- 01 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS So happy I just heard: Ben Howard The music blogging gig is a weird thing… you can go months without hearing anything that inspires you, and then all of a sudden a whole host of tunes reach out and smack you across the face in a course of a week. This h… AUG · 14 · 2009 5 COMMENTS READ →
- 02 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Juzzie Smith – Travelling Juzzie Smith – The One Man Band that will blow you away MAY · 28 · 2009 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 03 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Donerail – Some Ending Donerail (Image Credit: Trask Bedortha) MAY · 11 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 04 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Lowry – Whiskey (Video) I was thrilled to receive an email yesterday from Leah at Engine Room Recordings letting me know that Lowry (who I featured back here) have just released their new music video for their tune, “Whiskey”. Not only do I lo… APR · 21 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 05 2008-RELEASES · 2009-RELEASES Ari Hest – Twelve Mondays The other day I got that kind of email that music bloggers love to get… an email from an artist’s management saying, “Hey… you know, I’ve noticed from your blog posts that you like xyz… and I think you might like some o… APR · 01 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 06 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Lowry – Love Is Dead So, apologies for the decline in posts around these parts lately. It’s been a hectic few months. Actually, scratch that… it’s been a hectic year, and posting sometimes fell by the wayside. So you know it had to be somet… MAR · 23 · 2009 1 COMMENT READ →
- 07 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Coldplay, live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre On Sunday night, I was lucky enough to see “superband”, Coldplay, perform live at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. MAR · 10 · 2009 9 COMMENTS READ →
- 08 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Fleet Foxes – Mykonos (Video) One of my new favourite music videos… the new video for Fleet Foxes’ “Mykonos” is filmed entirely with stop-motion frames… and it’s sheer beauty. FEB · 06 · 2009 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 09 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers – The River (Video) You know, I wasn’t sold on Samantha Crain… not quite, despite the major promise that I heard in her release “Confiscation EP“. It was undeniable that there was major talent in there, but for some reason, it just didn’t… DEC · 22 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 10 2008-RELEASES · A-LOOK-BACK-AT-BURGOS-BLOG-THUS-FAR Burgo’s “Best of 2008” list. Yes, I have one too. Late December Update: Unfortunately, after months of fighting with the RIAA amongst others, Mixwit, the site that I used to embed the below playlist, has had to close down. This means that the below playlist is no longe… DEC · 07 · 2008 7 COMMENTS READ →
- 11 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, 3 Voor 12 Set Following on from the Cardinals’ Coffee Shop Show, Ryan Adams & Co. have just released the entire (yes, entire… in other words, close on 30 minutes) 3 Voor 12 set up at cave.cardinology. NOV · 20 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 12 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug, live on NPR’s Mountain Stage This is a really short note here, but to any of you readers who have enjoyed the stuff you’ve heard from Joe Pug on this blog so far, you might want to head over to NPR to stream Joe Pug’s October 5 performance from NPR… NOV · 17 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 13 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS William Fitzsimmons – The Sparrow & The Crow For some reason, if you’d asked me last week whether I had posted about William Fitzsimmons on this blog before, I would have sworn blind that I had discussed his 2006 album “Goodnight” sometime in 2007. However, I rece… NOV · 14 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 14 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, in the BBC Studios So this past Saturday, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary show… and man, what a treat we were in for. NOV · 11 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 15 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Ryan Adams, Cardinology Coffee Shop Show… Wow, look at all those alliterations in that title. Anyway, straight to the business at hand. Ryan Adams and the Cardinals recently celebrated the release of their “Cardinology” album with a eight-song acoustic performa… NOV · 05 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 16 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Gaslight Anthem – The ’59 Sound Included for not other reason than the fact that it’s a cracking tune, and that vocalist Brian Fallon looks like he couldn’t be having more fun… for some inexplicable reason, this (hardly ground-breaking) video has me e… NOV · 04 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 17 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Thursday Roundup – Gnarls Barkley, Ben Nichols and Denison Witmer It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup post, so here are the tunes that have been spinning in my iTunes this week. OCT · 30 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 18 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2009 Amiestreet and Brett Dennen – Hope for the Hopeless OCT · 26 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 19 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2009 The Sand Band – The Secret Chord I’m quite late to the party on these guys, having first read about The Sand Band way back in August on that awesomeness of music blogs, Some Velvet Blog. I filed away the band for listening at a later date, and it someh… OCT · 06 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 20 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Avett Brothers – Murder in the City Video Short note today… but just wanted to let everyone know that The Avett Brothers have released their new video for single “Murder in The City” (featured in this post back here)… and it’s a killer video (no pun intended). OCT · 02 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 21 