New Music

I love discovering new music. There are so many talented bands but with radio being so restrictive in what they play it can be difficult to find out what else is out there. Recommendations from friends are always helpful, but if they live in the same post code as you, they are often a limited source due to being exposed to the same media environment.

One thing I've started doing since I moved to the UK is when I connect with someone on a musical level (it happens on occasion) we do a bit of a music exchange. Find say 10 bands the friend has never heard of then put together a list of tunes, links to various websites, perhaps the odd YouTube video and viola! New music!

But there is also the blogs.

One of the blogs I read on a regular basis is The Pompomist. This girl has a great taste in music. Like me she will post the odd wonderful find and I thank her for this. But this sharing is a two way street. I introduced her to the Canadian Band Sloan and just this morning she posted a bit on a band I'd never hear of Beirut.

Wow

I so need to find their CD's



Kind of a cross between Ron Sexsmith and Rufus Wainwright if playing with a Balkan Gypsy band. Wonderful!