Archive for July, 2010

Mogwai – Burning on Pampelmoose – live stream

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

Special Moves – Digital, Vinyl, T-shirts and more

Kanye West channels his King Crimson in Power

Monday, July 26th, 2010

Listen carefully and you’ll hear the lyrics “21st Century Schizoid Man” from the King Crimson song of the same name.
The song is titled ‘Power’ and it looks like Kanye is getting all political on us…
From Wikipedia:
“The song’s lyrics consist of a short poem with one or more metaphors in every line. The song makes reference [...]

Alex Higgins, snooker’s anti-hero, dies aged 61

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Alex Higgins was the people’s champion who was loved by everyone

Piano Magic, Menomena and Radiohead

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

I was listening to the Piano Magic album, Writers Without Homes, today and it dawned on me how there’s a trifecta of artists all making music with similar atmospheres and sensibilities. Take a listen to the track below and then compare to the new Menomena album and the Radiohead album Kid A. You might make [...]

Scraping the webz, found Shriekback – New Home

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Ahh, Shriekback. A former life, great times, mighty hearts. We made strange and wonderful music together..this track, New Home, is from Jam Science.

A sublime John Cale cover by Agnes Obel free MP3

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Click image for free mp3
I was very happy to get this in my inbox this a.m. Wonderful way to start the day. Click the image above to get your free MP3 or take a listen below.
Agnes Obel – Close Watch

Video: Broken Social Scene – Meet Me In The Basement

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Strange bedfellows – The Walkmen and Richard Florida

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

I read an interesting article today by Richard Florida author of The Creative Class called Music and the Mega-Region. I though I’d share it with you as he discusses how bands like The Walkmen and others live in separate cities yet still work and record together regularly.
From the article:
Nearly 40 years ago, the geographer Jean [...]