Idyllic Music

Although the term 'unplugged' has become cliche, nothing could be more Idyllic. Over the past few months, these switched off songs have accumulated and become inevitable. This week, we'll hear from Jen Gloeckner, Under, Brian Dondo, Juli and The Brobdingnagian Bards.

This week we'll attempt to capture musical moments in time that might otherwise be lost like tears in the rain by way of Obedientbone, Chris Martin, Omnisine and Symbiosis.

This week we'll hear from Vitamins For You, Hungry Lucy, Slam Orchid and Sublimatus.

This week I must apologize beforehand because nearly all the bands in this podcast were found at remarkable German or Dutch language websites and I am embarrassingly ill-equipped to translate their content. It's a small thing in that the music speaks eloquently enough to make up for my shortcomings. Featuring Coma Research, Base-Box, Izmar, Mabafu and Sans Edge.

The term amateur shares the root of amour or to love. Making music just for the love of it is as noble an enterprise as one can undertake. This week we'll hear from Amy, Azeruz, Nexus6, Demetrius Neutaja and Rude Corps.

Idyllic Music is all about reflection, prayers, meditation and a sense of calm. To that end we'll hear the music of Digital Droo, gROUSe, Nucleus Roots and Digital Love.

On this edition of idyllic music, acuity and detail are the watchwords as we hear from Artemis, Texture, Spiral Soundsystem, X-Ray Dogs and Keito.

The very best music often defies easy categorization. This week we'll hear 5 songs by bands that are simply impossible to pigeonhole. Beginning with Brooklyn-based Force Theory who combine the melodic phrasing of soul with an organic baroque electronica. This is 'Boards'

Milestones come and go while in the Idyll like a lazy summers day without nearly enough time to do all the nothing you had planned on doing. This one features Kat Yidaki, Egyptian Nursery,PNFA, Paddington Breaks and Strekie. Dutch bass player Kat Yidaki begins this 30th episode of Idyllic Music with 'H2'

This week we'll hear from the Digital Nasty, Modular Heaven, Thomas Trotter, Jahspre, Jillene and Siegfried Gautier

This week we look for perspective from other worlds both inside and out by way of songs by Axiotronic, Netrix, COGITO ERGO SUM, Flower Of Cables and Euch.

This week, episode 27 runs from the strident to the haunting and nuanced featuring the music of Aralow, Collide, Dynamik and SCUM and a my space spotlight.

This week we climb the highest mountains and search the foggy lowlands for Idyllic Music. We have found it in The Chill Conspiracy, Lunascape, Mist, Numina and Karmacoda.

Episode 25 finds us globe hopping once again, from Copenhagen, Prague, Raleigh, San Francisco and Warsaw. We'll hear from Thulla, The Grooveblaster, Floex, Dan West, Curium and FSP.

Stephen McAlister has a new feature this week that points out some great streaming music by influential artists found on MySpace. More on that later in the show. This week we'll hear from USB, Indy, Putty and Gen. Fuzz.

A reminder that many of the songs you hear on this podcast can by purchased through the Cornershop at idyllicmusic.com to help support the artists. This week, we'll hear from Bipolar, Authist and Dubone, The Hellbus, Mangomad and Youth Reference.

This podcast plays podsafe music or songs played with specific permission of the artist. This week I was lucky enough to obtain that go ahead from 5 bands I have admired for many months. They are Lendi Vexer, Sexmusic, The Silk Demise, Puracane and more recently, Profetas de Zion.

The music that I find most interesting is often least likely to be heard widely. It might be a bit off kilter, unpredictable or somewhat out of balance. Koyaanisqatsi, if you will. Each of the next 5 songs displays those qualities to one degree or another. We'll hear from Invisible Asps, Vim Cortez, Queenie, Kommbat and Shadowproject.

This 20th episode of Idyllic Music reminds me how utterly universal a language music is.We'll hear recordings from Russia, the U.S. France and the U.K. from the likes of Compulsive Behavior, Victoria Mosley and The Sublimes, Cyndi Vellmure and a Coisa Louca.

This week we celebrate the Grand Opening of the Cornershop at idyllicmusic.com. You will find links to many of the songs you hear on this podcast and a quick, easy way to support those bands and this podcast. Musically, this week we'll hear from Sunburn in Cyprus, the Maido Project, Judith Owen, 22 and Refrag.