Gulliver Travels.

Hey Gang.

Let's all give a big incandescent sonic welcome to new "resident" contributor.

His name is Gulliver.
and he will be pouring records down your gulliver, if you know what I mean.

Creatures Crawl In Search of Blood, To Terrorize Your Neighborhood.

Shit.
How's it happenin'?
Long time, no?
um....sorry?
I think I can keep this short.
We be back up an running after a month of chillin' like villains.
Keep yer ears peeled. We've got some bangers.
We're also having a killer time with these mixes. What'd you think?
Dollar, Dollar Bill y'all.

Two New Employees!!

Good People.
What's up? In case anyone is wondering, the links for Fuck Buttons and Wagon Christ are now fully functional. We've been hard at work keepin' Sonic Glee from the proverbial blogspot graveyard and we have some cool new projects and posts on the way. June 30th is fast approaching and the maiden masala is shaping up nicely. More news on up-coming projects as they start to congeal. Big news for now. ISSG has been syndicated! Which is great news for you folk who can't seem to remember frequent the page. The syndication has left us with two new helpers; being the Sonic Glee Chef and Sonic Glee Paperboy. For those of you not familiar with RSS Feeds, click on feed icon(this one ) in the sidebar and follow the instructions. Long story short, one way or another it'll get you a bite-sized feed of the site on your Google start page or right on your browser. This should sufficiently satisfy your Sonic hunger. If that isn't convenient enough for you; Fill your e-mail address in the sidebar and the pimply delivery boy will arrive with each new post in your e-mail, complete with garish uniform and dull, uninterested look. You don't need to tip him. Pretty cool, huh?Any other questions 'bout the new features? Pop us an e-mail or leave a comment.
Anyway, I'm pretty stoked about all that. Subscribe. It's cool. All your friends will do it. We don't really have any other way of finding out if anyone actually frequents these pages and it's nice to know we're not pulling out our hair for no one.
Thanks for being rad kiddos.

-The Sonic Glee Crew

The Masala Mix Tapes!

So, what started as an pair of Russian Imperial Stouts, a rainy day, some fucking fly hip hop and absolutely no Timbaland; birthed the idea for monthly installments of something so delicious, it can only be called a masala. In the spirit of a friendly joust, each month will be subject to a arduous challenge in which ISSG's contributors will duel to bring you the cherry on the top of your ice cream. Each challenge will consist of an objective, idea or quest that Dave and The Cool Jerk will, in equal parts, pick up the gauntlet of groove and serve up five smokin' tracks each, yielding the holy masala of the month.
So, to summarize, on the 30th day of each month; look out for a very special post, a ten track mix tape, or as far as we're concerned, a mixture of spice, or, for the crakas involved... a masala.

The challenge for June '08 is "The Nord Electro Masala". For those not familiar with the synthesizer; the Nord Electro 2 is a simply flawless reproduction of a Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Clavinet. Perhaps the nature of the challenge is a users guide to said instrument. The ten tracks will be our idea of the essential electromechanical. More info to follow with the post.

Anyway! as for any ISSG news, I seem to have started lagging behind in terms of posts. Be on the look out for a handful of posts as my solemn apology. Starting in July, I intend on running a segment I call "Essential Easties", or a month long, eight-part series of my best introduction to the sounds of Eastern Canada in the 90's. After that, you can expect a post every Thursday.

Dave has some wild exciting news on the horizon, which include a July that can only be called "Timbaland, you wish you produced this." Also, get ready for a new set of webisodes, that ISSG will be fucking proud to host, produced by our man, Dave. Look for those in the Fall. Again, they're gonna kick some ass. Get ready foos. Get ready.

Hey. If you have any ideas for challenges for the Monthly Masala, don't hesitate to holler. Your best bet would be to post a comment here or on any of the future Masala posts.

Happy Listenin'

-The Sonic Glee Crew.

