Julie Doiron – I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day

Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day

Julie is back with another very lyrically personal album.
Some really grungy guitar sounds on some of the tracks which really works with her voice

Julie Doiron – ‘Heavy Snow’ from the album ‘I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day

www.juliedoiron.com

MySpace

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Po’ Girl – Home To You

Po' Girl - Home To You

Allison Russell (singer/multi-instrumentalist), Awna Teixeira (singer/multi-instrumentalist), Benny Sidelinger (multi-instrumentalist).
Fantastic stuff.
New album out about now apparently.

Po’ Girl – ‘Til it’s Gone’ (live) from the album ‘Home To You

www.pogirl.net

MySpace

Wikipedia

Amelia Curran – War Brides

Amelia Curran - War Brides

Picked up this 2006 release the other day from silky voiced Amelia.
Lovely stuff.

Amelia Curran – ‘Scattered and Small’ from the album ‘War Brides

www.ameliacurran.com

MySpace

Emma-Lee – Never Just A Dream

Emma-Lee - Never Just a Dream

An absolutely lovely first release from Emma-Lee.
Soft, gentle and soulful.

Emma-Lee – ‘Bruise Easy’ from the album ‘Never Just A Dream

Emma-Lee – ‘Magical Flying Bathtub Machine’ available via iTunes Store.

www.emma-lee.com

MySpace

Tegan and Sara – Live

Tegan and Sara - Live

My love/hate affair with these two continues with this brilliant live recording, at Stenhammarsalen in Gothenburg 2008-03-15.
Good old Pirate Bay ;)

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4694702/Tegan_and_Sara_-_P3_Live_2008

Tegan And Sara – ‘The Con’ from the album ‘The Con

http://teganandsara.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

Rose Melberg – Cast Away The Clouds

Rose Melberg - Cast Away The Clouds

A lovely little album from way back in 2006.
It would be great to hear some more more from her.
Enchanting.

Rose Melberg – ‘Each New Day’ (live) from the album ‘Cast Away The Clouds

www.doubleagentrecords.com/rose

MySpace

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Feist – Live in Vienna 2007

Feist - Live in Vienna

A great live set from Feist that is doing the rounds at the moment.

Here. (If the link don’t work, let me know)

www.listentofeist.com

MySpace.com

Wikipedia

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic – Stand With The Stillness Of This Day

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Stand With The Stillness Of This Day

Very raw and wonderfully self indulgent, Elizabeth Anka Vajagic delivers a fantastically dark album.

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Elizabeth Anka Vajagic – ‘Why’ from the album ‘Stand With The Stillness Of This Day

www.cstrecords.com/bands_eavajagic.html

Wikipedia

Free live gig over at Archive.org

Tegan and Sara – The Con

Tegan and Sara - The Con

It’s the duos best yet, less shiny pop, more rawness.

www.teganandsara.com/

Them two over at MySpace

Wiki

Wendy McNeill – The Wonder Show

Wendy Mcneill - The Wonder Show

I just love this sparse release.
Acordionist/guitarist/vocalist.

Wendy McNeill – ‘Holly O’ from the album ‘The Wonder Show

www.wendymcneill.com

Wendy over at MySpace

You can download MP3/FLAC versions over at Zunior

Zunior – The Little Digital Music Store

Canada’s best kept secret. Possibly.
Providing DRM free MP3s and FLAC files from a shed load of independent labels.
Fiest, Basia Bulat, Julie Doiron, Katie Stelmanis, Wendy McNeill, the list goes on and on.
They even do a downloadable mp3 sampler collection for free now and again.

It’s the future.

www.zunior.com

Sarah Slean – The Baroness

Sarah Slean - The Baroness cover art

The Canadian singer/pianist is back with a great album. It did take a few listens to grow on me, but most of her albums do.
Her website has a built in store, and the prices are surprisingly reasonable. Pop over and get ordering.

Sarah Slean – ‘Get Home‘ from the album ‘The Baroness

http://www.sarahslean.com/

Wiki

Click here to buy The Baroness over at Amazon.co.uk

Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill cover

I must have played this to death in the 90′s as I haven’t listened to it for years.
Quite refreshing to give it another airing. (Thanks for the reminder R).
It holds up very well indeed.
If you liked this and haven’t tried ‘Jagged Little Pill Acoustic’ you really should.

New album due out May 2008. Cool.

Alanis Morissette – ‘Hand In My Pocket’ from the album ‘Jagged Little Pill

http://www.alanis.com/

Alanis over at MySpace

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Julie Dorion – Woke Myself Up

Julie Dorion - Woke Myself Up cover

As downbeat as Julie can be she always has a sense of humour.
Real life lyrics and slo-fi music to take it easy to.
Having said that, this is a bit more upbeat than her previous releases such as Goodnight Nobody and Heart and Crime.

Julie Dorion – ‘Me and My Friend’ from the album ‘Woke Myself Up

www.juliedoiron.com

Julie on MySpace

Wiki

Click here to buy Woke Myself Up at Amazon.co.uk

Rebekah Higgs – Rebekah Higgs

Rebekah Higgs - Rebekah Higgs cover

A strange collection of tracks that really works. All bouncy happy springtime sounds, then it goes a bit psychedelically winter, then bouncy summer, then Autumnal… well something like that.
I really like it as a debut release.
Great writing and a great voice.

Rebekah Higgs – ‘Parables’ from the album ‘Rebekah Higgs’

www.rebekahhiggs.com

www.myspace.com/rebekahhiggs

Check out her label website Outside Music

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