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Bill Madden – Child of the Same God So, a few weeks ago, Diana from MADMUSE got in touch with me to let me know that they were sending me a pre-release copy of Bill Madden‘s new album, “Child of the Same God”. (Sidenote: I love it when overseas agencies d… SEP · 23 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 22 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Bon Iver – New EP free on Myspace Ok… so this isn’t so much a post as an announcement to all Bon Iver fans. Bon Iver (now more than just Justin Vernon, as pointed out here… now a full band) recently contributed to the Myspace Transmissions series; and t… SEP · 21 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 23 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Guest Post – Josh Moore Ed’s Note: The following is a guest post from Rachel Morris, a regular reader here on Burgo’s Blog. This is something I’m hoping to make a regular feature on Burgo’s Blog. Too often I get emails from people who write wi… SEP · 17 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 24 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug news – A new signing, a new video, and tour dates announced First off, thanks to Sharyn at No Door Agency for dropping me a line, and keeping me abreast of all the developments in Joe Pug‘s career. SEP · 10 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 25 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Ryan Adams tunes… Sinking Ships, The Colour of Pain, Cobwebs & Fix It. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals on tour… standing on the shoulders of giants. SEP · 10 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 26 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Friday Music Roundup – Motel Motel, Hotel Lights and Capital Road As another week draws to a close, and I head down the coast (and offline) for the weekend, I thought I would throw up a quick music roundup of those songs that have been spinning incessantly on my iTunes this week. So h… AUG · 28 · 2008 5 COMMENTS READ →
- 27 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Thank jeebus… The new album from The Verve actually sounds pretty good. AUG · 28 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 28 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joseph Arthur – Temporary People Joseph Arthur (self-portrait) AUG · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 29 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Stop the presses. aKING is South Africa’s next big thing. … And yes, I know exactly what a huge statement that is to make. But I’m making it anyway. Only a band that excited me this much could have brought me out of my semi-hiding on this blog. I heard them, and I simply had t… AUG · 26 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 30 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Drips and Drabs… Here’s me, not one post earlier, saying that things were going to be quite around here for the next week or two. Yet here I am, putting up a second post today! Truth is, I’ve had an unexpected opening in my schedule, an… AUG · 15 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 31 2002-RELEASES · 2005-RELEASES Jason Mraz, live at the Tivoli in Brisbane It’s been a while, I know… but hey, as some would say, “Shit got real“, you know? And, unfortunately, blogging has had to take a second seat lately. Hopefully, this won’t be the case for too much longer… but for the nex… AUG · 15 · 2008 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 32 2005-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES High On Stress… Under The Radar. Under The Radar is a column inspired by material sent in by the readers of Burgo’s Blog, alerting me to music that I may not have otherwise heard. If you’d like to let me know about some of your favourite tunes that I m… AUG · 06 · 2008 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 33 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Wednesday Music Round Up – Jason Reeves, Justin Currie, Matt Bauer and Ray Lamontagne Wow. It has been one hectic week, and at this stage it doesn’t look like there’s any sign of easing up. Which is disappointing, as it means blogging has had to take a back seat, and I’ve received some cracking pitches r… AUG · 06 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 34 2008-RELEASES Next movie I’m looking forward to this year – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist Heh. I just saw the trailer for this, and it looks… well… awesome. JUL · 31 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 35 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS New Tallest Man On Earth – A Field Of Birds (Yellow Bird Project theme song) This is just a short note to let you all know that there’s a new Tallest Man On Earth song out – see my last post on this dude here – titled “A Field of Birds”… and it’s a killer tune. JUL · 29 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 36 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Kaki King, live at Ironhorse Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. For today’s post – and largely due to the fact that I’ve just watched “August Rush” again – I thought I would post something slightly different; a 2004 sho… JUL · 24 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 37 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Mailbox Clean Up Tuesday Trio. The Avett Brothers, Peter Bradley Adams & Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. It’s been a while since I put a Tuesday Trio up on this blog, and seeing as I was going through some of the messages to have landed in my inbox lately that have alerted me to new music, I thought: Why not? So, for today… JUL · 22 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 38 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS-TO-WATCH-FOR-IN-2008 Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson – Buriedfed This is just a quick post today; but I really wanted to post Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson‘s (henceforth known as MBAR on this blog, as that name is simply far too long to continually type out) new video for “Buriedfe… JUL · 15 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 39 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Live Music Friday – Xavier Rudd, live at Bonnaroo Music Festival Welcome back to another Live Music Friday here at Burgo’s Blog. Today, we’ll