John Amadon's album, Seven Stars , has strong melody and a rainy day sort of hopeful reflection. The vocals evoke thoughts of Chris Bell and Elliot Smith. I've enjoyed the record, but enough about me. Listen and purchase here .
Many are naturally baffled as to how everything costing more could be anything confused with an improvement. "No One Gets Lost" from Elika "When I'm In A Car" from Ed Schrader's Music Beat "The Witch" (Sonics) covered by The Ex-Girlfriends Club [...]
My favorite Beatle was John Lennon. To be sure, John was a tortured soul. His soft side seen in such songs as "Imagine," "Beautiful Boy," "Mind Games," "Gimme Some Truth" "Steel and Glass" and their ilk represent a contemplative Lennon quite at odds with the combative John that penned "Working Class Hero," "Woman Is The Nigger Of The World" and "Whatever Gets You Through The Night." I thought I would grow old with John. I miss him and can't help but think how he might have changed this world if he had not been gunned down. [...]
Exquisitely crafted singer-songwriter power pop Portland singer-songwriter John Amadon is something of a studio rat, holing up to write and record original compositions until they shine with craft. It's not the airless sound of modern recording, but the earthy, sharp-in-just-the-right-places acoustics you'd associate with Big Star's first two records at Ardent. The guitars have a pluckiness that brings listeners into the studio – like the acoustic picking that opens Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here." The mood harkens back to the late '60s and early '70s era of power pop; you can hear strains [...]
Parasites & Sycophants
The Ripple Effect
Hyperbolium
A Place to Bury Strangers
Antony and the Johnsons
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Antony and the Johnsons - "Rise"
Santigold – The Keepers (Duke Dumont Remix)
