I remember a time not so long ago when Dan Mangan was known only by the fringiest of indie-fringe outside of Vancouver.  Now, I can’t walk through the frozen pizza aisle of my grocery store without all the single men breaking into a chorus line of Robots, or the dark-eyed cashier singing the harmony from [...]

I haven’t listened to a lot of Dallas Green/City and Colour in about 6 months.  This is due in part to a self-inflicted saturation of the project in 2008 and early 2009, and in part to my discovery of Dan Mangan last year, who has fared quite admirably in satisfying my moody acoustic/folk-rock needs.  However, [...]

If you’ve ever sat down and attempted to pen a song, you’re aware that it is significantly more challenging than Dan Mangan would have you believe.  Finding a balance between telling a story, engaging a listener, evoking thought and emotion, and presenting it all in a way more eloquent than a slap to the face [...]

Very cool tune today, coming from the Canadian folk/indie-rock artist Dan Mangan.  Robots can be found on Mangan’s latest EP Roboteering, released in March of 2009; The EP contains songs from an upcoming full-length release titled Nice, Nice, Very Nice.  The album will be a follow-up to Mangan’s Postcards and Daydreaming which was recorded in [...]