As you might have heard, Toronto just hosted a massive concert on the island this weekend called the Virgin Festival. Some thougths on the Good and the Bad (in no particular order). **there won’t be any notes on the Sunday lineup. Funds weren’t there to get me there. Good: Kid Koala never disappoints. Even though […]
From time to time I listen to some Internet radio stations. Here’s one of my favorites. Radio Indie Pop. Amazing mix of new music. Every month a featured album (this month the TV on the Radio’s newest offering, due out on Tues) and a featured unsigned artist. That’s where I heard Falcon. Could this be […]
I’ve noticed a lot of blogs have contests. And generally, if you do your homework, its a really easy way to get free music. So this is contest #1. Send an e-mail to me with 5 bands with exclamation points in their name. I’ll start you off with your first hint, Oh No, Oh My! […]
German Electronica. Somehow those two words in combination always seem to conjure up images of a classic Simpsons Episode: Hey fun boys, get a room! Somehow (don’t ask me why) my initial impressions of German Electronica were a tad less farcical. Working backward from more recent artists like Depeche Mode, Stereolab, The Chemical Brothers, Boards […]
So I recently figured out that Rolling Stone and Spin covered this topic a couple of weeks ago. I have to admit, I was hurt that neither let me know before going ahead with their respective features on the music of Weeds, my new favorite TV show. In case you missed their write-ups, here’s the […]