2007 October | Puddlegum

Efterklang’s Animated Wonder: Mirador...

Posted by Champersnova in Video Reviews on 10 24th, 2007 | 6 Comments

I am not sure how exactly animated videos started taking over our lives but I remember how impressed I was when I first saw a-ha’s Take on Me which is still one of my all time favorites. After a point all those animations coming out day by day started making me sick really. Some of them are just...

Our entitlement mentality...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 10 23rd, 2007 | 73 Comments

Imagine spending twelve months working on your new album. You shape the song structures a certain way to convey the emotion of each song, everything is precise. Your independent label pays for you to record the album at a professional studio, costing them $30,000, with a contract saying that you will...

Posted by Champersnova in Reviews on 10 23rd, 2007 | 1 Comment

Precious fellow fans of Say Hi To Your Mom would know how Eric Elbogen and his crew harshly broke our hearts by demoting the band’s name to Say Hi a short time ago. Why and how would you change one of the most deluxe band names all of a sudden? Is it sort of a netting down? Was it needed? Is SHTYM...

Radiohead: 01 and 10...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 10 20th, 2007 | 318 Comments

Ten years after OK Computer shocked the world, Radiohead released In Rainbows on October 10 (10/10). Though no one was expecting the album to be released until 2008, Radiohead announced In Rainbows just ten days in advance. In Rainbows, which consists of ten letters, has ten tracks, and would be downloadable...

Death Cab for Cutie: “We’re ...

Posted by Flick in Puddlegum Archives on 10 18th, 2007 | 5 Comments

Chris Walla blogged on his recording studio’s website, Hall of Justice, that Death Cab for Cutie is recording a new album. After taking most of the year off from touring while Ben Gibbard toured and Chris Walla recorded his his own solo album, Death Cab for Cutie’s record “is in full...

Death Cab for Cutie: “We’re ...

Posted by Flick in News on 10 18th, 2007 | 7 Comments

Chris Walla blogged on his recording studio’s website, Hall of Justice, that Death Cab for Cutie is recording a new album. After taking most of the year off from touring while Ben Gibbard toured and Chris Walla recorded his his own solo album, Death Cab for Cutie’s record “is in full...

Posted by Flick in Puddlegum Archives on 10 17th, 2007 | 3 Comments

Giving away your music seems to be the latest trend. Is this the new direction of the music industry? If it is, three years from now when it becomes evident we’ll chat about how Prince, Radiohead, and Nine Inch Nails used their influence to bring this change. It’s astonishing, really, to...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 10 17th, 2007 | 6 Comments

Giving away your music seems to be the latest trend. Is this the new direction of the music industry? If it is, three years from now when it becomes evident we’ll chat about how Prince, Radiohead, and Nine Inch Nails used their influence to bring this change. It’s astonishing, really, to...

Posted by Flick in News on 10 17th, 2007 | No Comments

From an Asthmatic Kitty press release: When Unusual Animals first crawled onto land, it did so from a pool of oozing vinyl in the from of a limited print double side series featuring eclectic experiments by Asthmatic Kitty Records artists and friends. From there, the idea propagated into Unusual Animals...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 10 16th, 2007 | 33 Comments

Music bloggers receive dozens of emails every day from agencies and artists vying for their attention. Here are ten ways you can grab their attention: One: Include the blogger’s name in the first line of the email. Since Gmail and other email applications include a snippet of the first few words...

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