Saturday was our two year immi-versary, the anniversary of our immigration to Australia. I stumbled off of a 24 hour flight into to the blazing South Australian with Dr. O’C and a seven month old Boy Z. I’d never been to Australia and despite befriending several natives (including the one I had lived with for [...]
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The most wonderful time of the year.
04 Dec 2008 at 21:01
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, Brooklyn, MP3s, Music, Portland, Seattle, Sweden
No, not Christmas. Christmas can bite me. I’m talking about the time for end-of-year Top 10 lists. I love a good top 10 list and have always wanted a venue on which to present one. When I was thinking of starting a blog, and this is true, one of the things that motivated me to [...]
Australian Birds
Or Sheilas if I can continue with the vaguely sexist (and potentially hackneyed) metaphors. But it makes a catchy title for A Free Man’s musical picks of the week, both of whom happen to be Australian women.
I probably should have already heard of Missy Higgins, the 24 year old Melbourne based singer-songwriter. Her 2005 debut, [...]
MP3s of the Week: Top Toffs Edition
24 Jun 2008 at 10:27
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, British Artists, Brooklyn, MP3 of the Week
The older I get, the more I appreciate the darkly twisted Nick Cave. He and his Bad Seeds have a new record out, “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” which is just pure art. Check out the title track for a glimpse.
MP3: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”
London based singer-songwriter Owen Duff has [...]
MP3s of the Week: Caught Up!
05 Jun 2008 at 14:53
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, Florida, Indie Pop, MP3 of the Week
Success! With this post A Free Man is caught up with all MP3s sent through over the long month that I was off line. What a great sense of accomplishment. What follows is my ten favorite tracks that I’ve received in one way or another over the last month or so. Some of them are [...]
Assassinating 80’s Nostalgia
Well, the whole relocation and resettling here in Oz took far longer than I had hoped. A Free Man was nearly a month without a home internet connection, which made blogging a bit of a challenge. But, as I knock frantically on wood, I think that we’ve got all the gears turning and hopefully will [...]
Great Interview of the Week: Mixing music and motherhood
Eva Popov is a Melbourne musician who recently released her debut long player “Me, the Sea & Stars”. I had originally lined her up as part of my interview series of Australian musicians over on A Free Man. When I started to do some research for my interview, however, I realized that there was a [...]
Eva Popov - "Carry This Love" [5:41m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Eva Popov - "Exit Door" [4:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMP3s of the Week: Anticipating Gordon Lightfoot
30 Mar 2008 at 21:23
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, MP3 of the Week, Swedish artists
There are some bands that just shouldn’t make a comeback, beautifully illustrated by the recent release of The B-52s’ “Funplex” – their first original album in nearly two decades. There’s nothing wrong with the music, at least what I’ve heard, it sounds a lot like the last B-52s’ record “Good Stuff”. I just don’t see [...]
Aussie Rules: Radio Spectacular!!!
A Free Man’s Antipodean Musical Safari is in full swing this week with another Australian pop outfit – Adelaide’s Radio Spectacular!!! A partnership between Harry Whizkid and his lady love Pheebs, Radio Spectacular!!! is making wonderfully clever synth-pop Partners in more than music Harry and Phebe met, in true 21st Century fashion, online a couple [...]
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