Joseph Yarmush When you're Land Of Talk fan, you've got to keep an eye open. While any self-respecting follower of the band - or music-lover, for that matter - owns copies of their buzzsaw debut EP Applause Cheer Boo Hiss and the more nuanced but just as rewarding full-length Some Are Lakes , not everyone even knows about let alone possesses the now sold-out live acoustic L'aventure Acoustique document released between the EP and full-length. And while [...]
The Hylozoists has finally released their music video of Bras D'Or Lakes. It was one of my favorite singles of 2009 . (Scroll down and find there is a Youtube of the making of the video) Its from their album L'Île de Sept Villes. Which is also a lovely instrument album and you should pick up. The music video is directed by Julia Deakin . The video is a brilliant and beautifully animated. The band did a video premiere on December 17, 2009 at the Whippersnapper Gallery. (Wish I would have [...]
Τώρα για να είμαστε και ειλικρινείς. Ήταν το 2009 χρονιά που θα μπει στην Ιστορία; Έκανε κανείς την επανάσταση, την ανατροπή; ΟΟΟΧΙ (με την επιφύλαξη εγώ να έλειπα εκδρομή) Ακόμα και οι πιο αγαπημένοι μου, αυτό που κατάφεραν είναι το optimum της προσωπικής τους εξέλιξης.Ήταν μια πλούσια χρονιά, αλλά δεν ήταν χρονιά καινοτομίας. Κανείς δε πρότεινε κάτι εντυπωσιακά καινούργιο. Βυθιστήκαμε στο chillwave, επιβεβαιώσαμε ότι "Είναι Brooklyn, είναι καλό",την ψάξαμε στα δείγματα διασκεδάζοντας με κουρελάκια και σπαράγματα από το ωραιοποιημένο παρελθόν μας. Η θλίψη μας ταξίδεψε για μια ακόμη φορά στη [...]
For those that haven't noticed. Lately I've been compiling a list of Canadian,Non-Canadian albums and stuff that happened in 2009 . Should try to finish off the singles of 2009 . ( Don't forget to vote for you favorite albums in the poll I made ) So here is my Top 10 singles of 2009. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs What can I say, [...]
For those that haven't noticed. Lately I've been compiling a list of Canadian,Non-Canadian albums and stuff that happened in 2009 . Should try to finish off the singles of 2009 . ( Don't forget to vote for you favorite albums in the poll I made ) So here is my Top 10 singles of 2009. In the Top 10, 9 acts are Canadian, 1 act is American and 1 act is British. Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs [...]
eveninghymns.com They say you can tell a lot about someone by the company they keep, and nowhere is this more true than in the case of Peterborough's Jonas Bonnetta, aka Evening Hymns , who first earned notice in these parts back in June opening up for Ohbijou . The liner notes of his second album, the just-released Spirit Guides , reads like a who's who of the Bellwoods crew , including members of Forest City Lovers , Ohbijou and The Wooden Sky , to name [...]
The worst feeling in the world for a ballplayer is when a team comes from behind to beat you at the last second. I'm no ballplayer - I'm a gawky Jew with below-average sports abilities - but I imagine that to be true. Even though I possess no athletic skill, that didn't stop me from being really pissed off on June 18th when the team called Bunch Of Guys scored a bunch of runs in the bottom of the last inning to beat us by one run, 16-15. That game hurt. It was our first lost of the season, and [...]
Άλλη μια κολεκτίβα από το Τορόντο του Καναδά, αυστηρά ορχηστρική αυτή τη φορά. Έχουν παρελάσει από κει μεταξύ άλλων και μέλη των Broken Social Scene και ο...Owen Pallett (καλά, μια οικογένεια είναι πια αυτοί οι Καναδοί;) Αρχηγός του σταθερού εξαμελούς πυρήνα, ο Paul Aucoin με cajun καταβολές και αδυναμία στη λογοτεχνία. Αν δεν ήταν διαβασμένος θα είχε πάρει όνομα μπάντας από τους αρχαίους έλληνες υλοζωιστές; Το παρόν άλμπουμ είναι εμπνευσμένο από το βιβλίο του Paul Chaisson "The Island of Seven Cities" όπου ο συγγραφέας υποστηρίζει ότι οι Κινέζοι είχαν ανακαλύψει χρυσό σε μέρη όπου ο Χριστόφορος [...]
