Monthly Archives: October 2009

Listing the Best Albums of 2009 from A to Z: Bat for Lashes

Bat For Lashes Two Suns Released April 6th on Astralwerks (US) and Parlophone (UK) “Whenever I’m writing music it’s a very visual place in my mind” – Natasha Khan I can’t remember what music blog I discovered this band on, but all I know is that I liked their name and couldn’t wait to hear [...]

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Listing the Best Albums of 2009 from A to Z: The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers I And Love And You Released September 29th on American Recordings This band grew from a side project consisting of brothers Seth and Scott Avett, of the rock band, Nemo. During Nemo’s downtime, Scott began experimenting with acoustic music, thus launching what was known as the Back Porch Project, or Nemo Downstairs. [...]

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RIP Taylor Mitchell

Sad news out of Ontario, Canada. Up-and-coming singer/songwriter, Taylor Mitchell, was mauled to death by two coyotes while hiking alone in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia. She was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition, but died on Wednesday morning. She turned nineteen years old just two months ago. God rest your [...]

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Festival Rumors Already?!

Seriously? Well I guess it is about that time of year again. The time when music fans are starting to get antsy about wanting to know who will be playing their favorite festival in 2010. For those of you who don’t know, think of festival rumors as the placement of teams in March Madness, assuming [...]

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Listing the Best Albums of 2009 from A to Z: Antony and the Johnsons

Antony and the Johnsons The Crying Light Released January 19th on Secretly Canadian Records Antony Hegarty is an English-born singer/songwriter, composer and visual artist, who as a teenager was influenced by British synth pop, Boy George, Otis Redding and Nina Simone, among many others. At the age of six, he moved to Amsterdam with his [...]

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