Just because I'm not in the holiday spirit (...just yet, anyway) doesn't mean others aren't rockin' the halls with Christmas cheer. On Sunday night (12/20), Galaxy Hut presents "An Ed and Donna Christmas" and we asked 'Donna'...er, Olivia Mancini, for the low down on what we can expect and some background on that name. So, uh, Donna? "Last fall, old music buddies Ed Donohue (Donny Hue & the Colors) and Olivia Mancini (Olivia Mancini & the Mates) packed themselves, two acoustic guitars, [...]
I've been agonising over the thought process behind my recent choice of The Counterpoint as a new band of the day. What was I thinking? Are they a poor joke band, or a supremely care-free example of a band having fun whilst playing the odd good tune? Sometimes, I concluded, the reasoning just doesn't matter. It's the route you take, maaan, not the destination. So the shambling arrival stage left is Donny Hue and The Colors , Today's New Band. Their music is all about walking the road less [...]
I've written about Donny Hue, both with and without the Colors, on several occasions now and put his last two albums (one with, one without) in my best of the year lists for the last two years running, and yet I don't get the feeling that they are as much of a favourite with the Toad readership as they are with me myself. This is a shame because Mr. Hue has now released three superb albums in consecutive years and that level of consistency is beyond the vast, vast majority of bands and puts him at a pretty bloody high [...]
I am so far behind with basically everything that I can almost see myself coming around the other way. I should be finishing up my first lecture of the new semester, but I just can't bear spending much more of my Saturday on a talk that most of my students are going to doze through anyway. So instead, I'm offering you a long overdue edition of A Free Man's new music recommendations. Edinburgh quintet Cancel the Astronauts is hard not to love. They make driving, electronica tinged indie pop that is guaranteed to stick in your [...]
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Clouded in mystery is Donny Hue's new track "Steps" off Free Sides . It is filled with pop sensibilities yet is shrouded in psychedelic production, giving the song and the band those added... err, colors. "Steps", while pop-centric, is not necessarily a super upbeat song. It has echoing guitars masked with a lightly distorted reverb, and the percussion is consistent but downplayed. The vocals, on the other hand, are front and center: their prominence shines even when harmonies are not present. But perhaps the most telling sign that this song remains true to pop is the [...]
TOP ALBUM RELEASES: JUNE 2009 NICK'S TOP The Dirty Projectors: Bitte Orca Sunset Rubdown: Dragonslayer Street Sweeper Social Club: Street Sweeper Social Club Deerhunter: Rainwater Cassette Exchange HANK'S TOP The [...]
Brooklyn's "Donny Hue and the New Colors" just released their sophomore record earlier this week on Kora Records. The new album, Letter From New Virginia , was recorded in an old barn in the middle of Luray, VA. I haven't gotten the chance to hear the new album yet, but I just found this B-side from the album that they are giving away for free. Don't judge this song, just because it didn't make the cut. This is no second rate song. I encourage those of you that enjoy this track to listen to the rest of the album [...]
Admittedly not much of a fan of his type of music, I feel compelled to at least acknowledge the passing of Michael Jackson and his immense contribution to music and dance. His personal demons notwithstanding, it was too soon an ending to a life that started with so much promise and a career with so much talent. Actually, it was kind of a sad week all around with the passings of Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett. Americana losing icons is always difficult in the sense of saying goodbye to yet another part of one's adolescent past. The writers of [...]
1. Rock Plaza Central - "Panama" (Van Halen Cover)2. Luke Top - "Friends"3. Bowerbirds - "Beneath Your Tree"4. Graveyard - "Thin Line"5. The Slips - "3.O.3"6. Pirate Love - "Laughing Gas"7. The Honey Brothers - "Demonstration"8. Deluka - "Cascade"9. Mason Proper - "Safe for the Time Being"10. Donny Hue - "Singing with Guitar"
mp3: donny hue and the colors - sing-a-long donny hue and the colors new album letter from new virginia was released yesterday and with it the final free side "sing-a-long". a collection of the six free sides released over the past six weeks is available for free here . give them a listen if you haven't already... some great great free music.
mp3: donny hue and the colors - sing-a-long donny hue and the colors new album letter from new virginia was released yesterday and with it the final free side "sing-a-long". a collection of the six free sides released over the past six weeks is available for free here . give them a listen if you haven't already... some great great free music.
Har tidigare postat en del om folkpopgruppen Donny Hue and the Colors , ni kanske minns att man släppte en del låtar gratis och så vidare. Nu, idag, är albumet Letter from New Virginia ute i skivhyllorna (vet inte om den nått Svedala förpackad, men digitalt ska den väl gå att få tag i tänker jag) och i samband med det släpper man alla sex gratislåtar en gång till, i mer samlat format, här . Så för er som missat detta tidigare, klickar er vidare och njut. En god del Donny Hue [...]
Try It Before You Buy It features free and legal mp3 downloads and full album streams from this week's music releases : Alexisonfire: Old Crows/Young Cardinals full album stream The Bats: The Guilty Office "Castle Light" [mp3] "Countersign" [...]
The new album from Donny Hue & the Colors, Letter from New Virginia, came out today. It should be a good one.In the run-up to the release Hue has been giving away a series of "freesides" for download. Now all of those have been collected into one free six-song digital download. You can get it right here:"Freesides"- MP3sEnjoy free music!Donny Hue's websiteDonny Hue's Myspace
Note: Album streams and MP3s may only be available for a limited time. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals Listen: Full Album Stream Buy It: Amazon | iTunes The Antlers - Hospice Listen: Full Album Stream Buy It: Amazon | iTunes Birds of Avalon - Uncanny [...]
Regina Spektor's new album Far pushes the singer-songwriter even closer to pop superstardom without sacrificing any of the melodic or lyrical wit that is so endearing. Drive-By Trucker Patterson Hood's second solo album, Murdering Oscar (and Other Love Songs) , is in stores tomorrow. God Help The Girl features songs written by Stuart Murdoch ( Belle and Sebastian ) for female singers. Other albums I have heard and can strongly [...]
It's Friday and there's buckets of shows around the area. There's one place to be and that's at Sonar for Black Lips , Spank Rock (featuring Ninja Sonik ), Popo , and DJ Jacob Safari (of The Mae Shi). Should be pretty rad. Down in DC the Red and Black have Elizabeth and the Catapult , Vox Pop , and Wendell Kimbrough while the Black Cat has our friends Bellman Barker , Donny Hue & The Colors , The High Strung , [...]
1. Rock Plaza Central - "Panama" (Van Halen Cover)2. Luke Top - "Friends"3. Bowerbirds - "Beneath Your Tree"4. Graveyard - "Thin Line"5. The Slips - "3.O.3"6. Pirate Love - "Laughing Gas"7. The Honey Brothers - "Demonstration"8. Deluka - "Cascade"9. Mason Proper - "Safe for the Time Being"10. Donny Hue - "Singing with Guitar"
Friday is back and so is Ten Tracks You Need. After a week off, we've got a bonus post w/a few more tracks than normal and it's what I've been jamming to over the last week or so. I'm not going to ramble on here, but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who participated in our 300th post contest. Three of you lucky kids got a whole heap of stuff mailed to you. You know who you are. We'll have more contests and giveaways and all you have to do to participate is follow [...]
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