Music Blur

I’m not sure that Josh Ritter is the typical artist I go for, but I first heard a song of his on the (way awesome) NBC show “Parenthood”, and subsequently checked out his latest album (So Runs The World Away) to see how I liked it, and was actually very pleasantly surprised. That song by [...]

I’ve been waiting for at least a year to write a post on Lorenzo’s Music.  They are a great band but it seems that nobody wants to create a YouTube video for them.  So I gave up and went straight to the source.  This is better for all of us really, because you can just [...]

The Republic Tigers – Buildings & Mountains

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I heard a portion of this song in between sections of a podcast three or four months ago and then forgot all about it.  I remember thinking it would be perfect for a Music Blur post.  Well here it is, finally…
The band is [...]

Stop everything else you’ve got going on right now.  I guarantee you haven’t heard this before and it is sure to blow your socks off.  Very cool song by a local Austin band Shoulders.  Wikipedia describes their music best as “drunken carnival music”.  How can you go wrong with drunken carnival music?
Trashman’s Shoes is off [...]

I was in 9th grade when Good Will Hunting came out and I instantly fell in love with the movie.  Being that I had just moved from Massachusetts it holds a special place in my heart.  I ran out and used my hard-earned babysitting money to buy the soundtrack.  For the record it’s a really [...]

Pure bliss and beauty.
Those words come to mind immediately as soon as this song starts.
There are so many things to love about this song and its accompanying video, and I won’t try to list them all. Two though that I’ll leave this short and sweet post with:

chorale in the round
stop-motion claymation

It’s been nearly a month [...]