This week on Soulful Sundays, from the Ample Soul Physician himself, Fat Jon’s 2008 album – Repaint Tomorrow. I absolutely love this album, because it’s very instrumental-heavy. I discovered Fat Jon through one of the tracks he produced with Nujabes, and then I discovered some of the work he did for Samurai Champloo as well, [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Featured Album Fridays, I’m showcasing the 2009 album from The Fiery Furnaces – I’m Going Away. Here is the description of The Fiery Furnaces from their Last.FM: The Fiery Furnaces are an inventive and often challengingly experimental rock group from Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Oak Park, Illinois — a suburb of [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Soulful Sundays, I am showcasing a great album from Count Bass D release in 2008 – Robbed Without a Pistol. It’s a very instrumental-heavy album, and it has been a fantastic album to jam out to on a relaxing Saturday afternoon. I definitely hope you guys enjoy it, the stream is below!
Posted on June 21st, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Featured Album Fridays, a great Canadian band from Milton, Ontario with a fantastic offering. The album is The Most Serene Republic’s 2009 album – …And the Ever Expanding Universe. Here is the description of The Most Serene Republic from their Last.FM: The Most Serene Republic is a Canadian indie rock band formed [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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In case you haven’t heard, ZoomPass opened its doors on June 15, 2009 for any and all users to sign up and join their service. If you haven’t heard of ZoomPass before, here is a description from their website: Zoompass is a unique mobile payment service that offers a new way for you to send, [...]
Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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Recently, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about one particular subject, and I felt that I finally had to write about it to get it off my chest. In short, I find myself frequently asking: Am I supposed to have a vastly different personality when I am in “professional mode”, compared to how I [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Soulful Sundays, I’m showcasing a great concept album from Funky DL – The 4th Quarter. I really like this album because of the concept. Funky DL serves up four different styles of songs: soul, new age, jazz, and authentic, in four different sections of his album. I feel that it works out [...]
Posted on June 14th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Featured Album Fridays, a little beat of an off-beat album, but a great album nonetheless, Starlight Mints and their 2009 album – Change Remains. Here is the description of Starlight Mints from their Last.FM: Starlight Mints are a group of beautiful pop mutants: four oddballs whose love for archetypal pop music and [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Soulful Sundays, I’m showcasing a fantastic instrumental album from Nomak – Musiq and Foto. What I really like about this album is that it is very calm, has great piano pieces, and is the perfect way to end a Sunday evening. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do, the [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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This week on Featured Album Fridays, I am highlighting the self-titled album from a UK band called Grammatics – Grammatics. Of course, here is the description of the Grammatis from their Last.FM: Leeds-based Grammatics formed in April 2006 with best friends Owen Brinley and Dominic Ord deciding to form a band after the demise of [...]
Posted on June 5th, 2009 by Jon Lim
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