The Pelican’s Perch

Well now.  I got quite a few emails from you guys saying how great/terrible/etc. my top 5 list of the half year was.  That’s perfectly fine, but a lot of you seem to have overlooked my statement saying any of the bottom 3 could have been swapped out for a multitude of good albums released [...]

June is here already, which is crazy to think, and that means we’re halfway through the year. You know what that means. It’s time for my top 5 albums of the half year. I counted up the albums in my 2008 folder and I’ve got over 60 solid albums. It’s been [...]

So what’d you think of this year’s Oscars? I watched up until Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova won best song and I flipped my lid and immediately drove somewhere and got drunk in celebration. Alright, maybe I was already going to a birthday party, but seriously, how awesome was that when they won? [...]

2. White Rabbits – Fort Nightly

This one probably came out of left field for most of you since I’ve never talked about White Rabbits, but they’ve held a solid place in my musical heart since I got their album about a month ago.  It’s such a smart mix of driving bass, bouncy drums, guitar and [...]

So, great comments and feedback so far regarding the list. Always makes blogging easier when you hear directly from your readers. Sounds like Field Music and Animal Collective have been hit or miss, with Reid even preferring Panda Bear’s solo effort Person Pitch over AC’s latest. Person Pitch is a wonderful album, [...]

6. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam

A couple weeks ago, this album would have been one of the top two albums on this list. But as things work usually for me, I slightly burned myself out on this album. That’s only to say I really like it instead of am obsessing over it. [...]

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Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew – Spirit If…

What a pleasant surprise this album ended up being.  Unlike the solo albums of other BSS members like Feist and Emily Haines, this one feels like a Broken Social Scene album.  I didn’t have too high of hopes for Spirit If…, but after a few listens I [...]

Alright! Everyone love lists, so I decided to stretch one throughout the week. I basically came up as an idea for the list after I lost count of how many times I was asked exactly what I was listening at the moment. So, I said screw it, this top 10 list was [...]

First things first: I don’t condone or encourage illegal downloading of leaked albums, but yesterday was insane for some reason with me coming across a goldmine of albums not yet released either through legit ways like my PR buddies, or by various other means. The point is not that I came across the [...]

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.
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