Comments on: local and I’m listening: or, the whale, mp3s, album review, tour dates

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » the terrible twos

ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » the terrible twos — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:35:31 +0000

[...] Listening series. I’ve gotten feedback from a lot of people that I’ve introduced to Or, the Whale. I also particularly like the Lightning Bug Situation and Two Sheds [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » joe pug added to already good bill (or, the whale: etc) @ cafe du nord this friday

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:38:38 +0000

[...] a pretty good bill (with, let’s be honest, sort of bad names). One’s an ipickmynose fav, one I’ve seen before and liked and one’s a band that a friend is a fan o that I [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » local and I’m listening: Silian Rail

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:48:14 +0000

[...] Or, the Whale [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » local and I’m listening: Two Sheds, mp3s, tour dates, KZSU appearance

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:41:00 +0000

[...] Or, the Whale [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » Or, the Whale on KZSU, setlist, photos, mp3s

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:51:56 +0000

[...] Last night I hosted ipickmynose-fav Or, the Whale (myspace) on KZSU. [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » beatbeat whisper; or, the whale; the dodos in folky love triangle

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:02:14 +0000

[...] Three of my favorite acoustic-based/ folky local bands are playing a set of three events in the upcoming couple months. The bands are Or, the Whale (myspace, local and I’m listening @ ipmn); the Dodos (myspace, local and I’m listening @ ipmn) and Beatbeat Whisper (myspace, local and I’m listening @ ipmn). [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » best of 2007: releases (albums, EPs, box sets)

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:29:25 +0000

[...] Or, the Whale – Light Poles and Pines (original post) This wasn’t supposed to be this good. It’s a debut indie country rock album from a San Francisco band. From the first listen, I knew I liked this album: it had great singing and orchestration, catchy songs and a certain energy about it. and I was alternately obsessed with “Call and Response” and “Fight Song” (and “Prayer for the Road” and…). But I say that it wasn’t supposed to be this good because while I was surprised by it, it’s not life-changing or transcendental; it’s just a really consistent set of really good songs. This year I’ve played this album (according to last.fm and that doesn’t count the repeated plays in my car) almost twice as much as any than any other single album. [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » google (China) hates ipickmynose fav Or, the Whale

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:16:20 +0000

[...] It’s alright, Or, the Whale, I, still, love you. I mean, Google isn’t even the number 1 search engine in China (that’d be Baidu) so screw ‘em, right? [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » song obsession friday! (for the week ending July 26)

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:14:14 +0000

[...] Oz: Cracklin Moth – Eulogy for Bashu (mp3) (exclusive at HearYa) Thanks to Adrian, I’m actually obsessed with Or, the Whale right now,. Over at HearYa, however, we recently recorded a live session in Chicago with a band called Cracklin Moth. They’ve released two EP’s and have a unique alt-country sound, thanks to Matt Ammerman’s vocals and Rocco Labriola’s pedal steel. “Eulogy for Bashu” is a previously unreleased track that is glued to my ears. [...]

By: ipickmynose: an SF-centric indie music blog » Song obsession friday! (for the week ending july 20)

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:11:53 +0000

[...] Adrian (me): Or, the Whale – Call and Response (mp3) (buy) Oh man, I just can’t get past this song. I’ll put on Lights Poles and Pines (which I talk about here) meaning to listen to the album, but I’ll sort of stutter at this song. It’s something about the pedal steel and the great harmony-laden vocals that do it for me. [...]

By: adrian

adrian — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:30:42 +0000

Oz, I was going to email you about them, thinking that you’d like them, but I figured you’d just read it here.

By: Oz

Oz — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:11:17 +0000

Right in my wheelhouse. I’m addicted to call and response already.