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Thursday, March 29, 2012

What I like... The Get Down Stay Down "Swimming Pools"

Has it really been 4 years since this song came out... time goes by quick! Either way I just needed to hear this song.

Enjoy!

Sunday, March 25, 2012

What I like... The Good Natured - Prisoner

The Good Natured are an electropop trio from Berkshire, United Kingdom. The band consists of singer-songwriter Sarah McIntosh, her brother Hamish McIntosh on bass and George Hinton on drums.


The Good Natured, recently signed to Regal/Parlophone Records, offer a catchy gothic twist on electropop with their new EP titled Skeleton, released on 20 June 2011. In the songs featured on the Skeleton EP, Sarah displays her compellingly mature command of the nuances of serious pop music, combined with the darker, and often more sensual, emotional and lyrical content of the gothic. Both “Skeleton” and “Wolves” are produced by Patrik Berger, known for his work with Robyn. Facebook

Thursday, March 15, 2012

What I like... The Magnetic Fields - Quick!

I feel in love with this song as soon as I heard it. Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Pictures of... EMA

I saw EMA in Madison, WI and it was a great show. EMA is Erika Anderson of the recently broken up long running American west-coast band Gowns.


Breakfast by EMA on Grooveshark


Marked by EMA on Grooveshark


California by EMA on Grooveshark


Red Star by EMA on Grooveshark

The Grey Ship by EMA on Grooveshark
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Alabama Shakes - Dynamic Blues & Garage-rock






Alabama Shakes is an American rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, United States in 2009. The lead singer,Brittany Howard, did a lot of that as a kid, spending weekends in her room experimenting with instruments and a tape recorder, making up lyrics and layering sounds, unconsciously preparing herself for a life now consumed by music.


Her taste in music was considerably more esoteric than the typical teen in a small-town northern Alabama high school. “I spent a lot of time with my grandmother’s music: Dion, the Platters, the Drifters, the Temptations – I grew up on that,” she says. Later she discovered T. Rex and David Bowie, and got her education in roots music from Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones albums.


Band Members:
Brittany Howard - Lead Singer
Heath Fogg - Guitarist
Zac Cockrell - Bassist
Steve Johnson - Drummer


References:
http://www.last.fm/music/Alabama+Shakes
http://www.npr.org/artists/145926696/alabama-shakes
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/26/alabama-shakes-brittany-howard-review
http://www.alabamashakes.com/
http://www.alabamashakes.bandcamp.com


Image Source:
http://www.nme.com/reviews/alabama-shakes/12693
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Cheap Curls (former Dum Dum Girl) - Bittersweet power pop



Former Dum Dum Girl, Katie Serbian-Brouillette is releasing her new project Cheap Curls' debut 7" on Art Fag Recordings this spring. 


"I've wanted Katie Brouillette-Serbian, bassist, guitarist, vocalist, and more importantly, song writer for Cheap Curls to record an album of her bittersweet power pop since I first met her nearly a decade ago. At the time, she was very much in love with my best friend who was constantly promoting her prolific song writing prowess to me. At that point, however, Katie was stricken with fright when it came down to sharing her home recorded bedroom pop. Katie strummed on, continuing to discover new personal ground and gain the courage that only these turbulent and accelerated times call for. She joined the much loved maudlin act Dum Dum Girls and began traveling the world consistently even recording on the act's second full length release, Only In Dreams. Katie had grown up, so to speak, in clubs and on festival stages around the world and was now confident both in her musical and personal life enough to call time on her position in Dum Dum Girls and begin the exciting stages of recording and releasing an album of her own.She's an exciting musical mind who can wail like Dolly Parton "In Your Arms", and serenade like Roy Orbison in "Message". She also has an exceeding amount of chops as heard on the Blondie-esque "Jackie Oh." Songwriters such as Paul Weller and Pete Perrett are seemingly over looked on American shores. Let's give Cheap Curls the praise she deserves. The debut EP will be released on California's Art Fag Recordings this year."


