Posted in Album Reviews, Best of 2008, tagged Bon Iver, Laura Marling, The Dodos, Vampire Weekend, Born Ruffians, Fleet Foxes, Man Man, Pete & The Pirates, Tyler Ramsey, Blitzen Trapper, Yeasayer, The Tallest Man On Earth, Dr. Dog, Ratatat, Radiohead, Noah and the Whale, The Dears, Yellow Bird Project, Pinback, Department of Eagles, Girl Talk, Plants & Animals, The Hush Sound, Horse Feathers, Santogold, Alaska In Winter, The Welcome Wagon, TV On The Radio on December 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Written for The Yellow Bird Project:
Top 20 Albums of 2008
December 26th, 2008 by themiddledistancerunner
Seasons Greetings My Merry Music Lovers,
The time is here, for my albums of the year. Sorry, Christmas makes me feel like rhyming. Anyways, I have finished my schooling and can once again indulge in the things I love (music, books other [...]
Posted in Concert Reviews, tagged Abba, Blackberry Stone, Club Soda, Johnny Flynn, Laura Marling, Montanita, Mumford & Sons, Pop Montreal, Ratatat, Shempi on October 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ratatat – Club Soda – 03/10/08 (Pop Montreal)
I saw Ratatat play last night at Club Soda in Montreal as a part of the Pop Montreal Festival. I’d first like to say that Club Soda is a piece of shit. Secondly, Ratatat was incredible. I was expecting it to be one of those shows that you [...]
Posted in Other Randomness, tagged Beck, Bon Iver, Interpol, Islands, Kings of Leon, Left of Center, Modern Guilt, Pinback, Radiohead, Ratatat, Sirius, Sonic Youth, The Arcade Fire, The Shins, Vampire Weekend on October 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just got Sirius satellite radio, and while there are a lot of pretty useless channels I have found one that I have been listening to pretty frequently. It is called Left of Center and they pretty much play everything that I listen to on a daily basis while introducing me to some cool new [...]
Posted in New Music!, tagged Another World EP, Antony and the Johnsons, Challengers, Final Fantasy, Fleet Foxes, In Rainbows, LP3, New Pornographers, Owen Pallett, Radiohead, Ratatat, This Spectrum 14th Century EP on October 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for my lack of blogging lately. School and laziness have taken over for the time being. But fear not, the flood gates will open soon and you will hear lots and lots of glorious music. For the time being here are some new videos from some great artists that I think you may enjoy:
Fleet [...]
Posted in Mixtapes, tagged Animal Collective, Au, Bowerbirds, Caribou, Crystal Castles, Dr. Dog, Elliott Brood, Fleet Foxes, Kathleen Edwards, Middle Distance Runner, Polaris Music Prize, Ratatat on July 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well hello there kind fellows. I have finally found a few seconds to take a few of the songs that I have been listening to a lot this past month and putting together a monthly mixtape for your listening pleasure. So here it is. I hope you like it. I think it’s got some very [...]
