2009 the Year in Music Welcome! You have just found one of the most exhaustive and well-considered lists of quality, new music available in 2009. We don't promise to have everything that's out there but what is comes in one easy-to-digest package ! Read on below: Ultimately, we consider this to be an A-Z shopping list (we have great confidence that any and all of these belong in your permanent collection) is a reflection of [...]
Powerpopaholic (gator912.hostgator.com/~docto rao/powerpop/interviews/golden .html) interviewed Shawn Fogel of Golden Bloom to find out about the meaning behind the moniker, his influences and heroes, and his rock star moment. Here is a brief look at what Fogel would call a "rock star moment": "My favorite moment (of a couple of hours) from touring this summer would have to [...]
I was so taken with the new album from Seattle band, Curtains For You - I got to interview both Matthew Gervias and Peter Fedofsky for Power Popaholic. You can click on the Artists Interview button or go to this link: Curtains For You interview. If you didn't catch the album review you can find it here. In my busy travels before IPO I got the chance to pose some questions to Shawn Fogel, aka Golden Bloom . He's got some pretty interesting things [...]
Frank Yang Who: Golden Bloom What: Latest record Fan The Flames is chock full of thoughtful and shimmery power-pop oft compared to Summerteeth -era Wilco. A bevy of downloads and an interview with main man Shawn Fogel available at Ryan's Smashing Life . MP3: Golden Bloom - "Doomsday Devices" MP3: Golden Bloom - "E.H.M." MP3: Golden Bloom - "The Fight [...]
Alicia J. Rose Golden Bloom, possibly just after making his own "golden bloom"? Ewwww. Golden Bloom is one Shawn Fogel, who inhabits a familiar area of pop that you could either deem retro or postmodern, although it's likely both. He plays everything on debut album Fan the Flames and tonight he opens for fellow fragmented-pop purveyor Robyn Hitchcock. Here's an insanely catchy song to give you a clue. LISTEN : Golden Bloom - "Doomsday Devices" Mississippi Studios, [...]
I am saddened to hear that one of my favorite bands that I've been following over the past few years, Pela , has broken up. I was bummed out all weekend, because I've been waiting for their new CD (no word on that) to come out this fall. Hopefully it will still happen, but that is a minor point - this band KILLED it live. A new CD will not bring back the passion they had on stage, or the energy they created in the pit. I will miss them. [...]
One of the Best calls it Quits Billy, Eric, Tom and Nate It is with the heaviest of hearts that I pass along the sad news that one of our favorite bands of the last decade has decided to call it quits. Billy McCarthy, Eric Sanderson, Tom Zovich and Nate Martinez have played together for years as the New York band Pela . I have been lucky enough to catch them 3 times in the last 2 years and did [...]
Golden Bloom - E.H.M. mp3Golden Bloom - Doomsday Devices mp3from Fan the Flamesreleased 18 AugustThanks to Janelle Rogers at Green Light Go Publicity. Janelle was kind enough back in the early days of this little blogisode to let "us" post two songs by Golden Bloom frontperson Shawn Fogel. We've been grooving on them awhile now and kinda think you should, too. Janelle also let us post groovers
GOING OUT BOSTON: TONIGHT! Thursday, August 27th - The Middle East 18+ Just $10 - One Big Lineup! In what could prove to be one of the most entertaining lineups of the late summer here in the city unfolds tonight at the Middle East. (I actually have no idea as to set order. Show up early tonight to see all the acts - Doors are 8pm, Music starts at 9pm.) First [...]
Golden Bloom is multi-instrumentalist and frontman, Shawn Fogel, who brings his bright energetic melodies to us with Fan The Flames . The album begins with the keyboard heavy pop song "E.H.M." and Fogel wants the listener to soak it all in. The follow up "Doomsday Devices" is a sure fire hit single about using your last resort in a situation. Then the gorgeous strumming and descending chorus "Fan The Flames" will be appreciated by many Wilco fans for sure. The album explores Fogel's frustrated optimism, or maybe optimistic frustration. The ballads here are strong as well, "She Leaves Me [...]
