tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10266630327488364902024-02-07T14:23:07.190-05:00Listen! Listen! Listen!- MP3s of new songs and old favourites<strong>a music blog where you use your eyes and ears</strong>
<br>listen x 3 . blogspot . comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-41061018600825315012009-12-15T12:29:00.001-05:002009-12-15T12:30:17.837-05:00Best video of the year?It's late, but these videos by prolific Guelphenite Mitch Fillion are simply remarkable. I want to copy the style of all them.
Here we have the equally prolific Olenka & the Autumn Lovers, a breakout band of 2009 and one of my favourites. Here's a new song.
OLENKA AND THE AUTUMN LOVERS - No Coins from Mitch Fillion on Vimeo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-81819897270623189742009-12-09T14:11:00.000-05:002009-12-09T18:13:10.318-05:00Parler vous la musique excellent?
Another winner at the Bucky's was Coeur de Pirate, an obviously French band who took home the prestigious "Best Reason to Learn French" award. Indeed. I went to see them with an incredible line-up at NXNE. But, of course, the place was sold out.
I waited in line for an hour but once Jian Ghomeshi arrived and walked straight in, I had enough.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-43966532228260907822009-12-08T17:38:00.000-05:002009-12-09T18:11:12.807-05:00Best lyrics ever: "Through and through and through"?
This track just won best lyrics at CBC Radio 3's Bucky Awards. I don't think they're amazing, but Plaskett is one of my favourite Canadian musicians right now, and he has been since I heard his live performance podcast on Radio 3.
If you rent that Joshua Jackson movie, you can see him there, too.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-67702517651621518142009-12-06T15:04:00.000-05:002009-12-09T18:07:59.642-05:00Grateful Dead and Animal Collective
What can I say? After a crazy album got released, these boys stepped up and put one of the most amazing EPs I've ever heard, which you can hear on MySpace. It's the first ever Grateful Dead!
This particular song is one of my favourites from an old album. Quite personal but so strange, so you can't tell it's just an emo song in disguise.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-64934429743824401732009-12-02T18:40:00.000-05:002009-12-02T18:40:49.400-05:00Who likes guys that are handsome!One of the greatest lyricists and voices I've heard, Handsome Dan is significantly handsomer than most musicians I know, and quite the musician too.
He used to be called Dan the Boy, but after growing up and becoming handsome, he changed his name to reflect his new handsome appearance, which was less boyish. He also added some of the best musicians in town, like two of the best guitarists, a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-6784245915674313542009-11-29T18:35:00.000-05:002009-12-02T18:41:44.420-05:00The Next BESTI blog a lot about indie bands in London because so many of them are so amazing. The scene here is thriving right now, no doubt.
Part of that scene is the Whipping Wind, a mysterious group with not much information anywhere. No pics, no bios, no MySpace wall to write on. Apparently it's all about the music, and what kind of music is it.
GO LISTEN TO THE SONG "OUT"
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-41443101080938922492009-11-29T18:30:00.001-05:002009-12-03T12:24:53.075-05:00Great Scott! It's the Great Bloomers
I saw these dudes at Call the Office tonight opening for Olenka & the Autumn Lovers. They're a loud group using the kind of genre splicing that's quite popular today, especially hopping from rock to folk mid-song, tempo-changing and using extreme pop to make the toe tap while grounding it in favourable aesthetics like plaid.
It's basically part of the "legit" pop music scene right now Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-80587681136585021422009-11-25T18:58:00.000-05:002009-11-25T18:58:56.040-05:00The end? PSSH!Jian Gomeshi loves music and hosts Q on CBC Radio. He even manages Lights. When he's not doing any of this, he's apparently making documentaries about the death of print, radio and TV. In their stead? The Internet! Scary!
Actually, he shows a lot of bloggers and cool Internet folks using the 'net to make money and careers for themselves. They argue that traditional information distributors, likeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-86971079530904464532009-11-25T18:40:00.000-05:002009-11-25T18:40:47.174-05:00Sweet as in sugary, not sultry
This took me all over the freaking map. At first I thought death metal with the tap drums. Then the guitar reminded me of a Bright Eyes folk tune. The vocals are very indie, which is a good thing these days.
This is the third easy listening tune I've done in this experiment, but it's the most contemporary sounding I think. It has a fun momentum that builds like a 2-year-old on a sugar rush — Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-60722015847978617882009-11-24T09:37:00.000-05:002009-11-25T18:41:12.254-05:00Drive me wild!
Thanks, Becky, for submitting this song. Compared to the other tunes I've reviewed so far in this experiment, this ranks more closely to XX than Britney (not surprisingly).
I've honestly never heard of this dude, but he's got a sweet enough voice and invokes a little bit of the early 2000 pop. He might even make it big on some adult contemporary radio stations because he's asking ladies to "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-39664838835579105652009-11-23T18:33:00.000-05:002009-11-25T18:33:58.398-05:00XX, not XXX
This cute little song was suggested by "anonymous." Well, whoever you are, this song would fit well in a Zack Braff movie or in the really sad parts in Juno.
Possibly a little too mellow for most of my moods, the guy-girl sing-song is enough to soothe me right now after a long day of excruciating work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-3214524073010418372009-11-22T12:01:00.002-05:002009-11-23T00:02:07.836-05:00I review Britney Spear's song "3"
This is the first in my experiment to listen to other readers music. First up: Britney Spears' "3".
Possibly the worst song I've ever heard, this incomprehensible, polished, glossy turd somehow takes three minutes to finish, though you've heard everything the song offers in the first 10 seconds.
