Listen Before You Buy

Chrome Sparks, a.k.a. Jeremy Malvin, grew up in Pittsburgh, then moved to Ann Arbor to study percussion. Now he just hangs and makes beats in Ann Arbor when he isn’t playing drums for Stepdad.

All of the songs listed below were personally chosen by the artist or blogger above. I got in touch with a lot of artists and bloggers who were all kind enough to get back to me and take part in Desert Island Discs. If you’re unaware of the concept behind Desert Island Discs, check out the basic [...]

It’s difficult to find iconic talent in a genre popular for spawning Feist-wannabes; however, Steffaloo approaches this problem by not channeling her influences, but rather taking example of them by channeling herself. Thus, she gains an audience willing to listen to her heart. Steffaloo – “Meet Me In Montauk” “Meet Me In Montauk”‘s simple strumming [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

Now he’s hit the big time!  In the U.S.A. That’s a reference to The Beatles, but Blackbird Blackbird is going from strength to strength, and the fucked up thing is he’s either done, or almost done with his second album.  And if the third-person-tweets from his Twitter account are as I imagine, then it appears [...]

Not content with releasing his debut album less than four months ago, Blackbird Blackbird is already hard at work on his second album, currently untitled. This new song is the first from said untitled album and as he notes, it’s more like his stuff from back at the start of the year when he was [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]

This post is a “QuickPick”.  QuickPicks are my attempt at getting all of the music that’s sent to me that I like (or just music I like but have no words for because it’s so awesome), out into the dubya dots. Any time I get sent music that I like I “star” it in Gmail [...]