The Pelican’s Perch

Keating’s new album Quixotic happened to be one of a handful of promos I took to work yesterday randomly with the intention of listening to all of them straight from front to back all day.  I honestly should do that more, because I truly get to hear the whole album since it just plays in [...]

I receive so many emails a day from promo companies, that I’m often forced to delete a ton after a while without ever having listened to the artist the email was about.  It’s a shame, but sometimes I honestly just have to get rid of all the emails and take the whole “can’t be sad [...]

Alright, this weekend, and the beginning of this week so far, has found me digging up all sorts of great music because of a little thing called Finals week. Not for me, since I graduated last year, but everyone and anyone I hang out with are buried in the books. So, I’ve been [...]

The guys in Stark Raving Calm have been good friends of mine for years now, having met them all in the dorms. They lived a floor above me and there were plenty of great memories that came with those days. Back in the early dorm days, I was just beginning my songwriting career [...]

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Fans of Damien Rice take note. I don’t know how real the sound is with this video, as far as whether they used the album version and synched it up to the video, but either way the man plays all the stuff and it would be pretty cool if it was all linked [...]

For those of you that may have not been paying attention this last year, I have a record label I started with my friend Charlie called LemonDrop Records.  We’re oh so close to having the online store finished and up and running, then things will really take off.  But for now, we’re pumping out our [...]

I might revisit this post later when I’m not hurrying because I’m on lunch break, but for once in probably the last five or so Best New Music picks by Pitchfork, I actually totally agree. This album is fantastic. Fans of the band The Acorn will find much to love here. Acoustic [...]

My new friend Omar, from the up and coming blog Love is Elusive, threw some great mp3’s my way from his interview with Georgie James, which is chock full of good acoustic versions of their songs from Places, an album I’m still listening to a lot and enjoying. Since he’s not up on the [...]

I don’t know how many of you came to the site in the last couple of days to find it had vanished.  Believe me, I was as surprised as you were.  Had my April Fool’s joke become a reality?  I called the hosting company I go through, and obviously I get someone I can’t understand.  [...]

After at least five comments and a few more emails to boot, I’ve finally given in to everyone’s Matt Costa recommendations. I believed you guys that I’d like Costa’s music, since my music taste seemed to set off some Matt Costa red alarm for many of you, I just hadn’t gotten around to checking [...]