Steve Earle talks to the Aspen Times about his current artistic pursuits. Earle sees himself not simply as a songwriter, but as an artist. His creativity has overflowed into acting — he had a recurring role as a recovered drug addict in the HBO series "The Wire" — and fiction — he is finishing a novel, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," and has published a play and a collection of short stories. The [...]
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FensePost is proud to conclude The Summer of Golden Bloom , in which nine blogs came together to exclusively premiere various tracks off Golden Bloom 's debut LP Fan The Flames , out August 18. Our exclusive track is "Theme For An Adventure At Sea" and it is easily one of my favorite songs on Fan The Flames , and certainly my favorite new track. "Doomsday Devices" and "The Fight at the End of the Tunnel" had already become regular additions to my [...]
Steve Earle talks to the Aspen Times about his current artistic pursuits. Earle sees himself not simply as a songwriter, but as an artist. His creativity has overflowed into acting — he had a recurring role as a recovered drug addict in the HBO series "The Wire" — and fiction — he is finishing a novel, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," and has published a play and a collection of short stories. http://online.wsj.com/article/ SB2000142405297020488630457430 8603266273652.html The [...]
What better way to celebrate your debut album than to give it away in weekly exclusives? That's just what Popwreckoning favorite Golden Bloom is doing with its new album, Fan the Flames , which drops on August 18th. Popwreckoning has been bragging about the talents of Golden Bloom mastermind and multi-instrumentalist (piano, bass, drums, sax, harmonica) Shawn Fogel for some time, so we're ecstatic to bring you, dear readers, the 8th track from Fan the Flames , "The Mountainside Says" (more on that below). [...]
Tomorrow night, The Zambonis , featuring Golden Bloom 's Shawn Fogel , will be playing at National Mechanics in Philadelphia's Old City section along with several other bands who appear on Up End Atom: A Tribute to Atom & His Package . Atom himself will be there to join the bands and all proceeds from the show go to Diabetes research. Monday, August 3rd National Mechanics 22 South 3rd St. 21+ // 9:00 [...]
Shawn Fogel plays every instrument on Fan the Flames , the new album from Golden Bloom, due out August 18. Expect some fine musical revelations of power pop and other catchy notes. audio: If You Believe Doomsday Devices http://www.myspace.com/thegold enbloom http://www.goldenbloom.net/
A LITTLE BACKGROUND + WORLD PREMIERE MUSIC : We recently told you about how Golden Bloom is giving away each song track-by-track from their forthcoming album Fan the Flames - well, now it's our turn... Ryan's Smashing Life has been selected as one of the online outlets to give away a song from this remarkable album. We are already convinced that this album will prove to be one of the year's best new releases. It's late July [...]
On August 18th, Golden Bloom will finally release its debut LP, Fan the Flames , which in addition to exemplifying the Shawn Fogel-led outfit's massive music talents, will also bring with it a bit of innovation. You see, ahead of the album's release, Golden Bloom has been unveiling each of its nine tracks, one by one, via the most important media outlet today - the blogosphere! "Indie music media, both print and online, serve as the life blood for any artist who wants to be heard," Fogel notes. "Not only do they provide me with [...]
Last night I felt infinite... Shawn Fogel from She Leaves Me Poetry If you're regular reader here it's no secret that we're big Shawn Fogel / Golden Bloom fans. Today I'm proud and honored to be a part of bringing you an exclusive first listen to Golden Bloom 's new Fan The Flames disc along with 8 other sites who will be debuting a track a week leading up to the August 18th official release date. It all started off a few weeks back with Magnet Magazine and the [...]
EXCITING NEW MUSIC Experimental Release Format The best thing to do with a tiger, I can assure you - is to catch it by it's tail. The cat in this case are Golden Bloom and the subject matter (the tail, so to speak) is the band's incredible full-length album to be released on August 18th . Easily one of the best records I have heard this summer, I don't need to keep this one under wraps until Fan the Flames emerges. [...]
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