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Monday, November 28, 2011

A Few Favorite Covers - Sweet Memories on the Oldies Station

8:58 AM
Enjoy!


The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (1960)



Lesley Gore Maybe I Know (1965)



Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra (1931)



Herman's Hermits - Silhouettes (1957)



Neil Diamond - Solitary Man (1966)



The Shangri-Las lyrics - Remember (Walkin' In The Sand (1964)



Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (1971)
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

ZAMBRI - Avant-garde pop vocals

11:36 AM

On Call from ZAMBRI on Vimeo.



"To keep my back" is in heavy rotation at the moment for me.


Zambri mixes experimental beats and dueling female vocals with captivating melodies to create unromantic love songs. Filled with gothic and avant-garde pop vocals, the songs might sound familiar, like a lost Siouxsie and the Banshees or Kate Bush classic, but they manage to bring it to an altogether new place. As if remixed by Gang Gang Dance, Zambri lands perfectly amid contemporaries Health, Grimes, Lykke Li, and The Knife.


As sisters, Cristi Jo and Jessica have been creating music together since they were children, always using the Zambri name for several incarnations of recording projects. Glossolalia is the first release they consider all their own, doing things how they want, just the two of them. Most of the sounds on the EP are homemade, many of which are built from vocals, which is perhaps what inspired the title. Glossolalia refers to speaking in tongues; it is a mystical language.


References:
http://zambri.net/
http://www.facebook.com/Zambri?sk=info
http://vimeo.com/zambri
http://soundcloud.com/zambri
http://www.last.fm/music/Zambri
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/zambri_glossolalia_ep/
http://kaninerecords.com/zambri


Image:
http://www.spinner.com/2009/08/09/zambri-easier-does-it-offend-you-yeah-remix-free-mp3-o/
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Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Foreign Resort - Dark sounds of the 80’s

7:24 PM


Genre: New Wave / Shoegaze
Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark



The Foreign Resort was formed in 2006, released their debut album Offshore in 2009.This band just released their self titled EP in 2011. Some of this band's influences include: Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division, NIN, The Cure, Sonic Youth, M83, Asobi Seksu, The Horrors, and My Bloody Valentine just to name a few. The Foreign Resort fuses the dark sounds of the 80's with electronic beats, energetic drumming and piercing reverb guitars.


Band Members: Mikkel  Jakobsen - Vocals, Guitar
Rasmus Steen - Bass
Henrik Fischlein - Guitar
Morten Hansen - Vocal, Drums


References:
http://www.theforeignresort.com/
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Foreign+Resort
http://theforeignresort.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/theforeignresort?sk=info
http://www.sonicbids.com/epk/epk.aspx?epk_id=128102


Image Source:
http://www.reverbnation.com/page_object/page_object_photos/artist_269028?page=2
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Cherina and Davina - Alternative rock that touched my heart

2:48 PM

This is my favorite song so far... Enjoy the video!



These ladies have been playing their instruments for six years, but started writing songs long before. When it came time to form a band there were no questions asked, they simply grabbed their instruments and started writing. It was a natural evolution of their musical abilities. Growing up they listened to artists such as Jann Arden, Bob Marley, Fleetwood Mac, and Lucinda Williams. They also enjoy the sounds of bands such as Nirvana and The Pixies.


In the summer of 2010 Cherina and Davina signed with URBNET Records and started recording their debut release entitled "Beat Drops" in Central Audio studios in Toronto. They are currently in the studio working on their full length release due in stores and online this fall. 


For the moment you can purchase their EP in Bandcamp.




References:
http://cherinadavina.bandcamp.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cherina-and-Davina/193793853992267
http://www.urbnet.com/artist-CherinaDavina.asp
http://cherinadavina.bandcamp.com/
http://radio3.cbc.ca/#/bands/Cherina-and-Davina

Image Source:
http://dawn.cbcr3.com/v2/nmc/37/37567/images/PA052439.JPG
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Rebecca & Fiona - Beauty and Glamour to the Dance Floor

3:50 PM


Rebecca & Fiona discography by Rebecca & Fiona


A share interest in great music brought the two girls together. Rebecca Scheja and Fiona Fitzpatrick not only reign Stockholm's club scene, they have become icons for a whole generation of Swedes and represent what hard work combined with talent can do.In May 2010 the girls released their first single - Luminary Ones.


Now itʼs 2011 and it looks to be an even bigger year for Rebecca & Fiona, on January 17 they released their second single - Bullets, who from day one was hailed by both fans and music-critics and reached #2 on the Swedish iTunes chart and #6 on the National singles chart.




References:
http://sv-se.facebook.com/rebeccafiona
http://www.last.fm/music/Rebecca%2B%2526%2BFiona
http://www.rebeccafiona.com/
http://soundcloud.com/rebeccafiona


Image from:
http://www.last.fm/music/Rebecca%2B%2526%2BFiona/+images/48035523
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What I like... Jenifer - Has me dancing...

