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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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Songs: Ohia – “Almost was Good Enough”
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
Posted in 2011, miscellaneous, music, songs
Tagged jason molina, Magnolia Electric Company, molina, Ohia, songs: Ohia
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Figurines
This post originally appeared on tympanogram.com on April 7, 2011 here. Figurines is a poppy rock trio based out of Denmark that has been touring fairly relentlessly since their formation. Their latest self-titled release is 11 tracks of tight songwriting, … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, music, songs, tympanogram
Tagged band, danish, figurines, hanging from above, rock
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New album: tUnE-yArDs – “w h o k i l l”
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
Posted in 2011, albums, miscellaneous, music, news, songs, tympanogram
Tagged 4AD, merrill garbus, music, tUnE-yArDs, w h o k i l l, whokill
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New Grand Lake single
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
Posted in 2011, miscellaneous, music, news, songs
Tagged caleb nichols, california, download, ep, grand lake, leaves ellipse, single, song
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New Wonder Wheel on the way…
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
Posted in 2011, miscellaneous, music, news, songs, Uncategorized
Tagged brave new world, deep in the bottle, download, free download, IMHO, music, mywonderwheel, paul a rosales, Rosales, single, SoCal, wheel, wonder, wonder wheel
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A Music Monday Mixtape
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
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, personal, songs
Tagged arcade fire, beach fossils, calgary, deerhunter, hurricane bells, liars, male bonding, motorifik, music, neil young, public strain, Real Estate, rock, titus andronicus, Tokyo Police Club, women, wonder wheel, working for a nuclear free city
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Sonic Youth Exegesis 1: “Hey Joni”
I started doing this on twitter where periodically I would take a line from a Sonic Youth tune and expound upon it. The idea just came out of me being goofy and bored while listening to Daydream Nation one night. … Continue reading
Posted in 2010, miscellaneous, music, songs, thoughts, writing
Tagged classic, creative reworking, daydream nation, exegesis, expounding, hey joni, music, sonic youth
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