D.ave's cherry post

The music I post will fall under one or more of these categories:
(a)Music that's unavailable on public bittorrent trackers
(b)Music that's unavailable in stores
(c)Music you might not have heard of
(d)Heavy grooves that rule
(e)Music ripped at 320kbps, unless it's some serious bootleg shit

In addition, I don't really like describing the sound and feel of artists/albums/music very much. I think if an artist or album is verbally described, even meticulously and poetically, no matter what, there will be something lost in translation. So I tend to skip the whole "her music soars over crystal mountaintops with the grace and elegance of an albatross on a crisp winter sunrise" routine. In my books, those kinds of reviews have always seemed more self indulgent than anything else. I'm new at this, so this might change, but I think what I'll do is tag the albums I upload with 2 or 3 genres in order to offer a general idea of what the album is, give a fun fact about the album, and let you decided how it sounds.

This method coincides with a kick I'm on right now about how much I think rating/reviewing websites like Pitchfork are ruining music. While it's true that these websites can definitely expose people to new artists etc, it can also sour people to music that they've never heard before, just because some skinny-jean'd scenester gives an album a bad review because she doesn't think it's "Indie" enough. In doing so, websites like Pitchfork and Allmusic decide what is good and what is bad. On a ten point scale of course. Because if it can't be itemized, how can one ever decide how good it is?

Sarcasm aside, I genuinely have issues with any individual or group of individuals pretending to be "avatars of taste". What I'd rather do is have a conversation. Maybe: "Hey. Here's some shit that I think is pretty cool. What do you think?" Instead of: "If you don't like what I like, you suck". This isn't radio or TV or film. This is the internet. Right now, we have a wonderful opportunity for 2-way conversations about media, so lets utilize it together, brothers and sisters.

-D.ave

This Blog Lost It's Cherry Online!

Dearest Internet User, Web Cruiser, Information Peruser;

Welcome to our humblest of abodes. If you’ve stumbled upon this place, you’re probably a good friend. In which case, what’s up? Long time no see? Have I seen you today? Sorry. If not. Then shit! I’ll brew some tea, I’m glad you could make it. Stay awhile. What’s that you say? You’re looking for some solid gold nuggets? Perhaps, nuggets that were once sheets of vinyl, strips of magnetic tape, etc…? Well, sir, you’re in the right place.

If you’re searching for absolute one of a kind bootlegs that you’ll never find anywhere else; you MIGHT not be in luck; might being the operative word as we certainly have some lovely tricks up our sleeve along with some absolute rarefied jams. Keep yer ears peeled. Any requests, queries and the like will be happily dealt with by our contributors (just leave a comment). If you’re looking for some really rare stuff, we might know where to direct you. If you’re looking for Top 40, Hardcore, Emo/Screamo, Metal; you also might not be in luck. Chances are, if it sucks, it won’t be anywhere close to this blog (not saying hardcore/metal sucks, but I personally have no collection of the such). Here at ISSG, we strive to bring you the “fly-est” true alternative to what you likely hear daily. Generally, great records you may have heard and unfortunately ignored.

As far as I’m concerned, “I’m in the boat where the pirates be.” I’m well aware of copyright laws and well aware of what side of the law my toes are on. Well, I say in good conscience. Fuck That Shit. The concept of sole ownership of art as if it were a commodity is so terribly backwards. Music belongs to all ears, until DRM petrifies the atmosphere. The music industry exists to profit, not to promote and breed culture, “To create an environment which attempts to market a small amount of music to the largest audience possible.” I hate to be on such a high horse, but when Canadian children have no idea who Rick Danko and Richard Manuel are, our identity is being robbed and resold as tired, expensive greatest hits packages, made without appreciation and without care for proper compensation. One day, the kids won’t know how to dance to Rock n’ Roll. I will not submit to this. The record industry dictatorship must be overthrown. That being said, if you’re an artist/musician who finds their music gracing/adorning/anointing this page, yet still chooses to hoard it for yourself; feel free to contact me and the link will be struck immediately. No grudges, everyone’s gotta eat.

I’m just about solely doing this as a sorta “ego-validation” thing; so, comments are greatly, greatly, appreciated. We’re always looking for more contributors, so, if you think you’re ears are up to it, or if you find some boldly ignored great music; please take us to town (just leave a comment).

Anywho. Enjoy y’all.

-The Incandescent Crew.

P.S. Big Thanks to Matt Sheardown for writing such a great review of Hipeponymous, and Numair Faraz for imparting some ammunition to use against “the man”.