2:16 AM

I just love this song and wanted to share. 
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Joan & The Sailors - Magical Music

6:01 PM



Joan & Th Sailors - Break Of Dawn (Album Version) by Joan & The Sailors

Joan & The Sailors on their debut album "Mermaid" (Little Jig / Irascible) is melancholy. The voice of Joan Seiler stands in their expressive power and uniqueness of the majority of indigenous women's voices. Your phrasing adapts to any sound, she resonates to the next moment to break out. This drama of the song is in the best folk-style and let the listeners immerse themselves in the song. Meanwhile, the band created a carpet of sound that combines elements of post rock, goth-folk and trip-hop covers. This mix of styles and lives of the acquaintance of the musicians, the instruments and the wide elegant intercourse between loud and soft. For all the melancholy and sadness all swings but always with a lightness that comes from the skill, similar to the magic of Portishead.


Joan Seiler - vocals, guitar, piano
Belia Winnewisser - vocals, percussion
Magdalena Booker - cello, backing vocals
Mario Dotta - guitar, vocals, percussion
Sergio Cruz -Crespo - guitar, backing vocals, mandolin
Tolic Danijel - bass
Marc Rambold - drums






References:
http://soundcloud.com/joanandthesailors/sets/joan-the-sailors-mermaid-album/
http://littlejig.com/?q=node/269
http://joanandthesailors.restorm.com/
http://joanandthesailors.com/

Image from:
http://joanandthesailors.restorm.com/
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Brandy Butler & The Fonxionaires - soul revival a-comin!

3:39 PM





The Fonxionaires featuring Miss Brandy Butler sound as if they had been frozen in the 60s in the time capsule and now thawed. They give the typical 60s-soul a certain lightness, dust him and make him all danceable, even for those who can not do much with Bee Hives, Bonnie & Clyde and My Fair Lady.


From:  Zürich, Switzerland


References:
http://www.fonxionaires.ch/main.html
http://fingerzeig.restorm.com/featuring_channels/19/featurings/999


Image from:
http://thefonxionaires.restorm.com/
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Dillon - I'm intrigued by the voice

1:19 AM


Another song that caught me by surprise.



Debut album for the singer and pianist Dominique Dillon de Byington aka Dillon - she made a winding journey  from brazil to berlin via cologne. Dillon is inspired by Billie Holiday, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Buckley, and highly recommended by DJ Koze! Everyone knows that DJ Koze has prophetic qualities, and not just since he began dropping tracks under his guru pseudonym swhaimi. You see, many years before, he also waxed oracular about the singer Dominique Dillon de Byington, aka Dillon: "She sings comfortably imperfect and true. She has character. I like her. She has a bright future ahead of her." And that future once prophesied by the wise Hamburg resident about the young artist from Berlin is now, as Dillon has sat down at her piano many times during the past few years and written captivating, quiet songs that definitely should be heard extremely loud. 'This Silence Kills' has been co-produced by Tamer Zg nenc (mit) and Thies Mynther (phantom / ghost, stella) in Hamburg during winter 2011. Review from Rough Trade.




References:
http://wunderbuzz.co.uk/tag/dominique-dillon-de-byington/
http://www.last.fm/music/Dillon
http://www.laut.de/Dillon
http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=345460


Image source:
http://www.last.fm/music/Dillon/+images/69248838
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Monday, November 7, 2011

What I like... U.S. Girls – Island Song

9:46 PM



Love this song and needed to share. This is from the album U.S. GIRLS on KRAAK.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Charlene Soraia - Beautiful voice

10:43 PM





Charlene first picked her father's guitar at the tender and age of 5. Even since she has been head over heels in love with the instrument. Charlene's shortly after bought her own guitar and she spent hours teaching herself to play. She performed in public for the first time at age 8 years old. By the age of 10 her life's ambition was to become a performer.


Some of her musical influences as were child was David Bowie, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and King Crimson. Charlene’s love of the guitar and the above musical genres has developed her distinctive fret flexing style that is incredible to listen to and mesmerizing to watch. Her unique talent and hippified individuality also won her a coveted place at the Brit School, where her peers were Adele, ROX and Kate Nash. Even at such a young age she has captivated sufficiently to be invited to tour with the likes of Stephen Fretwell, Howard Elliot Payne, Kami Thompson and Jon Allen.


Signed to Indie label Peacefrog Records, home of Little Dragon, Nouvelle Vague and José González, Charlene Soraia has recorded her album ‘Moonchild’ with the help of producer Paul Stacey (Oasis, Black Crowes). (From Recordstore - UK)


References:
http://soundcloud.com/charlenesoraia
http://www.last.fm/music/Charlene%2520Soraia?ac=Charlene%20Soraia
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/recordstore/recordstore/Moonchild-Signed/117M80000000?back=
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Charlene-Soraia/285271404833807


Image:
http://www.last.fm/music/Charlene+Soraia/+images/53405093
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