Endearing

Paper Moon

Label: Endearing
Genre: Pop

You gotta check out the opening keyboard lick on Paper Moon's "Mercury is Clearly Opposing Neptune." It fits right in with the popped collars all the high school kids are wearing these days — 1986? '87? Even the little hitch in Allison Shevernoha's voice about 30 seconds into the song reminds me of the old days. If you teenagers of the Reagan years seek a few minutes of nostalgia, or you modern reenactors are wondering what things sounded like back then, look no further than the catchy pop of Winnipeg's Paper Moon.

String of Blinking Lights [MP3, 5.9MB, 192kbps]
Mercury is Clearly Opposing Neptune [MP3, 4.4MB, 192kbps]

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papermoon.ca

Posted by joe on 06.09.06 | Comments (2) | Buy from Amazon, Insound
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Radiogram

Label: Endearing
Genre: Country, Slowcore

In trying to decide what to post this morning, I asked Tim O. a few questions. 1) Australian or Canadian? 2) Boy singer or boy & girl singers? 3) "Radiogram" or "Horse Stories"? Radiogram took two of three (boy & girl singers and name, obviously) but I think I'll post both.

Radiogram's sound reminds me a bit of Blanche, the first band I ever posted here at 3hive.com. Country noir with a lot of texture, from Vancouver this time instead of Detroit — doesn't it seem like half the bands we've posted this year are Canadian? Check out "Summer Song Summer" for an example of Radiogram's pleasant if not uplifting calm ("My idea of a perfect day / would be to lie in bed and just pass away.")

Summer Song Summer [MP3, 5MB, 160kbps]
Buy the Farm [MP3, 4.8MB, 128kbps]
Lost in the Park [MP3, 3.2MB, 128kbps]
Fault Lines [MP3, 5.2MB, 128kbps]

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www.radiogram.org

Posted by joe on 04.27.06 | Comments (2) | Buy from Amazon, Insound
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