Recent Posts from Puddlegum

Watch TW Walsh live mix new David Bazan

February 02, 2010
Puddlegum — TW Walsh is going to broadcast a live mixing session of a new David Bazan song, starting at 8pm. The video will be streaming from Walsh’s Ustream. To watch TW Walsh live mix and chat with other viewers: ustream.tv/channel/tw-walsh <object id="u... read more »

Efterklang: Modern Drift video

February 01, 2010
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Tunng: …And Then We Saw Land

February 01, 2010
3342923-43715380_thumb40 Puddlegum — Tunng is set to release their next album, …And Then We Saw Land, on March 1st, 2010. Set for official release in mid-February, you may have already heard their first single, Don’t Look Down or Back, from various blogs. Tunng crosses a bridge betwe... read more »

Steve Jobs’ Ballad of a Thin Man

January 28, 2010
Puddlegum — (Photo courtesy of Gizmodo) In 1966 Bob Dylan embarked in a new musical direction, taking the folk community by surprise. They had viewed folk music with acoustic guitars and vocals as the purist form of music, thumbing their noses at the explodin... read more »

Uniform Motion: Life

January 27, 2010
Default_artist_40px Puddlegum — I was thrilled almost immediately when I first heard Uniform Motion earlier this week. Technically a British band, Uniform Motion is based out of Toulouse, France, and poses a deep understanding of new media and how to integrate it with their art.... read more »

Midlake: The Courage of Others

January 26, 2010
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Efterklang: Magic Chairs

January 25, 2010
B0002y4sv6 Puddlegum — Efterklang’s new album, Magic Chairs, is approaching fast: February 22nd in Europe and 23rd in North America. The band signed to 4AD Records in September, 2009, marking a major step forward for this Danish act. Rasmus Stolberg and band members man... read more »

Husband&Wife: Don’t Stop zero inch

January 22, 2010
Puddlegum — Bloomington’s Husband&Wife are working on their next album due out within the next few months. The band has posted two songs for a limited time as a free download. Promoted as a “zero inch”, side A of the digital single is a demo of Don’t Stop... read more »

Collider: BBM EP

January 21, 2010
Default_artist_40px Puddlegum — My first ‘find’ of 2010 is a young band called Collider, from San Francisco, named after the large particle accelerators. Their name fits their sound well, with layered sweeping guitar fuzz and melodies that somewhat remind me of The Forms and Fil... read more »

Dr. Dog to release Shame, Shame

January 20, 2010
3682977_thumb40 Puddlegum — Dr. Dog’s latest album, Fate, has been on solid rotation since I listened their timeless sixth album not long after it was released last year. You can imagine my excitement when I read that Dr. Dog has finished another full-length, called Shame, ... read more »

Music for your cans

January 13, 2010
2285404_thumb40 Puddlegum — Now that the Holidays are over and Spring semester has kicked off, blogging shall resume. Here are four songs to put in your cans as you trudge through the snow. Rogue Wave – Good Morning Collider – The Grid Goes Down Tonight White Pines – Fallen ... read more »

She and Him announces Volume Two

December 09, 2009
Default_artist_40px Puddlegum — When an artist names an album Volume One, we all assume that they also intend to release Volume Two. This was the case when actress Zooey Deschanel and folk god M. Ward released She & Him: Volume One, sounding somewhat as though they had stepp... read more »

Irish band Elspeth to debut with Felix Squirrel EP

December 08, 2009
Default_artist_40px Puddlegum — There is a band that I think you’ll hear more about in the coming months, called Elspeth. They’re a group of five musicians from Newry and Belfast, Ireland that formed in March, 2009. Their debut EP, Felix Squirrel will be release in early January... read more »

Holler, Wild Rose!: In Angel’s Realm

December 07, 2009
3380777-1771809780_thumb40 Puddlegum — Christmas is just two weeks away and Xmas music is threatening to take over the airwaves. I must admit that most Christmas music puts me in a bad mood, but not this song. Holler, Wild Rose! offers a gentle and original holiday song called In Angel... read more »

Jónsi: Boy Lilikoi

December 06, 2009
Puddlegum — First came a side project from Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Þór Birgisson and his partner Alex, called Riceboy Sleeps. Only six months later we’re seeing the first glimpses of a solo album by Jónsi, simply called Go. The album will be release in 2010 ... read more »

Five reasons why Apple wants Lala

December 05, 2009
Puddlegum — It was reported yesterday, December 4th, that Apple was in serious acquisition talks with Lala, a music cloud service. By 6pm the two companies reportedly ’struck a deal,’ according to New York Times, though details have yet to be released. Here a... read more »

Last.fm, Pandora, and Lala are growing in popularity

December 03, 2009
Puddlegum — As our connection to the web gets increasingly fast, coupled with faster processors, the possibility to stream video and audio becomes easier. In the early days of the web (yes, we’re arguably still in the early days) it was crucial to keep your w... read more »

Shout Out Louds: Walls video and mp3

December 02, 2009
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Peter Wolf Crier: Inter-Be

December 01, 2009
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My obsessions with the year column

November 22, 2009
Puddlegum — If you read Puddlegum and other music blogs, you probably share an obsession with music. You want to know about artists before other people, and you want to be familiar with all the influential artists that shape today’s music. Am I right? As much... read more »
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