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Concert Season, Tdot
Last Saturday I made my way out to Kool Haus for my first Toronto concert. I originally bought the tickets while trolling Pollstar because of Bombay Bicycle Club — whom I had put on my PDP7 mix, Paul’s Lonely Hearts Club. (I put on ‘How Are You‘; Lindsay had a different song on her PDP7 mix [...]
Album of the Fall?!
I was at a Goodbye Summer party the other week and I ended up making conversation about music. We chit chatted about a few bands and what not but it dawned on me — and not for the first time recently — that I’m not listening to as many new artists as I used too. [...]
A pale shadow of concert season’s former greatness
I attended The National‘s Malkin Bowl show on Thursday and it was a pretty good billing. I honestly can’t remember if I’d ever seen the Walkmen before — I think I saw them open or maybe in a festival but maybe I’m just remember wrong?! I’d have to go through my boxes of ticket stubs [...]
Acoustic, Intimate and Awesome…
I’m always a big fan of artists singing in unusual spots. I recently saw someone post a link to this Bloc Party song, which even though I’ve seen a number of times I’m always willing to watch again. Acoutstic and just in the alleyway with a bunch of fans (and a camera). I really should [...]
Thinking about Zombies
Awesome acoustic version of Metric’s song “Help I’m Alive” from their new Fantasies album, via Stereogum!
Music scene in Texas is apparently not just Austin, who knew?
So how awesome is Midlake!? When two people said “Young Bride” was good enough to put on their PDP8 mixes, I thought I’d take an effort to find out more about them. They have a great quote by Jason Lee on their MySpace account. “The Trials of Van Occupanther is now one of the most [...]
I’m a music whore.
What, you want me to blog about my current favourite band? I’m still really loving Beirut but the new band I’m telling people about is Nightmare Of You. Actually, I haven’t told anyone about them yet but I’m doing so now. So you’re the first, congratulations! While I don’t really like the whole comparison thing, [...]
I know who is going to number one on my Last.fm this week.
Here’s something a little bit personal about me. One of my best friend’s parents are old-world Italian and I love the whole family. If I could describe the particular feeling of happy I get when over for BBQs or Christmas dinners with the family and friends, it would sound like beirut. So when I go [...]
Warning. Scenesters may appear larger in posts.
If you were sitting around, thinking to yourself, ‘Self, I wonder what Paul’s favourite song is right now?’… If one were curious about what song truly defined Paul at this exact moment in his life… What song would this be!? It’d be The Wonder by Danish band The Figurines. This cut comes from their current [...]
matt pond PA Concert Review
So I was sitting around working (procrastinating) on my thesis on Thursday when Dan instant messaged me. He told me Carmen had said she thought the matt pond PA concert was that night. Naturally alarmed, I quickly checked my ticket confirmation (I had ordered the tickets online through Ticketmaster) and they said Friday March 3. [...]