• 100 Words,  Indie,  Pop

    100 Words on “Daylight”

    I honestly don’t think that I’ve ever taken a cue from MTV but I was flipping through the channels and came across the video for “Daylight (mp3)” by NYC hipster hype du jour Matt & Kim. The hook was embedded…

  • Friday Five

    The Friday Five: January 23, 2009

    If you’ve been working for the weekend, well you are in luck because it’s just about that time. That’s right, it’s Friday and it’s time to kick back hit the shuffle button and let the music take us where it…

  • Friday Five

    The Friday Five: January 16, 2009

    If you’ve been working for the weekend, well you are in luck because it’s just about that time. That’s right, it’s Friday and it’s time to kick back hit the shuffle button and let the music take us where it…

  • Pop

    One Last Song

    The return of American Idol (and my overall ambivalence towards it) reminded me that 2009 will bring the release of young Josiah Leming‘s record. You may recall Josiah as the most talented contestant to not make it past the second…

  • 100 Words

    100 Words on Collections

    Have you ever been overwhelmed by the amount of music in your collection? With the advent of the mp3 and the plummeting cost of storage it’s now possible to amass a collection thats only constrained by your resourcefulness. Even pre-internet…

  • Folk,  Indie

    The Olympic Symphonium

    The Olympic Symphonium – More in Sorrow Than in Anger (Forward Music Group, 2008) What is it about the great white north that fosters such beautiful, introspective and intimate music?  I suppose that I could make some crack about folks…

  • Friday Five

    The Friday Five: January 09, 2009

    If you’ve been working for the weekend, well you are in luck because it’s just about that time. That’s right, it’s Friday and it’s time to kick back hit the shuffle button and let the music take us where it…

  • Prince

    New Prince Site

    For the first time in nearly a year Prince has an official web presence again. It’s a place holder at the moment but promises many of the features of the NPGMC. The media player is playing “Crimson & Clover”, “(There’ll…

  • Friday Five

    The Friday Five: January 02, 2009

    Happy New Year! Welcome to the first Friday Five of 2009.  We’re kicking the New Year off with a look back as I hit shuffle on my Top 100 of 2008. As you can guess I have a bevy of…