EPISODE THIRTY NINE

So apparently getting a Masters degree requires a lot of work. These past few weeks have been a mere blur, but I’ve recently found myself in a rare break from the work and thus…. Episode 39!
Oddly enough, the music industry doesn’t take many breaks either. Some …

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EPISODE THIRTY EIGHT

The time has come for another fantastic ninety odd minutes on The New Balearic. Summer is over, classes have started, but thankfully, the music always continues…
This episode is happy to welcome back some familiar sounds. Port O’Brien is back with a somber and …

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SPOTLIGHT: DAN MANGAN

I realize a overwhelming majority of these spotlights are on Canadian artists, and while this wasn’t intentional, it is welcomed. Canada is bursting at the seems with amazing talent. Recently, I’ve written about Montreal’s Our Book and the Authors, and …

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TNB & TRANSMITNOW

Yes indeed! The behind the music festival Transmission have kindly asked to include the podcast on their shiny new monthly newsletter called transmitNOW.
What is Transmission you ask? It is an annual music conference/festival based in Victoria, BC that acts as a round …

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EPISODE XXXVII

Summer’s are typically slow at The New Balearic. I am always moving between two places. The last two summers I was moving between Seoul and Vancouver, while this summer most of my time has been spent moving across Canada to Halifax. Now that I have arrived, and am …

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SPOTLIGHT: OUR BOOK & THE AUTHORS

I love it when new albums pleasantly surprise. Based in Montreal, Our Book And The Authors is lead singer, songwriter and keyboardist Gabriel D’Amour and programmer Jean-Christian Arod. Their first full length self-titled album was released only two weeks ago, on …

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EPISODE XXXVI

Hello there friends. It’s good to have you back for another thrilling 90 minutes of the best new music in the world. The 36th episode of The New Balearic is a folky affair. Electro-folk. Freak-folk. Indie-folk. Folk punk. Folk pop. Ambient folk. It’s all here, …

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SPOTLIGHT: JORDAN KLASSEN

During the past three years of the New Balearic’s existence, I have gotten a lot of questions of some bands I’ve played that are harder to find on the internet, but one artist has been requested far more than the rest. Not a month passes without someone asking me …

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SPOTLIGHT: POGO

Wow. Nick Bertke . Remember that name. The last time I read about Nick, he was nineteen years old and had just released a fantastic EP called Wonderland under his alias Pogo. That was half a year ago. In that release, he cleverly cut-and-paste Alice in the Wonderland …

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SPOTLIGHT: RONE

Erwan Castex is the mastermind behind his relatively new musical alias, Rone. For the past few years, Castex spent his time as a filmmaker and constructing music for advertisements, TV shows, and the like. Only recently has he set aside time to piece together his very …

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EPISODE XXXV

Hello there. Welcome to the thirty-fifth installment of The New Balearic. Apologies for being a little late on this one. Lydia and I are wrapping up our time in South Korea, and I’m preparing to go to grad school in Eastern Canada, so things have been a little …

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Episode XXIX

Greetings to all you fellow music lovers. First and foremost I would like to thank everyone who left some kind remarks or sent an emails regarding the last episode. It was a relief to see that people were still listening! And I hope it was worth the wait.

This one is …

New Balearic TV: Hauschka - Eltern

It's been too long since the last episode of NBTV. And I do think this video will be worth the wait. I can't stop watching this video. It was directed by Jason Malcolm Brown and Aya Yamasaki Brown, collectively known as Overture. The texture and masking techniques of …

Episode XXVIII

Update: MP3 link has been fixed and Virb is streaming the new episode. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks to all for the reminders.

Episode XXVIII

Anyone still there? I wouldn't be surprised if my entire audience has vanished during my irresponsibly long absence. I do apologize if you actually missed the podcast. I have missed making them, and it was good to get back into the music again. 28 continues were 27 …

Episode XXVII

Well, I was hoping to get this one off a little earlier, but at least I finished it. There is some fantastic music on this episode, including two amazing Boards of Canada-esqe tracks from California's Tycho. The episode also continues where Episode 26 left off, …

Episode XXVI

I find it so ironic that I chose a first aid box as the photo for the last episode way back in January. The New Balearic could not have been more sick in the past few months. First, the site got hacked due to some weak security from my former web host, which took …

And we're back, sort of...

Well, the casualties were high, and the process was long, but there is finally some resemblance of the former self for thenewbalearic.com. After about 2 barren months without a podcast (and a website), and with the help of some good friends, the site is back. It'll be …

Newish Music: Dan le Sac v. Scroobius Pip

This song is called "Letter From God to Man" and was posted on their website as a free download, so I hope they don't mind that I post it on here. Check it out:

Hey There, how, how's it going?

Long time no see.

I know I haven't been around much lately

But...it didn't …

Episode XXV

The New Balearic is still healthy at the quarter-century mark. Apologies for another delayed episode. I've been busy with lists, mixes, and whatnot.

25 is medicine for your ears. There's nothing too inaccessible on this mix, and features beautifully swooning tracks …