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[ H E ' S A W H O R E ] (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember when album covers told you everything you needed to know about a band? So it was that an impressionable young lad cruised into his local record store and was immediately transfixed by the cover of Bram Tchaikovsky's debut album, Strange Man, Changed Man. It was as if I knew that once I got the album home, I'd fall head over the hills for the music found within the grooves of the spinning vinyl....
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BILLCS IS TUNED-ON! (Free subscription) | 03/02/2010
After today’s looooonnnng day, it seems like talking about yesterday’s iTouch shuffle mix on a trek into downtown Toronto seems so….. well, yesterday. But it’s a good, interesting mostly retro mix that I want to share with you. Karyn White “Romantic” (1991) Boys Brigade “Into The Flow” (1983) matchbox twenty “How Far We’ve Come” Royal...
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Hi! (Books, bikes, movies and me) (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
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PowerPop (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
From 1979, featuring a riff suspiciously similar to that which animates a certain anthem by one of the more prominent songwriters in New Jersey history (but it's a great song anyway so who cares), please enjoy the irrepressible Bram Tchaikovsky and his fiendishly catchy ode to sex with someone you love (but don't have to dress your best for), the great "Girl of My Dreams." As always, a coveted...
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Popdose (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
A friend of mine, listening to an embryonic version of this mix — a sort of imaginary soundtrack to The Originals, the graphic novel by Dave Gibbons — described it as being “Ready Steady Go! in Hell.” And I thought; Yeah, I can work with that. The Who – Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere from Thirty Years Of [...]
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MYSTICS NOT WASTRELS (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Who remembers that genre we once called "power-pop"? Sparky's Dream: 90 Minutes of Wuss Rock 1. Teenage Fanclub "Sparky's Dream" 2. Bram Tchaikovsky "Girl of My Dreams" 3. Masters of the Hemisphere "Local Government" 4. Masters of the Hemisphere "The Rules of Life" 5. Sloan "The Lines You Amend" 6. Teenage Fanclub "Don't Look Back"...
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Some Velvet Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2007
Last night I stumbled on to the Cloudberry Records site and fell into about a four hour dark hole of great music. Cloudberry is based in Miami and is an "indiepop label purveying the sound of jangly guitars." They release EP's and singles only, press only 100 of each CD, and they release singles on a regular schedule each month. Right now, there's over 60 EP's that you can listen to and download...
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Powerpopulist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2007
Attention, poppers. Attention, poppers. Tom over on Aisle Bag of Songs has hit a grand slam and then circled the bases on a victory lap. One click takes you to all five. The Records - Starry Eyes - Bag of Songs Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl of My Dreams - Bag of Songs The Someloves - Know You Now - Bag of Songs Holly And The Italians - Tell That Girl to Shut Up - Bag of Songs Something Happens - What
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bag of songs (Free subscription) | 11/02/2007
I thought I'd round out this Halloween week with some ear candy, Five power pop treats that won't require a trip to the dentist afterwards. First up, what may in fact be the quintessential power pop masterpiece, Starry Eyes by The Records . Followed up in quick succession by Bram Tchiakovsky's sing along ode to a blow-up doll, Aussie wonders The Someloves , some love from the girls with Holly Beth...
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