October 2011
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Rosi Golan: "Seeing Ghosts (Live)"
Singer/songwriter Rosi Golan has a piercingly sweet voice and the writing chops to back it up. Seeing Ghosts is a beautifully sweet song that perfectly showcases Golan over an acoustic guitar.
Rosi Golan: Website…Facebook…Twitter…Youtube…Buy
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The Do: "Bohemian Dances"
French/Finnish duo, The Do, are big stars in France, becoming the first French act, singing in French, to hit the top of the charts…ever, so nbd. Their third album Both Ways Open Jaw is a great little album full of quirky tracks that sound fresh. Bohemian Dances is a sweet magical track that will get into your head.
The Do “Bohemian Dances”
The Do:...
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E-Dubble: "Fight For Days"
Sampling the hot new Phantogram track Don’t Move, E-Dubble gives us another dope and FREE track to download, Fight For Days. Edubs never disappoints, so download it and support the hardest working guy in hip hop.
e-dubble - Fight For Days by edubble
E-Dubble: Twitter…Facebook…iTunes
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VIDEO: Hoodie Allen "James Franco"
“Clap yours hands now, People clap your hands”
Here is the new video for the amazing James Franco from Hoodie Allen’s latest mixtape Leap Year. They hit the west coast for the video and rolled through venice beach with the one and only James Franco (disclaimer its not really James Franco).
Now say it with me now FRANCO!
Hoodie Allen: Website//Twitter//Facebook//Soundcloud
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Beirut: "Santa Fe"
Loving what’s coming from Beirut this year, the irresistible East Harlem and now Santa Fe. These guys have such a rich and influenced sound, every song is a treat for the ears. Santa Fe is taken from the album The Rip Tide.
Beirut - Santa Fe by Revolver USA
Beirut: Website…Facebook…Shop
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disCOVER: Coeur de Pirate "Wicked Games (The...
There’s something hauntingly sweet about hearing the paranoid, debauched lyrics of Wicked Games through Coeur de Pirate. From one Canadian to another, this French-Canadian artist strips down the uber-produced The Weeknd track and sings from the heart over a beautiful piano accompaniment.
Coeur de Pirate - Wicked Games (The Weeknd cover) by Friendsfromfar
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The Weeknd: "Initiation"
I am just waiting for The Weeknd to blow up HUGE, it’s only a matter of time. Out here on the blogs, he’s a superstar and once Drake’s new album Take Care drops (The Weeknd has contributed to at least 4 tracks) things are gonna get mainstream. A new track Initiation dropped possibly for the third mixtape Echoes of Silence, the last part of the free mixtape trilogy. Distorted...
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disCOVER: Pearl and The Beard & Sophie Madeleine...
Have to say that when I want a good cover I go over to Cover Me Songs. Today found this lovely stripped down, vocal driven cover of Katy Perry’s Firework. Pearl and The Band are touring the UK at the moment, check out the dates here.
Pearl and The Beard: Website…Buy
Sophie Madeleine: Website…Facebook…Twitter…SoundCloud…Buy
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The Black Keys "Lonely Boy"
El Camino, the follow up to the insanely good Brothers will be dropping in December, so merry christmas everyone of us. The Black Keys gave us the first single from this new album today and Lonely Boy does not disappoint. Catchy choruses, gritty guitars and a whole host of attitude. Seeing as I’m not the biggest fan of Christmas, its weird that I’m about to say this, but bring on...
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VIDEO: Clock Opera "Lesson No. 7"
Here’s the new video for Clock Opera’s Lesson No. 7 directed by Aoife Mcardle. It’s one of those gritty videos thats around at the moment that show the restlessness and unhappiness of the youth of today and it perfectly fits the song. There’s something quite menacing about the bass line that kicks in and then it all goes off at the drop. Clock Opera are continuing to...
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Remix Baby: Jodie Marie "On The Road (Summercamp...
And here’s Summer Camp remixing On The Road by soulful Welsh 20 year old Jodie Marie. It’s a lot darker than anything you’ve heard from Summer Camp, and Jodie Marie has a hell of a voice.
Jodie Marie - On The Road [Summer Camp Remix] by PurplePR
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Summer Camp: "Down"
The hotly anticipated debut album Welcome To Condale is eagerly waiting in the wings, so Summer Camp have just released theirs second single from it Down. Its another lovely 80s infused slice of indie pop that this duo do so so well. Welcome To Condale is out October 31 and they’ve even got a SoCal influenced zine to go with it that welcomes you to, er, Condale.
Down by Summer Camp
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Remix Baby: Bon Iver "Towers (Karma Kid Re-Rub)"
Weirdly enough Bon Iver tracks are quite remix friendly as theyre mostly vocals and melody, you can pretty much add your own beats in (easier said than done though). So here’s a good one from Karma Kid.
