On 51st Grammy Winners

My friend's granny had a little pet squirrel with a huge tail. The very little squirrel a.k.a. Planto had a mate, Alice she was!

Alice had a small tail, and Planto unluckily had tail-fetish! Alice didn't realize it for the beginning years of their relationship. She …

Michael Cardenas - Yeai

Michael Cardenas has manifested his music to be "folk music for the sad and beautiful world". On a major scale, yes that's pretty much what his music is about. Born in Montebello, CA and having lived a life less wealthy and easy, started playing guitar at ten before …

Dark Was the Night

What makes this compilation almost impossible to avoid is the rich sturdy list of indie artist it takes advantage of. Produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, its aim is the benefit of the Red Hot organization - an international charity dedicated to raising …

This Winki's Giveaway: I Could Smell the Weather

This is my first post in 2009 and I'm glad to see it is about a new mixtape. As you might have already known, winter is definitely my season of the year (only if it snows). I could always get along with it pretty well, I can adapt myself to the cold but can never stand …

Bon Iver - Blood Bank EP

Justin Vernon has his head above the clouds in indie-folk. He gained as much respect as Iron & Wine could in its whole career in only a year with For Emma, Forever Ago and he more or less deserved it. Now upon the new 4 track EP release we have some slight (not as …

Antony & the Johnsons - The Crying Light

Antony Hegarty has had no flaw ever since he emerged under the Antony & the Johnsons moniker, I tell you that. The charismatic weirdo with the voice of a tenderly brokenhearted black transsexual and even wider scope of eccentric features in appearance and anything else …

Of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping

I was undecided between writing an entry for this album and Britney's Circus. This one is even worse! Of Montreal climbed up to their summit with their 2007's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Despite many facts about that disk, it was weirdly acceptable. It had its …

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

The dream carries on with the release of Merriweather Post Pavilion; probably very early in 2009. It's a bit tough decision in fact, putting on your record this early. There are various threats. Most recognizably the critics might forget how enthusiastic they were about …

Class 6: David Bowie - Low (1977)

It would not probably be the best time to write a post, I actually caught flu and a fever at the same time but alright I'll take some adult cold right away. This Class 6 series on This Winki's have been outcasts I admit but here's the third post under this title. You …

Sean Fournier - Oh My EP (Full Listen)

Sometimes there's seriously nothing wrong with playing it safe, to walk in your own direction but not minding resemblance. Sean Fournier is here with a thoroughly free EP called Oh My. The 6 tracks here are measured in millimeters. Sean jumps around his semi-eclectic …

Interview w/ Sean Fournier

Upon the release of his free EP (discussed earlier), This Winki's decided to take this agile new blood's time for granted for a short interview. These are some more revelations by Sean Himself:

TW: So if there's any upcoming full-lengths let us know, will the pop-rock …

Metermaids - Nightlife In Illinoise (Free Remix Album)

Let's stretch on with a little more free music. "Metermaids produces dynamic honest, headphone rap" is their tagline in their website. And no, I'd never heard of them before. I usually don't follow hip-hop that much (especially after Kanye's 808s & Heartbreak). Now …

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

If we were just a bit more precise on how Franz Ferdinand's previous lauded sophomore You Could Have It So Much Better ended some four years ago with "Outsiders", we would have a moderate idea about their next thing. As promised, Franz Ferdinand is out once again but …

Top 10 Michael Jackson Songs

I never hid my childhood interest in Michael Jackson. I kinda grew up listening to all his stuff in the first decade of my life. From many different perspectives, Michael stands alone (far above Madonna, that I can tell you) but I'm not here to pay any tributes to him, …

Just Because It's Andrew Bird

I really shouldn't be doing this. I have an IELTS test in 9 days and I already can see my dumb-ass-ness in reading skills (I have A.D.D problems, too. Thank you!) So I'd better go back and put some more effort into other categories like listening, writing and speaking. …

Fever Ray - Fever Ray: Tonight On A Dead Planet

The Knife is substantially consisted of two quintessential aspects, each practically accomplished by a different gender. Olof Dreijer usually does his best effort to make The Knife albums sound preferably electronic. He composes measured beats, exotic and yet gentle …

They Don't Teach Us the ABCs

Yes, thanks for asking: I am still desperately involved in my IELTS blahblahblah.

But, yet again meanwhile:

I had never heard of this guy 'til yesterday but this track I downloaded from I don't know where is undoubtedly awesome and bouncable! His name is K'naan! A …

coda.fm / Spinner's Listening Party

one. For those folks who are looking for a trustworthy quality (and not bulky and terabyte-oriented) source for downloading torrents coda.fm is a new site containing torrents of only the mentioned category. It has various sections of "Most Popular Albums", "Most Popular …

A.C. Newman - Get Guilty: The Pornographers Think Thank Brings You A Quiet Storm

Listening to The New Pornographers has always brought delightful moments of pleasure and optimistic and yet vintage perspectives towards the ugly world outside. At First, they may sound merely overwhelming. A potent list of 5-star indie artists: Neko Case, Dan Bejar, …