In The Merry Merry Month Of … September

So another month has passed us by, and it’s getting darker and colder out there. Let’s have a look at some of the new releases the end of summer ’09 brought us, shall we? Girls‘ debut album, Album, was widely talked about – in fact, I only checked out the album because I’d seen their [...]

Must Hear: Elvis Perkins in Dearland, “I Heard Your Voice In Dresden”

I’ve been a huge fan of Elvis Perkins ever since I first heard “While You Were Sleeping” back in 2006. His second album with band Dearland, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, was released a few months ago and I’m still enthralled. “I Heard Your Voice In Dresden” is perhaps my most favorite single song to come [...]

In The Merry, Merry Month Of July

Thanks to the crispy, crispy, credit crunch, I’ve had to drastically change the way I buy music. I – and I think it’s no different for my fellow 100b chums – pick and choose and whittle down, and I mean waaay down, the list of albums. So the ones I select for the Merry Month [...]

Classics: EPMD, “Strictly Business” and Erick Sermon, “React”

I was messing around in iTunes and when I mess around in iTunes without a purpose there are a few songs I end up playing. “React” is one of them. Which then sent me to YouTube to dig up some EPMD videos. As a result of my excursions you get the video of the EPMD [...]

Some Other Stuff: Anvil! The Story of Anvil

I’m easily moved by an epic yarn. The Natural always makes my eyes well up with man-tears when Roy Hobbs uses the Savoy Special to smash the ball into the lights and I get goosebumps watching the stylized portrayal of the doomed Spartan stand against the might of Persia in 300. So, when I say [...]

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