The Burning Hell – Men Without Hats

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My beloved Canadians The Burning Hell are about to release a new album Public Library. It comes out on BB*Island in April. Public Library contains my favorite song of the year 2015, Fuck the Government, I Love You. I still love it to bits, but this greatest song of the decade is not the only great song on Public Library. Lately I’ve been seriously addicted to this song called Men Without Hats. It’s an coming of age story that revolves around Canadian synth pop group Men Without Hats. I can’t say that I’ve ever listened to them, but if they inspired such a magnificent song, I better give them a spin sooner or later. This song also feels kind of like of companion piece to earlier The Burning Hell hit or should-be hit Nostalgia, because both give me nostalgic vibe for the late eighties.

Public Library is due out April 1st on BB*Island. This is Men Without Hats from the forthcoming album.

And if someone actually thought I could pass up the opportunity to post the best song of the decade, you were wrong. This is Fuck The Government, I Love You.

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The Burning Hell Website

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Peter Bruntnell – Mr Sunshine (aka the Donald Trump song)

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One of UK’s finest and a long time favorite of mine, Peter Bruntnell, will release a new full-length album Nos Da Comrade on 1st of April. I will get back to the whole album later, but here’s the excellent first outtake Mr. Sunshine that is also known as the Donald Trump song. Here’s the quote that explains the story behind this song.

“‘Mr Sunshine’ is a song by Peter Bruntnell concerning Donald Trump, the 2016 Republican Presidential Candidate. Trump, with the help of the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, displaced a Scottish fishing community in order to build a luxury golf resort; Follow the links below to the documentary ‘You’ve been Trumped’ for more about this story of greed and lack of compassion.”

You can find the whole story and all the links from the video description if you watch it at youtube.

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Peter Bruntnell Website

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Jim Bryson – The Depression Dance (video)

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Another quick video post. This time it’s Canadian Jim Bryson and the opening track The Depression Dance of his new album Somewhere We Will Find Our Place. I actually haven’t heard the album yet, so this is serves also as a reminder to myself that I should take care of that sometime very soon. Everyone needs a bit of Jim Bryson in their life.

This first outtake is a little different than the folk beauties of the one he did with The Weakerthans. Perhaps this is even something that I don’t normally enjoy, but I must say that I really like this song. It makes me happy. It even makes me want to dance a little and to do that to a reserved, shy, quiet man is extremely difficult. Well done Jim. The world feels a little lighter for the duration of that song and perhaps the song will carry some of the weight next time I let some minor insignificant thing drag me down. It’s an elite skill of mine. Being stressed about things that don’t really matter. But this could help, this is The Depression Dance.

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Jim Bryson Website

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Elephant Micah – Rare Beliefs (video)

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A quick video post, but an important one. Elephant Micah is a long-time favourite of mine. Last year Western Vinyl released his excellent album Where in Our Woods. The highlight of this beautiful album was the last song Rare Beliefs. I’ve listened to it so many times that my math skills aren’t good enough to count them all. Rare Beliefs is a rare beauty and a song that I hold dear.

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Elephant Micah Website

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