Vicki 's Top Lists of 2012 I went into 2012 with a very ambitious goal of trying to cover more musical ground than in the year before. I set up a playlist and began adding songs from all of the new releases, in an effort to keep track of them all. By March my playlist was already over 100 songs, and undoubtedly did not encapsulate everything new. This approach allowed me to sample a lot of different songs from a variety of artists, but I never really felt that I'd absorbed anything. More importantly, [...]
Clif's top ten list for 2012 with twenty others receiving honorable mention: 10. Cat Meat – Cat Meat We previewed Cat Meat’s self-titled debut as a Friday Free Feature on November 9, and it’s been in constant rotation between my iPod and car stereo. A complex, experimental alt. country/folk album that claims influences such as Wilco, Sparklehorse and Califone; the classic psychedelic experimenalist, Captain Beefheart; and the legendary bluesmen Mississippi John Hurt and Blind Willie McTell. When you listen, they’re all there in subtle drips, drabs and dollops. [...]
We debated, we disagreed, we came up with our collective best 50 albums of 2012.
Is it early?!! It's that time of the year where everyone compiles their best of 2012 list. I do have my best of albums (Canadian and Non-Canadian) but it's still in a work in progress. For now I decided to make my list of the best live shows I've been to in 2012. Since it's 2012, why not make it a Top 12. There will be some of the shows that didn't take place in Ottawa but was simply "WOW!" when I happened to catch that show. So here is my top 12 shows [...]
Amanda Marsalis Cognizant, perhaps, of the fact that Other Worlds , her third album as Taken By Trees , comes out the exact same day that her North American tour supporting both it and Jens Lekman begins - that'd be next Tuesday, October 2 - Victoria Bergsman has thoughtfully made the album available to stream in its entirety; you can hear it over at Prefix . It's a record that keeps the wanderlust feel of its predecessor, East Of Eden , as filtered through [...]
We're admittedly a little late to collating last month's best pictorial work, but hey, we've been busy with a number of festivals this month. Still, it's hard to forget May; between early summer tours and a trip to The Gorge, there wasn't a second to spare. That's why we just had to yank the spotlight back some. Don't get too nostalgic - most of these acts are still on the road! Event: M83 at Chicago's Riviera Theatre (5/4) Photographer: Heather Kaplan [...]
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men." -Willy Wonka Beach House – “Lazuli” There are a lot of supernatural elements to Beach House's latest LP, and director Allen Cordell picked up on 'em, at least if his latest piece of work is any indication. Beast Make Bomb - "Dream Boat" Not your average beach day. Body Language - "The First" Remember getting excited (or legitimately pissed off) at seeing the headlights of [...]
Anna Palma It used to be that the room that every concert-goer in Toronto hated was The Kool Haus, a ridiculously-named concrete box on the waterfront that usually marked the point where a percentage of long-time fans would decide a band had gotten too big and would peel off to find the next big thing, only to have their places happily taken by folks from the more mainstream side of things who could care less that said band had been grinding it out in the clubs for years - they were that band with that one song that [...]
Buy Beach House 's album "Bloom" : Vinyl | MP3 | CD Beach House is on a short list of bands who have a distinctively beautiful sound of their own. They have been imitated by many bands who ultimately fall short of achieving the cavernous depths of Victoria Legrand ’s voice and the simple brevity of Alex Scally ’s musicianship. “Bloom” is Beach House ’s first release since 2010’s “Teen Dream” , which [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Polyphonic Spree, Sufjan Stevens, The New Pornographers Song: St. Vincent - Krokodil [download here ] What's so good? St. [...]
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En ocasión del Record Store Day fueron muchas las bandas y artistas que dieron a conocer nuevos temas. Dos de ellas son Beach House y St. Vincent que presentaron Equal Mind – lado b del single Lazuli – y Krokodil y Grot , respectivamente. [...]
Finalmente chegou o Record Store Day ! Quem acompanha o Rock'n'Beats já deve ter lido notícias sobre esse dia nas últimas semanas. Caso você ainda não saiba o que é, não se desespere. Seus problemas acabaram. Segue com a gente e veja detalhes dessa iniciativa que marca espaço na venda independente de discos. O Record Store Day ocorre anualmente no terceiro fim de semana de abril simultaneamente em vários países. A comemoração foi criada em 2007 para relembrar os eternos vinis e alavancar vendas dos artistas. Nesse dia, as lojas de discos contam [...]
Earlier in our coverage of Record Store Day 2012, KEXP has covered both the full list of record exclusives and live events around Seattle ; however, amidst the many, many special releases available this weekend, we've highlighted the vinyl releases that we're super excited about. Arcade Fire - "Sprawl II" (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Courtesy of Merge Records. Remixes of The Suburbs tracks "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) and "Ready to Start" by producer Damian Taylor with Arcade Fire. [...]
D.L. Anderson It's unlikely bird videos will ever achieve the same degree of online adoration as, say, cat videos, but when said clips come courtesy of artists who push the boundaries of what can be called folk music the way that North Carolina's Bowerbirds and Chicago's Andrew Bird do, a little more attention should be paid. Both artists released their new albums this week - The Clearing and Break It Yourself , respectively - and both have marked the occasion with the [...]
D.L. Anderson It's unlikely bird videos will ever achieve the same degree of online adoration as, say, cat videos, but when said clips come courtesy of artists who push the boundaries of what can be called folk music the way that North Carolina's Bowerbirds and Chicago's Andrew Bird do, a little more attention should be paid. Both artists released their new albums this week - The Clearing and Break It Yourself , respectively - and both have marked the occasion with the [...]
Justin Hollar I had actually forgotten how weird Alpinisms , the 2008 debut from New York's School Of Seven Bells was. It basically inverted the balance of pop-to-experimentalism of the Deheza sisters' former outfit On! Air! Library! and made itself it much more accessible than O!A!L!'s self-titled effort but was still willing to forgo the pop in parts to play with textures, exotic sounds and the interesting harmonies that their twin frontwomen could create. 20102s Disconnect From Desire was [...]
TREASURE ISLAND 2011 REVIEW Treasure Island Music Festival returned for its fifth year to the Bay Area, yet again, bringing an eclectic mix of bands on the rise and established acts. The weather was perfect for the festival, as it stayed warm during the day, and breezy cool during the evening. Much of Treasure Island’s usual main attractions were in place; the DIY workshop (making bandanas, beer koozies, and even dream catchers), vendor village for clothes and accessories, Silent Disco, and of course the 60 foot ferris wheel where people can get cozy with friends, intimate [...]
Boasting past acts like Justice, MGMT, Modest Mouse, and Vampire Weekend, the Treasure Island Music Festival returned to San Francisco this year with a whole new dose of indie jewels. Billed for the weekend? Such critically-acclaimed artists as Cut Copy , Empire of the Sun , and St. Vincent . Those in attendance? Pirates, indians, and aliens alike. Saturday was a time for raucous play and shameless dance parties. Dizzee Rascal , Cut Copy, and Empire of the Sun led the way, attracting the weekend's highest volume of festival-goers. Chromeo 's [...]
It was just one of those epic weekends here in San Francisco, and The Owl Mag got a bird's eye view.
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WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: jessie j feat big sean and dizzee rascal - wild
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