argghh i hardly ever write a livejournal entry anymore. here are my top ten favourite albums of 2011 ( Read more... )

i was going to make this a typical new music review post about what i've recently purchased and listened to. then i was randomly accosted by some old news that had slipped me by:

apparently, camu tao passed away on may 25th. got me back to thinking about this post i made after i found out about evan farrell dying. and the contemplation that - ( Read more... )

it has taken even longer than the last two EPs, but at long last i offer you my latest musical endeavour, we have lost contact.

i won't get into a big discussion about it right now; i think i have already mostly summed it up in a previous entry anyway. suffice to say that it is a companion piece to the first two EPs i released this year, the ( Read more... )

so littlegirltoast turned me onto TV on the radio, and the dead science. both have released excellent albums this year; dear science and villainaire, respectively. both are quirky and weird and awesome. both cross multiple genres, and are similar to each other in some ways, which is to say, similar-sounding to some other acts i like such as futureheads, the ( Read more... )

so if you're on facecrack you may have seen already: I HAVE A SHOW AT ZAPHOD'S!yes, at long last, after more than 4 years, i will step onto the stage to perform live music. all by myself. just me and a guitar (and i'm pondering some pre-recorded tracks, but it depends on my mood over the next few weeks; i may just keep the songs stripped down to ( Read more... )

i've been listening to mercury rev's new album, snowflake midnight, and keane's new album, perfect symmetry.

both of these bands seem to have been listening to an excess of lawrence gowan lately, if their latest musical offerings are any indication.

the lead off track of snowflake midnight has synth-bass backbone that sounds oddly similar to ( Read more... )

hello all, how goes? i will post later about my weekend trip to montréal, and all the fun i had seeing sigur ros and james, once i have the opportunity to upload all the pics to flickr, and organize my post-bliss excited thoughts into a cohesive entry ( Read more... )

i haven't done a new music review post in quite some time now (even though i have been listening to plenty of new music). so here goes (i'm gonna try and keep it to 2008 releases here - almost time to start compiling my best of...):

• the stills - oceans will rise - this great montreal band is finally getting the attention it deserves. i'm not sure ( Read more... )

do you know how i ache? it is awesome. today was my sixth run ( Read more... )

the new james single, whiteboy is quite awesome. i'm totally stoked that i'm going to see them twice in scotland in april. yeah.