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New album: Alta Mira – “I am the Salt”
I jokingly tweeted that I should send an e-mail to bands if I’m able to listen to their entire album or EP without losing interest. Hey, we get sent a lot of music and unfortunately that means the music gets … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, albums, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged albany, alta mira, ep, music, salt, songs, tympanogram
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Album review: Luke Roberts – “The Iron Gates at Throop and Newport”
Luke Roberts’ “The Iron Gates at Throop and Newport” is, on its surface, a collection of heartfelt emotional explorations. Continued listening reveals a deeper folk and country influence. Roberts’ delicate and finely crafted arrangements are spare one track, fleshed out … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged country, folk, iron gates at throop and newport, jason molina, luke roberts, Magnolia Electric Company, Ohia, songs, thrill jockey
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Album review: Terry Malts – “Killing Time”
Taking the garage punk aesthetic to unexpected places and mixing it with an early rock and roll sensibility for melodic pop hooks, Terry Malts succeeds in making fun, catchy noise with the occasional biting social commentary. It’s all apropos of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, albums, groovemine, music, reviews
Tagged groovemine, music, punk, rock, san fran, terry malts
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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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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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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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Album review: Wild Flag – “Wild Flag”
The much anticipated album from indie rock “super group” Wild Flag has finally arrived, giving everyone something to shout about. One could practically hear the reviewers proclaiming the, at that point unnamed project, “Best of the Year” after Carrie Brownstein … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, albums, music, reviews, tympanogram
Tagged 2011, best of 2011, brownstein, cole, guitar, indie, pacific northwest, portland, rock, sleater-kinney, timony, weiss, wild flag
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