I remember when I first heard Canada’s own The Arcade Fire. They were getting a lot of hype, and I was mad at the girl for sounding so much like Bjork. But I guess over time, with more listenings, I can tell that she maybe isn’t trying to be Bjork after all. Maybe.
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You know, I listen to music nearly all day long, but in the last 4 days, I haven’t opened iTunes once thanks to Pandora, a new service from the people who brought us the Music Genome Project.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: most new music these days is crap. Crap, or cheap rehashing of greats that’ve come before us. So it’s surprisingly pleasing to find a wonderful album such as Laura Veirs‘ “Year of Meteors”.
Ok, I really think it’s official now. Ska is alive and well in Japan.
Tonight I saw the first episode of the Japanese drama “What’s Wrong with Money?” on my personal dream channel iaTV. I’m not sure who did the theme song, but it is unmistakably a ska band! This coupled with Tokyo’s Japanese Ska Festival last year is more evidence that we had of the existence of the Loch Ness Monster that ska is alive and well in Japan!
I just got my beta tester email from Skobee, and it looks pretty promising. A big problem with being a busy, productive person is that you miss out on the goings on out of doors. Tribe is good, The List is good, Myspace is alright if you catch a bulletin in time. Skobee seems to make finding out what’s going on a whole lot easier.