Today’s MSMOTD
Dredg – Same Ol’ Road
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Man I have spent hours and hours agonizing over this one, trying to decide which song to feature.  Dredg has such a varied and unique style that while any song is immediately identifiable as Dredg, none really encapsulates their sound entirely.  Dredg is an [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Gustavo Santaolalla – Iguazu (from the “Babel” film score)
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Santaolalla isn’t a household name, but there’s a good chance that you’ve heard his music.  While he’s had a lengthy career, fronting several bands, his greatest success has come in film scoring.  He has written award winning scores for movies [...]

Since this is a music blog and not just a platform for MSMOTDs, I want to talk about the Coldplay show that happened here in Winnipeg last night.  First of all, let’s talk about how fast it sold out.  My friend bought tickets immediately when they went on sale, and managed to get some of [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Snow Patrol – Make This Go On Forever
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Snow Patrol is today’s feature artist because they are actually playing here in Winnipeg in just a few hours!  They’re opening for Coldplay, which is odd, since they are easily a headline-level act.  Anyways, since Coldplay is probably one of the [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
REM – Nightswimming (From 1992’s “Automatic For The People”)
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This song is, without a doubt, one of my all-time favourites.  Top 5 probably.  It’s also REM’s very best song, though not their most well known.  Everyone’s heard Happy Shiny People and Losing My Religion and especially Everybody Hurts.  Great [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Anathema – Closer
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It’s always interesting when a band successful in one genre suddenly decides to completely shift gears and move into another genre.  Anathema, a group from Liverpool, England, used to be big on the Doom Metal scene.  These days, they are more accurately associated with experimental/atmospheric rock [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Deadmau5 – Ghosts N Stuff
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Deadmau5 is a Progressive House DJ from Toronto who has recently shot to popularity.  From being relatively unknown a few years ago, he has in the last year or two won Juno awards, Grammy nominations, and various accolades from electronic music magazines.  Armin Van [...]

Welcome to the tune roundup, or “Tuneup” for May 2009!  At the end of every month, I’ll take all the music recommendations from the past month and collect them into one post.  Hopefully this will be useful for people who may have missed a post or two or just want to revisit previous posts they [...]

Mons – Last Night
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This is a Piano piece I recorded several years ago.  It, like the other “rambles” is an unplanned, unedited live performance (as is the bulk of my piano work).  This is a quieter, slower song than the previous songs that I’ve posted – the upbeat piano [...]

Today’s MSMOTD
Lamb of God – Laid to Rest (from 2004’s “Ashes of the Wake”)
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Hearken ye, to the sublime aural joy that is Lamb of God!  Just in case you thought that I only liked upbeat pop music, here’s something a little different.  If any band deserves a \m/, it [...]