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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



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