Tag: Anathallo

• Highlights from #XmasMusicBinge2017

  As I near the end of my annual Christmas music binge, a few songs have stuck out. Check them out while the mood is right and the spirit’s up: “Mvmt II: Begin and Never Cease” by The Oh Hellos, The Oh Hellos Family Christmas Album. You really ought to listen through the whole (short) album in…

  Dec 22, 2017

  # Anathallo, Christmas, Christmas music, lists, music, Over the Rhine, Relient K, Sleeping At Last, The Muppets

• Burned

  When you’re parched and dehydrated and take that first drink of cool water, you can feel it slide down your sandpapered throat like a tingling balm to soothe your thirst. That’s what it felt like to listen to Anathallo’s “All the First Pages” yesterday, a relatively bad day. Fate got fidgety, wanted to spice things up, so…

  May 20, 2015

  # Anathallo, life, music

• What Is This Feeling?

  I made a goal to see more theater (musicals especially) and this year I’ve succeeded. The Book of Mormon, then Once, and now Wicked, which I saw on Thursday. I loved the music of Once in its own right, but it’s different from the others, which are more traditional showtunes. That said, there is something I love about…

  Dec 22, 2013

  # Aaron Copland, Anathallo, music, musicals, Wicked

• The Best Albums Of 2008

  There was a lot of music released in 2008. I didn’t listen to most of it because I was too busy listening to the following albums to listen to much of anything else. I don’t expect to see any of these albums honored at the Grammys, but I still love them like my own hypothetical…

  Dec 31, 2008

  # Anathallo, Beach Boys, best of, Coldplay, lists, music, NCC Chronicle, Randy Newman, She & Him

• Canopy Glow by Anathallo

  One of my favorite albums of the year: Over the last eight years they have been making music together, Anathallo’s sound has evolved slowly and subtly. Starting in 2001 with Luminous Luminescence in the Atlas Position and continuing with A Holiday at the Sea two years later, the band had adopted an almost avant garde…

  Dec 3, 2008

  # Anathallo, Canopy Glow, music, review

• Soundtrack of the moment, part II

  These are some songs I’m listening to. I think you should too. “Lost in Space” – Aimee Mann – Lost In SpaceSuch a hauntingly beautiful song. Imagine driving through the desert at night with this whole album on repeat and you have an awesome musical experience. “Seize the Day” – Alan Menken – Newsies soundtrackMan,…

  Mar 6, 2007

  # Aimee Mann, Anathallo, Ben Folds, Dave Brubeck, Elton John, John Lennon, John Mayer, Johnny Cash, music, music of the moment, Pink Floyd, Relient K, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Doors