Possibly the funniest part comes when the bridge arrives, the synths turns down, and an acousticUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-2743133032478217112009-11-18T18:49:00.000-05:002009-11-18T19:52:02.316-05:00Using Metrics
This is a band that I knew about years ago, saw them open for Death From Above and Billy Talent at the Dirty Denim in Guelph.
Shortly afterwards, they blew up and became worldwide stars (at least some think so). The latest album is pretty awesome, but they're almost too popular. That's what they said about being nominated for the Polaris: too popular for Polaris, too indie for the Junos.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-23598832290897000812009-11-17T19:47:00.000-05:002009-11-18T19:48:43.984-05:00Acorn and it's not Obama
They played at LOLA this year, and probably some time before. Kind of experimental and a little strange, but in good indie ways, the Acorn are a lovely little troupe.
Drums in this tune are cool. They remind me of Pick a Piper, at least at the start.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-8093463829299342412009-11-16T19:43:00.000-05:002009-11-18T19:43:59.333-05:00Supertramp
I discovered this band many years ago during a expedition through the Canadian wilderness, aka a car ride to the cottage. Always epic, kitschy and fun, Supertramp was a pop sensation and worth all of your precious attention.
This song is real nice. Thoughts?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-75634163108130866082009-11-11T18:59:00.001-05:002009-11-11T19:01:42.618-05:00You say class, I say "You Say Party! We Say Die!"
Tonight! Black Shire! 9:30 PM! GO!
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-74933489877722746862009-11-06T14:37:00.001-05:002009-11-06T14:50:03.202-05:00Take the Listen! Listen! Listen! quiz to win prizesI want to know what the hell you people listen to. Comment below and answer this quiz.......:
1. What was the LAST SONG you just listened to??
Send it my way and I'll look it up and write a mini-blog about it. I'm sure you're just dying to know my opinions on the latest top 40 tune or some obscure Scarborough indie pop outfit your little sister just looooves.
Please send them to me right now.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-48130757336785095282009-11-04T19:06:00.000-05:002009-11-04T19:06:26.740-05:00Nintendo rock for babies from the '80s
This blog post was supposed to be about You Say Party! We Say Die!, poppy dancey little group from out East who hit the Black Shire stage next Monday. (Be there!)
But when I got to listening to YSP!WSD!'s new album, I remembered Crystal Castles, a Nintendo-y little Ontarian duo with madly affected vocals (to the point of incoherence) and a lot blips and bleeps.
This song launches the album Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-85390722258448869792009-11-01T18:04:00.002-05:002009-11-01T18:11:34.823-05:00Really weird — and a nice post-Halloween listen
This band's best quality is that they're so weird. Ghost Bees are this chick duo from Halifax with flawless harmonies and busy plucking guitars. You've probably never heard anything like it. Their singing is very direct, like speaking, but is very spotty and a little crass. It's all over the place.
This single is fitting for Halloween. It's heavy with mood, like background music to folklore. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-28543953042005304482009-10-29T17:31:00.001-04:002009-10-29T17:33:17.550-04:00No sexy innuendo for the ladies, just "sweet words"
I've been listening to Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection a lot lately. I think modern audiences can really appreciate this kind of music, made between '59 and '71, since in many ways it was the early danceable black pop.
Close cousins of R&B and funk, early motown songs were influenced by popular "romance" music of the day. While men worked around sexual codes, women Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-82831053686597429272009-10-29T07:55:00.001-04:002009-10-29T08:13:45.542-04:00Robots need love too
Pick your fav Canadian band for the Bucky's, cbcR3's highest honour! Don't know who to nominate? Don't worry, just scroll through my blog posts and pick at random (just avoid the already-famous Americans).
On the R3 boards, people are nominating Fucked Up and Metric. Why? They already have their recognition and Polaris nominations. It would be a TRAVESTY to edge out bands like Timber Timbre Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-89958482204559034872009-10-27T21:59:00.001-04:002009-10-27T22:00:54.366-04:00A Halloween gift for all my Listeners!Download my most-raved-about CD EVER — for free! My first blog post was about Timber Timbre, an eerie acoustic spook-folk group that captured my heart and tortured it gently with acoustic strings all summer long.
I just found out Arts & Crafts, the Hippest Label Ever (I hear), is giving the album away in celebration of Halloween! Only until Oct 31st, which is very soon.
So run over here my Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-5228337420180965172009-10-27T20:53:00.001-04:002009-10-27T21:02:23.723-04:00So many bands with "Whale" in the name
Oh, Said the Whale. I think they got this name from a Dr. Seuss book. Hmm...
Well, on Radio3 they were talking about bands with then name "Whale" in them and interviewed Whale Tooth, a Toronto popsome group whose latest song will be featured on everyone's favourite teenage drama Degrassi. Here's their MySpace page with some songs.
Apparently there are TONS of bands with "whale" in the name, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-53803030576614102322009-10-27T02:05:00.002-04:002009-10-27T02:10:36.633-04:00Superstardom, anorexia and Karen Carpenter's amazing purityI hope you like the new blog look. That's a self-portrait I drew, then needed a place for it. So here it is. And he's saying "Uh, because I just like it?" which is pretty much my motto when it comes to loving music. This song is an amazing example.
Soon I'll get back to my CBCR3, indie, new-music vibe, but lately it's been all about the old favourites.
The Carpenters are this manufactured, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1026663032748836490.post-4468019742928168352009-10-24T17:46:00.003-04:002009-10-24T17:52:47.567-04:00Earnest indie folk from out westWhen Slow Down, Molasses came through London last year, they were kind enough to be our first-ever live recording. We wanted to do a Blogotheque style one-shot live song, and that's what we got:
This song, "Feathers," sounds particularly, well, honest. Sure, that's an emotional description, but I can feel their down-home earnesty in the group singing and the always wholesome banjo, trombone Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0