A Free Man is been in Sweden for nearly a week now. During my time here, I’ve been astounded by the amount of great music coming out of this country. There are the ones we all know about – The Hives, Peter, Bjorn & John, Jose Gonzalez and their ilk. But through my interviews I’ve [...]
Archive for the ‘MP3 of the Week’ Category
MP3s 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 [...]
Easter Carols
OK, these songs have nothing to do with Easter but are some of the best tracks zipping around the interweb this week. They are late and sparse due to an iMac meltdown. Hey Apple, I thought your OS was meant to be stable?!
Liam Finn, son of Crowded House front man Neil Finn, released his [...]
Ten best of the week: k.d. lang, MGMT and Blah Blah Blah
16 Mar 2008 at 19:00
A Free Man
American artists, British Artists, Country, Indie Pop, Instrumental, MP3 of the Week, folk
I listened to k.d. lang’s album “Drag” on repeat while I was quitting smoking last year, so she’ll always have a special place in my heart. Her new LP, “Watershed” came out in January and what I’ve heard of it is outstanding. The steel guitar alone on “I Dream of Spring”, an appropriate track for [...]
MP3s of the Week: New Breeders, Kathleen Edwards and More
The Deal sisters are back with a new LP. The Breeders‘ “Mountain Battles” is due on April 7 from 4AD. It’s their first since ‘02 and if the first single, “Bang On”, is any indication – a stylistic departure. They come at you with a fuzzy, hip-hop bass beat and Pixies-esque vocals. A must. Pre-order [...]
MP3 of the Week – The Rosewood Thieves – “Honey, Stay Awhile”
Another Northeastern (U.S.) roots rock act caught my attention this week, I smell a scene up in the Hudson Valley. The Rosewood Thieves are a New York based quintet who released their second EP “Lonesome” in the Autumn. Their music strongly hearkens back to the 1960’s with Mackenzie Vernacchio’s organ summoning up echoes of The [...]
MP3 of the Week: Lightspeed Champion: “Dry Lips”
The hysteria prone British music press has anointed Lightspeed Champion one of the Next Big Things (TM) for 2008. American expat and former Test Icicle Devonte Hynes released his solo debut – “Falling of the Lavender Bridge” a couple of weeks ago. Lightspeed Champion plays Bright Eyes inspired folk-tinged indie rock and in fact recorded [...]
MP3 of the Week: Wes Montgomery – “Four on Six”
This feature is supposed to highlight a new single by a relative musical newcomer. This is a task that is becoming increasingly difficult on the weekends. Seems that my 8 week old son is covetous of my attentions except on the rare occasions when he is asleep. So, my weekends are now dedicated to the [...]
MP3 of the Week: Heavy Trash – “Outside Chance”
Before I start with Heavy Trash can I just make a plea to all the musicians out there – please do not put your music on autoplay on your websites. If I want to listen to your tracks I will push play, if I don’t you will just annoy me and make me go elsewhere. [...]
MP3 of the Week: Eugene Francis Jnr – “Poor Me”
After the unfortunate events in Athens last night, I thought about making the MP3 of the week a mournful dirge for my Dawgs. But while listening through the options today this one, which is sort of the polar opposite of a dirge got me feeling pretty good despite being overtired and Spurriered.
“Our days are numbered [...]
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