Multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Annabelle Chvostek who was born and bred in Toronto, though perhaps best known for her work with the Juno-winning Wailin’ Jennys, Chvostek released three independent albums plus an EP between '97 and '04 and after parting from the Wailin' Jennys came her fourth solo album Resilience and the excellent Live From Folk Alley that I wrote about in 2011. Influenced by recent world events and keen step outside of the musical comfort zone Rise is the result, an album through which Chvostek delivers her call-to-arms delivering political subject matter and a cry [...]
Shout Out Louds are an indie rock band from Stockholm, Sweden. The group has toured with bands such as The Strokes, Kings of Leon, The Magic Numbers, The Rosebuds, The Essex Green, and Johnossi . The band intends on releasing two new albums in 2013, and this track, "Walking In Your Footsteps" is off of the the second one of those two, Optica to be released February 26th, 2013. Walking In Your Footsteps is one of those feel good anthems, so if your having a shitty day, this song will pick it [...]
Every once in a while, I come to the conclusion that too many producers are sampling mid-902s to mid-20002s R&B and that the trend will die out and become passé at some point. The pool of quality songs from that era isn't that big after all and at a certain point Ginuwine and Aaliyah can get a little old. That's usually the point when I lay down in bed, listen to Jacques Greene for an hour straight and forget my silly inhibitions and theories. More recently, Lapalux has taken Greene's place as de facto sexy solitary music. Whether working with [...]
I’m the best and worst comic blogger around. I’m the worst because I get most of my news from other bloggers, so if you’re an avid blogreader you’ve all heard it before you get here. I’m the best because I only report on the really cool stuff that matters, and I do it all in big posts. One stop shopping. You don’t need to filter through endless press releases, rumors, and items about Aquaman. Today, I promise a maximum of one Aquaman item. Also, I have a bit of an anti-DC bias—I only read a few DC books [...]
I was up in my loft the other day. I was having a clearout. You know, the big one, the one where you’ve finally plucked up the courage to say farewell to a lifetime’s possessions. Taking their place the next generation of clutter that your own children are also finding hard to discard. Our loft is where we send things to die. Things we once loved and refuse to let go. We keep these personal collections, stored away out of sight in our very own hospice, in loft limbo, comatose, refusing to accept the inevitable, until finally we realise we [...]
The beautifully expressive and distinct vocal of Po’Girl Awna Teixeira has a chance to shine on it’s own on her debut solo release Where The Darkness Goes, with band-mate Allison Russell recording and touring with JT Cloud and Birds of Chicago Awna is keeping herself busy not only by releasing this album but also working on a companion volume to her first book - A Brief History and Introduction to the Gutbucket Bass- and a new series of Children's Books www.hazytales.me . Last year Awna took the decision to take-a-break from touring with Po’Girl and [...]
Jul 24, 2012, 9:52am
DIY
This particular party feels like another earth within The Earth, and it’s a weird one. Tent assembled, we begin by strolling through the site aimlessly and with an ambling gait, swathing through mud-plastered hippies, in awe at the fifty hula-hoopers skanking to Rihanna and the early-risers swimming in the pictorial lake. As Bristol singer-songwriter Rozi Plain plays out her fragile, wafer-crisp folk on the eerie Where The Wild Things Are stage, tummies rumbling, we decide to sample the SGP cuisine in the form of a ‘caramelicious’ hot chocolate and take another wander. But everywhere we go, there’s [...]
In the liner notes it asks "Who is immune to the charms of airy female vocals and ukulele, with lyrics full of pith (but not vinegar)?" Not me (that's for sure). Led by the harmonies of Karla Kane, with bassist Khoi Huynh, drummer Charlie Crabtree, and guitarists KC Bowman and Angela Silletto, the indie band's latest features a who's who of indie power pop guests (Allen Clapp, Anton Barbeau, Mike Viola). The irresistible melody of "Grasshopper Clock" is full of weaving harmonies sure to please and the "Bells of El Camino" is a little more twee pop, think The Essex Green meets Saint Etienne. This approach follows [...]
Words by Rick Moslen OK—I know the Billboard charts are pointless these days (at least to me), but when Merge Records hit #1 with Arcade Fire ’s The Suburbs album—I don’t know—I felt like a dad whose skinny unpopular son kicked the asses of the high school bullies…I was proud. The label was intended as a means to help local bands by releasing 7”s. Over twenty years later, after changing all your friends’ music taste with albums by The Magnetic Fields , Neutral Milk Hotel , Mountain Goats , [...]
I probably don't even need to say how cool it was to see Mac McCaughan — leader of indie rock legends Superchunk and Portastatic , co-founder of Merge Records — in the intimate setting of the Swedish American Hall. McCaughan definitely played to the audience and the setting. He told us he was going to "try not to fuck it all up" before he got started, and was warm and friendly between songs, even taking some requests (though he did reply "Not gonna happen" when someone shouted [...]
Presentamos la edición de febrero de Music Alliance Pact (MAP), iniciativa del blog escocés The Pop Cop, que compila canciones destacadas de músicos locales de más de 30 países, y de la cual Super45 forma parte desde hace más de 2 años. Este mes nuestros destacados son el quinteto Survey Team con el tema "Valdivia de Viña", adelanto de su próximo disco titulado Suriname . CHILE : Super 45 Survey Team - [...]
Date: Thursday, February 22nd Number of Noise Pop Shows: 10 shows, 32 bands Already Sold-Out: Oh boy, several shows on Thursday have already reached their maximum. And frankly, we're not surprised. Here's the full list of sold out shows, in case you plan to try and beg, borrow, or steal your way in: The Bottom of the Hill local showcase featuring Thao and John Vanderslice as co-headliners, with Garrett Pierce and Bird By Snow opening, [...]
[The New Classics is a reoccurring segment in which we examine our favorite indie releases that are bound to replace our parent’s “classic rock” stash hidden in the attic or the basement. These aren’t reviews, these are unedited testimonies and opinions about why we love what we love. Can we get a witness?] Words by Ricky Album: Cannibal Sea Artist: The Essex Green Released: April 2, 2006 Label: Merge [...]
36 tracks from 36 countries. Every month, MAP (Music Alliance Pact) asks music bloggers to represent their home country and to pick a track that represents a nation. The results are posted on all of those blogs on the 15th of each month, downloadable in one file or playable one by one on each blog. Ireland is represented by LoudMouth Collective's Redahan with a track from Loudmouth Volume 3 . A Loudmouth vs State gig happens this Friday. I particularly recommend the tunes from Sweden, Austria, Switzerland (my favourite), China, Finland, Japan [...]
We've got another bonny collection of free songs from around the globe for you to check out in this month's Music Alliance Pact - the ones from Austria, Canada, Italy and Switzerland are particularly ear-pleasing. But let's start with The Pop Cop's choice of Scottish representative - an astounding effort from Glasgow-based Craig_FS ... Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the whole 36-track compilation [...]
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