Bandstand Busking and Burning Acorns

Brokered Heart by The Acorn By burning acorns, I just meant that The Acorn seem to be on fire lately. And good for them, they deserve it. Not only is the band currently supporting Fleet Foxes and Elbow in the UK, the were recently touted as something beautiful by a guy who breaks indie bands […]

The last word on 2008 Year End Lists

Hype Machine’s Zeitgeist. The 50 best songs, artists and albums, voted by the blogs (including my submissions). Each day until friday we get 10 more, counting down to #1. Anyone got any guesses? I’m thinking that Fleet Foxes or TV On The Radio will take the cake.

The Local Natives

Last week while in Los Angeles I attended a pretty cool event at the LA office of Nettwerk. It was called The 2008 Music and Millennials Panel and had an interesting format. A surprise band put themselves completely out there for a panel of music industry professionals (including 80-100 in the audience) to critique their […]