John Lennon’s Early Years to be Profiled in Nowhere Boy

Friday, 30 October 2009, 12:33 | Written by: marilyn
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Nowhere Boy (2009)

Nowhere Boy (2009)

John Lennon’s early years, including the formation of The Beatles, is chronicled in a the debut feature film by , Nowhere Boy premierd yesterday at the London Film Festival. Check out the trailer:

I’m excited for this film to hop the pond, and make its way to a theater near me. Until then, I’m enjoying these John Lennon covers:

Nobody Told Me – The Flaming Lips

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ImagineEva Cassidy

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Jealous GuyElliot Smith

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Happy Christmas (War is Over)The Polyphonic Spree

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Oh My God, The Wooden Sky Means a Lot to Me

Wednesday, 28 October 2009, 1:13 | Written by: marilyn
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Oh My God (It Still Means a Lot to Me)The Wooden Sky

I just started listening to this young band from Toronto, Ontario. The Wooden Sky, formerly Friday Morning’s Regret, have a beautiful folk-rooted sound that has the ability to pull you from whatever you are doing to contemplate the lyrics sung so beautifully by Gavin Gardiner. The tune Oh My God (It Still Means a Lot to Me) is my favourite from the bands sophomore album, If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone. Every time it ends, I want to hit the replay button!

Check out this live version of the same tune the band put together:

Cool Halloween Music IMHO

A varied collection of tunes to spruce up your Halloween mixtape this year:

Hunting For Witches (Crysta Castles Remix) – Bloc Party

A Weekend In The City (2007)

Tricks ‘N’ TreatsKid Koala

Scratchhappyland (Unofficial 2000)

The Devil Went Down to GeorgiaCharlie Daniels Band

The Devil Went Down to Georgia (1979)

WitchcraftFrank Sinatra

Witchcraft (1957)

Earth Died ScreamingTom Waits

Bone Machine (1992)

VampirePink Mountaintops

Outside Love (2009)

Weighty GhostWintersleep

Welcome To The Night Sky (2008)

Psycho Killer (live)Talking Heads

Talking Heads (1977)

MonsterThe Automatic

Not Accepted Anywhere (2007)

Monster Hospital (Mstrkrft Remix) – Metric

Somebody’s Watching Me (After Midnight Bootleg)Rockwell feat. Michael Jackson

Happy Halloween!!!

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Drake and his catchy tune

Wednesday, 21 October 2009, 5:22 | Written by: marilyn
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I’m not sure what it is about this song, but I can’t get it out of my head!

Perhaps its the way Drake sings “youda youda best, youda youda best“. I like it.

The song is from Drake’s debut album, So Far Gone. Pick up a copy at Amazon:

New Vampire Weekend! Horchata

Wednesday, 7 October 2009, 10:06 | Written by: marilyn
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Horchata -Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

Vampire Weekend

Tipped of by Pigeons and Planes this morning I discovered that Vampire Weekend are giving away the first track off their highly anticipated second release Contra, which is due to be released January 12th, 2010 in the US. Go give Vampire Weekend your email address if you’d like future updates from the band, or download it with absolutely no strings from VW, or from here.

The new tune is in Vampire Weekend’s unique style with the sounds global percussion, xylophones, and strings combined together in a playful way that makes you want to bounce around in time with the beat. I’m officially excited about the new album next year!

For those of you interested Horchata is a traditional drink latin roots. How it is make varies from region to region, and is sometimes made from almonds or sesame seeds.