Top5 Tracks for the week of 4/21/2008
April 21, 2008 -Born Ruffians – Foxes Mate for Life Menomena – Boyscoutin’ Man Man – Hurly Burly Shout out Louds – Very Loud Architecture in Helsinki –... View Article
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Where do you listen to music?
April 14, 2008 -I think it’s safe to say we all have a favourite place to spin the tunes. At work through headphones, blaring in the car, at... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 4/14/2008
April 14, 2008 -Man Man – The Ballad of Butter Beans Devotchka – Transliterator Regina Spektor – Real Love Black Keys – 10am Automatic Raconteurs – Consolers of... View Article
Timber!
April 7, 2008 -Why do we like the songs we like? Scientists would tell us that when you listen to a song you like your brain releases pleasing... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 4/7/2008
April 7, 2008 -Architecture in Helsinki – Red turning White Raconteurs – Salute your Salution Black Keys – Strange Times Sebastien Grainger – I’m all Rage BB King... View Article
BB King: A Life of Music
March 31, 2008 -After seeing BB King live in concert I have a new respect for musicians who stay performers late into life. BB is 82 this year,... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 3/30/2008
March 30, 2008 -BB King – When your baby packs up and goes Arcitecture in Helsini – Heart it Races (live in paris) Man Man – Top Drawer... View Article
The Gift of Sound
March 24, 2008 -It’s only human nature to take something for granted and music is one of them for me.I’m not religious, but I’m a regular church goer.... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 3/24/2008
March 24, 2008 -David Bowie – Afraid of Americans Architecture in Helsinki – Debbie White Stripes – Astro / Jack the Ripper (Peel Session) Trex – Bang a... View Article
Cover Songs
March 17, 2008 -My March IMP mix got me thinking about the art of covering a song. When a band decidesto cover a song, they have to decide:... View Article
Desert Island 5?
March 10, 2008 -It’s good to know where music stands in your life. Every Monday(ish) I painstakingly decide which tracks were good enough / played enough to make... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 3/10/2008
March 10, 2008 -Arcitecture in Helsini – It’s 5! Jose Gonzalez – Teardrop Arcade Fire – Neon Bible (live in an elevator) Feist – Gatekeeper Rogue Wave –... View Article
Happy Centennial Podcast
March 3, 2008 -Dallas Does Indie is hands-down the best indie podcast on the www at the moment. Tomorrow (March 3, 2008) is the release of the 100th... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 3/3/2008
March 3, 2008 -Arcitecture in Helsinki – Do the Whirlwind Flaming Lips – After the Gold Rush LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous Hard-Fi – Seven Nation Army Arctic... View Article
Old Mixes, Old Memories…
February 26, 2008 -Last week my miserable ipod died. It was the old brick kind. I discovered this on the verge of going on a post- office mission.... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 2/25/2008
February 25, 2008 -The Hives – Try it again Arctic Monkeys – 505 Eugene Francis Jr – Poor me Cannonball Jane – Take it to Fantastic FrYars –... View Article
The Nature of Sound
February 19, 2008 -Isn’t sound fascinating? Ryan sings into the mic, a bass guitar is strummed, Miles hits the drums. Ryan’s vocal chords pass noise through vibrations in... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 2/19/2008
February 19, 2008 -Bob Dylan – Song to Woody Icicles – Sharks! David Bowie – TVC15 Pela – Waiting on the Stairs Menomena – The late great libido
Mixtape Side Trades
February 13, 2008 -Fellow IMPer Kristian and I got to talking, and an exchange of sorts is to be made: we are doing a side exchange of mixtapes.... View Article
Top5 Tracks for the week of 2/13/2008
February 13, 2008 -Spoon – Believing is art Radiohead – Under the ladder Shad – Comprimise Coconut Records – It’s not you, it’s me Rage Against the Machine... View Article
Appreciate Music More
February 4, 2008 -Different things will make people appreciate music. We all have our go-to sad songs, mad songs, and glad songs. Identifying with the songs subject is... View Article
Music Changes Today
February 4, 2008 -Correction: ok, this isn’t going to work so much… I guess the claims to have approval from any labels were exaggerated. Failure to launch! Still…... View Article