Monday Morning Blues : Muddy Waters

November 5, 2007 by · 1 Comment
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Some Muddy Waters for you today. Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, he is one of the most influential blues artists of all time. The Rolling Stones even named themselves after one of his songs. Learn more here

MP3: Muddy Waters – Gypsy Woman
MP3: Muddy Waters – I Can’t Be Satisfied
MP3: Muddy Waters – Mannish Boy
MP3: Muddy Waters – Rolling Stone
MP3: Muddy Waters – Diamonds At Your Feet
MP3: Muddy Waters – Evil
MP3: Muddy Waters – Elevate Me Mama
MP3: Muddy Waters – Going Down Slow

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Turning Back (Daylight Savings)Time

November 4, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
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For those of you observing Daylight Savings Time today, a couple songs to listen to while you set the clocks back an hour and change the batteries in those smoke detectors.

MP3: The Clientele – Dance Of The Hours
Buy God Save The Clientele
MP3: Elliott Smith – The Last Hour
Buy From A Basement On A Hill

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LIVE: 11.02.07 The A-Sides,Say Hi(to your mom),The Velvet Teen @ Johnny Brendas

November 3, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
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Some photos from last night’s show with The A-Sides, Say Hi(to your mom), and The Velvet Teen at Johnny Brenda’s In Philadelphia. The Velvet Teen kicked it off with an extremely loud but excellent set and a sound that falls somewhere between Radiohead and Mission Of Burma. Say Hi was up next with an enjoyable set of their catchy pop. A couple months on the road since I last saw them has only made the A-Sides even better. A blistering version of Sidewalk Chalk from their first record being one the amazing highpoints of ther set.

The Velvet Teen
Say Hi




The A-Sides



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5 On A Friday : A Little More Sugar

November 2, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
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I thought I’d round out this Halloween week with some ear candy, Five power pop treats that won’t require a trip to the dentist afterwards. First up, what may in fact be the quintessential power pop masterpiece, Starry Eyes by The Records. Followed up in quick succession by Bram Tchiakovsky’s sing along ode to a blow-up doll, Aussie wonders The Someloves, some love from the girls with Holly Beth Vincent and her band The Italians, and wrapping a it all up with a sweet one from Something Happens. There’s plenty here for a good sugar rush but with no calories and no cavities.

1: The Records – Starry Eyes
Buy The Records/Shades In Bed
2: Bram Tchaikovsky – Girl Of My Dreams
Buy Strange Man Changed Man
3: The Someloves – Know You Now
Buy Don’t Talk About Us
4: Holly And The Italians – Tell That Girl To Shut Up
Buy The Right To Be Italian
5: Something Happens – What Now
Buy Stuck together With God’s Glue

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From The Mailbag : Christine Fellows

November 1, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
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Like every other blogger out there I get a lot of press releases and music coming through my inbox everyday. I try to listen to everything that comes through and most of it is relatively good. Some days, it just takes being quirky enough to rise above the din of sameness makes something stand out. Christine Fellows new album Nevertheless is that one today. With a sound that falls somewhere between the overly arty poeticism of Joanna Newsome and the sarcastic showtune swagger of Nellie McKay it catches your attention. Nevertheless is named after a poem by Marianne Moore and is mainly influenced by her life and work. In fact I could easily see it being used as the soundtrack to a play about her.
Opening with the overture like Let Us Have Done With The Umbrella Of Our Contagion, the album winds it’s way through poetically named vignettes like Saturday Night On Utopia Parkway and What Makes The Cherry Red before winding it up with the xylophone laced Yours, And With Ever Grateful Wonder.

Part of the album was recorded remotely at the historic Manitou Opera House in the tiny town of Manitou, and the rest at the Prairie Recording Co. headquarters, a factory loft in the St. Boniface industrial park of Winnipeg.

The Manitou Opera House sessions feature Leanne Zacharias (cello), Cristina Zacharias (violin), Ed Reifel (xylophone and percussion), with guests Howard and Jeannie Zacharias, who sang in our impromptu choir. The Prairie Recording sessions feature Barry Mirochnick (drums and vocals), Keith Mcleod (banjo and mandola), Greg Smith (bass), John K. Samson (vocals), Cam Loeppky (vocals and banjo) and Leanne Zacharias (cello, glockenspiel, vocals). I produced the album, sang and played piano, ukulele, glockenspiel, typewriter and Nord Electro II (Wurlitzer, Rhodes, organ), and compiled all the extraneous bird sounds.

MP3: Christine Fellows – What Makes The Cherry Red
Buy Nevertheless

Upcoming Shows
Nov 2 2007 8:00P Shadow Songs at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Lethbridge, Alberta
Nov 6 2007 8:00P **NEVERTHELESS** CANADIAN RELEASE DATE
Nov 7 2007 8:00P Phoenix Concert Theatre with The Weakerthans and Jenn Grant Toronto, Ontario
Nov 8 2007 8:00P Phoenix Concert Theatre with The Weakerthans and Jenn Grant Toronto, Ontario
Nov 9 2007 8:00P Call the Office with The Weakerthans and Jenn Grant London
Nov 29 2007 8:00P West End Cultural Centre, Nevertheless CD release Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nov 30 2007 8:00P Amigos with Baby Eagle Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Dec 1 2007 8:00P The Marquee Room with Baby Eagle Calgary, Alberta
Dec 14 2007 8:00P Nevertheless CD release at The Music Gallery, with Baby Eagle Toronto, Ontario

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Halloween Rocks ! – Part 2

November 1, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
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