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Ear To The Sound: The summer lives forever
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Friday, July 20, 2012. The summer lives forever. Listening to the latest effort from Winnipeg hip-hop duo The Happy Unfortunate, I can't help but think of A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders. I know that comparing THU to one of the giants of the rap game in ATCQ may seem overblown or like a reach, but bear with me. When ATCQ debuted with People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Helped birth the daisy age. At it's root, Instinctive Travels. And two years later came No Time To Sleep.
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Ear To The Sound: August 2012
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012. One man's loss is the world's gain. Are no strangers to Ear To The Sound. Readers. Back when I started this blog (over 4 years ago, yikes! With the whole "A is for./ B is for." conceit and didn't know what this blog would become, the E was for Evening Hymns. Though it never got its own blog entry, Spirit Guides. The debut album under the Evening Hymns moniker - was #15 on my Top 20 of 2009 post. Served as a primer to what the sophomore record, Spectral Dusk. Lie down in his mind.
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Ear To The Sound: January 2012
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Thursday, January 12, 2012. Slippery as a (Swedish) fish. Over just seven songs, Halina Larsson crafts a captivating little album. Fires and French Horns. Fires and French Horns- Halina Larsson. Larsson's voice takes on a dusky tone on "Puget Sounds;" the record's quiet standout. The snare provides a lolloping beat that matches the efforts of the song's protagonist to pull her lover onward in their relationship. While it's not as out-and-out country as Barton Hollow. At Larsson' Bandcamp page. So here it...
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Ear To The Sound: February 2012
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012. I've had the distinct pleasure of recording Tim Crabtree - aka Paper Beat Scissors - twice at the UMFM studio. Once in our old space and again in our new band room [you can hear the latter session here. As well as seeing him perform live. To say I was excited to hear that Crabtree had enlisted past Ear To The Sound. Fave Mike Feuerstack of Snailhouse. As great as the help is, this is still Crabtree's show and his statement. All the ornamentation in the world couldn't prop t...
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Ear To The Sound: Hell yes, Way Yes.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012. Hell yes, Way Yes. From the folks that brought you past ETTS act Dominant Legs. Lefse Records is back and starting the summer off right with a little EP from Columbus, Ohio trio Way Yes called - appropriately enough - Walkability. Album, their Western Vinyl. Label-mates Callers, and even Victoria, B.C. act Chet - whose Kauai. Is a criminally overlooked record. At a brief 5 songs and seconds shy of 20 minutes, striding to the pace of Walkability. Way Yes - Walkability. Winnipeg, M...
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Ear To The Sound: June 2012
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Thursday, June 14, 2012. Hell yes, Way Yes. From the folks that brought you past ETTS act Dominant Legs. Lefse Records is back and starting the summer off right with a little EP from Columbus, Ohio trio Way Yes called - appropriately enough - Walkability. Album, their Western Vinyl. Label-mates Callers, and even Victoria, B.C. act Chet - whose Kauai. Is a criminally overlooked record. At a brief 5 songs and seconds shy of 20 minutes, striding to the pace of Walkability. Way Yes - Walkability. For the fir...
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Ear To The Sound: August 2011
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011. It's lots of things, but mostly Solla Solla is something else. Most people are familiar with the idea. Of Bollywood, even if they've never seen. An actually Bollywood film, but I doubt too many know about Kollywood. Who sent the station a fantastic two volume collection of his compositions. For the double-digit list of sounds he's drawn on. Of course when you've done 900 film scores over a 34 year career, you're going to need a bigger palette to paint from than the James New...
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Ear To The Sound: Beats me to my next post...
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Friday, July 6, 2012. Beats me to my next post. I'm going to be dropping a new ETTS. Post about the forthcoming record. From Winnipeg rap duo The Happy Unfortunate. In the next few days, but I just got the link to this beattape from Envoy - who is one-half of the group - and figured I'd share it here and promote the fact that (a) there will be a new post shortly, and (b) it will be about The Happy Unfortunate. who I am happy to say will be playing a free Friday night show. Ear To The Sound. Subscribe to ...
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Ear To The Sound: One man's loss is the world's gain.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012. One man's loss is the world's gain. Are no strangers to Ear To The Sound. Readers. Back when I started this blog (over 4 years ago, yikes! With the whole "A is for./ B is for." conceit and didn't know what this blog would become, the E was for Evening Hymns. Though it never got its own blog entry, Spirit Guides. The debut album under the Evening Hymns moniker - was #15 on my Top 20 of 2009 post. Served as a primer to what the sophomore record, Spectral Dusk. Lie down in his mind.
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Ear To The Sound: Poised for the Polaris?
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Poised for the Polaris? Last week - June 7th to be exact - the polls closed in one of the biggest votes of my life (I would count voting in the last federal election, only that didn't go so well. Seriously Canada, WTF? For the first time ever, I submitted a ballot for the Polaris Prize. The Long List will be announced tomorrow. Without further ado, here's what I voted for:. Number 5: Yamantaka / Sonic Titan - Yt / St. This is an act that made my own long list. I wasn't too big o...
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