CHECK OUT LONDON'S 'SAM ISAAC' AND HIS SONG BEARS:



I hadn't heard of Sam Isaac until today after I found out it was his song "Bears" that was used at the end of last night's episode of "Chuck" on NBC. The vocals reminded me a bit of Rik Flynn from the U.K. band Captain. The song is the title track from the Bears album that Sam recorded in the summer of 2008 with Dan Swift who has worked with Snow Patrol and Aqualung. I've only had a chance to listen to his songs on his MySpace site and like what I hear.



He also has a connection to Canada, this from his bio "By the time he was in his teens, his restlessness drove him to run away to Canada, where he immersed himself in Montreal's burgeoning scene with the likes of Stars, The Dears, and Broken Social Scene. "Canada came at a point when everything was changing with my relationships and family," says Sam. "Running away to another part of the world and finding myself a new set of friends and surroundings was as romantic as it was inspiring."

James Yuill has done a great remix of Sam's song "Sticker Star And Tape" you can download it from James' blog here.

Bears should be available on your iTunes and can be ordered from here.
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BLOC PARTY TRACK "SIGNS" USED ON NBC'S CHUCK:


I have never really gotten into the music of Bloc Party. I have read the glowing reviews and hype but I guess I never really sat down and listened an album of their's properly. Last night on N.B.C.'s "Chuck" they used the band's Psapp influenced song "Signs" to good effect near the end of the show (available here for one week). Kudos to Chuck's music supervisor Alex Patsavas who has worked with the shows co-creator Josh Schwartz on an earlier series of his called "The O.C." .

ANOTHER MUSICAL DISCOVERY FROM A TELEVISION SHOW:





















I always enjoying discovering a new band or artist, sometimes this happens from hearing their music for the first time on a television show. In fact I think a job I would love is to be the musical supervisor on a TV show, I wonder how one gets into that line of work?

Last night on N.B.C.'s "Chuck" they ended the show with the song "Freeze And Explode" by "Cassettes Won't Listen". The song reminds me a bit vocally (and somewhat musically) of the Canadian band "Stars" with Torquil Campbell. Cassettes Won't Listen is actually one guy, New York based Jason Drake and he released a cd back in March of 2008 titled "Small-Time Machine" (order it here) and is working on a full album that should be released this year. He has also done an interesting cover of INXS's "Need You Tonight" on the Guilt By Association Vol. 2 release (you can listen to the cover at his MySpace). I found the MP3 of "Freeze And Explode" at this blog, check it out if you can.
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