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Why Glen Hansard is made of awesome

The Swell Season - Gigantic
The Frames - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Earlier this month, I saw The Swell Season in concert (The Frames’ Glen Hansard and his “Once” co-star Marketa Irglova). A beautiful experience that made me love Glen all the more. Here are five reasons why he is made of awesome.
1. The man can […]

Zeina’s top whatever of 2007

Well, last year computer woes (and in part my own procrastination) prevented me from posting my favorite albums list.
This year… I’d almost forgotten. Anyway, without further ado, here are my favorite records of 2007, in no particular order.
Bat For Lashes - Horse & I
Trophy
Natasha Khan’s album feels retro, mythological, soothing but still her characters sometimes […]

Four-letter boys

Tiga - Far From Home
Mika - Grace Kelly
…Or how two boys with similar sounding names make music that makes you want to get up and dance in very, very different ways.
Tiga hails from the Montreal DJ scene and his sound, predictably, is rather techno/house-oriented and almost lo-fi in an impossibly cool way. I’ve wanted to […]

Jon’s Top 5 of 2006

With my lack of updates I can’t hardly justify publishing my top albums of 2006. But what’s a music blog without an end of the year list?
The Knife - Silent Shout
(We Share Our Mothers’ Health)
Despite the digital consensus reducing true artistic nature into disposable $0.99 cent songs, a few significant albums were distinctive enough to […]

Thee More Shallows

Thee More Shallows - 2AM
Thee More Shallows - I Can’t Get Next To You
Thee More Shallows - Freshman Thesis
There is some black magic in this medicine, something dangerously enjoyable; perhaps it’s that toy piano in one corner whirling to that trip-hop stutter, a throbbing headache of base, a flare of distorted guitar, Dee Kesler’s semi-whispered […]