a couple of two new tracks recorded earlier this week: Continue reading
Category Archives: music
early instrumental recordings 2004-2005
several older lo-fi instrumental recordings have been added to the music page for downloading/streaming.
heavy rotation summer 2009
While I am by no means a music critic or an authority on the latest and most interesting music, I like to think that I listen to a diverse sampling of music and I am more than happy to recommend some of my current favourites. Here are some of the new-ish records I’m really into this summer: Continue reading
polaris shortlist 2009
Polaris is the annual Canadian music prize, awarded to an artist for an album released in the past year, based solely on artistic merit (regardless of record sales, label affiliation, or genre). The 10 artists on the shortlist was announced yesterday. The winner is to be announced in September. Last year’s winner was Caribou‘s Andorra, a very fine record. A CBC R3 playlist is posted after the jump. Continue reading
NXNE 2009
Highlights from NXNE 2009, held June 17-21 in Toronto: Continue reading