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Just to add to your Christmas presents. Can be downloaded for any price (including $0) at this website. And if you’re interested, I have ten more songs to write about in my list of best songs of the year, so … Continue reading →

Collaboration between Sufjan Stevens, Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry and The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner? Great. Said collaborators doing Christmas music? Greatest.

Everyone knows length is a vital thing to consider in the construction of a song. Very few people actually enjoy listening to Siberian Breaks by MGMT or Led Zeppelin’s in My Time Of Dying purely because it feels like the … Continue reading →

Their message will suffice: ‘A free Christmas song for a joyous holiday. Feel free to spread the Christmas cheer!’ The song can be downloaded for free here. I wrote about this band a few weeks ago here. In related news, … Continue reading →

A week or two ago I posted about a new song by Australian indie folk-rockers The Middle East. This is a song of such immense quality that I simply can’t stop listening to it, and, apparently, neither can visitors to … Continue reading →

2010 has been a great year for music (stay tuned for end of year best-of-2010 lists). As was 2009. As will be 2011. Here are a few bands due to be releasing albums early in the new year, with my favourite track … Continue reading →

‘Epic’ is a word that is probably overused these days, much like ‘epiphany’ or ‘Pitchfork.’ But there are some songs, composed by artists constantly looking to break new creative boundaries, that fit this category perfectly. These colossal behemoths that are … Continue reading →

There are some songs that, much like the majority of adolescents (in their own eyes anyway), just need to be heard. I thought I’d mention a few here briefly. Blood by The Middle East As the SoundCloud link below shows, … Continue reading →

In 2010 I have learnt that music is great. This realisation has coincided with my completion of secondary education. Now, as school is over forever and I no longer have to churn out tawdry essays, I have decided to share … Continue reading →