Its early 2011 and the new music coming from the UK is beginning to explode. James Blake, not to be confused with the American tennis player. James Blake is a British musician/producer and there is alot of buzz surrounding him.
Ruby Coast seems to be in a giving mood on giving away a free track off from “Whatever This Is”. Last week it was the B-Side Sister. This time it is the track Liza Liza which is free to download on their Bandcamp site.
January 18, 2011 will be the drop/release date for the long awaited full-length of Native Speaker by Braids. Now they are in high demand since being signed to Kanine Records in the USA and Flemish Eye (Home to Chad VanGaalen) in Canada. I am revisiting a review from August 29, 2009 on their EP called …
For fans of Sackville (1994-2002) and Black Ox Orkestar (2000-2007) Gabe Levine is one of those musicians you definitely need to check out. One of those musicians who was unheard in 2010 and should be heard in 2011.
Will this artist make a big splash in 2011? I happened to listen to BBC Radio 1 online. They just played this new artist named Zoo Kid. He is 16 years old and looks like Rick Astley with the hairstyle of La Roux. At first the radio personality (Reggie Yates) said 16 years old I …
Second album review in 2011. Checking out Destroyer‘s Kaputt and it won’t be dropped until January 25, 2011.
Evening Hymns – Dead Deer [Music Video]
This is probably my first show to attend in 2011. It was at the Avant-Garde Bar. Playing was: The Jon Cohen Experimental JF Robitaille Loon Choir It was a pretty interesting night of music. Ranging from pop-rock (Loon Choir), acoustic folk (JF Robitaille) to experimental (Jon Cohen). Here are the rest of the photos [flickr-gallery …
Found out today that my favorite band Ruby Coast released a B-side from the upcoming full-length “Whatever This Is”. The b-side is called Sister which is free to download on their Bandcamp site.
Long Long Long is a track on the White album by The Beatles. Now it is a Halifax band that takes the name. Not sure if they got it from that song? Anyways this band will be joining Braids on January 21st in Ottawa (Facebook Event).