2009 November | Puddlegum

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 11 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

If you read Puddlegum and other music blogs, you probably share an obsession with music. You want to know about artists before other people, and you want to be familiar with all the influential artists that shape today’s music. Am I right? As much as I’m listening to current music, I’m...

For the love of Twitter...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 11 15th, 2009 | No Comments

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Saturday Morning Mix: v.1...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 11 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Wolf People signed to Secretly Canadian this week, and we’ve been teased with a track from their upcoming album in 2010. We’ll make room for one more wolf band. Neon Indian is the solo work of Alan Palomo, and this is the opening track from the recently released Psychic Chasms. I played this...

Five Reasons Why Your Band Should Not Re...

Posted by Flick in Opinions on 11 13th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Myspace is broken Think about it, in order to customize the look and feel of a Myspace page, you have to break the CSS. What you have are millions of Myspace pages with horrible backgrounds and floating text that is difficult to read, filled with comments from fake friends. In order for Myspace to continue...

E.P. Hall to release Mommy Crow...

Posted by Flick in Bloomington Music, Media, Mp3 Singles on 11 12th, 2009 | No Comments

As I have been sifting through stacks of local artists in Bloomington, I was taken aback when I heard E.P. Hall’s new album. Opening with the caw of a crow, Mommy Crow is a compelling twelve track that deserves the attention of listeners who enjoy thoughtful music. E.P. Hall is predominately the...

Late Autumn Mix...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 11 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Since I haven’t had a lot of time to blog quality posts lately, I thought I’d at least tie you over with some new music (cleared for posting, of course). While I have been working on things in the background, I feel bad that you’ve been staring at my blog anxiously waiting for more...

Grizzly Bear: Read, Able video...

Posted by Flick in Media, videos on 11 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Grizzly Bear has a new video for Ready, Able from their latest album Veckatimest. The video is set in a stop-motion with claymation creatures, directed by Allison Schulnik. It’s always interesting when directors mix types of animation together, and Allison does it well! YouTube - Grizzly Bear...

The Swell Season: Low Rising video...

Posted by Flick in Media, videos on 11 6th, 2009 | No Comments

If you’ve seen the independent film Once, you’re probably familiar with The Swell Season. In case you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and find a friend who has a copy. In the film the main characters rent out a studio in Dublin and record an album. But what made Once so unique...

Kite in the Air: Magic Marker...

Posted by Flick in Media, Mp3 Singles on 11 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Kite in the Air is a new electro pop act featuring Emma Lucia (Jed and Lucia) and Mark Reveley (Wzrdz, Meterhead, Jed and Lucia). The band released their first single yesterday, Magic Marker, for free from their upcoming EP on Zero Brains Records. Their sound is “somewhere between Adult, Laika,...

Frank Schweikhardt: Life But No More...

Posted by Flick in Bloomington Music, Media, Mp3 Singles on 11 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Frank Schweikhardt is one of the many Bloomington artists I’m excited about. His debut full-length, Life But No More, is coming out on November 17th on Bloomington’s Crossroads of America Records, and it’s one of those albums that you feel intimately attached to after a few listens....

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