Bon Iver - Towers (Karma Kid Re-Rub) by Karma Kid (Titch) Karma Kid - Hunting Season by Karma Kid (Titch)
Karma Kid: Website…Facebook…Youtube
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Theme Park: "Milk"
From knowing next to nothing about this band back in April, they sure have moved fast. They’ve been up and down the country supporting Bombay Bicycle Club on tour and have upcoming shows alongside The Antlers, Summer Camp and Neon Lights. Its only right that we got some new music from this exciting up and coming band (and boy are they up and coming).
Here’s Milk, another great...
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Jordan F: "Last Night"
It’s no secret, I’m a big fan of Triple J, our cousins down under really know how to run a good radio station. I digress, here I was listening to Triple J’s Unearthed playlist (unsigned acts) and up popped this electronica, synthwave, 80s influences gem of a track. Jordan F is from Sydney and is currently sitting at #2 on the Unearthed Electronica chart. Get this in your party...
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VIDEO: DyE "Fantasy"
(Lolz @ the image they decide to freeze on before you play it…)
This is the video for DyE’s new track Fantasy, a perfect lesson in chill wave. But its the video that’s grabbing attention, well it at least got mine. Done in the kind of anime style, it starts off with a group of kids sneaking in after hours into a swimming pool (which I’ve now added to my bucket list) but...
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disCOVER: Phrase "Tighten Up (The Black Keys...
Triple J’s Like A Version strikes again. We’ve had amazing ones this year already when Owl Eyes covered Pumped Up Kicks and countless others. Here’s Australian rapper Phrase switching it up on The Black Keys’ Tighten Up. The guy doing the main vocals on this is really doing the original justice, and then Phrase spits a story about love. What’s not to like?
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Remix Baby: Death Cab For Cutie "Some Boys (RAC...
Its been a while since we’ve had an RAC remix, but no worries they’ve only gone and delivered another amazing one this time of Some Boys by Death Cab For Cutie.
Death Cab for Cutie - Some Boys (RAC Maury Mix) by Death Cab for Cutie
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VIDEO: Emeli Sande "Daddy"
This is the brand spanking new video for Emeli Sande’s second single Daddy. It is an amazing follow up to one of my songs of the summer Heaven. The video, shot in Vegas, is the story of what happens when you fall in love with a bad boy. I’m expecting great things from Miss Sande. The debut album isn’t out til early next year (boo).
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Martin Solveig: "Big In Japan feat. Dragonette and...
They’ve teamed up again for another slice of dance pop Big In Japan. The beginning is highly reminiscent of the one they did before Hello, but hey that’s no bad thing cause this track will still get you up out of that seat and onto the dancefloor. Happy Weekend!
Martin Solveig - Big In Japan (feat. Dragonette & Idoling!!!) by JustDoHits
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Remix Baby: MIA "Paper Planes (DFA Remix)"
Super late to the table with this remix, by a few years but hey ho. Found this over on Pigeons and Planes where they looked at 10 tracks that have been remixed to death, but this one of the ones that worked out of all those Paper Planes remixes, funkifying this with some electro.
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Album Stream: Florence + Machine "Ceremonials"
Posted about Breaking Down from Ceremonials today. Well, if that wet your appetite for the new album, a chance to stream the album is going to make you really excited. Good thing that Pretty Much Amazing have a stream of Ceremonials then isn’t it. Here it is. Out October 31, pre-order here.
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Slow Club: "If We're Still Alive"
They’re really bringing it on their sophomore album Paradise. First with You, Earth or Ash and now with this which is a little bit more upbeat but still unwaveringly Slow Club. No sophomore slump for this band, if anything they’re going from strength to strength. Paradise is out now and you can get it here
Slow Club - If We’re Still Alive by moshi moshi music
Slow...
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Florence + The Machine: "Breaking Down"
Here’s another one from the new album Cermonials out October 31. A more staight forwardly upbeat track, its quite Kate Bush in a way. Nice little simple and sweet track, can’t wait for this album. Pre-order here.
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Remix Baby: The XX "Crystalized (Neon Lights...
A few days ago we posted up Neon Lights remix of Bon Iver’s Hinnom, TX which is no jokes amazing. Well, they’ve also done a pretty amazing remix of The XX’s Crystalized. It slows down the original with a kind of early 90s chilled house esque and has some cool video game sounding synths added in the break down, its so chilled its almost too cold to touch…
Crystalized...
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Free Download: A Frightened Rabbit EP
Last week Frightened Rabbit popped up on the blog, mainly because I realised that I had been listening to them for ages and wanted all you lovelies to hear it too. Well, this week those kind scottish boys are giving away A Frightened Rabbit EP for FREE. All you gotta do is sign up for their mailing list, right here!
