
Frank Yang If there's an advantage to writing about the same band for the third time in the span of a month, it's that rather than try and lay down some background, I can just point you here and here and voila - you're up to speed. If there's a disadvantage, it's completely running out of things to say. But I'll soldier on. Sunday night was the long-awaited album release party for Bruce Peninsula's debut A Mountain Is A Mouth and there [...]
So I've consolidated my iTunes onto one computer this year , but as it is with the nature of music, my listening mode has changed. I've begun digging into the past for history and inspiration, and expanded on favorites with re-issues and deluxe editions from the 60s through the 90s. Despite that, most of my top tracks over the year remained in 2008 territory. 3 tracks that weren't came from 2007. Compare with my top 10 albums of 2008 and, for many, this is not a surprise! Since I pretty consistently blog these end of year lists [...]
Final Fantasy aka Owen Pallett ei ole vielä antanut julkaisupäivää seuraavalle kokopitkälleen Heartland . Sen sijaan kuulijoita hemmotellaan kahdella EP:llä syksyn mittaan. 30. syykuuta ilmestyvä Spectrum, 14th Century -EP koostuu Beirutin kanssa ulkoilmassa nauhoitetuista kappaleista ('fake field recordings'), jotka kertovat kuvitteellisesta Spectrum -valtiosta/maasta. Lokakuun 21. päivä ilmestyy toinen EP Plays To Please , jonka kappaleet Pallett on säveltänyt yhdessä torontolaisen Alex Lukashevskyn kanssa. Musiikin tulkinnassa auttaa 35 soittajasta koottu orkesteri. Spectrum, 14th Century 01 Oh, Spectrum 02 Blue Imelda [...]