Tag: Secretly Canadian
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Jens Lekman, When I Said I Wanted To Be Your Dog, 2004 on Secretly Canadian
I’m a big fan of Jens Lekman – this was his debut album, though some of the tracks had been released independently. Can you imagine in 2003 seeing Jens Lekman and José González together at Goteborg Concert Hall? Banner year for Swedish indie music. My copy—via Bull Moose Records in Plaistow NH—is the Secretly Canadian…
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Jens Lekman, The Cherry Trees Are Still in Blossom, 2022 on Secretly Canadian
“This is a reconstruction / reimagining / excavation of the album ‘Oh You’re So Silent Jens’ that originally came out in 2005″ Jens Lekman is a very intriguing independent Swedish musician who has put out a series of imaginative releases since 2004. This release is a revisit, 17 years later, of an earlier compilation which…
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Baby Rose, Through and Through, 2023 on Secretly Canadian
Debut album on Secretly Canadian for Baby Rose (aka Jasmine Rose Wilson) and her second album. Sort of a psychelic soul throwback – her voice gets lots of comparisons to Nina Simone but as though Simone was fronting a contemporary R&B group. It’s not that she’s imitating or calling back to an older form –…
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Stella Donnelly, Flood, 2022 on Secretly Canadian
Nothing to do, so far as I can tell, with the They Might Be Giants album of the same name. Donnelly is Australian in the vein of Courtney Barnett and cites Barnett and Billy Bragg as influences. This was her second solo album and was written at least partly during the pandemic. Co-produced by Donnelly…
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Songs: Ohia, Live: Vanquishers (Tilburg, Netherlands. Oct 9, 2000), 2022 on Secretly Canadian
Jason Molina with Dan Sullivan, Dan Macadam, and Jeff Panall. This was the Secretly Society release for March 2022 – a 2xLP version on blue vinyl.
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Le Ren, Leftovers, 2021 on Secretly Canadian.
Le Ren, Leftovers, 2021 on Secretly Canadian. Great debut LP from Lauren Spear – “Who’s Going to Hold Me Next?” And “Dyan” are standouts. Produced by Chris Cohen
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Faye Webster, I Know I’m Funny Haha, 2021 on Secretly Canadian
Faye Webster, I Know I’m Funny Haha, 2021 on Secretly Canadian Webster’s fourth album, via Secretly Society for July 2021, on Blue Galaxy vinyl Produced by Webster and Drew Vandenburg Really smart, dare I say funny, indie singer songwriter – a Courtney Barnett from the ATL?