Here’s Work from the EP.
Frightened Rabbit - The Work (Featuring...
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds: "AKA...What A...
Never been the hugest fan of Oasis, or the Gallaghers, (truth be told the whole britpop thing kind of went over my head) but there is something about AKA…What A Life that is special. I think it’s that chorus, the culmination of the song, what it builds up to…it feels kind of special.
Noel Gallagher - AKA… What A Life (radio edit) by Mike Gallagher Hdz
The debut...
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Lana Del Rey: "Video Games"
Super late on this one, but you know when you’ve listened to a song and it doesn’t really do anything for you and then for some reason it comes on randomly (like today on the radio) and finally you get why everyone is falling over themselves about this, yeah that happened.
Apparently coming from next to now where, ‘online sensation’ (she’s got over 2 million hits...
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Two Door Cinema Club: "This Is The Life"
Two Door Cinema Club - This Is The Life by janteeboys
Going to sound super cool right now but heard This Is The Life on the new debenhams’ advert and lo and behold really liked it. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Two Door Cinema Club’s second single, Undercover Martyn it sounded too similar to the brilliant What You Know. But this new one I can get down with, a great indie...
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LIVE: Summer Camp "Ghost Train (Daytrotter...
Love a bit of Daytrotter, and today is no exception as Summer Camp dropped in and recorded a session. Here’s Ghost Train (I wish they had done Better Off Without You as well)
Summer Camp- Ghost Train (Daytrotter Session) by ITYLTSmusic
Download at daytrotter.com
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Album Stream: Phantogram "Nightlife"
After getting super excited about the Nightlife LP, the lovely Phantogram are giving us a preview of the new album over at their facebook page where you can stream a mini Nightlife EP. Earlier today, they gave us another track Nightlife from the upcoming album of the same name, out November 1. If Don’t Move was in the thick of things, this new track is an introspective step back. Check it...
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VIDEO: Stars "Dead Hearts"
This kind of surprised me as I heard Dead Hearts very early this year (on Chuck, has awesome music) and I assumed that I was coming to the Stars party late. Apparently not as the official video for Dead Hearts has just been released. It’s a beautiful video for an even more beautiful song, the vocals and melodies are at the same time sweet and epic. There’s something about the line...
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Random: Bon Iver's Favourite Hip Hop Lyrics
He sends chills down my spine on one of the biggest hip hop records of the last year, Kanye West’s Monster (though really that one is all about Nicki Minaj) and he contributed to one of hip hops most anticipated Watch The Throne, so obviously Rolling Stone asked Justin Vernon what his 5 favourite hip hop lyrics were (naturally).
Here are the 5 he’s chosen… go over to Rolling...
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Metronomy: "Everything Goes My Way"
This has been a big year for Metronomy, their third album The English Riviera has broken them truly into the mainstream and it was Mercury Prize nominated. Everything Goes My Way has been niggling its way into my head over the last few days especially as BBC Radio 6 have been showing a lot of love for it, and rightly so. Everything Goes My Way is a beautiful sweet low key shimmering pop song,...
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LIVE: Bon Iver "Towers (Live on Later with Jools...
Last time Bon Iver was on Jools Holland, he gave a heartwrenching performance of Skinny Love, just him on his own, emotions laid bare. This time around he’s come back bigger with a mini orchestra to perform Towers. If you are seeing him this week, know that I’m very very jealous.
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Body Language: "Seeds of Sight"
The debut album Social Studies is out this week and there is a lot of love for Body Language here. Hooked by their funk, chill wave, tribal indie pop tones this promises to be a great little album. Buy the album here. If you liked Vampire Weekend, Body Language should be right up your street.
Body Language | “Seeds of Sight” by gasosalabcast-spot5
Body Language:...
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Remix Baby: Broken Social Scene "Hotels (Childish...
You won’t find this on the new album Camp and truth be told though its just emerged it was released some time ago, but there’s no denying that its good. Here’s a remix of Broken Social Scene’s Hotels by Mr. Childish Gambino. It’s a dope remix and should wet your appetite for Camp which is due November 15.
Hotel (Page turner Remix) - Broken Social Scene by...
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Coldplay: "Princess of China feat. Rihanna"
So Coldplay’s new album Mylo Xyloto has leaked, and everyone is raging over this one featuring Rihanna. This could be a Rihanna song, but there are certain Coldplay elements. Either way Rihanna holds her own and Coldplay are venturing out, it’s pretty damn good.
Coldplay - Princess Of China (feat. Rihanna) by DJ ERM
Mylo Xyloto is out 24 October, pre-order here.
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Remix Baby: Bon Iver "Hinnom, TX (Neon Lights...
