tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-86836411463669516 2011-04-23T17:32:24-04:00 Revisiting classic, seminal records that have inspired and influenced our lives TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348141588c970c015431e8ea29970c 2011-04-23T17:32:24-04:00 2011-04-23T17:27:24-04:00

A few weeks back I read an interesting op ed on Mashable regarding Rebecca Black’s ode to everyone’s favorite day of the week. Despite the fact it’s about as engaging as a Barney sing-a-long and twice as cringe-worthy with its insipid, hackneyed mangling of rhythm and meter, It made me...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSoundItResounds/~4/t-fJj-KDF8Y" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Jansz http://thesounditresounds.typepad.com/the-sound-it-resounds/2011/04/democracy-is-killing-music.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348141588c970c014e8687c4f4970d 2011-03-07T08:11:11-05:00 2011-03-06T15:48:04-05:00

For the last 15 years the music of The Dears has been as close to the heart of the matter in all things related to matters of the heart and beyond. While they've endured shifting band members and record label musical chairs the Dears have consistently swung for the bleachers...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSoundItResounds/~4/GceatOoGXmI" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Jansz http://thesounditresounds.typepad.com/the-sound-it-resounds/2011/03/the-dears-murray-lightburn-retraces-his-roots-through-u2-and-a-clockwork-orange.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348141588c970c014e5f32fb11970c 2011-02-20T19:17:04-05:00 2011-02-20T16:17:08-05:00

They are one part cultural movement, one part art collective , one part Montreal ambassadors, but above all they are all parts musical maelstrom that seem to conflate all the best moments of pop music from the last 30 years and seamlessly blend them into one unique vision. Fresh off...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSoundItResounds/~4/-dZZfTZ7di4" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Jansz http://thesounditresounds.typepad.com/the-sound-it-resounds/2011/02/arcade-fires-tim-kingsbury-reminisces-about-a-live-neil-young-jewel.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348141588c970c0147e255c0b3970b 2011-02-06T22:17:45-05:00 2011-02-06T12:50:44-05:00

In the liner notes to the 1963 release of Missa Luba, a record performed by a young Congolese boys choir who go by the name of Les Troubadours du Roi Baudouin, none other than legendary author and historian Studs Terkel wrote "These young virtuosi feel so patently free." After chatting...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSoundItResounds/~4/iUWxwZpr0dw" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Jansz http://thesounditresounds.typepad.com/the-sound-it-resounds/2011/02/katie-lee-of-montreals-braids-takes-a-congolese-cue-from-missa-luba.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01348141588c970c0148c82d246f970c 2011-01-30T22:07:22-05:00 2011-01-31T11:31:19-05:00

It's a rare treat when you can sit down to chat (albeit on google talk) with an artist you not only admire but who's musical output has influenced your own creative endeavors in the past. That said, it's an even greater treat when that artist introduces you to one of...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSoundItResounds/~4/tktrkEKY__c" height="1" width="1"/>

Gary Jansz http://thesounditresounds.typepad.com/the-sound-it-resounds/2011/01/casper-clausen-of-efterklang-unearths-max-de-wardeners-hidden-electronic-gem.html