Adem

Take a good listen to Adem (pronounced AR-dem). I’ve had his (real name Adem Ilhan) new record ‘Love and Other Planets’ going all weekend. He sounds like what wikipedia calls nu-folk; folk music mixed with technology and mixed disparate styles. Or maybe his myspace description is better. Adem ‘writes pastoral pop that’s augmented by eclectic […]

Archers and Famous Last Words

Thanks Mike for letting me know about these new tracks by Boston’s Faces On Film. Working on a full length follow-up to their debut EP ‘Seven Sisters‘, the songs keep getting better. Maybe a little more chaos here and there, maybe a couple more hooks. Maybe its just me, but I can’t get enough of […]

The Western States Motel

For the past few days I’ve been trying to figure out how to start this post. Then I happened to catch Garden State playing on the tube tonight and I realized what I wanted to say first. I’ve found the song that should have been scored to those pivotal scenes in the film where the […]

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

When you dedicate a certain part of your day to reading music blogs, its hard not to notice someone writing about Someone Still Loves Your Boris Yeltsin. I guess the name makes you look once, but the music keeps you coming back. They’re a great indie-pop band from Springfield, Missouri who originally released Broom in […]