- 221 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 →
- 222 UNCATEGORIZED Motel Motel, “Spanish Harlem”… Happy Holidays everyone! One of the most effortlessly cool bands I know, Motel Motel (originally featured on this blog here, and also a band that made it onto my “Best of 2008” post) have released a Youtube video wishing you all a happy holiday… DEC · 19 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 223 ARTISTS · GUITAR State Radio, “Right Me Up” live at the Bank of America Pavilion It’s obviously a week for talking about my favourite bands. Today, I’m going to post about another favourite band of mine, State Radio. For more about how much this band means to me, you can check out my past posts on S… DEC · 19 · 2008 2 COMMENTS READ →
- 224 ARTISTS · MUSIC-VIDEOS The Damnwells. Still the world’s most underappreciated band. So today I was surfing the ‘Tube, and I decided to relive the joy that is “The Damnwells” by surfing some of their videos. First, I watched this video, uploaded way back in 2006, promoting the album “Air Stereo”. DEC · 17 · 2008 8 COMMENTS READ →
- 225 ARTISTS · GUITAR The Neil Young Archives Vol. 1 Trailer Yes… Archives Vol.1 finally seems tangible. If it’s at all possible, I’m now even more excited for the Neil Young gig I’m going to next month. Enjoy. DEC · 17 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →
- 226 INSPIRATIONAL-THOUGHTS · MUSIC Playing For Change – Stand by Me You dig music. You must do, if you’re here. And I like to think that most of my regular readers here on Burgo’s Music Blog are a humanitarian bunch. So if you’re into helping change the world, and using music to do so…… DEC · 10 · 2008 3 COMMENTS READ →
- 227 ARTISTS · GUITAR Ryan Adams, Holiday Home Jams So over the last four days, Ryan Adams has been busy on Youtube (see the Cards’ ‘Tube profile here), uploading “home jams” of some of his past songs. Given that he uploaded yet another one, “Cobwebs”, only 8 hours ago,… DEC · 09 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 228 ARTISTS · GUITAR Kelly Jones, “Maybe Tomorrow” from BBC’s “Later… with Jools Holland” Included here for no other reason than: DEC · 08 · 2008 1 COMMENT READ →
- 229 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 →
- 230 UNCATEGORIZED Oh geez. It’s December. Here come the inevitable “Best of 2008” posts… … and Burgo’s Blog is no different. Yes, I’m putting together a “Best of 2008” post, which is why things are a bit quiet around here. I promise, an update is coming soon. DEC · 03 · 2008 NO COMMENTS READ →