December 2011
1 post
November 2011
1 post
how-to: use google music from anywhere (yes,... →
great guide for getting on google music for all you non-u.s citizen music lovers out there. i adore google for letting me store/backup all my music this way. 20.000 songs for free? sure, anytime.
via engadget.
October 2011
1 post
Watchtreat your ears wrong. listen to my noisy, ugly ep.
August 2011
3 posts
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
My Spotify sessions these days are fruitful indeed. As I listen, search, stumble and sip coffee, I tend to accintentionally (!) add at least 10-12 new albums to this cool and dedicated folder of mine, which I’ve labeled CHECK OUT IMMEDIATELY. That folder is steadily growing every day. This time I ran into a band from New Zealand called Unknown Mortal Orchestra. They’ve been around...
1 hour mixtapes
I’d like to share my ‘1 Hour Mixtapes’ playlists on Spotify with you all. I like using themes or categories in my playlists, and I also like them short.
Here they be. Enjoy!
Alex Ebert aka Edward Sharpe
Well here’s a little gem. This guy Alex Ebert is the leading man of the band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, famous for that glorious little feelgood tune called Home, made even more popular by a little girl and her dad on Youtube.
Mr. Ebert has a self-titled solo thing going, and it sounds really, really good. Listen to the song Truth right here, and download it for free as well.
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June 2011
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May 2011
2 posts
victory dance
i saw the new house m.d. episode last night (very dark and a little ugly), and my attention fixed on the track used in the scene where house prepares to do surgery on himself. after failing to use trackID on my mobile phone, i started searching the internet for clues. the track turned out to be ‘victory dance’, a yet-to-be released track by my morning jacket. it’s going to...
a beautiful night in oslo
came across this skewed and corny pop song by accident, searching for something else entirely (as usual).
the band is a swedish act led by Lars Lindquist. they’ve been around since 2004.
i like the odd accent and the silly lyrics of this one, and of course the fact that they sing about having a good time in oslo, which is rare.
have a listen!
Billie The Vision and the Dancers - A...
February 2010
2 posts
Magic Spell
Tricky one, this. I have tried to Google and Yahoo this artist and the album, but to no avail. I found it on the Prog Not Frog blog (an excellent blog by the way), and as far as I can tell, the information there is just about the only information available on ‘Is There Anywhere A Gas Station’ on the whole damn internet: (…) let we continue from Switzerland with another...
Apparatjik
Magne Furuholmen, artist and former/current keyboardist of the late/still going strong norwegian supergroup a-Ha + somewhat featureless singer Jonas Bjerre from danish synth/prog band Mew (uh..) + bassist Guy Berryman from picture-perfect cool sweater outfit Coldplay (err…) + producer Martin Terefe (hm..)...
January 2010
3 posts
Heavy Metal Fruit
For most of you I guess this band needs no introduction. We’re talking about the best, longest living and most productive Norwegian band ever: Motorpsycho. They just released their 15th studio album, entitled ‘Heavy Metal Fruit’. Motorpsycho will never disappoint their fans. This record is just as energetic, thrilling and full of ideas as any of their previous releases. Their...
Bachdenkel
Now here’s a true prog/rock delight. Being sort of new to progressive rock I’ve usually never heard of the bands I keep discovering. True also in the case of Bachdenkel. This is one band I certainly wish I’d heard of before - think of all these years not having had the pleasure of listening to ‘Stalingrad’! Wikipedia states that the band evolved in the late...
Pell Mell - Only A Star
Pell Mell was/is a German band who formed in 1971. They were a symphonic rock band with slight hints of prog and psychedelia, but according to the few sources of information available on the internet they gradually moved more and more over in the pure symphonic keyboard/guitar lane of music (think Mike Oldfield). This album is quite an epic number though, it’s like a great space opera...
December 2009
10 posts
Andy Kim - Rainbow Ride
Wikipedia tells: Andrew Youakim was born in Montreal, Quebec. He left his home for New York to pursue a career in music. Back home he worked on his music and in 1968 under the new stage name Andy Kim, released the single “How’d We Ever Get This Way?”. He used the different last name as a way to obsecure his Lebanese ethnic ancestry. In 1969, Kim had two hit singles,...
