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1. Hollywood – Angus and Julia Stone
2. Sea Song – Lisa Hannigan
3. November Was White, December Was Grey – Say Hi
4. Donde Esta La Playa – The Walkmen
5. Oh My God – Ida Maria
6. You Really Wake Up The Love In Me – The Duke Spirit
7. Stay Positive – The Hold Steady
8. Never Had Nobody Like You – M. Ward
9. Crabapples – Bruce Peninsula
10. I’m Confused – Handsom Furs
11. 2080 – Yeasayer
12. Helen of Troy – Telefon Tel Aviv
13. Graveyard Girl – M83
14. Paris Is Burning – Ladyhawke
15. Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand) – Sonny J

Got any suggestions for music I might like?  Please leave a comment.

Some fun quirky indie tunes.  Enjoy.

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1. Animals – Ketch Harbor Wolves
2. Taking The Farm – The War On Drugs
3. Another Travelin’ Song – Bright Eyes
4. Big Waves – Sad Day for Puppets
5. Alina’s Place – Fredrik
6. Mothertongue – Nico Muhly
7. Melodies & Desires – Lykke Li
8. Bruises – Chairlift
9. En hand i himlen – Jonathan Johansson
10. Fuck You – Lily Allen
11. Waitin’ For A Superman – The Flaming Lips
12. Keep Yourself Warm – Frightened Rabbit
13. Anna – Hello Saferide
14. A Small Setback to a Great Comeback – Her Space Holiday

Got any suggestions for music I might like?  Please leave a comment.

I’m really loving the new album by Ketch Harbour Wolves called Dead Calm Horizon.   Ketch Harbour Wolves are a fantastic Canadian indie band who sound at bit like a cross between Arcade Fire and The National (two of my favorite artists). “Midnight Dark Waters” is my favorite track so far.

Check it out:

Hope you all had a great and safe new years eve, and didn’t wake up with too much of a hang over this morning.

Lets start 2009 off by getting in touch with our inner fraggle.  Nothing is better at that than some serious livingroom dancing!  To facilitate here are some great covers of some great songs…

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1. Human Behavior – The Decemberists
2. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Calexico
3. Friday I’m in Love – Billie the Vision & The Dancers
4. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Taken By Trees
5. Dancing With Myself – Nouvelle Vague
6. Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide – Black Box Recorder
7. Ray of Light – Natasha Bedingfield
8. Tainted Love – My Brightest Diamond
9. My Body Is a Cage – Sara Lov
10. Crown of Love – This is Ivy League
11. Bleeding Love – Mystery Jets
12. Buskets of Rain – Neko Case
13. Halleluja – Jeff Buckley
14. Fake Plastic Trees – Scala
15. Hoppípolla – We Are Scientists

Well I guess that sort of turned into “slow dancing in the living room” at the end there   So sorry if you didn’t quite pull off a Tom Cruise…

This evening I hooked the digital out from my guitar effects processor up to my computer and played around seeing what the sound quality would be like and ended up recording a brief little two minute “noodle” (for lack of a better word) on the guitar.  What amazes me is that it actually sounds like music, which is pretty good considering I haven’t had many lessons.

Click to listen…  It’s not that bad, honest

Tempted now to call this podcast “Flashbulb Moments”, but I wont…

It’s that time of year when people get all retrospective, so here’s the list of bands I wish I’d paid more attention to in 2008, and know are going to get higher rotation in 2009.

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1. Lost Coastlines – Okkervil River
2. Daddy’s Gone – Glasvegas
3. Keep Your Eyes Ahead – The Helio Sequence
4. Waving Flags – British Sea Power
5. There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve – A.C. Newman
6. My Year In Lists – Los Campesinos!
7. Apple Option Fire – Host Lava
8. Documents – The Lisps
9. The Modern Leper – Frightened Rabbit
10. Write It All Down For You – Elliott Brood
11. The Dirt & The Roots – Meursault
12. DLZ – TV On The Radio
13. L.E.S Artistes – Santogold
14. Colleen – The Heavy
15. Collapsing At Your Doorstep – Air France

It’s hard to pick a favorite out of this list, but I’d have to say that Glasvegas’ album is really a stand out – if you like Scottish rock heavy on the shmaltz you’ll love these guys.

Been an even longer while since I did one of these…

These are my favorite tracks from the last couple months.

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Tracks:

1. Tinsel and Sawdust – Jason Collett
2. Weighty Ghost – Wintersleep
3. Is There a Ghost – Band of Horses
4. Sons & Daughters – The Decemberists
5. Scenic World – Beruit
6. Take Pills – Panda Bear
7. Summercat – Billie The Vision & The Dancers
8. Stay in the Shade – Jose Gonzalez
9. White Winter Hymnal – Fleet Foxes
10. Road to Joy – Bright Eyes
11. Here Goes Something – Nada Surf
12. Razzle Dazzle Road – Camera Obscura
13. Passenger Seat – Death Cab for Cutie

Note: At Amy’s suggestion (from a while back now) I finally dug in and figured out how to turn down the sensitivity of the commenting system – - shouldn’t need to register to leave a comment now

Oops seems I forgot to post this one months back…

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1. Hosanna Filo David (Dublin Sessions) – Sinead O’Connor
2. My Dearest Friend – Devendra Banhart
3. Black Lexus – Joseph Arthur
4. Werewolf – CoccoRosie
5. Maybe Someday – Richard Butler
6. Rocket Hanabi – Tujiko Noriko
7. In the Morning – Cosmetique
8. Copper Tied – The Cape May
9. Night of the Living Dead – Tilly and the Wall
10. The Sad Song – Fred Viola
11. Four – Ours to Alibi
12. Once in a While – Magnolia Summer
13. Joe Tex, These Taming Blues – Phosphorescent
14. Winsom – Rives

Been a while since I did one of these…

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Tracks:

1. Childhood – Frozen Silence
2. Maybe Sparrow – Neko Case
3. Miasmal Smoke & the Yellow Bellied Freaks – Wintersleep
4. Robbers – Cold War Kids
5. The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance – Vampire Weekend
6. Subtle Changes – Sambassadeur
7. Summercat – Billie the Vision & The Dancers
8. Skin Is, My – Andrew Bird
9. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead – Stars
10. Books Wrtten For Girls – Camera Obscura
11. Listened On – Lightning Dust
12. But She Beat My High Score – Say Hi to Your Mom
13. Again Today – Brandi Carlile
14. Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole

Mostly folk or “post rock” influenced indie bands this week. Enjoy.

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1. Cutting Ice to Snow – Efterklang
2. Before I Knew – Basia Bulat
3. Wolves – Phosphorescent
4. Spanish Lullabies – John Jackson
5. Carrying a Stone – Loney, Dear
6. My Punishment For Fighting – The Rosebuds
7. This Heart’s On Fire – Wolf Parade
8. Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse – Of Montreal
9. lost and found – Taken By Trees
10. Spring Flight to the Land of Fire – The Cape May
11. 50 Gallon Drum – Buck 65
12. Raphael – CocoRosie
13. Your Ex-Lover is Dead – Stars
14. Hoppípolla – Sigur Rós
15. Montesano – Damien Jurado

p.s I’m curious how many people listen to these, drop me a comment if you’ve listened please.