I discovered Ingrid Michaelson awhile back and have consistently had a difficult time keeping her work out of my playlists. Girls and Boys is most definitely a masterpiece in the singer/songwriter genre. Wonderful, smart lyrics, great performances, and wonderful recording. It really doesn't get much better than this. I guess one of the tunes, The Way I Am, was on an Old Navy commercial. I wasn't

echolocations (formerly inRadio) is no more. I've subscribed to echolocations for several years and have found it to be a great source of indie music that is farther outside the mainstream than what I learn about through Paste and the review websites I frequent. Thankfully Pitchfork and Metacritic are still around and seem to be thriving. I guess I'll be on the lookout for a new sampler CD service

I spent part of my evening last night listening to Tortoise and Bonny Prince Billy's collaboration called The Brave And The Bold. Excellent collaboration on the experimental side of rock and jazz. Highly recommended if you like this kind of stuff. Not a typical Tortoise album in my mind, but excellent none-the-less. The album is worth getting just for the opening track, Cravo E Canela, a cover

Wow. I don't run into new things very often that make me this happy. The Midnight Organ Fight is a rare treat and I definitely agree with Pitchfork's 8.1 rating, although I think I would have gone even a bit higher. I was unfamiliar with Frightened Rabbit prior to hearing this album and I'll definitely be on the lookout for more of their work. I suppose this work falls in the alt-folk or folk-rock

Okay, so this blog is supposed to document my music addiction. However, my family saw the movie WALL*E today and I just had to add something here. One of my favorite parts of the movie are the references to Hello Dolly, so I guess this is at least somewhat consistent with the blog theme...WALL*E is, in my opinion and my wife's opinion, the best Pixar movie to date. I admit that I had my doubts going

The Weepies are a folk/pop at that is rather new to me. Imagine people sitting around swaying, singing, and making goo-goo eyes at each other wearing tie dye and loafers. The music they would be listening to in 1970 might be Peter, Paul and Mary or Simon and Garfunkel. In 2008, the music they would be listening to would be The Weepies. By the way, I mean that in a very positive way - I really like