This week marks this blog’s first birthday. They grow up so fast, don’t they? Before… Read the postWeek 53: “Comme Des Enfants” by Coeur De Pirate
Picking a Daft Punk song for a list like this might seem like a surprising… Read the postWeek 51: “Nightvision” by Daft Punk
Cover songs are tricky. If you stick to the original, you get criticized for trying… Read the postWeek 49: “Blow Out” by Radiohead (L.O. Freq cover)
Every so often, for reasons I can’t fully understand, I feel compelled to rent an… Read the postWeek 48: “I Get A Kick Out Of You” by Ella Fitzgerald (Cinematic Orchestra remix)
Faultline is British producer David Kosten, and one of those musicians who leaves a frustratingly… Read the postWeek 45: “Your Love Means Everything (part 2)” by Faultline feat. Chris Martin
In early 2000, photographer Sam Jones contacted the band Wilco to ask if he could… Read the postWeek 42: “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” by Wilco
The Happiness Project was a brilliant experiment in the music of everyday life, created by… Read the postWeek 40: “Vittoria” by Charles Spearin
Over the past ten years, Patrick Lee has released 25 albums. I repeat, this time… Read the postWeek 39: “Mrs. Lee” by Patrick Lee
If you like music enough to be reading this, you’re probably familiar with the psychological… Read the postWeek 38: “What Would You Do With A Million?” by Giant Jnr.
If you were giving advice to someone trying to make a name for themselves in… Read the postWeek 36: “Whirlpool” by Tim Fagan
There are some things that, for reasons you can’t fully explain, make you cry like… Read the postWeek 35: “Casimir Pulaski Day” by Sufjan Stevens
In an earlier post (this one) I declared Sarah Harmer’s song “Lodestar” to be the… Read the postWeek 34: “Dynamite Walls” by Hayden
And now, a brief story about why I like sample-based music. Many years ago, I… Read the postWeek 33: “His Majesty King Raam” by Lemon Jelly
Sometimes beautiful songs show up in the least likely places. A couple of years ago,… Read the postWeek 31: “Despertar” by Aisha Duo
Sometimes your enjoyment of a particular band has more to do with one particular band… Read the postWeek 27: “Ramparts” by John Frusciante
Picking which Death Cab song to include on this list is like being asked to… Read the postWeek 26: “Marching Bands of Manhattan” by Death Cab For Cutie
The Texas-based instrumental rock band Explosions in the Sky got their big break when their… Read the postWeek 25: “Day Eight” by Explosions in the Sky
If you are Canadian, chances are you have seen the work of the National Film… Read the postWeek 22: “Dayvan Cowboy” by Boards Of Canada
In the span of about 18 months, Leslie Feist when from being just another face… Read the postWeek 21: “The Water” by Feist
Keeping with the European theme of last week’s entry, this week we move west to… Read the postWeek 20: “Les Deux Pianos” by Yann Tiersen