http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com Providing the world with succinct music reviews, tailored to your genre and scene of choice Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:28:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Surprise! I know a few of our readers already know but for those of you out of the loop (99% of everyone), we've purchased a domain name making our site easier to access and much cooler than before. Bookmark http://www.theumbilicalchord.com I'm going to try to link the two so that it automatically  takes you ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/Lqxzw4aF3R8/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/surprise/ I speak in communication, in bold type I once told a friend that I enjoyed British Hip-Hop/UK Garage and he made a face at me. "Gross! You listen to Lady Sovereign? She's terrible," he said, about to disown me, or at least pretend to do so. "No," I replied. "You're ridiculous. A) I ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/p1oUyfqBm54/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/take-it-to-the-streets/ I obviously don't hold a grudge against Kevin Barnes for selling out... Okay I lied. I am mad at K. Barnes for saying those things on youtube about what is and isn't selling out and how doing a commerical for outback isn't yada yada. Still, I did see them in concert ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/hJhQAuHRmGA/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/lets-pretend-they-dont-exist-2/ This is all late due to an amazing transformation about to occur. I don't want to ruin the surprise so just stay tuned and you'll see. The Besnard Lakes - Live @ CBC Radio 3. The Beautiful Ones http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/LpOERFN3-1M/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/the-besnard-lakes/ I really want to hear someone say Lollapalooza with a Japanese accent. I've wanted to hear that said ever since I learned that Japanese doesn't have an "l" sound. I'm hoping some of our friends in Chicago are going to Lollapalooza. It ought to be a blast. Look forward to performances ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/tHpNHGO0bcY/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/lollapalooza-2008/ Two down.... 17 to go After seven years and four albums, one of Broken Social Scene's founding members, Brendan Canning, decided to break from his buddies and go solo, sort-of.  BSS Presents Brendan Canning is the second in the series of solo albums produced by BSS members for BSS members. . Last ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/SkPIc7fB0wg/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/canning-goes-solo/ Sometime in the past week or so there's been an music explosion resulting in far too many new albums for Vivek and I to possibly review.  Each review takes time to write as well as time to listen to the artist's music.  I'd charted out a huge list but I ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/eHX8GZhYFis/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/lazy-days/ Steve Mason’s journey as a musician has been fraught with ups and downs. He had success with both the Beta Band and King Biscuit Time, though neither was able to make a commercial impact outside of Britain. Nevertheless his music has garnered somewhat of a cult following here in ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/KB8mbkymj_c/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/black-affair-pleasure-pressure-point/ The only SFW image of this band... okay well one of few With a name like XX Teens, I wasn't sure what to expect of the British post-punk band who released their debut album just a couple of days ago. I couldn't remember if Safe Search was still enabled, and I ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/QkgNXZNvSWo/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/xx-teens-welcome-to-goon-island/ I have no idea how I got the upside down exclamation mark to work on here... I stumbled across ¡Forward, Russia! on a list of bands with recently released CDs, however their latest album, Life Processes came out in mid-April in the UK. Nonetheless, ¡Forward, Russia! could use with some more ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UmbilicalChord/~3/ys8jfabg5tg/ http://umbilicalchord.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/%c2%a1forward-russia/