Enjoying My Annual Boxing Day Music Splurge from Zunior.com

I’m really enjoying all the music I bought last week in Zunior.com’s annual Boxing Day sale. My two fave albums so far are “Lost in the Dream” by a band known as The War on Drugs, fronted by musician/songwriter Adam Granduciel, who from what I can tell has roots in Canada, and currently lives in Philadelphia. After one complete listen, I recommend it highly, with moody atmospherics and memorable melodies. The second is “Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady,” a down-home mostly acoustic country blues album by BC artist Steph Cameron, who plays fine guitar and harmonica. “Lost in the Dream” is heavily produced, while ”Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady” is stripped-down and minimal. You can listen to them via links at a post I just published atHonouraryCanadian.com, and read about all the music I picked up atZunior.com – The little digital music store, a music seller I recommend highly. I also got music by these artists: Joe Nolan, David Francey, The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Sam Roberts Band, Elliott BROOD,Pink Mountaintops, Jim Bryson w/the The Weakerthans, Molly Rankin, The Inbreds, In-Flight Safety, Amy Millan, Amelia Curran, Wintersleep, Matt Barber, NQ Arbuckle, and Mo Kenney.

The most enjoyable albums that I’ve listened to so far typify what’s great about browsing on Zunior’s site. I hadn’t even known of these two immediate faves until the day I was browsing Zunior.com, which is run by Dave Ulrich, a musician himself who was a founding member of The Inbreds, by whom I bought an album last week. Dave calls Zunior “the little digital music store.” The first of my two new discoveries is called “Lost in the Dream” by a band known as The War on Drugs, fronted by musician/songwriter Adam Granduciel, who from what I can tell has roots in Canada, and currently lives in Philadelphia. After one complete listen, I recommend it highly, with moody atmospherics and memorable melodies. It was on many year-end best lists, and I can see why already. You can hear cuts from it via this link. The second is “Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady,” a down-home mostly acoustic country blues album by BC artist Steph Cameron, who plays fine guitar and harmonica. You can hear some of her songs via this link.”Lost in the Dream” is heavily produced, while”Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady” is minimally produced. Cameron has long mostly made her music as a busker. From her CBC Music artist page:
“That’s how I’ve worked my way across Canada for nearly ten years,” she says. “With my friends and our dogs, we hitchhike and ride trains to get into cities. We take over a spot, play music for a week, make enough money to keep going and then move onto the next place.”

Meantime, despite the busy holiday week, I’ve so far also found time to listen to the albums I got by Joe Nolan, David Francey, Broken Social Scene, Pink Mountaintops, Amy Millan, Wintersleep, Elliott BROOD, Amelia Curran, NQ Arbuckle, and Mo Kenney. I know I’ll be enjoying this music all year, and beyond. Below is the cover art for each of the albums.