Blog: I wanna listen to this

You Left Saving The Planet is not a testament of redemption, in fact the existential focus and grandiose arrangements found on the debut EP " Here, But Not Found," are more of an orchestra of sentiment than a slogan for personal salvation. Recorded in an 18th century old farmhouse on the outskirts of Enniskillen, ON, the slim collection of highly-intellectual, open-ended, emotionally-entangled tracks are reminiscent of metaphysical superstitions. "Here, But Not Found" is an illusionary stroll through the subconscious of humanity, as the longing for a sense of an indeterminable sense of home, [...]

Sarah Slean, alludes to her heart's intentions in an interview with Globe and Mail's Robert-Everitt Green .... "Her latest music, however, is contained on The Baroness, an album coming out in March. The first single, a rather pensive kiss-off number called Get Home, was released this week. It's a sung monologue for the Other Woman, who is finally telling her married guy to stop lying [...]

First of all, I'd like to thank Simon for inviting me to contribute to this blog. It certainly has the potential to be pretty rad. For my introduction post I'd like to highlight a band I came to know after a summer stint in Calgary, one of the few treasures found within the corporate conglomerate. Pop-noir quartet Jane Vain And The Dark Matter create masterfully moody melodies. Their recently released Love Is Where The Smoke Is, embodies the spooky seduction of Emily Haines solo endeavors, the mystique of Maria Taylor and features splashes of [...]

There is no denying the fact that I love Beirut. I have extolled his musical virtues both here (see my best of 2007 list ) and on my radio show ever since I discovered Gulag Orkestar . So I was doubly excited when I found a bunch of videos on youtube, one for each track from The Flying Club Cup . These videos, I soon discovered, were all shot for La Blogotheque , which is probably one of the best blogs I have ever found. [...]

I recently got a copy of this: Released by Strut Records and part of a series, Disco, Not Disco has over the course of three compilations unearthed rare records and brought to light gems which had not been heard since their minimal heyday in the dirtiest of genres, disco. I say dirty, because disco is still a dirty word here in North America, imbued with images of ABBA, Bee Gees and Saturday Night Fever. But if that truly were disco, then [...]

• Take a listen » 20080129.10.33-12.02.mp3

This week's episode of Moody Morning Music features a little IDM. As I am going through all my old cd's and 45's of stuff I haven't listened to in a while, I keep finding new things, Expect to continue hearing them on the show. MP3 Gonzales, "Gogol", Solo Piano Old Man Luedecke, "Quiet Creek", Hinterland Jose Gonzales, "In Our Nature", In Our Nature Grizzly Bear, "He Hit Me", Friends EP Xiu Xiu, "I do want what I want", Handsome Furs, [...]

• MP3 » 20080122.10.31-11.59.mp3

So this is the inaguraral post of I wanna listen to this . I've been thinking about this site for a while. I wanted to concentrate on specific things in specific places, leaving the music in one place (here) and the personal stuff there . I am also interested in what you have to say. If you're interested in contributing, please let me know. Talk to you soon. -Simon Moody Morning [...]

• This week's episode » 20080115.10.31-12.00.mp3

Pulled from Simon's Folly . I did this last year , and loved it so much, and got such good response for it, that I'm doing it again. This is not the be-all of lists, I know I missed some stuff, but this is what grabbed my attention the most this year. I will be posting this in increments, to space it out. I'm also a wee bit democratic about all this, so I'm doing it alphabetically. [...]