News

Hello everyone. I hope your summer is going well.

I want to thank those of you who helped support Collected Sounds in this past month, since my plea : ) Every bit helps! I won't bug you about it again.

However…Collected Sounds' blog was nominated for a Blogger's Choice Award for Best Entertainment Blog!! So I wanted to let you know where you can go to vote for it. Vote Here

I don't have any delusions that I'll win this, there are so many entertainment blogs. It lumps all entertainment together (music, gossip, art, and anything that anyone can consider entertainment) so I'm sure something like Cute Overload will win, but I would like to see how many votes we can get!

Here's what else is new…

Artist Spotlight of the Month

Because they have a new album out, I decided to make Tegan and Sara the Spotlight Artist(s) of the Month. I already had them featured on the site, but I updated their page with new photos, bio and links. Enjoy. Their new album, The Con is out now.
[Visit them Here]

House Concerts

Upcoming Shows:

September 22, 2007 Vanessa Peters and at least part of Ice Cream on Mondays [For more info]

October 6, 2007 Beth Amsel
[For more info]
This is our last show as of yet. I am taking a break form hosting these due to lack of interest (not by me or by the artists, but by potential attendees). Fitting that it should be Beth playing our last show. She was also the first artist we hosted in this new house (we had many shows in our previous house). So now we're coming full circle.

[Click here] to see a complete list of all shows. Note: I'm going be slowly phasing out that website and just putting all the shows on the main site. Too costly to run two sites.

To keep updated on our shows please subscribe to the house concerts announcement list by sending a blank email to; subscribe-houseconcerts@collectedsounds.com

Concert Reviews

I have not been able to go out and see anything....not having a job kinda sucks in the money department. So if any of you see any noteworthy live shows and want to write them up, just [email me] and I'll post it. Just think, you'll be famous!

Album Reviews

Here are all the albums we reviewed in June 2007:

You can also go to the New Additions section on the site by clicking HERE

I've also got some mini-reviews up [HERE]
Click on the Album name to be taken to the review.

Album Title	Artist Name	Buy Link
Nothing is Too Much	Coles Whalen	[BUY/LISTEN]
When Your Feet Hit the Stars	Carrie Biell	[BUY/LISTEN]
Every Girl I Know Deserves a Packet of Stars	Sophie Moleta	[BUY/LISTEN]
Addiction	Isa and the Filthy Tongues	[BUY/LISTEN]
Unruly Helga	Unruly Helga	[BUY/LISTEN]
In Tenebris	In Tenebris	[BUY/LISTEN]
Songbook 1	Cecile Corbel	[BUY/LISTEN]
Love Parade	Lola Dutronic	[BUY/LISTEN]
Wild and Undaunted	Lisa Knapp	[BUY/LISTEN]
Revolutionary Revolution	OHN	[BUY/LISTEN]
The Sky Observer's Guide	Amy Cook	[BUY/LISTEN]
Don't Look Away	Kate Voegele	[BUY/LISTEN]
Kittyhawk	Santa Dog	[BUY/LISTEN]
Happy Hour at the Gene Pool	Evolve	[BUY/LISTEN]
Ainda e Noite	Dwelling	[BUY/LISTEN]
Before We Could Sing	Ether Aura	[BUY/LISTEN]
Kissing Someone Else	Karen Jacobson	[BUY/LISTEN]
Rock n Roll Housewife	Renee Cologne	[BUY/LISTEN]