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NEON INDIAN on MySpace Music →
December 2009
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November 2009
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With Guitars and Harmonicas You Share a Secret...
On stage at Richards on Richards in Vancouver, Angus and Julia Stone seem to have jumped out of the past, two travelling minstrels sharing their soft, folk music. Music that is even more powerful live than it is on a recording.
As they play, this brother sister duo from Australia often share a look. A look that implies they’re enjoying this as much as the audience. They’re not just putting...
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Oh My Heart by Mother Mother
Consisting of twelve songs that individually could be listened to over and over again without losing their attraction, Oh My Heart is the second album from the Vancouver-based band Mother Mother.
Mother Mother is Ryan Guldemond, Molly Guldemond, Jasmin Parkin, Jeremy Page, and Ali Siadat, and they have created an album that is equally quirky and brilliant. While many of these songs are about...
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Metric Love Rocks the Orpheum
On tour for their fourth studio album, Fantasies, Metric played the Orpheum theatre in Vancouver on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 to a crowd of avid listeners.
Having mostly seen Metric play 19plus shows, the all-ages aspect of their show drew attention to the fact that, thanks in part to the new local radio station The Peak, Metric is gaining some status with a younger as well as a more mainstream...
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Yeah! It's Blitz!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, a New York City based band released their third studio album, It’s Blitz!, in March of this year. The album consists of ten elaborate tracks including smash dance hits such as the single Zero, and softer indie rock ballads sung by lead crooner Karen O. The band also consists of drummer Brian Chase and guitarist Nick Zinner.
Zero starts off the album demanding you “Shake it like...
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Lisa Mitchell's Enchanting Album is a Wonder
On her first full-length album Wonder Lisa Mitchell, an Australian singer-songwriter, arranges a selection of sweet melodies and soft love songs. From the catchy Neapolitan Dreams to the most recent single Coin Laundry, Lisa maintains her characteristic gentle vocals and charming lyrics.
On Coin Laundry, the innocent 19-year-old dreams of meeting a boy in a Laundromat. She asks,
“Do you have...
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Dempsey's Guitar Rings True
Australian Paul Dempsey, lead singer and guitarist of the band Something for Kate, has taken his talent for words and music and compiled his debut solo album, Everything is True, which was released in August.
Featuring 11 original tracks as well as four cover songs, the album is like a good intentioned (not creepy) smile from a stranger. Like the friend you never had but wish you did, it is...
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it's been days now and you change your mind again,...
The beauty of a song is understood in the feelings experienced by the listener. Tonight, as the rain falls heavy on the roof of my apartment, I’m feeling a little melancholy, as my writing finds itself replaced by the fanatical posting of almost random blogs in an effort to seduce followers from all corners of the World Wide Web. After cracking open the door into a world in which I contribute...
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Forget Robots; Give your Love to Dan Mangan
After touring for three and a half years for his debut album Postcards and Daydreaming, Dan Mangan released Nice, Nice, Very Nice in August of this year. Unfortunately, I don’t have the new album yet so I’m going to write this review based on the songs on his MySpace page.
Things that attract me to Dan Mangan:
1. he’s from Vancouver; 2. his rugged voice is like a pair of rough, yet familiar...
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Mountain Song by Leroy Lee
Australian Singer-Songwriter-Guitarist Leroy Lee’s simplistic style on his new single Mountain Song is as fresh as a snow-capped mountain on a sunny winter morning.
Listen to Mountain Song and a selection of other tracks on his MySpace Page.
July 2009
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Sweating to the Music at Day Two of Virgin...
Under a scorching sun and with little shade to hide under, day two of Virgin Festival began with a small crowd that steadily grew to fill the hill in front of the main stage. Though uncontrollable sweating and the possibility of sunstroke threatened the listeners, the music was too good to resist, and most were just thankful there was no rain or lightening to shut things down early as it did on...
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Sing Along with char2d2
There may be small vampires but there are no small tracks on the debut album from Vancouver band char2d2. The EP features six charming pop melodies and soft love songs that don’t give way to tears as the strong guitars and quick underlying rhythms keep the songs up-tempo. Officially char2d2 is Charla McCutcheon. The addition of Eric Breitenbach on drums completes the duo. No stranger to the...
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+1 for technology
I love randomly checking out a bands myspace page and finding a new song. Something I’ve never heard before, something to get excited about, and an indication that more new songs and hopefully a new album and corresponding tour are in the works.
I just did some MySpace band page hopping… I started off with Amy Millan (I was checking her upcoming tour dates; she’ll be in...
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The Grates Just Want to Have Fun
“We just want to have fun and we hope other people do too”, Patience Hodgson lead singer of the Grates has been quoted as saying*, and while listening to either of their two albums it is almost impossible not to. The Grates consists of Patience on vocals, John Patterson on guitar and Alana Skyring on drums. Together they combine catchy lyrics and buoyant rhythms to create a blend of music not...
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If You Like MGMT...
I’ve been a fan of MGMT for a while now, with their three songs, Time to Pretend, Electric Feel, and Kids each taking a turn as my favourite song of the moment. Unfortunately, when the band started to blow up in popularity and people I would have never expected were asking, “Do you like MGMT?”, and changing their ringtones and all in all obsessing, I stopped, or at least toned...
They Started Something
On Saturday, April 11, 2009 UK band The Ting Tings preformed for a very receptive crowd at the Commodore Ballroom. They played their smash singles Shut Up and Let Me Go and That’s Not My Name along with the rest of the songs on their debut album, We Started Nothing. The Ting Tings have certainly started something, whether that is just a really great band or more. With few slow songs on their...