Category Archives: miscellaneous

Joel Plaskett – “Lying on a Beach”

Posted on July 12, 2011 by quartertonality

Joel Plaskett is easily one of the best songwriters working today, but truly under (almost un-) appreciated in the United States. He’s a lanky Haligonian formerly of Thrush Hermit that releases a fairly steady stream of albums under his name, … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Bells finishing new album

Posted on June 17, 2011 by quartertonality

Hurricane Bells has released a fantastic full length and and equally fantastic EP in the past couple of years. The latest release, “Tides and Tales”, will be released through Steve Schiltz’s own Invisible Brigades imprint. I’ll let him do the … Continue reading →

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Songs: Ohia – “Almost was Good Enough”

Posted on May 25, 2011 by quartertonality

It’s been hard doin’ anything, the winter’s stuck around so long I kept tryin’ anyhow, and I’m still tryin’ now, just to keep workin’. I remember when it didn’t used to be so hard, it used to be impossible A … Continue reading →

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An Open Letter to Newsweek and TheDailyBeast.com

Posted on May 13, 2011 by quartertonality

I really never thought that it would come to this. I have been a subscriber to your magazine for several years now. Each time that I was offered the opportunity to re-subscribe I did so. I’m currently paid up to … Continue reading →

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The meaning of Quartertonality

Posted on April 26, 2011 by quartertonality

I’ve had this blog for a few years now, but only really been seriously writing for it for just under a year. The real beginning was in July 2010 when I began writing for groovemine.com. Mark, the owner of that … Continue reading →

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New album: tUnE-yArDs – “w h o k i l l”

Posted on April 21, 2011 by quartertonality

This post originally appeared on tympanogram.com on April 20, 2011, here. There has been much talk online about w h o k i l l, the 2nd full length album from Merrill Garbus’ near-solo project tUnE-yArDs. Every review places it … Continue reading →

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Record Store Day, 2011

Posted on April 14, 2011 by quartertonality

Record Store Day this year is April 16th, this coming Saturday. In case you aren’t aware, it is the annual celebration of independent music stores. If I remember correctly it started out as a pretty small endeavor with only a … Continue reading →

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New Grand Lake single

Posted on April 1, 2011 by quartertonality

Grand Lake, having recently released their truly wonderful EP “Leaves Ellipse” has now put out the 2nd single from that EP. “Christmas, California”, described perfectly by Grand Lake bandleader Caleb Nichols as “drenched in springtime sunshine, total California ear-candy.” It’s … Continue reading →

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New Wonder Wheel on the way…

Posted on February 9, 2011 by quartertonality

Friend of the blog, Wonder Wheel, has dropped a line to inform the internet public (that’s you) that their first proper full-length release is coming via a cassette release available through Burger Records in the coming months. Said release will … Continue reading →

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A Music Monday Mixtape

Posted on December 6, 2010 by quartertonality

I recently made this mix for some friends. I burned a few copies and sent them off, hoping that it doesn’t just end up collecting dust in some corner of their place, or thrown on the passenger seat of their … Continue reading →

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