Band: Megafaun From: Durham, NC Sound: folk-inspired American music that incorporates elements of country/bluegrass, rock, jam band mentality, and sonic exploration Similar Artists: Akron/Family, The Band, Fleet Foxes, Grateful Dead, Bon Iver Listen: "Kaufman's Ballad" Based in Durham, North Carolina, Megafaun was built by brothers Brad and Phil Cook and fellow Eau Claire, Wisconsin native Joe Westerlund. The trio, plus longtime friend Justin Vernon (a.k.a. Bon Iver ), made the cross country move together [...]
Give the Drummer Some's 6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere [**Note: Look for the download links after the jump**] A Veteran's Day post, for my father. Growing up, I was always aware that my dad had served during World War II. I knew from old photos what he looked like in uniform. I knew that he'd fought in the Battle of the Bulge. I knew he'd earned a Purple Heart (though he claimed his injury required only a simple bandage). I also knew [...]
The widely praised Pixar animated feature Up is released tomorrow. Other theatrical releases include the documentary Pray the Devil Back to Hell and the indie drama Evergreen . The complete series of Dawson's Creek and the animated Justice League are out tomorrow, as well as the second season of the BBC's The Sarah Jane Adventures . The week's [...]
Brooklyn Funk Essentials , who were mentored early on by legendary producer Arthur Baker, have been mixing funk, jazz, hip-hop, world music, and more into a percolating multi-culti sonic stew since the early '90s, even though they took a hiatus for a while. These days, the group is back on the beat, still touring in support of their most recent album, 2008's Watcha Playin' , and burning down the boundaries between musical styles on a mission to get the whole globe on the goodfoot. LWMB got the lowdown from bassist/musical director Lati Kronlund on the history, mystery, and mastery [...]
Coldplay A Rush of Blood to the Head Release Date: August 27, 2002 Label: Parlophone/Capitol Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars: Chris Martin [...]
As far as I can see there are ten Irish bands and artists making the trip to NYC for this years CMJ Music Marathon. I just experianced our HWCHs but it's tiny in size compared to the CMJ in New York. Here are the details of where you will find the ten Irish artists. Tuesday 20th October 10.00 pm Stand in the Bowery Ballroom Sample mp3: Torch Thursday 22nd October 7.45 pm: Skibunny in The Suffolk 9.45 pm: General Fiasco in Fontana's [...]
Another year of (mostly) daily tunes here at Doklands, and I have to say I'm still having fun with this. I considered winding this up after hitting 1,000 tracks because really, how much is there left to say? Glad I didn't, though. Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Modul 38-17 Miriam Makeba - Jol'inkomo Bishop Allen - Psycho Killer Oysterband - Road To Nowhere MGMT - This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Geoffrey Oryema - Listening Wind The Staple Singers - Life During Wartime The Staple Singers - Slippery [...]
Fucked Up @ MFNW Sat 9/19/09 Over the 3 days of the MFNW (Music Fest Northwest) in Portland, Oregon last week, I was given access to behind the scenes,(thanks Nike and MOG) and was able to meet the band Fucked Up , a Canadian based Hardcore/Punk/Experimental Rock group whose lead vocalist and front man Damien Abraham (aka Mr. Damien, aka Pink Eyes), took the time to meet with me for a very relaxed discussion about the band, the music industry, as well [...]
Two weeks ago in this very spot we posted the pair of videos above featuring obscure novelty garage rock band The Cavemen doing a spot on The Mike Douglas Show during the 1966-67 season. The footage created a flurry of interest and a fair bit of debate about exactly who these young lads were and where they came from and what they recorded. Thanks to the miracles of the internet, we now have the full story courtesy the young blondie that Mike Douglas interviews, Vic Rose. Here is the story in his own words. [...]
in preparation for the upcoming nba season, yahoo sports has been compiling lists of the top (fill in the blank). top draft busts, top moments, top six men, top this, and top that. for the most part, those lists are fairly easy to create. there isn't too much critical thought required to create a list of the top draft busts in our era. there are obvious selections like kwame "flaming faggot" brown (credit: michael jordan) and darko milicic. for top six men, of course you would write in manu ginobili and leandro barbosa. as a fan of both basketball and [...]
