The lovely as always Bluesbunny has written a nice little piece about my new EP 'O - part two of L.O.V.E' and given me four carrots to snack on! Thanks Bluesbunny! " O - Part Two of L.O.V.E" by Sofia Talvik is, as the title suggests, the second part in a series of fan funded EPs by one of the most affecting Swedish singer songwriters to cross the threshold here at Bluesbunny Towers. It could easily be said that there are no surprises here but you [...]
O -part two of L.O.V.E is being released June 6th and we chained the producer to the wall for a while to get the truth out of him about the new EP... Hi Joakim Lundgren, producer of "O - part two of L.O.V.E"! You're the second producer in line to write a chapter in our book of L.O.V.E, how do you feel the progress has been so far? Good! We're done with mixing and mastering and I hope that it will spread like wild fire and be much appreciated. [...]
Rather humbly, this man would refuse the title of our modern Orpheus. But in actuality, Chad VanGaalen can charm the pants off any gender, and soothe any beast to stupor. It's ridiculous how dynamic his voice makes the music surrounding it. You could bring him to a rap-battle, and he would change the rules just [...]
Eau Claire, Wisconsin has a knack for breeding quiet and lonely, yet beautiful, soundscapes. The latest of the flock is Adelyn Rose. Listen to Willow Tree below and click-through to her bandcamp page to hear more. This music is perfect for the impending winter of doom and those rainy autumn nights that award us with crunchy leaves the following day. MP3 :: Adelyn Rose - Willow Tree
Dagens skiva has written a nice review of my new album "Florida" and given it a 7 out of 10. Lou Reed –introt på King Of The Willow Tree är grymt. Det lätta sättet Talvik sjunger på. Osäker i stämband men bestämd i gärning. Det tar 30 sekunder att fånga mig. (...) Dessutom är The Light är det vackraste i musikväg som 2010 fått fram hitintills. Läs hela recensionen här [...]
I have a lovely new official video for my song 'King of the Willow Tree' from my new album 'Florida' . The video is a beautiful tale of two alligators' love life (maybe one of them is the albino one on my album cover!?). Dan made the greatest video for me! It's made by Dan Turesson . Check out Dan's youtube profile here to see more of his work, he makes a lot of animated videos and this video he [...]
For 10 days I will make a playlist on Spotify every day with one of my songs from my new album 'Florida' and some other songs from my favourite artists. So if you want to hear some great music make sure you tune in and listen. Links will be posted on Facebook and Twitter every day. If you missed the first one yesterday, you can listen here ! Florida - Playlist #1: Sofia Talvik - King of the willow tree Cherry [...]
Join my new video competition and compete for a Creative VADO HD Video Camera! GRAND PRIZE! Creative VADO HD Pocket Video Camera Win a Creative VADO HD Video Camera! I want YOU to make a video for my song "King Of The Willow Tree" from my new album "Florida". You can be as basic or as advanced as you like. You can film [...]
Here now, for your enjoyment, a cover of Chad VanGaalen's excellent song "Willow Tree", performed while walking around a playground park in the daytime by cute-as-fuck Sheffield boy/girl duo Slow Club, accompanied only by powerful voices and an acoustic guitar....
Sheffield, England duo Slow Club have announced a giveaway of their Lets Fall Back In Love EP, which can be downloaded from their website here . Since finding out about their video "Giving Up On Love" (starring Mackenzie Crook/Gareth Keenan of "The Office" UK), I've been searching for more songs from this girl/boy group. A good start is their critically acclaimed debut album Yeah, So, out now on Moshi Moshi Records in North America packaged with a limited edition bonus disk with B-Sides and Live Recordings. This [...]
C'est beau, non ? Je ferai d'ici peu une chronique de l'album donc cette chanson est tirée, Soft Airplane .
Originally dreamt about at SomaCow.com Shit Listening Shittequitte Shit Stink Eliminators Willow Tree Review EL "Cassius Clay" ROSS vs Chris "Ocho Cinco" P: Email Bout of the Century Geoff's LUCID Dreams Quitting LaCrosse in Orlando Mickey vs Geoff Politician Email Challenge!!! Awkwardest Ending....EVER!
This morning's song is from my fellow Calgarian Chad VanGaalen . Rabid Bits of Time became one my favorite Chad VanGaalen pieces after watching him perform it at this year's Polaris Music Prize gala; it was one of the most intense performances I have ever witnessed. The song can be found on VanGaalen's moody third full-length album Soft Airplane , released in September of 2008. Like many of his songs, Rabid Bits of Time dances with the universal concept of our mortality, and the consequence of said mortality. For more from Soft Airplane, check out [...]
Originally floated at SomaCow.com In this hour, the guys had to talk about the balloon boy and all that drama including the media drama around it. They also discussed a story Geoff found about a Louisiana judge refusing to marry an interracial couple. He was worried about potential children, after all he had black people in his house and let them use his bathroom... We also recapped the sushi tweetup and talked about this week's upcoming tweetup at [...]
Originally vaccinated at SomaCow.com In this hour, again their finest, the guys talk about vaccines, specifically the H1N1. Are you getting it? Will you give it to your children? This week we talked to our pediatrician and maybe Geoff will update you Friday during the live show with what he said. I'm so full right now. We went to @SeitoSushi with a bunch of twitter folk. If you have twitter, click all of these to follow! It was great seeing and eating with: [...]
Originally remembered at SomaCow.com In this hour, the guys welcome back J with folded arms. Geoff was happy though, his return delayed the man segment where Geoff admitted, very manlyly, that he forgot our anniversary. Yep. I gave him the benefit of the doubt, I said he didn't forget our anniversary, he just forgot it was the 8th that morning. Mickey gave his life coaching segment which he ironicallly disregarded at the end of it himself! They also talked about some upcoming tweetups. There's the [...]
Originally polka danced at SomaCow.com After the debacle of Geoff spilling his water on the board (at least it wasn't the coffee, that would have pissed Geoff off royally!), the guys talked about bonding. We made the first step making Geoff's Butt for the guys before the show, and the rest of the crew went out on a school night to a gathering at Willow Tree . There they drank with JPP's Gary at the helm of the bar, and bonded with the boot [...]
How about those Red Wings? They are just so solid front-to-back, it is really really disgusting. Anyways, tonight's tune comes to us from the Calgary, Alberta (where I live) indie-rock artist Chad VanGaalen . Willow Tree can be found as the opening track to VanGaalen's third album Soft Airplane , released in September of 2008. Not only is VanGaalen an incredibly gifted singer/songwriter, he is also a highly acclaimed illustrator and animator, with many of his pieces being featured across Canada. I'm not completely certain when the cut-off for the Polaris Prize is, but if Soft [...]
Originally posted at SomaCow.com Brought to you by The Willow Tree where you can see Gary of JPP and talk to him about beer! Well this was it! That's rigtht, the beer challenge we've been talking about on the forum ! Gary and Ross "made" beer. I say that because, well, you'll see. But anyway, there aren't many notes because Ross was readying his beer. I didn't take any pics because I was partaking [...]
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Written by Fense The animation in the video for "Molten Light" by Chad VanGaalen reminds me a lot of the animation signature of the late 80s and early 90s. You know the kind - gross for the sake of being gross; a sort of, well, faux art. There were plenty of bands from that era that slapped the crap on their album covers - Ugly Kid Joe and Big Black are a few that come to mind. But here, there's a key "fortunate" element, and that is its association with the [...]
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