be featuring someone a little closer to my (adoptive) home… Australian musician, Xavier Rudd. JUN · 26 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 40 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES The New York Fund – Guns of Camden Town, Going to New York, & Oh My Sweet The New York Fund (image credit: www.gregorynolan.com) JUN · 23 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 41 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Coldplay, live at London’s Brixton Academy So I was all set for a Calexico “Live Music Friday” post today, and then at the last minute, an email came through pointing me towards this NME article, which in turn led me to the BBC Radio 1 site, which – finally – po… JUN · 19 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 42 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Joe Pug – Nation of Heat. A thoroughly impressive debut… Joe Pug – a startling debut (photo credit: Amber Meairs) JUN · 18 · 2008 6 COMMENTS READ →
- 43 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES May 2008 – The month that music forgot. (Or, “Tidings of The Old Romantic Killer Band and The Tallest Man On Earth”) What that extremely long and convoluted title alludes to is the fact that, for me, May 2008 has proven to contain an absolute dearth of good new music. Aside from the new Death Cab album and Frightened Rabbit release, n… MAY · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 44 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Live Music Friday – Counting Crows Live on WXPN/World Cafe Friday Possibly the post that I receive the most emails about on this blog was my past post about the Counting Crows performance on WXPN’s World Cafe Friday. I don’t think that a a single week has gone by, since that post was… MAY · 22 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 45 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Death Cab releases the much-anticipated “Narrow Stairs”. In related news, I was wrong. Death Cab For Cutie have just released their new album, “Narrow Stairs” MAY · 15 · 2008 5 COMMENTS READ →
- 46 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Langhorne Slim – In The Midnight, Restless & Diamonds and Gold Langhorne Slim is an artist who has me excited; the quintessential “everyman” performer, he is a singer who seems to truly embrace his flaws… and then run with them. MAY · 12 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 47 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Frightened Rabbit – Head Rolls Off & Good Arms vs. Bad Arms Continuing my recent love affair with Scottish musicians, today’s post deals with the, quite frankly, brilliant band from Glasgow, Frightened Rabbit. MAY · 07 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 48 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Malcolm Middleton… easily my favourite Scot. Yes, you read that right. Malcolm Middleton is easily my favourite Scotsman, and that’s saying something. While still predominantly known for his work with the – albeit, brilliant – Arab Strap, his solo output since lea… MAY · 05 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 49 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The New Frontiers – The Day You Fell Apart & Black Lungs Wow. It’s been a busy few days, which means that I haven’t been able to get onto the blog much lately, so I apologise for not replying to comments here and there. Unfortunately it’s going to be just as busy a week this… MAY · 03 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 50 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Coldplay release their new single, Violet Hill, for free download… Coldplay have just released their new single, Violet Hill as a free download APR · 30 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 51 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Billy Bragg – Live on Fair Game Billy Bragg recently performed a live set on PRI’s “Fair Game” APR · 28 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 52 2006-RELEASES · 2007-RELEASES Thursday Music Round-up – Matthew Ryan, Josh Ritter, New Atlantic & The Kooks After almost a week off from the blogosphere, there are a few songs that I haven’t told you about… so we’ll just jump right in… APR · 16 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 53 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Tunes to tide you over… Brett Young, Brendan James and Jay Clifford I’m off to Sydney for the rest of the week, and probably won’t manage to post until next week. I know, I’ll miss you too. APR · 08 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 54 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Blind Melon are back. And I’m not sure how I feel about this… Shannon Hoon with Blind Melon at Woodstock ’94. After a 12 year hiatus following Shannon’s death, Blind Melon are back. APR · 06 · 2008 7 COMMENTS READ →
- 55 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Friday Music Roundup – The Dodos, Tokyo Police Club and Bodies of Water It’s been a while since a Friday Roundup, so why not? APR · 04 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 56 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The War on Drugs – Arms Like Boulders The War On Drugs has just released their EP, “Barrel of Batteries” APR · 02 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 57 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Pennywise new album “Reason To Believe”… free through Myspace. Pennywise’s new album, “Reason To Believe”, is out now on Myspace. MAR · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 58 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Consolers of the Lonely by The Raconteurs … is out. And damn, it’s hot. MAR · 26 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 59 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Mr A to the Z and Friends… at the Tivoli. So last night, I went to another show. MAR · 20 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 60 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Sun Kil Moon – April. Streaming over a Myspace near you… This will be quite a quickie, but I’ve just seen that the latest Sun Kil Moon album, “April“, is now streaming over at Myspace, for the next two days only. MAR · 19 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 61 2003-RELEASES · 2005-RELEASES Jack Johnson and Friends… at the Brisbane Riverstage. As mentioned yesterday, on