Monday, November 16, 2009

Oppressed by the Line

Although I have not been writing much here I have been attempting to find some new music. Oppressed by the Line are by no means new to me, I remember just adoring the tune Even years ago. However, I some how missed the release of the latest e.p. earlier this year. I can't get enough of it!

Oh how I miss that old shoe-gaze sound! Buy the latest release here.

photo: duncan jones

Friday, November 6, 2009

Chet

What a pleasant surprise from Victoria. Chet have recently released Chelsea Silver Please Come Home and, from the songs that I am hearing on Myspace, it is going to be the release that brings the band beyond their Canadian borders.

Dealing with a small bought of insomnia, I have been listening to them during the wee hours of the morning and the music reflected the witching hour perfectly. There is a slight Fleet Foxes feel to the music but it strays quickly from any comparisons. Go check them out on their page here.
Photo via Myspace

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Langhorne Slim

For those of us lucky enough to have caught last night's Langhorne Slim show at the Media Club in Vancouver, I really do think we should consider ourselves blessed. That was one of the best show's I have been to in ages and might just be the best act to come through this city in a long time. Not since Scott H. Biram's performance, at the same venue, have I been so floored by musical pressence. I have nothing but praise for Slim and his band's live performance.

Please, if you get the opportunity to see the band on the road, get out there and see them. The current line-up is amazing. They were well worth putting up with the drunken child in the front of the room that felt screaming over every lyric was for the concert goers' benefit.

Cheers to the incredible acoustic number Slim played on the front of the stage sans electricity. There is no better feeling than getting tingles from someone so amazingly talented.

(photo via Myspace)