The Comet's Flame

Wow. All I can say is wow.  This performance by Bon Iver is simply amazing. Unfortunately, they only sing about half of the lyrics here for some reason. You can hear the whole song with less instrumentation if you wish.

As some of you may know, I enjoy searching for interesting and unique indie music, and I feel that it is my duty to share some of my discoveries with you. Put on your favourite hi-fi headphones and enjoy the ambient bliss of this song by English trip-hop band Massive Attack (with vocals by none [...]

Check out this song by Icelandic band Sigur Rós. It is absolutely heavenly. I think that the glockenspiel is one of my favorite instruments.

Leo Kottke is the man who got me interested in music.  Years ago, my dad brought home an ancient VHS tape from the library featuring instrumental performances by several guitarists.  I had never heard any of the names listed on the cover, and I thought it was just going to be another lame “teach yourself [...]

Yesterday night, I went to a performance of The King & I at the Englert Theatre in Iowa City with my brother Josiah.  It was great.  The orchestra was sounding good, and I especially liked the percussion… they had a trap set, timpanis, glockenspiel, xylophone, and an awesome gong!  I also enjoyed my friend Bethany’s [...]

Album: Before the Dawn Heals Us Artist: M83 Year: 2005 Rating: 7.1 / 10 I am thinking about attempting to write a weekly record review. There are so many great music albums by little-known artists, and I feel that it is my duty to tell you about some of them! This week’s album is Before [...]

On Tuesday, my brother Josiah and I attended the Rush concert in Moline, IL. It was pretty fun! I’m not a huge fan of Rush’s music (it tends to get a little tedious and inaccessible sometimes), but there were two things that made the concert well worth our time (and possibly worth the price of [...]

If you have been attentive to my lists of recent music purchases (or if you live at my house), you have probably noticed that The Shins are rapidly working their way to the top of Jed’s Music Charts. The lead singer (James Mercer) has an amazing voice. Check it out…

Tonight I attended the the Homeschool Band/Choir Spring Concert in Cedar Rapids. It was rather enjoyable. My friends Bethany (flute), Breanna (percussion), and Tiffany (saxophone) played in the band, and they did a very nice job. Several great selections were played, such as “Eye of the Tiger” (from the movie Rocky) and the hymn “Crown [...]

To my knowledge, as of yet, nobody has followed any of my suggestions for music CD purchases that I feel you can’t (or shouldn’t) live without. Well, I am not disheartened. I will continue to suggest a variety of awesome albums to you in hopes that you will one day take the plunge and check [...]