IMF Recommends: Depreciation Guild, Here We Go Magic, Patrick Watson

The Depreciation Guild. Recently on the radar as related to recent Sync/Master subjects The Pains of Being Pure At Heart (their drummer is one half of Brooklyn duo The Depreciation Guild. Head to their homepage and click on the yellow bar (‘Album’) to get their album for free. Pay specific attention to Darklooming. Quite nice. […]

Long Live The Fallen World by Young Galaxy

Who : Young Galaxy from Montreal.
What : From this Montreal quartet’s sophomore effort (Invisible Republic ), here’s the first taste. Something vocally reminding me of old-school Sarah McLachlan , its stradles the line between the upbeat of dance music with the dark spaciness of psych. Group vocals on the chorus make this song for me. […]

Happiness Is Love

To follow up on my previous post on Charles Spearin ‘s (Do Make Say Thing, Broken Social Scene) Happiness Project, here’s a Christopher Mills directed video interview that’ll give you perspective on the process and reasoning of this record. I really like the concept of finding these accidental melodies in every day life, connected by […]

Hot Freaks @ SXSW ’09

Great lineup, free with rsvp. Curated by some of the best bloggers out there (Gorilla vs Bear, Aquarium Drunkard, Chromewaves, Largehearted Boy, My Old Kentucky Blog, You Ain’t No Picasso).

Sync/Master: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

A Teenager In Love – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart IMF: So you recommend this band to me, when did they come on to your radar? Season: A few months ago from my dear friend Lyle Hysen who reps the band for Film/TV licensing. IMF: What was it about their album or sound […]