Comments on: CD Review: Blue Rodeo, “The Things We Left Behind” http://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/ your daily dose of pop culture Thu, 24 May 2012 19:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Live Music: Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs’ in Chicago, 6/12/10 | soundonair.nethttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-63164 Live Music: Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs’ in Chicago, 6/12/10 | soundonair.net Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:28:53 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-63164 [...] Behind, it’s appropriate to find the band looking back. (Fellow Popdose comrade Ed Murray reviewed the new album earlier this year, just in case you missed [...] [...] Behind, it’s appropriate to find the band looking back. (Fellow Popdose comrade Ed Murray reviewed the new album earlier this year, just in case you missed [...]

]]> By: Live Music: Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs', 6/12/10 | Popdosehttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-63154 Live Music: Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs', 6/12/10 | Popdose Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:58:01 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-63154 [...] Behind, it’s appropriate to find the band looking back. (Fellow Popdose comrade Ed Murray reviewed the new album earlier this year, just in case you missed it.)The band returned to Martyrs’, [...] [...] Behind, it’s appropriate to find the band looking back. (Fellow Popdose comrade Ed Murray reviewed the new album earlier this year, just in case you missed it.)The band returned to Martyrs’, [...]

]]> By: Blue Rodeo, Things We Left Behind, Popdose | Birdlandhttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-56329 Blue Rodeo, Things We Left Behind, Popdose | Birdland Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:45:45 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-56329 [...] Despite the fact that it’s a band that’s been plying its craft for 25 years, mention the name Blue Rodeo to anyone other than a music blogger-journalist, and you’ll most likely get a “huh? who?” Which is really a shame, because these Canadian roots rockers have been consistently churning out high quality Americana-tinged music that deserves a much wider audience in the U.S. (Can you say Americana if the band hails from Canada? Or would that be Canadianacana? How ’bout North Americana?) Read full review. [...] [...] Despite the fact that it’s a band that’s been plying its craft for 25 years, mention the name Blue Rodeo to anyone other than a music blogger-journalist, and you’ll most likely get a “huh? who?” Which is really a shame, because these Canadian roots rockers have been consistently churning out high quality Americana-tinged music that deserves a much wider audience in the U.S. (Can you say Americana if the band hails from Canada? Or would that be Canadianacana? How ’bout North Americana?) Read full review. [...]

]]> By: BlueRodeo.com Latest News : 'The Things We Left Behind' Released in the UShttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-53585 BlueRodeo.com Latest News : 'The Things We Left Behind' Released in the US Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:45:00 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-53585 [...] who are obviously trying to push themselves creatively. The results are pretty impressive." - PopDose Plus read many more reviews in publications such as Slant, the Banner Graphic, Chicks With Guns, [...] [...] who are obviously trying to push themselves creatively. The results are pretty impressive." – PopDose Plus read many more reviews in publications such as Slant, the Banner Graphic, Chicks With Guns, [...]

]]> By: armenitehttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-50246 armenite Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:54:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-50246 I wish country radio could sound like this. I wish country radio could sound like this.

]]> By: armenitehttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-47944 armenite Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:54:10 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-47944 I wish country radio could sound like this. I wish country radio could sound like this.

]]> By: Jeff Taylorhttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-47928 Jeff Taylor Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:11:52 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-47928 Wow, thank you for writing about Blue Rodeo! They've been one of my favourite bands for about 10 years now, and it's nice to know that at least some people outside of Canada know about them. I need to spend some more time listening to this album too, as I only got it for Christmas, but my early impression of it is that it definitely holds its own against "Five Days in July" and "Casino", which have long been my favourites from them. It's also nice to see bands still making albums, as opposed to collections of singles that people pick away at in iTunes. Wow, thank you for writing about Blue Rodeo! They've been one of my favourite bands for about 10 years now, and it's nice to know that at least some people outside of Canada know about them. I need to spend some more time listening to this album too, as I only got it for Christmas, but my early impression of it is that it definitely holds its own against “Five Days in July” and “Casino”, which have long been my favourites from them. It's also nice to see bands still making albums, as opposed to collections of singles that people pick away at in iTunes.

