiculous amount of music that I would normally not have any clue existed. Sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, EP, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged garage, happy death, nazi zombies, portland, psych, review, rock, tympanogram, vinyl
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New release: Hurricane Bells – “Tides and Tales”
Things just keep getting better over at the Hurricane Bells camp, and that’s saying something considering their first major appearance was on a platinum selling album. Hot off of a successful Pledge Music fund raising project, Steve Schiltz, lone permanent … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, news
Tagged hurricane bells, longwave, monsters, NY, pledge music, rochester, steve schiltz, tales, tides, twilight
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New release: Churches – “Save Me”
Churches is the new recording project of Caleb Nichols, the frontman of Oakland’s Grand Lake, former bassist of Port O’Brien, and touring member of WATERS and Release The Sunbird. On his first single, ‘SAVE ME’, Nichols teams up with WATERS … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, music, news
Tagged caleb nichols, churches, grand lake, music, rogue wave, san francisco, waters, wye oak
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Album review: We Were Promised Jetpacks – “In the Pit of the Stomach”
Sometimes it just feels great to have some loud music blasting into your ears. It’s better if the sonic assault isn’t something that is relentless, rather persistent but giving and taking in all the right places. The band has a … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged indie rock, jetpacks, loud, pit, pit of stomach, rock, scottish, stomach, we were promised jetpacks
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Album review: Chad VanGaalen – “Diaper Island”
As a musician, and as someone that listens to a ridiculous amount of music, sometimes I am listening just for sounds. Sometimes the melodies and whether or not they are catchy take a backseat to the atmosphere that an album … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged 2011, calgary, canadian, chad van gaalen, diaper island, flemish eye, gaalen, indie, rock, tympanogram
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