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The Artist in Profile: Casey Dienel/White Hinterland

May 15th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Always ahead of the curve, Matthew Perpetua of, Fluxblog, in February 2006, claimed that Casey Dienel was “a much much much less precious version of Nellie McKay”. McKay at that time being seemingly on the verge of super-stardom. I had never heard of Casey Dienel, but I was a fan of McKay, so I checked […]

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TBTMTU: Any Major Dude With Half a Heart

May 14th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Any major dude with half a heart surely will tell you my friend, that this weeks They Bring The Music To Us featured blog is epic!

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TBTMTU: Destination Out

May 7th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Hello ladies and gents, I’m back from my break with another blog to add to the annals of They Bring The Music To Us, Destination Out
Do you like jazz music, and I mean really like it? Well you’ll be in good company with Chilly Jay Chill and Prof. Drew LeDrew, authors of Destination Out who […]

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Listen In Special Feature: Deezer Vs. Pandora, The Internet Radio Showdown

May 5th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · 2 Comments

It was an ancient Inside The Net podcast (now known as Net @ Nite) with an an interview with the creator of Pandora, that first turned me on to the concept of personalized streaming Internet radio. The concept was novel: You type in an artist or song title, and the engine plays that song, or […]

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TBTMTU: I Am Fuel, You Are Friends

April 16th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Welcome to another installment of They Bring The Music To Us where I bring to your attention all the music blogs that bring the music to your attention. This week’s blog? I Am Fuel, You Are Friends.

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TBTMTU: Hip Hop Ruckus

April 9th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Welcome to another installment of They Bring The Music To Us, where I review feature talk about bring to your attention all the music blogs that bring the music to your attention. This week’s blog was recommended by Kymlee. It’s called Hip Hop Ruckus.

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TBTMTU: 7-inch Punk

April 2nd, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · 1 Comment

Welcome to another installment of They Bring The Music To Us where I review feature talk about bring to your attention all the music blogs that bring the music to your attention. This week’s blog? 7-inch Punk.

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TBTMTU: Shame-Free

March 26th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

“Snarky, *usually* up-to-date, smart-ass music news. If you are looking for pop princesses or flash-in-the-pan rappers, you have the wrong site my dear.”
reads Shame-Free’s header, and it delivers what it promises.

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TBTMTU: Said the Gramophone

March 19th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Said The Gramophone is a pleasantly clean cut “pistachio-green” blog that’s had the time to perfect its style. From the site:
“said the gramophone launched in march 2003, and added songs in november of that year. it was one of the world’s very first mp3blogs.”
Said the Gramophone is a blog that knows what it wants and […]

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TBTMTU: Tuneage

March 12th, 2008 by Jacob Nicolas · No Comments

Your music sucks. We’re here to help.
boasts the headline of Tuneage, the first music tumblelog I’ve covered in the They Bring The Music To Us series, and one of the few music tumblelogs around period. Tuneage certainly talks the talk with the air of pretension that all most music blogs have about them, but can […]

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