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04.01.10The Songs of Syd LaneLong overdue, but finally here are three of Syd's records recorded as The Loaded Whispers from pre-'Artists Use Lies To Tell The Truth'. As always, they are free to download, but if you do then please take the time out to drop in at Syd Lane Music and let her know that you liked it. Because if it's not about the money, then it's got to be about the love, otherwise it just won't work... If you're new to what Syd does then if you read on, we've got a brilliant guide to all of the records she's made, written by ...
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01.29.10Syd Lane & Chansons De GesteI know what you're thinking. You're thinking that this was all over. Well a couple of months ago it was. I felt like The Daydream Generation and Quixodelic Records had been blown up as big as they could go without bursting, and it was time to allow them to drift off into the digital aether as a failed experiment, or a lot of fun that had turned into too much hard work. download: [download#46#nohits] Then from out of nowhere, CHANSONS DE GESTE's "It Begins In Beauty" landed in my crowded in-box. My initial reaction was 'Oh well, if I'm really done, then ...
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11.13.09100 Questions: SYD LANE (The Loaded Whispers and Chansons De Geste)Ladies and gentlemen... the one and only Syd Lane. 1 You can take one record to a desert island for the rest of your life - what would it be? Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys Continue Reading...
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05.22.09Review: THE LOADED WHISPERSArtists Use Lies To Tell The Truth Syd Lane from The Loaded Whispers says there are two kinds of music - "That which moves you, and that which doesn't". I challenge anyone to tell me that the music she and poet partner-in-crime Jeremiah James make doesn't fall into the former category. From the first song I ever heard ("Easily Loved / Easily Hated" on Daydream Generation 6) I knew that this was very special music, but nothing prepared me for just how mind-blowingly great a full-length Loaded Whispers record would be. It was a weekday and with an early morning working start ...