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My obsessions with the year column
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 ...
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For the love of Twitter
Two weeks ago Twitter revealed Twitter Lists . You can now create a list of people on Twitter and then share the list with the world. By following a list you are able to follow the status updates of those on the list without having to follow them individually. This is great way to track ...
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Saturday Morning Mix: v.1
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 ...
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Five Reasons Why Your Band Should Not Rely On Myspace
I can’t find your email address As I’m researching a band, I may want to contact you. But since Myspace doesn’t ask for it, a lot of bands neglect to post their email address. Maybe it’s fear of spam, I’m not sure, but one of the first things you want people to ...
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E.P. Hall to release Mommy Crow
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 ...
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Late Autumn Mix
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 ...
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Grizzly Bear: Read, Able video
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The Swell Season: Low Rising video
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 ...
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Kite in the Air: Magic Marker
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 ...
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Frank Schweikhardt: Life But No More
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 ...
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More about the Bloomington music scene
As I’ve settled in to my new home in Bloomington , Indiana, I’ve been getting to know who the local artists are, going to shows, and sitting down with people involved in the local music scene. According to Andy Goheen ( Sticky and the Bees , E.P. Hall ) who organizes shows for The ...
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Shout Out Louds to release Work in February
Shout Out Louds have completed their next album, Work . Their follow up to Our Ill Wills will land on February 23rd, 2010 on Merge Records . Phil Ek produced Work at Bear Creek Studio in Seattle. You might be familiar with Ek’s work with Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses, The ...
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Native takes on Indiana music scene with Wrestling Moves
South Bend based indie rockers Native will be releasing their new album Wrestling Moves on October 30 in a small cramped basement of Chicago called Summer Camp , and this will be a show for the ages. On a first listen to Native’s newest record, I was immediately impressed at (firstly) the ...
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On the Road with Chris Hickey
The music industry is driven by the desire to make money . A decade ago, the most universal of the American music companies (including Universal itself) were controlled by the likes of Seagram . Today, the honor goes to Vivendi . Perhaps Monsanto will be in control tomorrow. “How does a ...
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