The Hylozoists - The Island Of Seven Cities (FSR) Instrumentalt med tydliga klassiska influenser. Låten finns på det Toronto-baserade bandets album Lile De Sept Villes .
SubPop My head is kind of, uh, fried right now on account of my powering through and processing all of my SxSW photos this weekend, as those who are unfortunate enough to be RSS subscribers or Twitter followers and been deluged with update notices can attest. But the good news for everyone is that I am done and there are 46-odd photo galleries of artists I saw a couple weeks ago along with as many MP3 and video links for each as I could find. I'm pretty happy with how everything turned [...]
Doves I had something really cool ready to post today, but then I couldn't post it quite yet and so another day, another cobbled-together post. But at least it starts with some good stuff. And cool stuff might yet come before the day is out. We'e inching nearer and nearer to the April 7 release date of Doves' new album Kingdom Of Rust , and with new albums comes touring - the band have announced their first North American tour in four years starting in [...]
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Frank Yang What had been forecast as just some light snow on Saturday evening blew into town as more of a proper storm, apparently on the exact same route that Alela Diane was taking en route from Detroit and thus delaying her in-store performance at Toronto's Soundscapes by nearly an hour. Considering that she had to get to the Horseshoe to soundcheck for her sold-out show supporting Blitzen Trapper , it would have been understandable if she'd bailed entirely but sending her band ahead to the venue, she still made it to the [...]
Frank Yang What had been forecast as just some light snow on Saturday evening blew into town as more of a proper storm, apparently on the exact same route that Alela Diane was taking en route from Detroit and thus delaying her in-store performance at Soundscapes by nearly an hour. Considering that she had to get to the Horseshoe to soundcheck for her sold-out show supporting Blitzen Trapper , it would have been understandable if she'd bailed entirely but sending her band ahead to the venue, she still made it to the shop [...]
Frank Yang Just a week after seeing Bruce Peninsula jam Soundscapes to the gills for a rousing in-store , the store again played host to an act intent on cramming a lot of band into not a lot of space. This time, it was The Hylozoists and while the ensemble was hardly small with six members, it was their equipment - in particular the dual vibraphones - that took up the majority of the real estate. The Hylozoists are generally known as "that vibraphone band", and while that's not an [...]
In my early twenties I went through a faze where I only listened to instrumental music for about eight months or so. I grew up listening to prog and so the natural progression from there seemed to be to turn myself on to a lyric-less universe, which included minor forays into electronica, classical, ambient and a whole lot of jazz. All of those genres still hold a special place in my heart, but a latter day love of Tom Waits and Bob Dylan has set me on a course that is much more lyrically based. This [...]
Featuring Faunts, Michna, Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Monks and The Hylozoists. Faunts "Feel.Love.Thinking.Of." (mp3) from "Feel.Love.Thinking.Of." (Friendly Fire Recordings) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album [...]
myspace I'm not really a fan of epic instrumental jams or those guitar/drum indie bangers that make skinny jeaned kids freak out awkwardly. I tend to get lost in the wash of sounds or bored by the repetitive nature of the artist, despite the constant attempts at sonic drama. As easy as it is to throw on Ratatat when I'm out jogging or Mogwai at the end of a night and zone out, I rarely reach for a record full of beats or a post rock album simply for a casual listen. [...]
This week, there's editions of the politically inflammatory theatre night The Wrecking Ball , and of the always popular odd lecture series Trampoline Hall ; Magali Meagher curates a special Valentine's inspired Wombat Wednesday event, featuring celebrity couples and odd pairs; Sean Cullen and Nick Flanagan bring their comedy shows (" The Sean Schau " and " J oke Club ", respectively) back to life [...]
January felt weird and spooky to me, much like this tune does. Would have posted this earlier (like during January), but I just stumbled on it now. It's an odd slice of orchestral pop; not sure it entirely succeeds, but...
Marylou Flamingo. So, I wrote a fair bit about Soundscapes in-stores last week . Since that post, they've announced three new dates: Feb. 4th - Bruce Peninsula (@ 7pm - These guys are terrific ), Feb 10th - Hylozoists (@ 6pm - also a very highly rated band), and Feb 24th - Gentleman Reg (@ 6pm - [...]
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