Herohill delivers another fantastic compilation, with 'The Bard of Montreal,' their tribute to Leonard Cohen.
It's Valentines Day on the internet! But what chance does a little schmaltz-filled pseudo-holiday have of making it here on "the web" - the most outwardly cynical and downright hostile place there is? Like any good underdog, Cupid will get by with a little help from his friends. And his friends in this case are collaborators (in both music and life) Jenn Grant and Dan Ledwell. Seriously, if you don't get at least a hint of a Valentine's buzz after watching the charm-infused video for the recently Juno Nominated Grant's Baby's Been Away [...]
This review was originally posted in 2008, but since he's playing the Herohill showcase at HPX 2011 , just got married, and is just generally a top class gentleman who has done the hill a number of solids, we are posting it again and encouraging you to check out Two Over Seven if it's new to you. We'd also like to see Dan release some new music, so maybe this will be a teeny-tiny spark towards starting (or growing) that fire. Enjoy. I've reviewed plenty of the albums that have come [...]
Wait, have we gotten to this point, a mere two weeks before the 2011 Halifax Pop Explosion , uhhhhh, explodes out of the gate without posting on the almighty Herohill showcase? It appears that we have, but that's a wrong we're obviously righting at this very moment. But we can't talk about the showcase without mentioning the very exciting fact that we are involved with something else very exciting this year: The Saved By Vinyl, Kelp Records & Herohill BBQ being held at the amazing Company House on the afternoon [...]
A few weeks ago, herohill opened the front doors and hosted a private show with the oh so charming Jenn Grant and Daniel Ledwell . Basically, the idea is simple: We guilt bands - Dan Mangan & The Crackling succumbed to our incessant pleas for the inaugural event - into showing up, cook the guests and the band a huge spread and offer up some drinks, then they play a few songs for the hill and our closest friends. Well, our closest friends and Trevor Murphy. Each time we've [...]
Everyone should have theme music. I have no idea how this would come about, but just imagine how infinitely more awesome everyday tasks would be if you had your own customized music blaring while you did them? It would be like when Raul Mondesi played for the Blue Jays and had his own signature salsa jam blasting when he came to the plate " Hey! Hey! Raul Mon-de-si !!!!!!". Well you can now consider us the Raul Mondesi of the CBC Radio 3 Searchlight 2011 contest, because thanks to the extremely kind [...]
All Hearts Fail by takethesongsandrun
For such an understated festival, the 2nd annual IDOW really put together a stellar lineup. You'd be hard pressed to find a music fan that isn't somewhat interested in seeing Al Tuck and Little Orton Hoggett and his Ten Cent Wings play in the pin drop quiet, perfect acoustic setting that is the Rebecca Cohn. Or seeing Buck 65 at Palooka's. Or seeing the jazz dance party waiting to happen known as Gypsophilia . Or Christina Martin, Ana Egge, Norma MacDonaold, Ruth Minniken... well, you get the idea. But [...]
With a voice of quiet assurance and melancholy musicality, Daniel Ledwell offers a first album of original songs, Two Over Seven - seven songs about the bad, bad things that happen to our hearts. Ledwell layers the simple melodies and clean musical lines of his folk- and country-inflected indie pop songs with the expected guitar, supplemented by the evocative tones of instruments from lap steel to banjo, from glockenspiel to cello and keyboard to trumpet. In true indie fashion, Ledwell played and recorded all these elements himself. The orchestral mix creates a sound that moves the melodies beyond [...]
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השבוע, בעונג מוקדם, זוגות זוגות: מיקסטייפ ואהבה, פלייליסט ומהומה, סיכומים ושנה שננעלה, מוזיקאים וגניבה, אלארם ואורי שוחט, מאדליב וקאט כמיסט, לנון וקוואמי, סלבריטאים ודמעות, וולט דיסני וג'ני לואיס, לואיסוויל ומין אוראלי, רייצ'ל יאמגאטה ופיונה אפל, עטיפות אלבומים ופוטושופ (בעצם, בלי פוטושופ!), הארי פוטר ותעלומת התמלוגים, הגיבורים והגיטרות, טינה פיי ומוישה אופניק, ניל יאנג וסטרים חינם, רופוס ויינרייט ואפסו עוד. וחוזה גונזלס בעונג סשנז (!!!), למקרה שפספסתם. צ'ק איט אאוט
So now that I have caught your attention, lets get down to why you are all here. Great music from the East coast of Canada - the kind without all the highland dancing (sorry inside joke). Okay not all great music is from the East coast of Canada, but there sure is a bit of a tradition for it in a place that doesn't exactly have the huge metropolis population (such as Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver). One such talent and provider of that great music is Daniel Ledwell , and yes, he is pictured above. So the album "Two Over [...]
1. Wildbirds & Peacedrums - Doubt/Hope - This is assuredly the most interesting thing you will hear today. It's like a spell. Drums and vocals, claps and chants. Deep, bruising soul. [from Heartcore | buy ] 2. Daniel Ledwell - I Have Made You a Mixed Tape - Mixtapes have probably formed the crux of at least one of your myriad relationships over the years. And here is a song about that very act, sung out an open window into the dark cold night. And all [...]
I've reviewed plenty of the albums that have come out of Halifax in the last couple years, but I've rarely been as sure about people liking an album when they hear it as I am about Dan Ledwell's debut solo album, Two Over Seven . This is a little odd, as Ledwell's brand of alt-country inspired melancholy isn't normally something I would gravitate to. But there's something so appealing about the album that it was hard not to be taken in by it after hearing only the first couple songs. The heartbreak on the [...]
So here it is. The first installment of our cross-country spotlight. We chose Nova Scotia because, well, it's where we are both from. I can't remember a time when Nova Scotia was putting out so much good music, but any indie fans might want to look past Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver to the land of donairs , Bluenoses and Schooner beer . We tried to cover all the angles, giving you some folk, pop, rock and hip hop. Some of the highlights (for people unaware of the NS scene) are a new song from [...]
Cover Me
Herohill
Happy Days Are Here Again
Let Me Like It
Raised on Indie
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Slowcoustic
linesthroughlines
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Madonna producer unloads of CD disaster
Madonna producer unloads on CD disaster
Check Out: Antony And The Johnsons – “Rise”
Band of Horses – Funeral (Sound Remedy Remix) : Smooth Indie / Dubstep Remix
Michael Jackson - Bad (Afrojack Remix) [Preview]
