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Jan 14, 11:44am werenotbroken

the sound will bring me home again.

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Jan 11, 5:16pm werenotbroken

turning in our sleep making spoons of ourselves

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Favorite Albums of 2011

Jan 10, 5:35pm werenotbroken

11. Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation 10. Cults - Cults 9. SBTRKT - SBTRKT 8. Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin' On 7. Feist – Metals 6. Bon Iver – Bon Iver, Bon Iver 5. Wilco – The Whole Love 4. Austra – Feel It Break 3. Beirut – The Rip Tide 2. Braids – Native [...]

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Jan 10, 11:49am werenotbroken

soon the waves and i found the rolling tide soon the waves and i found the rip tide

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No Title

Jan 10, 11:25am werenotbroken

soon the waves and i found the rolling tide soon the waves and i found the rip tide

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sipping up sand

Jan 9, 4:42pm werenotbroken

he doesn't make any sound

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praise the dawning

Dec 1, 2011, 9:52pm werenotbroken

American Analog Set – "The Following Morning" I return from slumber.

• American Analog Set - The Following Morning

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Artist:	American Analog Set
Title:	The Following Morning
Link Text:	American Analog Set – "The Following Morning"
File Name:	02 The Following Morning.mp3
Bitrate:	223 kbps
Genre:	Pop

And it's half speed

Oct 15, 2011, 2:32pm werenotbroken

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needles by ashes

Sep 9, 2011, 10:45am werenotbroken

I figured it might be good to see these storytellers in action. Visit The Iceberg for more stories. Happy Friday! Video : Youth Lagoon – "Montana" + " A Song & A Memory " by Trevor Powers of Youth Lagoon. Video : Evening Hyms – "Learning to Fly (Tom Petter Cover) + " A Song & A Memory " by Jonas Bonnetta of Evening Hymns. [...]

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Lemonade

Sep 6, 2011, 11:21am werenotbroken

A. and I joined the Y on Saturday. At first, I hated the thought of joining the gym, but I really enjoyed working out at this facility. It's so clean and the atmosphere is really great. Now, my entire body is sore even though I kept telling myself I wouldn't push it on our first day. The long weekend was fun, sad that it's all over. It began with a rainy day, listening to M83's " Raconte-Moi Histoire " on my way to pick up my A. at Ossington. Jeans all soaked, Justin Bieber [...]

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Too Old to Die Young

Aug 30, 2011, 10:20am werenotbroken

I did a preview/interview with Timber Timbre for the Polaris Music Prize on the weekend. And yesterday Arts & Crafts premiered the band's the new video (animated by Jesi the Elder ) for "Too Old to Die Young". Listeners describe Timber Timbre's LP Creep On Creepin' On as spooky and gothic. But the timeless quality of the record sounds slower and less dramatic. There's a lot of build-up in the songs and it's heroic in a way how they [...]

• Timber Timbre - Too Old To Die Young

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Artist:	Timber Timbre
Title:	Too Old To Die Young
Link Text:	"Too Old to Die Young"
File Name:	07 Too Old To Die Young.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2011

Empty Bottles

Aug 27, 2011, 11:28pm werenotbroken

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I need to go somewhere

Aug 24, 2011, 10:30am werenotbroken

Read: A new interview with Stockholm-based illustrator Sara Söderholm on The Iceberg . The title "Getting Away" is borrowed from one of her drawings of the same title. Sara also offers a story for "A Song & A Memory" and builds onto the Stratum list.

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Not the needle, nor the thread

Aug 18, 2011, 11:23am werenotbroken

Earlier this year, I thought about posting my favourite lyrics from Bon Iver's LP Bon Iver, Bon Iver . But after the first two songs, I realized it was too difficult, like picking out what you thought were the best looking peacock feathers from a bunch that were the same, and as intricate as the rest. We talked about this one lyric from the chorus of "Holocene" - the line " I could see for miles, miles, miles ." It makes me think of how tricky and strange the formulation of song-writing can be, and it makes [...]

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Soft Feet

Aug 17, 2011, 1:37pm werenotbroken

(Photo from Bloorcourt Arts and Crafts Street Fair) Here are a couple of interviews I did for BlogTO this weekend: Allie Hughes & Tamara Lindeman of The Weather Station . You can also read my review of Hooded Fang's sophomore LP Tosta Mista on The Varsity . Happy hump-day!

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I try, but you see…

Aug 11, 2011, 11:04am werenotbroken

1. Teen Daze – "Gone For The Summer" 2. Braids – "Lemonade" 3. Beirut – "Goshen" 4. Owen Pallett – "Hard to Explain (The Strokes Cover)" 5. Youth Lagoon – "Cannons (Shades Remix)"

• Hard To Explain
• Beirut - Goshen
• Braids - Lemonade
• Teen Daze - Gone For The Summer
• Youth Lagoon - Cannons (Shades Remix)

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Title:	Hard To Explain
Link Text:	Owen Pallett – "Hard to Explain (The Strokes Cover)"
File Name:	08 Hard To Explain.mp3
Genre:	Indie
Year:	2011

Artist:	Beirut
Title:	Goshen
Link Text:	Beirut – "Goshen"
File Name:	02 Goshen.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Indie
Year:	2011

Artist:	Braids
Title:	Lemonade
Link Text:	Braids – "Lemonade"
File Name:	01 Lemonade.mp3
Genre:	Experimental
Year:	2011

Artist:	Teen Daze
Title:	Gone For The Summer
Link Text:	Teen Daze – "Gone For The Summer"
File Name:	02 Gone For The Summer.mp3
Genre:	Dance & DJ
Year:	2010

Artist:	Youth Lagoon
Title:	Cannons (Shades Remix)
Link Text:	Youth Lagoon – "Cannons (Shades Remix)"
File Name:	Cannons (Shades Remix).mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2011

A sort of wildness

Aug 10, 2011, 10:11am werenotbroken

I featured an interview with one of my favourite local illustrators Melinda Josie on The Iceberg today. It's an honour to have her on the site, not because of her popularity around here in Toronto and in a lot places around the world, but because she's just a really lovely lady who makes amazing works of art. And just in case you were wondering where the title for the interview comes from, I actually borrowed it from " [...]

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Salesman

Aug 9, 2011, 8:33pm werenotbroken

I'll be featuring Bruce Peninsula's newest/last instalment from the Bruce Trail Fire Sale – a track called "Salesman" - on this week's The Neighbourhood Mixtape . It's such a good song and the video reminds me of classic Broken Social Scene vids (back when they actually tried to make decent ones ).

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Everything I Saw

Aug 8, 2011, 1:26pm werenotbroken

This week's The Neighbourhood Mixtape features a meandering track called "Everything I Saw" by Bruce Peninsula member Tamara Lindeman, better known as The Weather Station . I'll be interviewing Tamara for blogTO and I came across a live video session for her track above during research. She has such a lovely voice and since banjos always cheer me up (because it reminds me of Cletus from The Simpson), I [...]

• The Weather Station - Everything I Saw

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Artist:	The Weather Station
Title:	Everything I Saw
Link Text:	"Everything I Saw"
File Name:	01 Everything I Saw.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Folk
Year:	2011

Just a few well-placed words

Aug 6, 2011, 9:21pm werenotbroken

I Break Horses – "Winter Beats"

• I Break Horses - Winter Beats

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Artist:	I Break Horses
Title:	Winter Beats
Link Text:	I Break Horses – "Winter Beats"
File Name:	01 Winter Beats.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps