Okay, first off - I hate ranking music. I just can't, it's impossible. I change my mind about albums and artists all the time. And I hate "best of" lists as well, regardless of the topic. But obviously I had no choice this time so I, uh, did my best to narrow it down. Which wasn't easy considering what a great year in music 2007 turned out to be! #1: Young Galaxy - Young Galaxy If it hadn't been for my curious streak, I [...]
I apologize for the complete lack of posts for the entire month of December thus far, but papers must be done and finals must be studied for. Anyway, I've painstakingly put together a list of my top 40 albums of 2007. I have to say, 2007 has been a pretty spectacular year for music. I've heard so much stuff that's blown me away and really come out of left field. So without further ado, let's kick off this shindig. 40. SonVolt - The Search I originally reviewed this album on [...]
Es gibt sie, die unspektakulären, unaufgeregten und schönen Alben im Dschungel der teilweise etwas überdreht wirkenden Pop 2.0 Welt. Eines davon viel mir beim Resümieren des Jahres 2007 auf. Diese zurückhaltend schöne Platte kommt mal wieder aus Kanada und ist Produkt der Band um den Stars Gitarristen Stephen Ramsay und seiner lebensgefährtin Catherine McCandless. Aus Sternen werden Galaxien. Young Galaxy glänzen auf ihrem Debüt mit wunderschönen poetischen Indiepop Perlen. Ein wenig spacig, ein wenig brittpoppig, ein wenig shoegazend und ganz viel schimmerndes Gefühl. Klasse und wirklich empfehlenswert für die Bestenliste 2007. Young Galaxy - Swing your [...]
We've all survived encounters with our nuclear family (presumably), and if you're like me and live up north (Canada is 3 hours away!), then you've undoubtedly had your first run in with some snow. So that got me to thinking about songs that reminded me of winter or that had a nice sitting by the fireplace sipping hot chocolate type feel. After a while, I had a whole mix, so here it is: French Stack Attack I.D. - AZLTRON Neighborhood # 1 (Tunnels) Outside [...]
Hope you are all having a good week so far. If not, well good thing there's always music to turn to. Enjoy! MP3: The Twilight Sad - "Walking For Two Hours" MP3: Lunasect - "How To Disappear Completely" MP3: Young Galaxy - "Swing Your Heartache" MP3: Mono In [...]
There's not been much time for blogging recently with my returning from vacation this week and Leah leaving for one. But I brought you souvenirs from Montreal and L.A. and Brooklyn (and Jersey, whoo! how exotic) to show you how much I missed you! Pas Chic Chic - Sur les Écrans Statiques Soft - Dumb Blood Young Galaxy - Come and See Saturday Looks Good to Me - Make a Plan West Indian Girl - To Die in LA [...]
Two records that have caught my ear this week are Enon `s latest release " Grass Geysers.....Carbon Clouds " and Young Galaxy `s Self Titled. This is my first record experience with both bands. Enon has other albums, but I`ve never checked em out ......and this is the first record from Young Galaxy . I`ve been in a female vocals meets rockin guitar mood as of late and both LP`s fit the profile. I get a little more of a shoegaze feel outta Young Galaxy though....and a more [...]
I've been listening to copious amounts of Young Galaxy 's self-titled lately. They're yet another offshoot of the Arts & Crafts family, and what with singer Stephen Ramsay being the former tour guitarist of Stars , they fit nicely into the family. While the comparisons are ripe, Young Galaxy create indie pop that's more akin to the gauzy epics found in - you guessed it - shoegaze. Album opener "Swing Your Heartache" stretches the chorus of "C'mon babe" to a soaring breaking point, and while there are some questionable lyrics, dream pop [...]
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download: QBiM Summer Burn Out interrupted Mix (45:15) download individual tracks: Young Galaxy "Come and See" The Broken West "On The Bubble" Bonde Do Role "Solta O Frango" Handsome Furs "Dead + Rural" Peel "Navy Waves" The Rakes "The World Was A Mess But His Hair Was Perfect" [...]
