So, to be quite honest, when I first listened to this album, I wasn’t a fan. It’s out there. Like way out there. Maybe not on par with Gaga out there, but definitely on par with Modest Mouse out there. I listened to it once and I must have heard something in there, because I … Continue reading The Paper Scissors – In Loving Memory
You know, it’s hard to blog about music when you’re constantly bombarded by mediocre crap. Seriously. I’ve gone so long without blogging because there simply hasn’t been anything good to blog about. Where’d all the good music go!? Case in point: Albums like Owl City’s new catastrophe, All Things Bright and Beautiful. It’s a ninth-grade … Continue reading Owl City – All Things Bright and Beautiful
*le sigh* I just don’t think I’m hip enough to like The Fleet Foxes. I got their EP, Sun Giant, and their first full length, self-titled album back in ’08 on the recommendation of a friend and didn’t really “get it” then, and I certainly don’t “get it” now with their sophomore album and newest … Continue reading Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Well, it’s the very first Metal Monday here on That Girl With A Blog and boy do we have a treat for you! Pittsburgh’s very own Dethlehem has released their second full length album, The Ghorusalem Codex, Volume 2: Of Magick & Tyranny, the long awaited sequel to their 2009 debut, The Ghorusalem Codex, Volume … Continue reading Metal Monday: Dethlehem Two-fer!
So, I got this album forever ago and plain ol’ forgot about it. That’s terrible. It’s not even in my “Recently Added” music in Media Player any more. Shit. Well, according to Metacritic, today’s the release date anyway, so here it is… Well, Gorillaz are bangin’ ’em out one after another, apparently. Plastic Beach has … Continue reading Gorillaz – The Fall
The pack of Brooklynites, ArpLine, comprised of Sam Tyndall (vocals, additional guitar, additional bass, programming and synthesizers), Adam De Rosa (guitars), Oliver Edsforth (keyboards and saxophone), Nathan Lithgow (bass, back-up vocals), and Michael Chap Resnick (percussion and programming) dropped their first album, Travel Book (clever!). From their press release: “Indefinite and obtuse, their instrumentation is … Continue reading ArpLine – Travel Book
***2/9/11 Update: Please note that Google, being the terrible people that they are, took down The Unheard over on Blogger, so the link in this blog to download the John Brion version is no longer accessible. Sorry for being a big tease, but at least I told you in advance. Also, be sure to check … Continue reading Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine [Jon Brion vs. Mike Elizondo]
Usually, samplers don’t make it onto That Girl With A Blog, but this one’s a little different. It actually ended up in my inbox quite some time ago and got lost in the shuffle, but I’m really glad that it ended up on top again. Like most samplers, Sounds Like Brisbane has it’s hits and … Continue reading Sounds Like Brisbane
At the tender age of 18, Israel Cannan did what the rest of us wanted to do at that age…he got in a van with a friend and just…went. He spent a little under three months touring Australia, the US, and London, presenting his “music to the people in a new and organic way…in the … Continue reading Israel Cannan – Walk
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