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A thousand strands of sunlight in her eyes

The long-awaited new solo record from Jeremy Enigk (former leader of Sunny Day Real Estate) was released last week to shockingly little fanfare. World Waits is the first new music from Enigk in several years, and his first solo record … Continue reading

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New Submarines EP!

I haven’t posted about the Submarines in over a month, but fortunately they’ve got a new release, so I get to talk about them some more. It’s a short EP (5 songs) of live songs, recorded for iTunes. It includes … Continue reading

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I hear in my mind all this music

I’m in the middle of four or five long posts, but don’t have the time or motivation to finish up any of those, so instead here’s a Sunday scattershot of some tunes I’ve been digging: Fidelity – Regina Spektor I … Continue reading

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Washington DC, it’s the greatest place to be

Washington DC – The Magnetic Fields Heading out to our nation’s capital this evening. I’ll only be there a couple days and won’t really have time to see anything interesting. And while Fall is a beautiful time of year in … Continue reading

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It’s a long way back home

Kind of busy today with stuff related to Slavoj Zizek (don’t ask), but I can make a quick recommendation of a neat website with tons of good music. Wolfmusic is a guy who records quiet, pretty, and moody songs and … Continue reading

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That’s why the poets have lost all reasoning

Nick Jaina is yet another artist from one of the best cities in the world: Portland. Maybe it’s just me, but I really get the feel of the city on his new album The 7 Stations, released this week from … Continue reading

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I woke up again this morning with the sun in my eyes

Drinking in L.A. – Bran Van 3000 Anyone else remember Bran Van 3000? And this song? I first heard it while I was actually in L.A., which is…well, vaguely interesting. I wasn’t drinking though, so I guess it’s not that … Continue reading

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I’m Looking Through You

I’m Looking Through You – The Beatles You know that moment when you know for sure that it’s over? It’s been pretty bad for awhile but you kept holding onto the hope that things would turn around, that the good … Continue reading

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I’m colder now, I’m standing still

Today, I’ll try and clean house a little bit with an album I’ve been meaning to talk aobut for over a month. Stars of Track and Field are an indie rock band out of Portland, whose first full length Centuries … Continue reading

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They can’t be who they want to be

Next on the slate of recent releases is This Harness Can’t Ride Anything from Chin Up Chin Up. I posted about their previous album We Should Have Never Lived Like We Were Skyscrapers back in May. That record was one … Continue reading

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