Chris Garneau’s music kills me. It rips my heart out of my chest and murders it. Every single song. It’s the best! I think everyone should wallow in their sadness from time to time. Good for the soul. His newest album, El Radio, is just as beautifully painful as his debut, Music For Tourists.
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Archive for July, 2009
A beautiful kind of sad and scary
Posted in Music, tagged Chris Garneau, Scary Mansion on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More music by Canadians
Posted in Music, tagged Bruce Peninsula, Jenn Grant, Tanya Davis, Think About Life on July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Canada confuse me, all those provinces and territories and their funny sounding names. Canadians are super nice though, and they make good music, so I’ll just smile and listen and stop trying to wrap my head around all the rest.
Think About Life – Set You On Fire
Bruce Peninsula – Steamroller
Tanya Davis – Art
Jenn Grant – [...]
Sampled Songs that Stand Out on Their Own
Posted in Music, tagged 7th Wonder, Black Ivory, Gary Numan, Heatwave, Jack Wilkins, Samples, Sampling on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, every now and again, someone hears a song that sounds familiar. It’s an older song. Perhaps a track off of their father’s old jazz records or perhaps a disco track from your gay uncle’s collection. You hear it and you say… “Shit… that’s where they sampled from.” Well, here are [...]
Whatev’s
Posted in Music, tagged Dead Prez, Department of Eagles, Grizzly Bear, The Hood Internet, The Phenomenal Handclap Band on July 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20
Department of Eagles – Love Me (Elvis Presley)
Dead Prez vs. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks of Hip-Hop (by The Hood Internet)
Paying it forward
Posted in Music, tagged Amazing Baby, Babe Rainbow, Fanfarlo, Fool's Gold, Gene Clark, Haley Joel Osment, Miike Snow, Soko, White Rabbits on July 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Great new (and 1 old) songs that were gifted to me, which I’d like to gift to you:
Miike Snow – Animal
-Thank you, Taylor C.
Fanfarlo – I’m A Pilot
-Thanks again, Taylor C.
White Rabbits – Percussion Gun
-Thank you, Jesse P.
Amazing Baby – Head Dress
-Thanks again, Jesse P.
Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel
-Thank you, music blog – [...]
People and people and people…fascinating people.
Posted in Video, tagged Austin Lynch, Interview Project on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Chin up lil’ unemployed blogger. Things will improve, I’m sure of it.
Maybe you should check out INTERVIEW PROJECT to see what other folks are doing to earn a buck, or to just pass the time. It’s one part StoryCorps, one part Behind The Wheel, one part FSA Project and a billion parts beautiful. The online [...]
Tennessee Darlins
Posted in Music, tagged Those Darlins on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m buyin’ whatever these ladies are sellin’.
Those Darlins – Mama’s Heart
Those Darlins – Hung Up On Me
Those Darlins – Wild One
Rest in Peace, dead Celebs…
Posted in Music, Video, tagged Billy Mays, Death, Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Ian Brown, Jazztronik, Michael Jackson, Rockwell, Shinehead on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, Farrah, Michael, Billy and Ed are dead. I thought I’d pay my small tribute to all four. It’s basic. Pictures. Video. Music.
Some MJ songs done by other artists…
Shinehead- Billie Jean
Jazztronik- Rock With You
Ian Brown- Thriller
A song featuring Michael Jackson
Rockwell- Somebody’s Watching Me
And a song by Ed McMahon… a strange [...]