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tayrawrdactyl — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:13:22 -0700

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Let it in - Sam Roberts Band Shake your booty to this tune...

tayrawrdactyl — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:57:00 -0800

Let it in - Sam Roberts Band

Shake your booty to this tune brought to you by the Montreal based Sam Roberts Band. Do it. Do it, Now.

How’d ya like that - The Kooks Ever have one of those...

tayrawrdactyl — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:19:00 -0800

How’d ya like that - The Kooks

Ever have one of those songs that just haunts you everywhere you go? Grocery stores, shopping malls, work, the elevator? This is becoming that song for me.
Years back, every time I went grocery shopping when I lived in New Brunswick, I’d hear Sweet Caroline at least once. This is a bit different.
It’s a good song and it’s got mass appeal so I can see why it’s being played everywhere, on every satellite radio station in every place of business in Victoria but I’m sure I’ll get sick of it eventually.
Even, if I do love the Kooks, it’s like Always where I need to be all over again

Baby, I love you - The Ramones Baby, I love you is another one...

tayrawrdactyl — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:29:00 -0800

Baby, I love you - The Ramones

Baby, I love you is another one of those great Ramones cover songs like Surfin’ Bird or California Sun. If I ever decide to get married, my spouse better be ok to dancing to this song at the reception.

Show Review 03 Mar 2012 Acres of Lions, Linsday Bryan and Sun Hawk

tayrawrdactyl — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 22:10:15 -0800

On Saturday night, local band Acres of Lions played at Sugar with Lindsay Bryan and Sun Hawk to kick off their UK and Canadian tour for 2012.
Sun hawk had a very catchy set and ended it with their last song being a cover of Gold Lion by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. You could tell easily that this band has a lot of potential but needs a bit of refinement in their musical technique in their live show but the vocals seem to be one of their stronger points. The music on their myspace offers a better picture of what this band could be if they could put the same energy into their live show. I expect to see more good things come out of this band.
https://www.facebook.com/sunhawkband

Lindsay Bryan was one of the participants in the last Peak Performance Project and was releasing her brand spanking new CD on Saturday night. Her performance was very technically good. She, herself is a talented singer, songwriter and musician and was enhanced by a great group of set musicians backing her up. To my understanding, some of them even toured with acts like Tegan and Sara. I found her set lacked a bit of energy though, but I think that also depends on the room that you’re playing too. Lindsay is also a very nice personable young lady and I enjoyed meeting her and trying to hock her wares. She will be playing with Maurice on 16 Mar at newly updated Upstairs Cabaret so please go see her and pick up her new album if you get a chance.
http://www.myspace.com/lindsaybryan
http://lindsaybryanep.tumblr.com/

Acres of Lions always seem to put the energy into their crowd with their pop punk inspired musical treats. People danced, sang and clapped along to the more well known radio-played songs and even slow danced during their more mellow jams. Acres of Lions always put on a good show and have a lot of local support especially from other Victoria musicians like J.P. Maurice, Mike Edel and Northcote who could be seen enjoying themselves at the show.
The new tour that Acres of Lions has set out on was inspired by the release of their album, “Collections” in Japan and the UK so if you have a chance to check them out, please do. You can also catch them on March 9th at a CBC Toque Session concert at the CBC Vancouver Broadcast centre.
http://www.acresoflions.com/
http://www.facebook.com/acresoflions

Taylor Track OTD or TTOTD will be me uploading 1 song to tumblr...

tayrawrdactyl — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:12:00 -0800

Taylor Track OTD or TTOTD will be me uploading 1 song to tumblr per day (that’s all they allow) that you should probably listen to.
Today, it’s Love Love Love by Avalanche City who will be opening for Fun on their upcoming tour of Australia. They are from New Zealand or as I like to think of it, Australia’s Canada.
AND it features a ukulele, and who doesn’t love that.

"we’ve commenced album making and it’s funny how little time passes before one feels kind of insane..."

tayrawrdactyl — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:38:00 -0800

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we’ve commenced album making and it’s funny how little time passes before one feels kind of insane and societally gauche when thrust down the black hole of sonics.

it’s as though the left brain ate some magic cacti while the right brain went out and got a lobotomy.

bills and appointments, recycling and correspondence all take a hit while in the studio environment. and if you’re not good at these things to begin with, you surely don’t improve while living in an acoustical palace with reverb chambers, vintage microphones et la cuisine sink.

somewhere there is a wee violin playing just for me. I’m going to find it and put a RAT pedal on it.

”

- (via mothermotherband)
I’m excited for this.
Everybody should follow mothermotherband.tumblr.com as they record their new album! Hazzah!

Coming soon...

tayrawrdactyl — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:15:41 -0800

A review of the Acres of Lions/Lindsay Bryan/Sunhawk show last night. Yippee!

Hark! A new playlist!

tayrawrdactyl — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:13:47 -0800

Hark! A new playlist!:

I made a new playlist! Aren’t you excited?
I’ll add some more about the bands in a bit but right now it feels like I’m dying.
Enjoy!
ps. You can also download as an MP3 format in which to enrich your media players with. http://www.mediafire.com/?g6b0q2jxr7ow6a9

Hey everybody check out my new blog about music and whatnot

tayrawrdactyl — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:25:45 -0800

If you like that sort of thing.

Ok, so I love Childish Gambino for his clever lyrics and pithy...

tayrawrdactyl — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:51:49 -0800

Ok, so I love Childish Gambino for his clever lyrics and pithy pop-culture references but I found his last album, CAMP to be a bit underwhelming. I would go as to say that I was generally disappointed in it.
I downloaded his internet released EP last Autumn and it blew my mind. Every one of those tracks has something great about it. From, “Be Alone,” we get the sense that Glover is struggling with his growing fame and how it can be alienating, to “Not Going Back,” where he seems to reaffirm himself and strives to be something against better odds and against his critics. All the way through, a solid EP.
I went and saw him live in Vancouver after the EP dropped and it was one of the better shows I’ve been to. Glover preformed with a full rock band rather than with a dj, which gave the whole thing a much larger and edgier feel. He also did some stand up and who doesn’t like that?
As for Camp, not so much. The first single was, “Bonfire” which seemed to just be a sequel or reimagining of “Freaks and Geeks” that was slightly less good. There were another couple of good tracks on the album like, “Backpackers” which is a bit short but good song with a lovely early 90’s hip hop feel.
Above is the video for his second single from the album, “Heartbeat” which I enjoy. It’s got a great beat for dancing, tons of bass (which I hear is hot with the kids these days) and some deliciously over sexual lyrics.
“69’s the only dinner for two.”
I get why people can hate it though. Some of my favourite Gambino tracks will be off of his older albums with samples from bands like Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective.
Here’s one of my other favourites
http://youtu.be/9SQGxkj5H3Q
Check it out.