I met Erin when i was barely 18… we both played on CBC’s Jonovision Battle of the Bands event (they won, we lost, it was rigged…I’m still a tinch bitter). She’s been working on her own material for a while now, and i just love what she’s doing. Her music always pairs up nicely with video… kinda like coffee and donuts… maybe not exactly, but it makes me feel just as good inside.

Check out Erin’s website www.erinlang.com and her myspace www.myspace.com/erinlang for music and tour dates. I’ll be heading down to the Magpie show… come down and support her awesomeness.

Erin Lang – Happy To See You

Erin Lang – I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You

Although many would disagree with my labeling of the group as an “art-rock” band, i see no category to place them in – not that i really need to, but it helps me sort out my itunes playlist

Why I love the Fleet Foxes

• New Old Sound that feels like your favorite worn in sneakers
• Their vocal harmonies…classic 50-60’s with the same awesome reverb
• The production is slick…no slicing or dicing here…and definitely no autotune wabble
• Simple, Awesome, Makers-you-want-to-hug-somebody Vocals…

Fleet Foxes – MYKONOS

An absolutely brilliant video…nothing more i can say.

Directed & animated by Sean Pecknold, designed by Jesse Brown:

I don’t recall the exact moment when John Mayer went from being one of my favorite modern pop artists to being one of my greatest musical and artistic inspirations, but somehow he’s managed to weasel onto a list amongst Jeff Buckley and Thom Yorke.

To me, John Mayer is the quintessential artist who has evolved over every album in both his guitar-playing and song-writing. It doesn’t hurt that he has legendary musicians like Steve Jordan, Charlie Hunter and Pino Palladino playing in his rhythm section, but i don’t think they would be writing and playing with him if they weren’t elated with his musical prowess. Platinum-selling Grammy-winning albums aside, his biggest accomplishment to date has got to be bringing the blues and blues guitar back to the realm of coolness.

John is currently 7 songs into a new album and using his blog, youtube and twitter to help him keep in touch with his fans and the media alike. If he ever decides to quit music, he might want to consider teaching social media marketing, this guy just gets it.

John Mayer in Japan (Battle Studies pt.3)