Mouth Off 08.29.10

Top 10 Albums!

To all our die-hard fans… thanks for waiting on us this week.  Our technical issues have been resolved!

Around the Horn

Report: A Cappella Boot Camp

Top 10 Albums for Newbies

Mouth Off 08.22.10

Foreign Language Special!

In Your Earbuds Thanks to Freddie Feldman, Dave has been listening to Austrian teachergroup Voxon.  And let’s not forget the Finnish folk group Rajaton.

Sexypella Christopher thinks it’s sexy when Italian group Cluster sings in Portuguese.

Praisappella Dave extols the virtues of the Vocal Choir, the lovely singers from Norway.

Arrangement Spotlight Christopher was born in the wrong body.  He should’ve been born as a member of Riltons Vanner.

Album Review The boys love the jazzy Latin grooves of Brazilian sextet BR6 and their latest album Musica Popular Brasileira A Cappella Vol 2.

Mouth Off 08.15.10

LOL The Showtime quartet make us all laugh with the “Barbershopper of Seville.”

Arrangement Spotlight Dave is haunted by m-pact‘s groovy version of “My Funny Valentine.”

Girl Power The Maryland Treblemakers inspired Christopher before he was even born.

Listener Mailbag An acanewbie’s request has Dave and Christopher searching their music libraries.  Meanwhile, Warren Bloom and Brad Stephenson fight for the Voicemail of the Year category in the Mouthy Awards.

Album Review The boys weigh in on their impressions of Afterglow by Emory University’s Aural Pleasure.

Mouth Off 08.08.10

Happy birthday, Christopher!

Cool Chord of the Week Dave loves singing the dissonant 7th on the final chorus of the House Jacks‘ “From Sunday.”

Classical Corner Christopher goes on and on about the Swingle Singers and their beautiful takes on Brahms’s “Hungarian Dance No. 5″ and Rossini’s William Tell overture.

In the Basement J.D. Sumner is literally a record-setting bass.  You’ve never heard anything this low.  Unless you’re Christopher.

In Your Earbuds Christopher loves new(ISH) tracks from Broken Social Scene, Janelle Monáe, Grizzly Bear, and Chris Thile.

Album Review Naturally 7‘s new album Vocal Play (available aaaalmost worldwide) is super radio ready, pushing all definitions of a cappella out the window.  Dave worships the record, while Christopher laments the loss of albums.

Mouth Off 08.01.10

Arrangement Spotlight OCD Christopher shares his list of reasons why the Tufts Amalgamates‘ “Warning Sign” is so amazing.

Better than the Original Dave uses his weak lungs to name all the people who have covered Donny “Pitts” Hathaway’s modern classic “This Christmas.”  Wake Forest University’s Christian group Chi Rho‘s version is among the best.

I Just Gotta Say Christopher declares: THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE MIXED GROUP.

A Cappella Alumni Former Binghamtonics member Ingrid Michaelson is the face of the modern innocent pop movement.

Album Review They may be a bit confused about their stylistic identity, but Purple Haze‘s latest album Feed the Sound is an authoritative statement about the best of the collegiate midwest.