Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: The Wooden Birds - False Alarm (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wooden Birds - Sugar (Live @ WOXY) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wooden Birds - The Other One (Live @ WOXY) (MP3) DOWNLOAD: The Wooden Birds - Believe In Love (Live @... more info
Chorus.fm — *Dan Mangan* (http://www.myspace.com/danmangan) has inked a deal with Arts & Crafts (http://www.arts-crafts.ca/) to finally release his critically acclaimed sophomore, Nice, Nice, Very Nice, in the US on August 10th. more info
My Old Kentucky — I while back I had the pleasure of attending a high-profile UFC event (man cannot live on music alone) in Minneapolis. One of the biggest draws of the night, along with a seemingly endless parade of fugly, overpriced T-shirts (or "douche capes" in Jo... more info
The Music Fix — News: Press release:
Nova Scotia, Canada's The Superfantastics are set to play their first ever London show tomorrow, kick starting a run of dates in the capital next week with the likes of fellow indie newcomers Dan Mangan and CatsandCatsandCats. ... more info
Quick Before It Melts — You’d never know it from the way it’s been gathering dust on my desk for the last couple of months, but I’ve been really interested in cracking open Nice Nice Very Nice, the second album from Vancouverite Dan Mangan. Bryan@HeroHill has been... more info
Obscure Sound — An artist who sports a scruffy beard, sings about “indie queens†and kings, and names their album after a Kurt Vonnegut quote is bound to create a memorable first impression. It may sound like the definitive stereotype for all these indep... more info
Music Mule — Day 2 of The Great Escape in Brighton and once more there was no shortage of quality acts. Find out who I rated and listen to some of my favourite tracks of the day including Dan Mangan, Beth Jeans Houghton and the smoking hot Crystal Antlers.
Dan Ma... more info
Music Mule — What? Dan Mangan
23 year old Canadian troubadour Dan Mangan has been described by NME as sounding like if Woody Guthrie listened to Godspeed You Black Emperor. I was lucky enough to catch the tail end of his set at The Great Escape a couple of years ... more info