Pretty rough day at the office, which doesn't happen too often, I suppose. Never thought I would get yelled at over the use of an ampersand, but today proved that point wrong. Guess that's one of the little nuggets of wisdom they forgot to mention in graduate school.
Later this afternoon I was listening to some Harvard Business School podcast and they were discussing the Theater of Leadership and I couldn't help but smile...
To unwind before The Office comes on, let's check out a few tunes holding residence in my inbox...
Wild Sweet Orange Release EP, Sign to Canvasback Music
"Listening to Wild Sweet Orange is a bit like looking back at your childhood, and out toward your future at the same time. Their music evokes at once a certain aching nostalgia and an uplifting hopefulness--all within the walls of a visceral, emotion-driven rock band. This is music that makes you feel something, music that makes you want to listen."
The band will be releasing an EP called The Whale on their own label, Nervous Blood, on November 6. Canvasback Music (Columbia Records) will be releasing WSO's full-length record next year.
Wild Sweet Wild - "Wrestle With God"
Wild Sweet Orange at Myspace
Bon Iver
Rarely can Northern Wisconsin boast about hosting a heritage of songwriters and singers, but with Bon Iver, things up here at taking a turn for the better. After spending 3 months in a cabin in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Bon Iver produced his album "For Emma, Forever Ago." As the website says,
Bon Iver (pronounced: bohn eevair; French for "good winter" and spelled wrong on purpose) is a greeting, a celebration and a sentiment. It is a new statement of an artist moving on and establishing the groundwork for a lasting career. For Emma, Forever Ago is the debut of this lineage of songs. As a whole, the record is entirely cohesive throughout and remains centered around a particular aesthetic, prompted by the time and place for which it was recorded. Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, seems to have tested his boundaries to the maximum, and in doing so has managed to break free from any pre-cursing or finished forms.
"The album is a ruminative collection of songs full of natural imagery and acoustic strums -- the sound of a man left alone with his memories and a guitar... Rarely does folk -- indie or otherwise -- give so much over to ambience..." -- RECOMMENDED by Pitchfork (10.04.07)
- Pitchfork
Bon Iver - "Skinny Love"
Bon Iver website
For an added bonus, check out Bon Iver's interview over at My Old Kentucky Blog.