So I have, for the past year or so, only put trivial and pitiable effort into learning the diatonic harmonica. But now I think I have got it (at least blues, anyway). Here’s a little riff. I’d really like to continue study in blues but also learn jazz, bluegrass and folk (of eastern European styles). [...]
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Harmonicology
Now: $20 Johnson Blues King (C) $30 Big River Harp (G); needs surgery $25 Piedmont Blues Set (A, B?, C, D, E, F, G); need surgery $10 Old Standby (A) Future: $30 Golden Melody (C and/or G) $30 Big River Harp (G, E and B?) $20 Blue Bender (G) $130 Super Chromonica (C)
Ribot Says Things
I fall to pieces each time I see you. You want me to forget, to pretend– But I try; I haven’t yet ’cause you walked by; I fall to pieces. You want me to forget, to pretend we never met. You want me to f– you want me to forget! You want me to forget! [...]
Tension as Opposed to Tension
Threnody Ensemble’s Timbre Hollow (2000) It’s on my top 10 of all time, for its power, elegance and character are hard to match. This album is an unforgettable, chilling and beautiful edifice of emotion qua music.
Rosa – I Mississippi You (2005)
Four kids from Houston playing folky folk punk on this 12 track album with banjo, violin, mandolin, acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies that are fun to sing along with. Label: Plan-It-X Records; Website Favorite songs: Leah’s Song, Hit the Bottle, You Can Almost Hold It In Your Hands, Scan to Print, Whiskey, Starch and Carbohydrates [...]
Tracer AMC’s Flux and Form (2004)
Playtime: roughly 63 minutesReleased: March 1st 2004Favorite tracks are bolded. Tracklisting: 01 Some Electric 02 Flux and Form (192 kbps) 03 Catherine Holly 04 The Understudy 05 Charles Street 06 Blue Thread 07 Sleep Trick (192 kbps) 08 Anvil Point 09 Copenhagen 10 Tycho 11 Nineteen Review:From Bangor, Northern Ireland, we are given Tracer AMC. [...]
The War on Ears, pt. 1
Tarantula A.D. Danny Bensi (Cello, Violin, Piano, Vocals), Saunder Jurriaans (Guitar, Bass, Vocals), and Gregory Rogove (Drums, Percussion, Piano, Melodica, Glockenspiel, Vocals) comprise the shuddering anthems of Tarantula A.D. Blending classical arrangements with elements of punk and metal, Tarantula A.D. delivers a hypnotic prog-rock sound with an ambient atmosphere. [...] –Last.fm profile, http://www.last.fm/music/Tarantula+A.D. When John [...]
Actarus – Self-titled
Actarus’s self-titled has a clean sound which fluctuates between post-rock and math rock – and no, not the kind math rock we know and love from old greats like Polvo. Their music is in the same vein as just about every other contemporary post-rock band; it’s that kind of “math rock” that actually means “progressive.” [...]
65daysofstatic – The Destruction of Small Ideas
65daysofstatic are an instrumental post-rock band from Sheffield, England. [...] The band intersperses heavy, progressive, guitar-driven instrumental sections with live drums and off-beat sampled drums akin to those of Aphex Twin. Their albums, as a result, maintain a distinctively gritty, almost industrial feel. –Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65daysofstatic Download: RapidShare, MediaFire, SendSpace
Cheval de Frise – Self-titled
Instrumental duo acoustic guitar/drums from Bordeaux, France born in November 1998. Cheval de Frise’s music unites a melodic approach with binary system. Cheval de Frise gets its own language and their unique music reminding us of Gastr Del Sol, Don Caballero and Ruins directions, intersections, juxtapositions, superpostions. Cheval de Frise runs in the same way [...]