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 [...]

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 [...]