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Archive for May 2009

Permenant Record: That’s Your Fire

THIS IS A CROSS-POST WITH OUR “BLOGGER OF THE WEEK” FEATURE OVER AT BREAK THRU RADIO. BE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT ALONG WITH OUR INTERVIEW/PODCAST!
Quite simply Aloha’s “That’s Your Fire” is responsible for me being able to appreciate subtlety in musicianship vs. the brash bombastic sounds and heart on your sleeve emotion that had dominated my [...]

CMI on Break Thru Radio

The kind folks over at Break Thru Radio were crazy enough to put us on the air this week. Besides letting us pick an hours worth of good tunes, we answered a handful of questions and introduced several of our favorite tracks. Check out our song picks and audio interview by visiting BTR by choosing [...]

Covers: Right Back Where We Started From

In 1975 Maxine Nightingale released the disco-tinged “Right Back Where We Started From,” which eventually peaked at #2 of the Billboard Hot 100 — taking center stage was her vocals and a string arrangement which was put together by two members of ELO. The percussion, which seems more or less to be composed entirely of [...]

Sigur Ros – Svefn-G-Englar

This is a cross-post with our “Blogger of the Week” feature over at Break Thru Radio. Be sure to check that out along with our upcoming interview/podcast!

I was thinking that if I had an apartment directly above Sigur Rós’s rehearsal space, my dreams would be a lot cooler than they are now. They would, at the [...]

Permanent Record: This Year’s Model

This is a cross-post with our “Blogger of the Week” feature over at Break Thru Radio. Be sure to check that out along with our upcoming interview/podcast.
At age 16, in a musty record store attic, I purchased my first vinyl copy of This Years Model for $2. I had never heard a note of Elvis [...]

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