- Charles Rowell (Crocodiles/Psychic Dancehall)


References:
http://soundcloud.com/art-fag-recordings/jackie-oh
http://artfagrecordings.blogspot.com/2012/03/cheap-curls-jackie-oh-preorder.html


Image Source:
http://artfagrecordings.blogspot.com/2012/03/cheap-curls-jackie-oh-preorder.html
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

What I like... Saint Etienne - Tonight

I can see myself dancing to this over the summertime!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Teeel - Electro and 80s new wave



Listen to the new album
University Heights (Available 2/22/2012) by Teeel

Teeel aka Jim Smith credits his sound to marathon movie watching and being an obsessive gear head. Creating music in a 10×10 teal painted room, stacked with synthesizers and guitars with walls covered with vintage Moog ads, Jim creates music that ranges from hypnotic synthpop to dreamy disco and dark electronica.


Obtain you free copy of the songs in Facebook.


References:
http://teeelmusic.com/
http://moodgadget.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/Teeel
http://www.facebook.com/Teeelmusic
http://soundcloud.com/teeel
http://www.youtube.com/Teeelmusic


Image Source:
http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/pittsburgh/critics-picks-january-5-7/Content?oid=1478199
Friday, March 2, 2012

Silver Swans - San Francisco Electropop



Listen to the whole album from Bandcamp.


Formed from the collaboration of DJ producer Jon Waters and songwriter Ann Yu. Ann has been in bands that have shared the stage with acts such as The Radio Dept, La Roux, Black Kids, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Mates of State, Jose Gonzales and many more. Jon has produced and DJ’d all over the world. But with all of the experience the duo decided to take a different route when it comes to creating music together. Silver Swans puts a special meaning to the idea of bedroom recordings. All tracks were recorded in late night sessions hidden under covers, in their bathrooms, and right before bed. The songs you hear are a reflection of the dreams they’ve uncovered and hope to discover.


References:
http://www.facebook.com/silverswans
http://www.myspace.com/silverswansofficial
http://www.reverbnation.com/silverswans
https://twitter.com/#!/silverswansband
http://soundcloud.com/silverswans
http://www.last.fm/music/Silver+Swans
http://silverswans.bandcamp.com/
http://www.tricycle-records.com/artist/silverswans/


Images Source:
http://obscuresound.com/2011/02/silver-swans-secret/

What I like... The Sandwitches - "My Heart Does Swell"

How I love this song! I play it over and over again. This morning I just needed to listen to it.

Enjoy!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Charli XCX - Dark and Emotive Pop Songs





Armed with a rampant imagination, a plethora of dark, emotive pop songs, and backed by a growing army of top producers and worldwide fans, Charli is not like your run-of-the-mill musician. Playing in bands since the age of seven, Charli's long had music coursing through her veins. She recorded her first album at 14 with a loan from the bank of mum and dad and she’s only just paid them back. It did the trick though attracting attention from the right London scenesters and bagging her gigs at warehouse raves across Hackney. Earlier this summer she released ‘Stay Away’.


References:
http://www.last.fm/music/Charli+XCX
http://www.facebook.com/charlixcxmusic?sk=info
http://soundcloud.com/charlixcx
http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/charli-xcx
http://www.charlixcxmusic.com/


Image Source:
http://www.gorillavsbear.net/2012/02/20/mp3-charli-xcx-ill-never-know/

Jenn Grant - Sound of Joy


This  video is the third song from the album Honeymoon Punch.

Dreamer by Jenn Grant on Grooveshark
Make It Home Tonight by Jenn Grant on Grooveshark


Born and raised on Prince Edward Island, Halifax-based Jenn Grant is like no other Atlantic Canadian musician.
 
Her third album Honeymoon Punch embodies what Grant says is the sound of joy. As one of Nova Scotia’s most revered songwriters she teamed together with her new husband, member of the band In-Flight Safety, Daniel Ledwell to produce the record.


Discography:
Honeymoon Punch (2011 Six Shooter Records)
ECHOES (2009 Six Shooter Records)
Orchestra for the Moon (2006 Paris 1919)
Jenn Grant & Goodbye Twentieth Century (2005 independent)

References:
http://www.sixshooterrecords.com/six_site/roster/jenngrant.html
http://www.jenngrant.com/
http://www.thevanguard.ca/Arts/Entertainment/2011-11-04/article-2792217/Jenn-Grant%3A-changing-sounds-paying-off/1
http://www.last.fm/music/Jenn+Grant




Image Source:
http://www.last.fm/music/Jenn+Grant/+images/61237291