Photography by Cultural Vision Wouldn't you know, it's already mid-summer-ish. Where does the time go? Goodness... Well, between our bocce ball, booze, and barbeque fest we are having tomorrow (a BBBBBQ if you will) and an accumulation of albums & wonderful songs on my ipod, it was time for another installment of one of my favorite features... yes my friends, it was time for a new TSURURADIO Presents Mixtape. Now, some songs are from previous posts, some are new, [...]
Stars - Take Me to the Riot (areseven.blogspot.com) Villa Diamante - Daleduro vs Princesa vs Missy Elliott (fatplanet.com.au) The Modern Lovers - I'm Straight (stylusmagazine.com) Thunderheist - Jerk It (this.bigstereo.net) Justin Timberlake - Love Stoned (Justice Remix) (outsidebroadcast.blogspot.com ) The Salsoul Orchestra - Magic (mojophenia.blogspot.com) Spoon - Black Like Me (fluxblog.org) The Go! Team - Phantom Broadcast [...]
After happily reading about Arts & Crafts decision to release the Stars record and preempt the lechers, I started thinking about the stable of successful artists the label has harnessed. I mean, if you look at their roster, you are left waiting for their first band signing. That being said, one band I thought I had posted on (but hadn't, despite the fact this record was played a lot during my work trip to Paris) really stands out in my mind. That band is Young Galaxy . Their self-titled debut stands apart from the other [...]
Si l'on devait se fier seulement à leur nom et à la pochette de leur disque, on jurerait que Young Galaxy est un groupe de space-pop. Après écoute de leur premier album, on arrive à la même conclusion : Young Galaxy est un groupe de space-pop. Stephen Ramsay et Catherine McCandless forment le noyau dur de ce groupe canadien signé sur Arts & Crafts. La comparaison avec leurs nombreux excellents
Hier ein paar schöne Songs für oder gegen die besinnliche Sonntagsstimmung, je nach dem: Marsheaux - Griechenlands Antwort auf Client covert hier sehr gelungen Human League: MP3-Download Marsheaux «Empire state human» Young Galaxy - ein kanadisches Duo, das epischen Indiegitarrenpop spielt. Genau das richtige für einen Sonntag! MP3-Download Young Galaxy «Swing your heartache» Charlotte Gainsbourgs amerikanisches Label spendiert uns einen Song ihres Debütalbums als Gratisdownload - danke! [...]
Given that they go by the name Young Galaxy, the dreamy, spacey pop made by the married team of Stephen Ramsay and Catherine McCandless probably isn't much of a surprise. Their music swirls and dips, with a heavy emphasis on...
HSB photographer Akmal Naim attended the Young Galaxy show this past Tuesday, June 5th at Spaceland. Here are a few of the photos below - you can see higher quality versions of these pictures as well as the rest of the pictures from the show at the Flickr set . Whoever at the Spaceland had the brilliant idea of using red spotlights and only red spotlights might want to reconsider the idea. [...]
Montreal outfit Young Galaxy released their self-titled debut full-length CD on April 24 on the Arts and Crafts label. We were lucky to see them last fall ( concert review , photos ) at one of their very first performances, opening for label-mates the Dears. I have been waiting since then to get my hands on "Wailing Wall," which stood out for me in the performance but was not included on their earlier EP, which we bought at the show. If you [...]
When I think of the universe and galaxies I always think of them as ancient. Never young. But anyway, Young Galaxy , is a band who was signed by Arts&Crafts last year. And they are finally putting out an album! No disappointments here. I love The Dears and I heard about Young Galaxy touring with them last year. But I hate to admit, they kind of fell off my radar. Thankfully it started beeping again recently and I picked up their tracks. The self-titled album hits stores next week and [...]
From Arts & Crafts comes Young Galaxy , a Montreal five-piece that's been drawing comparisons from everyone from Pink Floyd to Luna to label-mates Broken Social Scene and whose ethereal rock songs aren't so much in soaring in the stars as they are hovering in the fog around a glacier. "No Matter How Hard You Try" shimmers without shoegazing and concedes "You won't get out of this world" before gliding off on background "aahhhhh"'s and guitarmalade, while "Come And See" is as straightforward a pop song [...]
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