Sunday I headed across to the Brisbane Riverstage, for an evening with Jack Johnson, Matt Costa, and Will Conner. And – despite my longtime love affair with Jack Johnson, and my (extremely) te… MAR · 17 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 62 2003-RELEASES · 2007-RELEASES Tuesday Trio – BARR, The Broderick & The Low Life So, it’s Tuesday, and we all know what that means… time for another Tuesday Trio! A bit of a mixed bag this week, we have a not-so-new song, a new release, and an old song. Why? Because I roll that way, and it’s what I’… MAR · 11 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 63 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS The Charlatans “You Cross My Path”. And dandelions. Remember that old post I wrote, about other bands hopping onto the “free download” bandwagon? Well, for the second time in as many days (check out the first regarding the Nine Inch Nails, “Ghosts”, here), I’m linking to… MAR · 03 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 64 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Trent Reznor releases “Ghosts”… free. Again. Nine Inch Nails have just released Ghosts I-IV MAR · 03 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 65 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Heaven, Mystery and Boris Yeltsin. Intrigued? It’s been a long, long week. Sometimes things just don’t seem to go your way, you know? But today is Sunday, and tomorrow’s a clean slate. So, things are looking up already, aren’t they? And with that tone of optimism,… MAR · 02 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 66 2006-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s A friend recently alerted me to the fact that a new Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s track is floating around the wide wide world of the internets, and it is with much pleasure that I present it below. FEB · 28 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 67 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Stephin Merritt – A Nun’s Litany (live on Fair Game) The Magnetic Fields (with Stephin Merritt – middle) FEB · 27 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 68 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Perez are back. That’s a good thing… right? So if you’ve read my past post, “30 South African bands you SHOULD hear”, you would know my extreme love for the band, Perez. If you haven’t read it though (and can’t be bothered to click through to that link), here’s a… FEB · 21 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 69 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Music for a rough morning-after… Firstly, apologies for the lack of regular posting this week. I had my head buried in spreadsheets for most of it, and conferences took up the remainder. That said, the week is drawing to an end, and reports have been f… FEB · 16 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 70 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Dallas Green – City and Colour Back in the day, I used to be a pretty big Alexisonfire fan. In fact, when I’m feeling like a bit of anger is called for, I still am. So it was with interest that I awaited the sophomore release from Alexisonfire’s guit… FEB · 15 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 71 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Will.i.am and Jesse Dylan – Yes We Can It’s no secret that I am absolutely intrigued by the US election race at the moment. For the first time in years, I’ve seen truly charismatic, presidential speeches from several candidates – particularly John McCain and… FEB · 11 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 72 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Counting Crows live on WXPN – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings Thank god for WXPN – as usual they’ve brought the goods with NPR’s latest World Cafe show, featuring Counting Crows live, previewing eight (yes, I said eight) songs from their forthcoming album, Saturday Nights and Sund… FEB · 10 · 2008 13 COMMENTS READ →
- 73 2007-RELEASES · 2008-RELEASES Friday Music Round-up – The Dodos, Patrick Park and Jason Schwartzman I’m off down the coast for the weekend, with a lot of things to be sorted out before leaving; so this Friday’s post will be a round-up post. Lazy? Perhaps. Awesome tunes? Definitely. FEB · 07 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 74 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Later with Jools Holland celebrates in style… One of my favourite music shows, “Later… with Jools Holland“, has just reached a milestone this month, broadcasting it’s 200th episode. Times Online has a great article about the night in question, and also a bit of bac… FEB · 04 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 75 2003-RELEASES · 2006-RELEASES The Damnwells… A new release, and some old love. JAN · 31 · 2008 4 COMMENTS READ →
- 76 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Rivo Drei – She Amazed Me (The Dilbert Sessions) (Aside: 3 posts in 1 day? I know, it’s a regular explosion over here!) JAN · 29 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 77 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Patrick Sweany – Hotel Women Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 26 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 78 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Jon Foreman – Behind Your Eyes Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 25 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 79 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Post-A-Day Week: Samamidon – Saro Post-A-Day Week: It’s not often over a weekend that I’ll be sent enough songs to make up a week of posts. So, this week, I’ve decided to put up a post a day, as opposed to lumping them all into one confusing mess, as I… JAN · 23 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 80 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Counting Crows – Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings JAN · 16 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 81 2008-RELEASES · ARTISTS Some Death Cab-related goodness. There are two reasons for Death Cab For Cutie fans to be excited this year: the first is that Chris Walla, guitarist for Death Cab (and sometime-producer for The Decemberists, Tegan & Sara and more) is releasing his sol… JAN · 15 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →