Decembermaand lijstjesmaand. Dus kun je ook hier op Duurt Lang een overkill aan terugblikken en lijstjes verwachten. Omdat elk lijstje persoonlijk is en elk jáár ook, geef ik je graag mijn eigen top 1o lijstje (in willekeurige volgorde en met 1 bonusnummer) als een persoonlijke terugblik op 2012. Dit zijn de nummers en artiesten die ik het afgelopen jaar het meest heb gedraaid, het meeste heb gewaardeerd, die ik live heb gezien en die voor mij het jaar 2012 een extra kleur hebben gegeven. Helaas was de door mijzelf gestelde en beperkende voorwaarde dat ik maar 1 liedje per artiest [...]
I don't intend for this list to be a knock on any album by any means. If anything, these were the most accessible albums of the year that both my mom and myself could listen to and enjoy. The biggest thing to eliminate in this type of list is any reverby, screachy, too much rock type music. My mom is a lover of motown, strong female voices (but dislikes Alabama Shakes), a little bit of country, and upbeat music. Although I threw in some crooners for her enjoyment too. This list could also be known as most likely to be [...]
Kathleen Edwards’ Voyageur Kathleen Edwards' fourth studio album is quite a departure from the alternative country sound she’s known for. With Voyageur, Edwards created a shimmering folk album about her divorce that is both beautifully written and expertly produced. But what makes this album so great, is that Edwards - in just ten songs - perfectly captures the relief and subsequent freedom that comes with admitting that something is never going to be the same. Sharon Van Etten’s Tramp In the past, Sharon Van [...]
I don't intend for this list to be a knock on any album by any means. If anything, these were the most accessible albums of the year that both my mom and myself could listen to and enjoy. The biggest thing to eliminate in this type of list is any reverby, screachy, too much rock type music. My mom is a lover of motown, strong female voices (but dislikes Alabama Shakes), a little bit of country, and upbeat music. Although I threw in some crooners for her enjoyment too. This list could also be known as most likely to be [...]
Photograph taken at Islington Academy, February 2012. You know there’s something special about a person when they can tell you about collapsing hammered and naked into a bathtub the night before, and you still feel completely charmed. So it materializes on the second night of Kathleen Edwards ’ two date stop-off at Bush Hall. It was an occasion on which Edwards could probably have spent half an hour heckling her audience to death, and they still would have smiled back in response, heads atilt, eyes glowing - such is her command [...]
this was tough cause this is probably the best year, as a whole, that i have heard in quite a few years. i know im missing a record or two, so there may be an addendum later on, but im pretty sure that this is how this should look. with that said, i know as soon as i hit "publish" somethings going to pop in my head. either way, my top ten will be coming in the next day or so. i think i am going to 5 one day, 5 the next. does it really matter? nope... [...]
There was a point a little while back, while I was starting to think about this annual post, when I honestly didn't know what would end up being on my list of 10 favourite albums of 2012. In flipping back through my music library from the past year, I had accumulated fewer albums in 2012 than in previous years, so initially it seemed like it would be easy to pick a group of 10 from a shorter list. However, as in years past, of the records that would be eligible for the list, there were a glut of them than [...]
Marc Pannozzo It's true that Crystal Castles had to push the release of their third album (III) back a week from this past Tuesday to next, but they only barely needed the extra time. The record went up as an advance stream earlier this week at MuchMusic , offering further evidence that the Toronto duo of Alice Glass and Ethan Kath have come a long way since the glitchy, more spectacle than songcraft hype of their 2008 self-titled debut . (III) is still built on bent beats, shrieked [...]
Filed under: News , News Today, Oh Boy! , Politics as Usual Saul Loeb, AFP President Barack Obama won a second term last night over Republican candidate Mitt Romney . Certified madman Ted Nugent wasn't happy about it, saying things like "I cry tears of blood for The Last Best Place & the warriors who died for this tragedy" and "What subhuman varmint believes others [...]
Rhett Miller at MHOW, October 2012 ( more by Dominick Mastrangelo ) Rhett Miller has only a sprinkle of dates scheduled from now until the early portion of 2013, but that does include a stop on January 9th, 2013 at City Winery . Tickets are on sale for the NYC show and for a December show at City Winery in Chicago . Rehtt Miller recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of Too Far to Care [...]
Filed under: News , Holy Hell , New Music Kathleen Edwards | Getty After making a video last week for her song "Chameleon/Comedian" and winning the SOCAN ECHO Songwriting Prize, Kathleen Edwards is back at work with a new girl group side-project called Modern Beaver. Apparently. Exclaim reported today the singer-songwriter was likely working with a new band inspired by the wet, furry dambuilders. "I [...]
rheostatics.ca It was a pretty sweet get for Toronto's Legendary Horseshoe Tavern to enlist Joel Plaskett for five nights of shows from December 12 to 16 to mark its 65th birthday, but they weren't done. Canadian art-pop icons Rheostatics , who formally disbanded after eleven studio albums, four live albums, and a farewell show at Massey Hall in 2007, are getting back together for two nights at The 'Shoe on December 5 and 6. It's not quite the record-setting twelve shows in twelve nights "Fall Nationals" concert series they held at [...]
My Morning Jacket , Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros , Dave Matthews , Sharon Van Etten and J Mascis will pay tribute to John Denver on a new tribute album due out in February 2013. The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver comes 15 years after the legendary musician's death and 40 years after the release of his song “Rocky Mountain High" . A portion of the proceeds will be benefit environmental initiatives in John’s name. Other contributes include Josh Ritter , Old Crow [...]
In February ATO Records will release an album entitled The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver that features HT faves My Morning Jacket, Dave Matthews, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show and more covering songs from John Denver's impressive catalog. The tribute is due 15 years after Denver's tragic death and 40 years after the release of Rocky Mountain High. A portion of the proceeds will be benefit environmental initiatives in John’s name. Here's the tracklist for the tribute... “Take Me [...]
Rose Marie- Andy Kaufman Angela (Theme From Taxi)- Bob James Mint- Kathleen Edwards Dusty Groove- Kelly Hogan The Old Oak Tree- Kevin Costner & Modern West The Night Before- Lee Hazlewood Sweet Rough Man- Ma Rainey God Put A Rainbow In The Sky- Mahalia Jackson My Lord- Mally Anticipation- Mandy Moore O Holy Night- Mariah [...]
Filed under: News , Awards , Music Appreciation Todd V. Wolfson Kathleen Edwards has won this year's SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) ECHO Songwriting Priz e for the song "A Soft Place to Land" from her latest album, Voyageur . According to a press release issued this morning, the musician and co-writer John Roderick won the prize and the $5,000 accompanying award after a total [...]
Hannah Georgas turns up the pop charm with an electronic twist on her new self-titled album.
Hannah Georgas turns up the pop charm with an electronic twist on her new self-titled album.
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