so i’ve just finished the third revision of my top 100 albums list — which to avoid confusion/arguments is a personal selection, not an attempt at a best of all time list — and to build some interest/excitement in the list beyond myself and the 1-2 other people that have traditionally cared about this i’ve [...]

i had no intention of making any kind of best of 2008 list, preferring instead to let my last.fm listening data speak for itself. but every single person/publication’s best albums of 2008 list i’ve read so far has pissed me off. sure, several albums i loved this year have rightfully popped up on nearly everybody’s [...]

in case you forgot… i’m a huge fan of jens carelius’ debut album the first songs. it’s one of my favorite albums so far this year. and when you think of some of the other albums that share that distinction (trouble in dreams… lookout mountain, lookout sea…), that really is saying something. check out [...]

mp3: jens carelius -song #1
mp3: jens carelius – on through the morning
meet jens carelius. he lives in oslo, where he plays the blues.
that is what he calls it, the blues, and the influence is definitely there. if i had to call it one thing though, i’d call it folk, à la nick drake. his is [...]