I wrote earlier this month about Sam and feel his song is good enough to grace our end of month playlist. I think the track has real commercial potential, I can imagine hearing it played on mainstream radio, let's hope he makes it. MP3: Speak To Me Softly - Sam Bennett and the Sharp Knees

Sam Bennett is a man on a mission, a year long music mission. He has given up any other interests to concentrate on music for a year. He's promoting himself (well) and releasing his own music in to the big wide world. When describing his music he classes it as indie-pop but, as all genres, that doesn't describe him properly, he's got more depth than mere indie-pop. With influences such as Belle & Sebastian (referenced in another of his songs, Two Headed Girl), Rufus Wainwright and Patrick Wolf he certainly likes his indie/pop crossover artists. I think his music has [...]

Agnes at It All Started With Carbon Monoxide is complaining about the heat...What??? Yes, the heat, because it's the middle of summer Down Under. Read her stern warning about goat-ownership. Lost In Your Inbox also has a warning: about hallucinations caused by coffee. I'll take my hallucinations with cream, thanks. Check also the lovely song by Windmill she posted yesterday. Lonesome Music has a memoriam for John Martyn, who passed away at [...]
Please forgive us (oh, such self-delusional comfort in the plural) if we don't fiddle with thematic groupings and such in this post. Just call it a loose concatenation of songs we're enjoying and hoping you will, too. Setting Sun - They're Calling mp3 - from the Hudson Valley/Catskills cats' EP, Children of the Remix - Thanks to Fanatic.Built By Snow - Everything in 3D mp3 - from the Austin

Thanks Captain Obvious: Titanic 1997 It's been over a decade now since Leo and Kate and that bloody huge ship defiled graced our movie screens. So is the film still watchable? Captain Obvious reveals the answer in his revisit of the epic unsinkable moneyspinner. Make sure you also check out his November Mixtape. Versions Galore: Tainted Goods Big fan of 'Tainted Love' but tired of the Soft Cell version? Head over to Versions Galore to check out a plethora of alternative options. Tangled Cord: [...]