Fresh new remix of Bon Iver’s Hinnom, TX by London’s Neon Lights adding some reverb and some subtle dubstep to this track from Bon Iver’s latest album. Perfect for late nights. (oh and wait for the drop)
Bon Iver “Hinnom, TX (Neon Lights Remix)”
(There’s also a pretty good Crystalized remix on there too)
Neon Lights: Twitter…SoundCloud
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LIVE: Bombay Bicycle Club "Lights Out, Words Gone...
Here is Bombay Bicycle Club in Radio 1’s Live Lounge performing their new single Lights Out, Words Gone. Haven’t stopped playing this song since I heard it, absolutely love everything about it from its chill wave style to its 80s influences. They also did a cover of Lana Del Rey’s Video Games.
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Mash Ups: Kanye West x Washed Out "Diamonds From...
Pigeons and Planes posted up an article yesterday about the top 10 hip hop meets electronic collaborations they would love to see. Lo and behold, today one popped up by Carlos Serrano mashing up Washed Out’s Far Away with Kanye West’s Diamond From Sierra Leone. It makes the iced out track heaps more introspective, its really very good.
(via pigeons and planes)
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Teaser: Thom Yorke's 6Mix Playlist
This Sunday the enigmatic frontman of Radiohead, Thom Yorke will be guiding BBC 6 listeners through his own personal mix of some of his favourite tracks and also some exclusive tracks that didn’t quite make it onto The King Of Limbs. Here’s a 90second teaser for this Sunday (October 16) at 8pm on BBC Radio 6.
Thom Yorke 6 Mix (BBC 6 Music) teaser by 6mix
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disCOVER: Trails and Ways "Midnight City (M83...
With some beautiful pan flutes, other woodwind arrangements and some lovely harmonies, Trails and Ways have turned M83’s electro pop dream into a folksy world music gem. (They also do a pretty mean cover of Miike Snow’s Animal) You download all this lovely stuff from their website.
Trails and Ways “Midnight City (M83 Cover)”
Trails and Ways: BandCamp…Facebook
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Remix Baby: Phantogram "Don't Move feat. Anthem...
“If I crave drama I’ll read up on Macbeth…middle finger up, with my feet up on the desk”
This is the first introduction to New York rapper Anthem that I’ve had, and what an introduction. Spitting witty, insightful rhymes over Phantogram’s newest one Don’t Move, Anthem is getting people excited. His upcoming EP will be out soon, sponsored by our friends...
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Remix Baby: Foster The People "Helena Beat (Jemex...
These guys have gone a long way this past year, performing on Saturday Night Live just last week, joined by the one and only Kenny G. They were the darlings of music blogs everywhere who made it big, and here’s yet another remix. Jemex takes the dance beats of Helena Beat and gives it the chill wave treatment, and its rather nice. Download available by clicking on that little downwards...
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disCOVER: The Temper Trap "Dancing In The Dark...
Triple J’s Like A Version has an amazing way of getting the best out of today’s bands by making them cover some absolute classics. Case in point, The Temper Trap covering my favourite song by The Boss Dancing In The Dark. It’s beautifully simple and Temper Trap put their stamp on it. And also here’s Tegan & Sara doing their take of it too.
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Remix Baby: St. Lucia "The Old House Is Gone (The...
The Knocks’ label Heavy Roc Music signed St. Lucia earlier this year and they must be loving what they’ve got. So much so, they’ve remixed the fantastic The Old House Is Gone adding to it some heavy house beats and a few extra synths here and there. You can download it by clicking on that lovely down arrow, just down there to the right.
St Lucia - The Old House Is Gone (The...
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The Knocks: "Brightside"
Been loving The Knocks all summer, through their remixes and their original stuff. They’re finally releasing a full album and Brighside is the first single from it, out October 19. It’s everything you’ve come to expect from The Knocks; big beats and happy time vocals this will get people on the dancefloor no doubt.
Brightside by The Knocks
The Knocks:...
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Video: James Vincent McMorrow "We Don't Eat"
Here’s the video for the fantastic We Don’t Eat from James Vincent McMorrow. This is the song that got me hooked on JVMcM (this acronym will be a thing). It’s a beautiful song that builds and builds into all kinds of euphoricness. The video is very close and intimate, shots of JCMcM driving late at night, all broody like.
James Vincent McMorrow:...
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Frightened Rabbit: "Swim Until You Can't See Land"
Supporting Death Cab For Cutie, these four boys from Kirkcaldy are getting all kinds of press and recognition. Their most recent album The Winter of Mixed Drinks released back in 2009 included this great track Swim Until You Can’t See Land which was the first single from the album. Frontman Scott Hutchinson’s vocals contain that beautiful soft scottish accent that makes this so easy...
