Ickmusic’s Friday Five: April 11, 2008
“I spend too much time raiding windmills… “- Toad the Wet Sprocket Today is a vacation day for me and in lieu of leaving the faithful fivers without an outlet to share what’s getting them through the day (or night…
Wednesday is Prince Spaghetti Day!
Is it merely coincidence that today is also the day that was selected to announce that His Royal Badness will be joining the (frankly) lackluster line up of this year’s Coachella Festival? Don’t get me wrong, I’d be stoked to…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: April 4, 2008
Face down in the gutter won’t admit defeat though his clothes are soiled and black, he’s a big, strong man with a child’s mind, don’t you take his booze away! Is it April already? The first quarter of the year…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: March 27, 2008
Guess who just got back today? Them wild-eyed boys that had been away, haven’t changed, haven’t much to say but man, I still think them cats are crazy. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but we’re back! When…
First Listen: Kensington Prairie
The perfect compliment to a cold and rainy day in New England, the debut record from Canada’s Kensington Prairie is one of the finest slices of Dream Pop I’ve heard since The Sundays Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic. The heart and…
First Listen: Duffy
When you start seeing and hearing this young lady everywhere you can tell your friends that you heard it here first. And while there is an overwhelming urge to call Duffy ‘the next Amy Winehouse’ I’d rather like to think…
Truth in Advertising
The second video in so many weeks to have me at a loss for words. Too funny.
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: March 14, 2008
I don’t know how the celebrities do it, winging from coast to coast to coast and never looking worn a minute for it. I’m back, nicely jet lagged and California Dreaming for this week’s five. Last weeks “very special” pre-taped…
First Listen: Haale
Haale (pronounced similar to Hallelujah) successfully manages to blend the traditional rhythm and passion of Persian and Sufi Trance music and fuse it with a beautiful take on the post modern rock most readily associated with the likes of Radiohead.…
Ickmusic’s Friday Five: March 7, 2008
Today’s very special episode of the Friday Five was pre-recorded live in front of a studio audience. Hello… is it me your looking for? In anticipation of a hectic Friday afternoon I’ve opted to write up the five on Thursday…