Posted on August 17, 2009 by kingwart
Welp, another couple weeks, another blog. This week, we have a fun, international lineup of cool bands, top names, and indie wunderkinds. Take this opportunity to take in these musical mavens as they show you how to make music right! Oh yeah!
Sarah Blasko – As Day Follows Night – ***1/2 –
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Posted on November 11, 2008 by DrSlammy
And now, a few eMusic Recommendifications for your consideration.
We’ll start with Jigsaw Days from The Well Wishers. This new release from Jeff Shelton (ex-Spinning Jennies) is among the top Power Pop releases of the year to date, and in addition to recalling artists like The Posies, Teenage Fanclub, Sloan, Supergrass and XTC, also has moments [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2008 by kingwart
Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry! I promised this would be weekly! What am I doing!! Listen, folks, I’ve been awfully busy, and I apologize for not giving you your music tidbit fix. I will explain that last Tuesday I was busy, because I was at a She & Him concert! Which was awesome. They [...]
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Posted on July 1, 2008 by DrSlammy
I’ve been a very big Don Dixon fan since the late ’70s, so when his new CD, The Nu-Look, dropped I was bouncing around the living room like Snoopy doing a happy dance. Sadly, a lot of people don’t know Don’s music – although many know his work as the producer of Murmur and Reckoning [...]
Filed under: Internet, Interviews, Power Pop, Rock, Roots | Tagged: Arrogance, Beat Rodeo, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Bjork, Bonnie Raitt, Booker T and the MGs, Butch Vig, Butterfly Boucher, Camp, Cannonball Adderly, Chris Allen, Chris Isaak, Chris Stamey, Cream, Dave Matheson, Diana Krall, Dixie Chicks, Don Dixon, Don Dixon & the Jump Rabbits, Donald Erb, Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton, Gary Gersh, Graham Parker, Guadalcanal Diary, Hootie & the Blowfish, Imogen Heap, James McMurtry, Jamie Hoover, Jane Siberry, Jim Brock, Jimi Hendrix, Kim Carnes, Let's Active, Lou Rawls, Loudon Wainwright III, Macy Gray, Marshall Crenshaw, Marti Jones, Matt Barrett, Matthew Sweet, Michael Stipe, Moxy Fruvous, Nick Lowe, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Otis Redding, Parthenon Huxley, Paul Carrack, Radiohead, REM, Robert Kirkland, Sarah McLachlan, Shalini, Silvertone, Sloan Wainwright, Steve Winwood, Supro Thunderbolt, Syd Straw, The Connells, the dBs, The Pinetops, The Reivers, The Smithereens, The Spongetones, Tommy Keene, X-Teens | Leave a Comment »