Category Archives: Musical thoughts

and i guess it’s just as well, but i miss your face like hell

Posted on February 15, 2012 by

The Head and The Heart’s debut album never connected me on the first few listens. That was back in 2010. In 2011 I was fortunate to see them live at the Calgary Folk Music Festival and by the end they … Continue reading →

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Why Didn’t You Save Me?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

It’s a line we have all asked at least once in our lives. Why didn’t you save me? It has so many possible occurrences. And unfortunately it is always a reactive question. I have said it many times before, that … Continue reading →

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Waiting in a car, waiting for a ride in the Dark – Vicroria’s Secret Angel Collection and Fragrance Commercial

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Is it selling out? Moby’s album “Play” was used to advertise everything. He was accused of selling out. But, perhaps it was the best decision he made. Midnight City, a song featured on my top 111 of ’11, is everywhere … Continue reading →

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Le Voyage Dans La Lune commence 7 février

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Air has released one great record. There is no denying which record this is. If you picked anything other than Moon Safari then you’d be wrong. Their other albums are not bad by any means, well maybe a couple are, … Continue reading →

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The Weeknd – Echoes of Silence

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Well Shit… It managed to drop before New Years’. Abel Tesfaye had promised 3 mixtapes in 2011 and with only 10 days left in the year, rumours that it wouldn’t drop this year were in the air. I thought he … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts for 2012 from Bolster Your Holster

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Listening to music is a game of give and take. Music puts you in a certain mood, you venture off in that mood and as it changes you want to listen to something else, which in turn changes your emotions … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift – Where have all the records gone?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by

Remember when you used to get music for Christmas? Like an MC Hammer cassette tape? I certainly do. How about 5 years ago, try going into a popular record store before Christmas and you would be surrounded by parents struggling … Continue reading →

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I was only for to die beside

Posted on June 15, 2011 by

Justin Vernon seems to be the busiest man in music lately. But when he isn’t doing collaborations with Kanye West, Gayngs, Volcano Choir or any of the other recent projects, he is the lead part of Bon Iver. A few … Continue reading →

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Record Store Day 2011 – Edmonton Edition

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

April 16 is Record Store Day 2011 throughout the world and tonnes of limited exclusives will be hitting the shelves for one day where vinyl geeks of all walks of life go out and support their local, independent record dealers. … Continue reading →

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We get up early just to start cranking the generator – Part 2

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Yesterday when I was writing up a post I noticed that we were getting a lot of hits for people googling “We get up early just to start cranking the generator”. Which is from a song by the fantastic band … Continue reading →

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