Five albums I purchased in Hong Kong…
Back in 2007, I was traveling through Hong Kong for work. On a day whilst wandering around, I found a HMV store in the Tsim Sha Tsui section of Kowloon. […]
Monthly Archives: August 2010
NEW MUSIC ALERT: Charlotte Church’s “Back to Scratch”
I’ve never been a fan of Charlotte Church. Tiny Voice, Pop Let-down, or Naff Chatshow Host — whatever, I haven’t found a place for her in my collection of interests. […]
Quite a good album from Kate Earl…
Conveniently named “Kate Earl.” With the onslaught of young, artsy female vocalists flooding the airwaves in recent years — yeah, Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson I’m talking about you — […]
This is an album by The Black Keys.
Seriously. Let’s discuss how ridiculously good this album is. “Brothers” was lumped into that massive CD purchase I made last month that I referred to in my “Too much music […]
Cool music in the most unusual place…
When I was in college I applied for a part-time job at J.Crew, mainly because a friend of mine worked there and she was pretty cool. I guess that I […]
REVISED: Make that FOUR awesome trailers in one place…
I went to see “Inception” over the weekend — an excellent movie, by the way — and saw four trailers that really knocked my socks off (I had clearly forgotten […]
I Like… The Like’s “Release Me”
Tons of swagger, grit, and flowery attitude. These girls know how to rock. The opening track, Wishing He Was Dead definitely lets you know that these ladies are not messing […]
Monocle Magazine: The “Quality of Life” Issue
Monocle’s July/August issue has an awesome piece on the 25 Best Cities in the World to live. Thoughtful, eclectic, modern and informative, I now want to go live in at […]
Discussion: Are these really that good?
…… I am not one to band-wagon, but I’m intrigued by this series. I have asked a few friends and family members who have read some or all of the […]
Corinne Bailey Rae’s “The Sea”
A bit of a slow burn. This came out around February but still, it’s quite good and worth the mention. She’s jazz. She’s adult contemporary. She’s folk. She’s pop. She’s […]
