December 2011
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Favourite Shows of 2011
1) James Blake - Lee’s Palace, May 14 2) Portishead - Sound Academy, October 9 3) Prince - Air Canada Centre, November 26 4) Animal Collective - Coachella Festival, April 16 5) St Vincent - Phoneix, December 15 6) Elvis Costello - Sony Performing Centre, June 23 7) Bon Iver - Massey Hall, December 6 8) Feist - Massey Hall, December 1 9) Beirut - Phoenix Theatre, August 2 10) Patrick Watson...
Favourite Singles of 2011
1) Wilhelm Scream - James Blake 2) Video Games - Lana Del Rey 3) Soft - Washed Out 4) Midnight City - M83 5) Goshen - Beirut 6) Holocene - Bon Iver 7) Holland - Cold Specks 8) New Beat - Toro Y Moi 9) I Need You Now - Cut Copy 10) Never Come Around - La Sera 11) Killin’ The Vibe - Ducktails Feat. Panda Bear 12) The Morning - The Weeknd 13) 212 - Azealia Banks 14) Rill Rill - Sleigh Bells 15)...
Favourite Albums of 2011
1) James Blake - James Blake 2) Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost 3) Beirut - Rip Tide 4) Yuck - Yuck 5) Fleet Foxes - Hopelessness Blues 6) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy 7) Still Corners - Creatures of An Hour 8) Bon Iver - Bon Iver 9) Lykke Li - Youth Novels 10) J Mascis - Several Shades of Why 11) Washed Out - Within and Without 12) Timber Timbre - Creep On Creepin On 13) Wilco - The Whole Love 14)...
April 2011
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March 2011
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WatchAUX TV Weekly feature for the book, Our Liner Notes
February 2011
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NEW STROKES SINGLE! →
What happens when you haven’t put out a record in five long years and you announce that you’re making your new single available for free on your website at a specific time?
The seemingly reinforced walls of the Interweb come crumbling down. The Strokes official website has been inaccessible for the last 20 minutes as eager fans have been flooding the site for the free download.
But...
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Our Liner Notes Available Online!
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Our Liner Notes is now available for sale through Etsy, which can be found in their books and zines showcase section. Buy your copy today!
January 2011
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Iron & Wine Perform New Album in its Entirety
Last night Iron & Wine performed an intimate, acoustic show at New York City’s The Greene Space which is broadcasting on demand on NPR’s website now.
The band played their new album, Kiss Each Other Clean, in its entirety, well before its January 25th release date.
And trust me: once you watch the video stream or listen to the audio you won’t be able to wait for the...
December 2010
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WatchThe last My Liner Notes post of 2010 is short and sweet — emphasis on sweet.
Two of my favourite singles this year were Big Boi’s “Shine Blockaz” and The Black Keys’ “Everlasting Light”, ranking #14 and #15, respectively.
So it came as a welcome surprise when mashup artist Wick-it the Instigator combined the two songs for his “Everlasting Shine...
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WatchIt’s no surprise that Sufjan’s favourite musical genre of music is Christmas music.
A few years back he released a box set of five volumes packed full of original and traditional Christmas music.
Then as each Christmas would approach, subsequent volumes began popping up on the Interweb. However, Volume 6 was never previously available, let alone heard. Until now.
The good folks at...
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Top 20 Shows of 2010
1. Sufjan Stevens @ Massey Hall 2. Pavement @ Osheaga Festival, Montreal 3. Belle & Sebastian @ Massey Hall 4. Arcade Fire @ Toronto Island 5. The Magnetic Fields @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre 6. Owen Pallett @ The Mod Club 7. Charlotte Gainsbourg @ Olympia Theatre, Montreal 8. Voxtrot @ Bowery Ballroom, New York 9. LCD Soundsystem @ Kool Haus 10. Kings of Convenience @ Phoenix Theatre 11. Air @...
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Top 30 Albums of 2010
1. Beach House - Teen Dream 2. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz 3. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 4. Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest 5. The National - High Violet 6. Owen Pallett - Heartland 7. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 8. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening 9. The Tallest Man On Earth - The Wild Hunt 10. Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo 11. Band of Horses - Infinite Arms 12. Besnard Lakes - The...
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Top 30 Singles of 2010
1. Foals - Spanish Sahara 2. The Morning Benders - Excuses 3. Beach House - Norway 4. Cee-Lo - I Want You / Fuck You 5. Kanye West - Power / Runaway 6. Arcade Fire - We Used to Wait / Sprawl II 7. Deerhunter - Helicopter 8. Yeasayer - ONE 9. She & Him - In the Sun 10. Mark Ronson - The Bike Song (ft. Kyle Falconer & Spank Rock) / Bang Bang Bang (ft. Q-Tip) 11. Memoryhouse –...
November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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For the past month this blog has inadvertently...
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Interview: Akiko Stehrenberger
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. Of course, this cliché doesn’t really apply to the work of LA-based art director/illustrator Akiko Stehrenberger, who has created a plethora of exciting, iconic images for some of the best films and bands/artists of the past decade. She has worked on film posters for A Serious Man, Away We Go, 500 Days of Summer, The Squid and the Whale, Lust,...
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WatchMark Ronson and the Business International have released the video for “The Bike Song”, which features The View’s Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock.
The video sees the local community of bikes pull together to help out a fellow bike in need when Falconer’s wheels are stolen, a la Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.
And not since Queen’s “Bicycle Race” has there...
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August 2010
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WatchBack in December when Beach House’s third album Teen Dream leaked, I vowed it would be my favourite record of 2010. This was probably a bold statement at the time, but I stood by it. And now that we’re nearly 3/4’s through 2010, I can confidently say that it is still my top album this year. Sure, you can argue all you want about how recent efforts by Arcade Fire, The National,...
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Stream Jenny and Johnny's I'm Having Fun Now →
Like 95% of male (and female, for that matter) music nerds out there, I have had a crush on Jenny Lewis ever since the first time I saw her perform in 2006 during her Rabbit Fur Coat tour. The attraction is a no-brainer, really. She’s cute, has impeccable style, and has the singing chops to back it all up. Oh, and she was in The Wizard, which, let’s face it, is an awesome filmography...
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