Category Archives: Sunday Scoop

The Scoop

Thanks for playing! Here are the details of the songs, chosen for their recent addition to my music library and front-of-mind awareness in my head! Hope you found something you like.

SXSW Sunday Scoop

I realize, I chose a random little sample from the SXSW options. The options were MANY so I just narrowed it down to 5 + 1 for all of you to enjoy (or hate, or feel meh about). So here we go: Teeth by “The Ettes” This is a Nashville based Retro Rocker Trio. Two…

Behind the Fiver.

So what was all that noise about? Without further ado, the faces behind the fiver. Song #1: If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot). [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Seriously. Is there another voice that rivals Gordon Lightfoot? For my money, he can break it down. This is a song that sticks…

Dreamers who Fake it in Wooden Ships while giving Candy to Dead Parrots

Track 1:  “Fake It” by Seether [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I love this song…not a little because I feel exactly this way on LOTS of days.  Plus, the music has just enough edge without trying too hard to be grating or angst-ridden or creepy.  Funny, I haven’t sought out more Seether –…

Something old, something new; was there something here for you?

Get the story behind the fiver here.

And Robert Plant sometimes even SOUNDS like Robert Plant!

Welcome to the Sunday Scoop, wherein we share with you the whos and whats of the most recent Friday Fiver!  Loved the comments on these – the more frequently we do this, the more I begin to predict what our “regulars” will and won’t like, and I’ll admit to sometimes even throwing one in just…

Details – the reveal

Here goes nothin’ … Track 1: Against Me, New Wave [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Against Me! is a Florida punk band that’s been around for a while but never has seemed to gain traction. I can’t remember where I heard of them. This is from their 2007 release of the same name,…

This is your Sunday Scoop

Thanks for playing the Fiver! This is your big reveal. We’ve got something old, something new, a few things in between.

Who Doesn’t Like Cake?

Here you go; the big reveal on your Friday Fiver.

Sunday Scoop – Dukes, Kings and Kirsty

So, you played along with the Fiver.  (If not, go back one post and do it now!)  Here are the details…any of them change your mind enough to give one another listen?   Track 1:  Shine On You – The Duke and The King [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Simone Felice of The…