Welcome to my weekly roundup of inexpensive indie(ish) musical happenings in downtown Toronto, all for $10 or less. If I'm missing something you think I should list, or you have any comments, let me know. I star (*) shows that most interest me. Like this list? Join my Facebook group to get my weekly Toronto indie music listings. Subscribe to my weekly podcast (or download the episodes) here , or through iTunes . Or just listen to the latest [...]
Once more, here is September's edition of the Music Alliance Pact . For those of you who don't know about MAP, it's a collection of music blogs from around the world who band together once a month to shed light on up-and-comers from their home countries. It's sort of like the WTO without the human rights violations. This month we've welcomed two new countries: Colombia and Turkey . This edition showcases 33 tracks from bands around the world. Once again I've gone ahead and highlighted some of [...]
The Music Alliance Pact is a collective of 33 of the world's top music blogs and webzines from 33 countries spanning six continents. Every month, each of these 33 sites picks one hot local song that gets posted on all these great blogs and zines. Here's what SPIN magazine had to say about MAP Not only does it give readers a broader look at the open and expansive world of music, but it reassures that we're on a good path in discovering music and culture - albeit globally - as it comes direct from [...]
hi everyone, sorry for the lack of posts this month - it should pick up from now, i promise! anyway, one thing that's constant is the music alliance pact , which brings you the best music from around the world, handpicked by the best international music blogs. and as always, our local music ambassador brian koh brings us his recommendation of the month, MUON , with his trademark metallic beats and some rather haunting material including sheep that you'd rather not count before you sleep. enjoy! ARGENTINA: [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda is an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest cities), consisting of Juan Manuel Godoy and Ignacio Espumado. Vanidad is the opening track from Para Ser Movimiento, their second album, which was recently praised by Mexican pop star Julieta Venegas on her Twitter page. It was released by the Planeta X label in a physical format and as a free Creative Commons licensed download [...]
Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks 33 music bloggers (now taking entries from Turkey and Colombia) across the world to share a track from their home country that they think you should hear. My Irish pick this month: Belfast's rockin' Nakatomi Towers . ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda are an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest [...]
(music alliance pact logo created by eardrums, based on a stock photo from stock.xchng user coscurro ) It's that time of the month again, Music Alliance Pact-time. Every month on the 15th, music blogs from all over the world work together to create a huge blog-post with music from all the MAP-members' countries. Each blog present a favourite from their own country, and all the band-presentations are presented in one big post in all the MAP-blogs on the same day, - the 15th. This is the September-edition of the Music Alliance [...]
4,213,562,663 (that's 4.2 billion) people live in the countries represented by the Music Alliance Pact, which unites in perfect harmony once a month to bring you the greatest new music from around the world by the people who know their scene best. For our 12th monthly MAP post we welcome the additions of Colombia and Turkey, as well as a new representative for Mexico. As Scotland's representatives, The Pop Cop's pick for September 2009 are THE XCERTS , who have kindly agreed to let us make arguably [...]
ARGENTINA: Zonaindie Matilda - Vanidad Matilda is an electro-pop duo based in Rosario (one of Argentina's largest cities), consisting of Juan Manuel Godoy and Ignacio Espumado. Vanidad is the opening track from Para Ser Movimiento, their second album, which was recently praised by Mexican pop star Julieta Venegas on her Twitter page. It was released by the Planeta X label in a physical format and as a free Creative Commons licensed download [...]
In fiecare an, din decorul monoton si gri al muzicii romanesti descoper cate o trupa care dizloca cromatica locala. Ani buni acea trupa s-a numit Urma, anul trecut au fost (The) Pixels. Recent i-am descoperit pe Sunday People care sunt pariul meu pe anul acesta, desi sunt la al treilea album(precedentele "Untold Stories","Telepathically in Love") si canta de prin 1996. "Synesthesia" e self-produced, viu si plin de idei. Are dramatism si detasare in doze egale. Ce voce si ce versuri! Cu siguranta formatia pe care o asteptam de multa vreme, cu premise de drog sonor home-made. Pentru [...]
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