Penrod
From Allmusic: Had he recorded his best-known tune, “Junkie John,” a few months earlier, Tim Dawe (real name: Jerry Penrod) might have been a star. A catchy, psychedelic folk-rock tune, it had begun getting radio airplay when the FCC began to crack down on drug-oriented recordings. Stations stopped playing the single, while Dawe faded quickly into obscurity. A tale of joy and...
Freak-Out Party
This compilation is hilarious. The opening track, “I’ve Got A Zebra - She Can Fly” with its endlessly repeating chanting lyrics is both incredibly annoying and meditative at the same time. Here’s what The Progressive Music House Blog has to say about this release: This classic 1967 album was recorded in NYC at the height of the Flower
Power Movement. It features David...
Cymande
From Wikipedia: Cymande (Sah-mahn-day) were an eclectic funk band who
released several albums throughout the early 1970s. The group was
formed in 1971 in London, England by musicians from Guyana and Jamaica. The name Cymande is derived from a Calypso word for Dove, which symbolizes peace and love. The group developed a subtle and complex, deep funk style influenced by calypso rhythms, jazz,...
Phluph
Phluph is another one of those bands who recorded one LP and then disappeared. The story behind this band in particular is interesting, as it tells a story of how record companies plan the career of a band based on a marketing idea, and how consumers and the media relate to the whole thing:
The “Bosstown Sound” was started as a publicity campaign by producer Alan Lorber, aiming to market the...
perfect first impression
okay, this album is just fantastic. no more, no less. to make it simple, i’ll just quote allmusic’s thom jurek:
Recorded by Tom Wilson (who else?) for Verve in 1967 and 1968 in New York, this set originally appeared on a double LP (which has been reissued on both vinyl and CD by Fallout). This is one of the wildest and most unbelievably ambitious recordings to come from the...
u.f.o.
i admit that one of the main reasons i went for this album was the title - ‘u.f.o.’ - and of course the cover. after listening to it a couple of times over i realise what a brilliant album we have here. the redtelephone66 blog informs me that jim sullivan’s ‘u.f.o.’ comes in two different mixes. the one featured on the blog is the monnie records’ mix, in which...
The Ballad of Evergreen Blueshoes
Evergreen Blueshoes play a mix of psychedelic rock and folk music. Word has it they were once called ‘The Beatles of Topanga Canyon’. I guess the comparison stops there, as ‘The Ballad of Evergreen Blueshoes’ is the only album recorded by this short-lived group, led by Skip Battin of The Byrds and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Still, a few great tracks can be found here,...
mcguinness flint
on the rare mp3 music blog i found mcguinness flint, a band formed in 1970 by tom mcguinness (ex-manfred mann guitarist). the album ‘happy birthday, ruthie baby’ contains a good handful of great pop/rock songs. among those are the title song ‘happy birthday, ruthie baby’, ‘sparrow’ , ‘klondike’ and my favourite: reader to writer. luckily, you can...
the orient express
i came across the orient express via pmh - progressive music house. this self-titled album is short (35 minutes), but very enjoyable. lots of crazy sitars and timpanis, some ecstatic yelling, and a couple of quite popish tunes very suitable for any up-tempo playlist.
a quick google search tells me that at least three bands have taken the name ‘the orient express’. other than the pmh...
November 2009
3 posts
golddigger in a cave of diamonds
rummaging through the vast amount of blogs dedicated to rarities and strange releases, chances are you’re eventually going to find some real gems. facts, myths & lies of d.i.y. music is one of these blogs, solely dedicated to old cassette recordings, (seemingly) made by friends or aquaintances of the author. genre-wise there’s nothing really familiar here, unless ‘home made...
froggie beaver - from the pond
on my daily music search i came across this band, froggie beaver. this time, the task of digging out some information wasn’t hard at all. background info (from answers.com):
froggie beaver launched its career in rock & roll-desolate nebraska in the late 1960’s. the band members - lead vocalist John Troia, keyboardist Ed Staszko, drummer Tom Jackson, and guitarist John Fischer -...
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donnie and joe emerson
i accidentally stumbled across these two funky boys via an image search on google (i can’t remember what my initial search was for, which is too bad. it was probably something very important). i thought the cover was so groovy i had to try and find out more about this release, but that was easier said than done. most of the very limited information i found on blogs and pages was related to...