CD Of The Week: What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have

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Sarah Blasko is a popular Australian musician. An original and largely self-reliant musical artist, Blasko is known for her writing and production skills, as well as her unique voice and stage presence. Blasko's 2004 debut album "The Overture & The Underscore" was met with critical acclaim and received gold accreditation in Australia, despite limited commercial radio play. In 2005 Blasko was rewarded for her work with four ARIA nominations, including Album of The Year.

Her second album, "What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have", was released…

French rock/electronica duo Air will release its next album, "Pocket Symphony," March 6 via Astralwerks. The 12-track set boasts vocals from Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, as well as group members J.B. Dunckel and Nicolas Godin. It was produced by longtime collaborator Nigel Godrich.

Pocket Symphony also incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin recently learned to play from an Okinawa master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great…

I came across this article on the upcoming Garbage greatest hits titled "Absolute Garbage" to be released in the spring with 1 unreleased track, kinda what we expected…

Garbage, currently on an indefinite hiatus, will mine the vaults for a best-of, dubbed 'Absolute Garbage,' this spring. The effort will feature ever-dapper hits like 'I'm Only Happy When It Rains' and 'Stupid Girl,' and will be preceded by a new single.

Meanwhile, front woman Shirley Manson has begun work on a solo album, racking up a Who's Who of collaborators. The latest rockers joining the brazen singer are White Stripes…

November 8th, 2006
Imogen Heap @ Massey Hall - featuring Kid Beyond and Levi Weaver

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I treated myself last week on my birthday and saw a wonderfully surprising concert at the historic Massey Hall here is Toronto.

I got in a minute late and Levi Weaver had started. He is from the UK and I first thought at first was just some busker off the street, he's was a single guy on guitar, sounding kinda folk'ish. But then he showed he could really sing and really emote, playing what i think is Good Medicine by far his best track.…

CD Of The Week: On: Audio

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For brothers Ben, Aaron and Nathan Wylie and their friend Jason Nickel, music has always been a constant in their lives. As the Vancouver-based electronic ensemble Au4 (pronounced: oh-four), the four musicians have created a debut album that explores and celebrates the other endless forces that shape and bind us. On Audio, the group’s new full-length release, is an uplifting, ethereal trip through the rhythms of nature and the nature of dreams, mixing blissed-out ambiance with melodic, fairytale songs.

The last 2 years have been spectacular for my music collection, the bulk of my favourite bands have released albums so i have to wonder if 2007 is going to be a bust.

Confirmed:

Kosheen - Damage
VAST - April
Jens Gad - Achillea 2
The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army – July 3, 2007
Air - A Pocket Symphony — March 6, 2007
Massive Attack - Weather Underground — February 2007

Hopeful:

Rob Dougan
Portishead
Dido
Nine Inch Nails
Balligomingo
Within Temptation

I know i'm missing something in there that i'm looking forward to… jog my memory?

Umm…

Wow!

OMG this is the funniest music thing i've seen in a while…

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The BeatlesMetallicaDef LeppardPink FloydRushGreen DayforeignerViolent FemmesBilly JoelRick JamesMichael JacksonThe Beastie Boys50 CentScorpionsDuran DuranBostonLed Zeppelinozzy ozborneWeezerVan HalenDioiron MaidenNirvanaAsiaDavid lee roth

Scary… I've been on Audioscrobbler/Last.fm for 2 years now.

Tracks played: 97220
Posts: 201
Journals: 32

Top 10 Artists this past year:

1 Hooverphonic 930 plays
2 Goldfrapp 713 plays
3 Portishead 597 plays
4 Garbage 580 plays
5 Tool 566 plays
6 Airlock 555 plays
7 Delerium 513 plays
8 Morcheeba 413 plays
9 Kosheen 408 plays
10 Esthero 394 plays

Such and up and down day…

My new headphones(Sennheiser HD 280 Pro $91 Canadian including shipping) are shipping and i should have them early next week, YAY!

Sold my old iPod for a decent price leaving me ready to buy the new 80 iPod as soon as i can get my hands on it, YAY!

But my fucking bandwith shaping motherfucking ISP has new tricks making it hard to upload to some of my favourite ratio torrent sites, BOO!

I guess i'll have to tighten my belt on what new stuff i want to sample for a while until there…