The Pelican’s Perch

Well, June’s almost over, which is crazy, but I have a handful of CD’s I received this month that I really enjoyed.  Some you’ve heard plenty about, some I’ve yet to even touch on.  The latter is what this post is for.  So without further adou, here’s my favorite tunes I listened to in June.
Once [...]

I’m absolutely exhausted.  Two straight days working for my uncle renovating his stairs and bedroom, tearing out the drywall and gutting everything.  I’ve been standing around with a camera so far this summer, so two days of intense manual labor took everything out of me.  But, more exciting than me being tired all the time [...]

I finally had an extended conversation with my PR buddy Lucas of Team Clermont, who has sent me a lot of great music as of late, and we talked for a while about all kinds of things regarding the decline of the music industry, how the next Beatles could be out there and we’d never [...]

There should be an unwritten rule that if you want to be a blogger, make sure you have a steady routine to your life so you can post every day.  I drove back to Springfield early this morning, worked with my uncle most the day, took a great nap all afternoon, then did some errands.  [...]

Mancino - Hetchie, Hutchie, Footchie

Ben Lee - Begin
 
Interference - Gold (from the Once soundtrack)
 
The Ladybirds - The Brown and Red Divide

Feist - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Vanshe Technologic Remix)

The Postmarks - Goodbye

Basia Bulat - Snakes & Ladders
 
Flunk - Sit Down
 
Josh Ritter - Come and Find Me

Jeff Buckley - Mojo Pin

Mancino - Five Blades

Highlights include Mancino, whose [...]

Swedes Please is quickly becoming one of my favorite blogs.  I had no idea of their existance until my post on Detektivbyran was linked by them.  I went there thinking, well if they like Detektivbyran as much as I do, then they’re friends of mine.  Little did I know I’d like all those Swedes’ music so [...]

Robbers On High Street had a huge hurdle to overcome with Grand Animal, their latest release.  On their debut Tree City, they sounded like Spoon clones.  Singer Ben Troken sounded like Britt Daniel in every way, and the straight forward guitar sound was vintage Spoon.  They caught a lot of flack from the press and [...]

LemonDrop Records Homepage
Well, all of Charlie’s hard work is starting to pay off.  He’s got the website up and running and our first band, the Spacetones, and Charlie’s good friends, are being recorded as we speak.  I honestly could not be more excited to get this all started.  For the time being, the site will [...]

Once
Score: 9.5/10
I wrote about Once a month and a day ago, saying how it looked like my kind of movie, one I’d want to watch over and over, and that the soundtrack was amazing.  I then spent all this time after that post trying desperately to see it anywhere.  The art house here in Kansas City, [...]

This is my dad’s favorite video on youtube.  I dare you to sit through this and not bust out laughing.  Happy Father’s Day dad.