]]> By: Thierryhttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-47906 Thierry Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:18:03 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-47906 Some Youtube gold - Cuddy and Keelor started off in Fly to France, which could've been a pretty good power pop contender if they'd chosen that direction instead:<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Ag-Rx0exQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Ag-Rx0exQ</a><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGnr2OvOM58" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGnr2OvOM58</a> Some Youtube gold – Cuddy and Keelor started off in Fly to France, which could've been a pretty good power pop contender if they'd chosen that direction instead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Ag-Rx0exQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGnr2OvOM58

]]> By: Matthttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-47905 Matt Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:50:51 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-47905 Wow, someone is reviewing a Blue Rodeo CD, and it's not me :-) I've been a BR diehard through all of the audio and video releases that you mention. I still need to spend some more time with the new CD, which leaves me a bit cold. I do think that the album has some of Keelor's best material to date, but I'm also a bit underwhelmed with a good bit of Cuddy's material, and it's usually the Cuddy stuff that I gravitate towards (although I am a fan of both Keelor and Cuddy). Overall at this point, I think it might have worked better as a single disc, but as I said earlier, I still need to spend some more time with the album. Without a doubt, they are one of the most under-appreciated and under-rated groups out there - definitely worth a look for anyone that hasn't heard of them that is a fan of Americana (or as you say, Canadianacana!!). And they still put on one of the best live shows out there! <br><br>Nice review - enjoyed reading it! Wow, someone is reviewing a Blue Rodeo CD, and it's not me :-) I've been a BR diehard through all of the audio and video releases that you mention. I still need to spend some more time with the new CD, which leaves me a bit cold. I do think that the album has some of Keelor's best material to date, but I'm also a bit underwhelmed with a good bit of Cuddy's material, and it's usually the Cuddy stuff that I gravitate towards (although I am a fan of both Keelor and Cuddy). Overall at this point, I think it might have worked better as a single disc, but as I said earlier, I still need to spend some more time with the album. Without a doubt, they are one of the most under-appreciated and under-rated groups out there – definitely worth a look for anyone that hasn't heard of them that is a fan of Americana (or as you say, Canadianacana!!). And they still put on one of the best live shows out there!

Nice review – enjoyed reading it!

]]> By: Thierryhttp://popdose.com/cd-review-blue-rodeo-the-things-we-left-behind/comment-page-1/#comment-47901 Thierry Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:48:08 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=38500#comment-47901 I'm really happy to see this reviewed here! Blue Rodeo is one of those bands that seems underappreciated almost everywhere - yes, even here in Canada, where despite their commercial success and consistently good-to-great records (this one is one of their best) they probably haven't been cool in 20 years, in part because Jim Cuddy's good looks and slow-burning ballads have brought to the band an audience that gets frowned upon in a lot of critical circles. I've seen them live a number of times (including a now-classic 4 a.m. show a couple of years back at Toronto's North By Northeast's festival), and they're never less than excellent. Also, their solo projects (and Keelor's work with Rick White and the Sadies in The Unintended) are well worth checking out. I'm really happy to see this reviewed here! Blue Rodeo is one of those bands that seems underappreciated almost everywhere – yes, even here in Canada, where despite their commercial success and consistently good-to-great records (this one is one of their best) they probably haven't been cool in 20 years, in part because Jim Cuddy's good looks and slow-burning ballads have brought to the band an audience that gets frowned upon in a lot of critical circles. I've seen them live a number of times (including a now-classic 4 a.m. show a couple of years back at Toronto's North By Northeast's festival), and they're never less than excellent. Also, their solo projects (and Keelor's work with Rick White and the Sadies in The Unintended) are well worth checking out.

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