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With the release of Cat Power’s ninth album entitled “Sun“, Chan Marshall has delivered a wonderful, dare I say cheerful, collection of songs. She produced this album herself and it really does evoke a lovely personal feel when you listen to it. It has been six years since Chan Marshall put out an album of … Read more
Our favourite crooner from Sweden has a new album that would sound great in the salon! The Tallest Man On Earth (29 year old Kristian Matsson) has a gorgeous new album out entitled “There’s No Leaving Now”. This album continues along the beautiful poetic lines of his previous efforts and is filled with a mellow, … Read more
My summer musical needs have been satiated with the release of Twin Shadow’s new album “Confess“. Confess takes inspiration from the 80’s, melds it with George Lewis Jr’s smooth vocals, and bites you with his lyrics. It is a fantastic follow up to his debut album “Forget” . You could definitely … Read more
Exitmusic’s debut album “Passage” is an album, in my opinion, that’s deserving of the hype. Hailing from Brooklyn (of course!) and fronted by actress Aleksa Palladino and her husband Devon Church, this duo pairs their moody dark vocals with old school electro pop beats. Reminiscent of Slowdive or My Bloody Valentine, this album is bursting … Read more
The Chromatics latest release “Kill For Love” is the perfect anecdote to pump up the energy in your salon! Hailing from Portland, Oregon, this band’s moody synth pop sound personifies the West Coast. Great vocals, punchy beats and they even throw in an amazing Neil Young cover. Check out their latest video below: http://youtu.be/tbx8qRg6tPE
Now that the greyness of January is fully upon us, maybe it’s time to pump up the music and mood in the salon with some Lightning Dust. Lightning Dust started in 2007 as a sort of side project for Amber Webber and Joshua Wells. You might recognize Ambers beautiful haunting voice from the band … Read more
Wednesday night we were lucky enough to have the musician/band Twin Shadow stop Vancouver to play a show at the Biltmore. We’re long time Twin Shadow fans and have posted about his albums before on this blog. George Lewis Jr (aka Twin Shadow), has fantastic style, is always rocking great hair and is a really … Read more
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Patti Smith raises the curtain on OUTSIDE SOCIETY, a new collection of her signature songs on the Arista and Columbia labels. The landmark 18-song release marks the first single-CD collection to span Patti’s entire body of recorded work. The chronologically arranged tracks move from 1975 (her debut album, … Read more
For those times when you’re wanting to wallow a bit in melancholy but still yearn for some modern beats, this is the album for you. Although a recent discovery of mine, John Maus has taken the top spot on my playlist these days. His third full length album “We Must Become The Pitiless Censors … Read more
Bjork, the always intersting and experimental singer from Iceland has released what would seem to be the world’s first album that is an iPad app. The app album is called Biophilia and only has a couple songs available as of right now including the single Crystalline but will be releasing at least two songs a … Read more