Â
Ah, such fresh wounds with this one! While visiting my family in upstate NY, I came across an Australian foreign exchange student who, after graduating high school in Australia decided to come here to upstate NY for a year. She’s a really good singer and very friendly and I liked her immediately when she coerced [...]
I love bands with a sense of humor. International Airport, a five piece hailing from Glasgow had this to say on their myspace page in the category of sounds like:
“When you have a list of bands that you like, or who you are influenced by, and the first two in the list are fighting [...]
Hey everyone. I hope you all had yourself Merry Little Christmases or Hanukkahs, Kwanzaas etc. I just put together a nice little Swedish music compilation for my Swedish grandma including Jens Lekman, Peter and John Bjorn, El Perro Del Mar, The Envelopes, The Shout Out Louds and more for when I see her [...]
I’m blogging at home in upstate NY. For any of you unaware, there’s a whole big landmass not associated with NYC where people have very little to do. It’s called upstate NY and that’s where I’m from. There are actually cows in the small town where I’m from. You know, real cows not just plastic [...]
Last Friday, I had lunch after work at this place called The Soupbox, which is a local Chicago small business chain that sells some great both vegetarian friendly as well as non vegetarian soups. (In the summer, it turns into The Icebox and sells frozen fruit.) I was sharing an order of cream of [...]
The Hideout in Chicago
12/9/06
Palliard is one of those bands that makes Chicago a better place to live in. Sometimes, I feel so proud that Chicago is the home to so many great local bands and Palliard is definitely worth both listening to and seeing in a live setting. This marks the fourth time [...]
The Metro
Chicago, Illinois
12/15/06
Eugene Hütz may be the ultimate frontman. To simply call him edgy could be the biggest understatement of the year. He doesn’t just merely sing as part of the large ensemble cast of players that makes up Gogol Bordello. He calls out in his raspy voice to legions of fans. [...]
I love you France. I really do. I love you Canada. You know I’d be your girl. But, there’s something about Swedish music that I’m addicted to lately. I’ve gotten into many different Swedish bands this year and I’ve blogged about them as well (with pics!) including the likes of [...]
The above little girl is not my baby. (At this point in my life, I don’t plan on having kids) It’s the newborn of my friend Michelle who I’ve had the pleasure of seeing quite often since her birth. She’s darling, especially when she’s fast asleep. This photo was taken a week ago from yesterday. [...]
It’s been a bit of a hectic week-friend wise but I did get a chance to finally check out the lovely music of Jenn Grant who I found out about because the production on her first full length album Jenn Grant and Goodbye Twentieth Century was done by members of one of my favorite bands, [...]