Re: Canadians (Lindi / Andrew Haughton)

Cynthia Conrad wrote:

> Remember Lindi?  Sweet vibrato, piano, Toronto, 2001?
> http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/246/lindi.html?  I could swear she was in
> the Guide, but I don't see her listed...

Yes...that CD might actually hold the record for the longest residence in 
my car's CD changer.  All my other favorites seem to come and go from the 
rotation but for some reason Lindi has been stuck in there almost 
constantly.  I treat it like an EP though - every time it comes up I just 
listen to the first five songs and then skip to the next disc, but those 
first five are still irresistible after all those plays!  I was wondering 
what happened to her and I'm glad to see she's back - thanks!

Speaking of car CDs, I just took a week-long road trip (from NYC to 
Atlantic Canada via Montreal, and back home through New England), and two 
CDs stood out on the road for very different reasons.

First, Emilie Autumn's Enchant CD turned out to be the freeway favorite. A 
few songs do sound a little too derivative for comfort, but the rest sound 
original and the album as a whole is so enjoyable that we were willing to 
put up with Emily's sound-alikes of Fiona Apple, Imogen Heap and Poe in the 
process.  It sounds like she is still searching a bit for her own musical 
identity, but she's very good and I expect her next album will probably 
sound more consistently like Emilie than anyone else. Enchant is available 
for free download at emilieautumn.com, but after hearing it I bought the 
actual CD.

The road trip reject? Tales of a Librarian.  Apparently this is Tori 
fulfilling her contractual obligation to Atlantic, and what a fulfillment 
album it is - An unlistenable collection of *terribly* remixed old songs 
with a couple of "new" duds from the vault (where they should have stayed) 
thrown in for good measure.  "Tori" and "dud" together in the same 
sentence?  Hard to believe, but there you have it.  I would have much 
rather seen an official Atlantic B-side compilation than this.  Sure, it 
still would have been nothing new, but at least it wouldn't have been such 
a disgrace, not to mention a waste of $15.99.

Those are my ramblings for tonight, after 15 hours behind the wheel.

Dan