I do not claim to know all records that were released this year, although I wish I did. Also, I know a couple of songs from various albums that I do not own (yet?), who could well make / have made that list. Nonetheless:

1) Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies And Minds
2) Crooked Fingers - Dignity And Shame
3) Final Fantasy - Has A Good Home
4) The Big Huge - Crown Your Head With Flowers Crown Your Heart With Joy
5) Mi And L'Au - s/t
6) Why? - Elephant Eyelash
7) Wolf Parade - Apologies To The…

Hello again…everybody,

the artist I'd like to bring you near this Monday evening is New York singer-songwriter Whip (aka Jason Merritt). His 2003 debut album Atheist Lovesongs To God, previously available on Zeal Records, recently got rereleased in the USA on Resonant. On first listen, just this last week, it simply blew me away! Wonderful melodies / songs, a tremulous voice reminiscent of the likes of Will Oldham / Bonnie 'Prince' Billy or Damien Jurado at their most calm moments. But from first listen I had a strong feeling, that I knew the voice from somewhere else. After some…

Well…hello everybody…

Today my artist of the moment is really an artist I listen to quite a lot recently. But that's no wonder as I got their album only last Friday. Ahh…the group that I'm talking about is none other than lovely The Big Huge. Maybe somebody, although I doubt it, has noticed them skyrocketing up my Top Artist Charts and wondered who that band is. The Big Huge is more or less Drew Nelson, whom some might know from his other group Sonna. He is aided on this project by some friends, such as Michael Lambright,…

So, my very first journal entry…

I guess the very reason why I decided to post something here was the realization that some of my favorite bands really don't have lotsa "fans" / plays on this site. So I thought it would be nice if I would post something about lesser known bands weekly. I hope I can live up to my goal!

I decided to start with a band who has almost no listeners, The Old Joe Clarks, but which I love dearly. I'll give only basic information here because I hope the interested reader will follow some…