I’ve been a fan of Arcade Fire for some time, but as with many bands, I haven’t picked up all their releases.  At least, not until now.  I’ve been listening to Neon Bible for a good week and it’s a very good album.  Near as good as their first full album, Funeral.  I also picked [...]

Marketing music online should not be hard at all.  Way too many times though, bands and labels don’t do a good job.  Quick lesson:  put it out there free, not as a download but as a stream.  Don’t make people sign up for anything or work in any way other than going to a site [...]

For what it’s worth, I’m not a huge country fan.  I do enjoy bluegrass and people like Alison Krauss; their are some slower bluegrass groups and alt-country groups that are really nice to listen to.
Gillian Welch has that sound.  Her new album is really good and I’d suggest it for chilling out at home. She [...]

Writing more about music was a goal of mine for the year.  I’ve bought eleven albums so far this year and although nothing has been truly groundbreaking (something I’d listen to for a month straight) there have been some standouts.
As an aside, I’m tracking all my album purchases this year along with how many times [...]

I’ve really been getting into the Girls album, Album, that made so many top ten lists last year.  It’s a two piece, and the opening track really hooks you into listening off the bat.  Most of the CD isn’t comprised of fast sounding tunes, unlike the opener, but there’s something about it that is easy [...]

(Editors note, this is coming out in late January due to being on the road.)
This is going to be a long post.  Get some popcorn, I would, but I don’t care for it.  It takes me a LONG time to write this.  It’s Friday, I’m listening to Get Lonely by the Mountain Goats and am [...]

Sauce had a nice show last night with the Red Pens and Gospel Gossip.  I only stayed for the Red Pens as that was all I wanted to see last night, but I hear good things about the latter.
They played the entirety of their LP, Reasons and one additional song.  They rock.  The drummer is [...]

I’ve been listening to this track non stop!  I ordered the album through Amazon a few days ago, but am still waiting.  Watch this at your own peril, it’s addicting:

PROTIP: Expand to full screen for awesome-o colors.

I was at Sauce, the new “spirits and sounds” digs in Uptown on Saturday and saw two new bands that were both really good live.
The first was Ice Palace, a five piece if memory serves, who played indie music with a good lead singer.  His voice was somewhat disinterested or low monotone if that makes [...]

Last night, we went to see the Mountain Goats at the Cedar.  It was a pretty packed show,  MPR and Vita.mn were sponsoring it and this was my first time trying going to the Cedar.  The room was pretty dark and fit maybe 250 people or so in it.  It was standing room only, which [...]