Posts Tagged ‘obscuresound’
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The High Dials Move to Moon Country
As evidenced on Monday with Andre Ethier’s excellent Born of Blue Fog, January is often a time for this site to explore releases that I may have overlooked in 2008. It is not by any means intentional, as no one could possibly l...
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Andre Ethier Is Born of Blue Fog
The past month provided me with a much-needed break, one that allowed me to take a break during a time in which artists are usually reluctant to release material. After all, releasing an album in late December or early January ...
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4 Bonjour’s Parties’ Pigments Drift Down to the Brook
One of the many aspects of music that I have always found fulfilling relates to how influences have no cultural boundaries. While traditional music that holds some merit toward a country’s cultural values and historical context...
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Ball of Flame Shoot Fire in Jokeland
MP3 files are now working When monumental success is accomplished through means of distinctive locality, I imagine that the sense of pride for a group is indescribable. You grow up with a certain group of friends, talk and occa...
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J. Tillman Sings the Vacilando Territory Blues
Though there are still a few underexposed albums from 2008 that I will feature in the coming weeks, it is most certainly not too early to move on to 2009. We have only slightly more than three weeks left and, with the “Top 50 A...
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Discovering a Long Forgotten Friend in Dreamend
For a music lover, the perks of running a record label are plentiful. Discovering new artists, making a variety of connections in the industry, and – most rewardingly – the feeling of breaking out something new and worthwhile a...