December 2011
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Live: The Ridges (Daytrotter Session) + INTERVIEW
Making folk music on an atmospheric and epic level is what The Ridges do best, and I’m not the only one who’s noticed. This past week The Ridges played a live session with the probably already legendary Daytrotter website. The set is just beautiful, no bones about it. Check it out and download for free right here.
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE. I interviewed Victor Rasgaitis from...
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The xx: "Open Eyes"
The xx started up a website a while ago to chuck things out as and when during their work on the followup to their extraordinary debut album. Today there’s the first glimpse of some of this material with the demo for Open Eyes. It’s minimalist and for The xx that’s saying something. Its super raw, but getting excited for the sophomore.
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disCOVER: Quadron "Ex Factor (Lauryn Hill Cover)"
Oh yes, this is an amazingly beautiful cover of the amazingly beautiful original by the one and only Lauryn Hill.
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disCOVER: Sunday Girl "Where Is My Mind (The...
I’ve seen the name Sunday Girl pop up here and there in various different places. She is following the footsteps of a few female British singer songwriters like Goldfrapp and Ellie Goulding and making some major noise in the right places. She turns The Pixie’s dark and ominous Where Is My Mind into something that has heart and is really quite beautifully put together. (She’s...
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VIDEO: Lana Del Rey "Off To The Races"
At the moment Lana Del Rey’s debut album is one of the albums I am waiting most for in 2012. Luckily, it comes out at the end of January so there is not too long a wait. After Video Games and Born To Die, here comes Off To The Races which gives us another Lana Del Rey to understand. While the attitude has always been there, this one is in much more in your face with it rather than be all...
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The Weeknd: Echoes Of Silence
It sure is Christmas when The Weeknd decides to drop the final part of his mixtape trilogy three days before the day. Echoes Of Silence is now available to download from his website here so get to it. Here’s a cover of Michael Jackson’s Dirty Diana from it…oh my.
(via Sunset In The Rearview)
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VIDEO: Arcade Fire "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond...
It’s been a hot minute since Arcade Fire released the grammy award winning The Suburbs but finally a video has been released for Sprawls II. Arcade Fire are always a highlight of anything they do and they are one of the best bands I have ever seen live. Not only have they given us this visual treat they’ve also set up an interactive way to get involved with the video which you can...
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VIDEO: Lana Del Rey "Born To Die"
After posting an audio preview of Born To Die a few weeks back, news started to trickle through of the actual video for Lana Del Rey’s second single. There were going to be a tiger, a castle in France and a sexy model. It has all this and more including TWO TIGERS, a slow motion walking away from a flaming wreck of a car and a ridiculously hot model that she gets with lots and lots. Plus...
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Remix Baby: Blood Orange "Champagne Coast (Clock...
I came to Blood Orange a little late not even realising that he featured and produced one of my favourite tracks of the year Theophilus London’s Flying Overseas. But then I heard Sutphin Boulevard and fell in love. Another one of my favourites from the year Clock Opera have been remixing here there and everywhere and now they’ve put their magic touch to Blood Orange’s Champagne...
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VIDEO: Little Tybee "Boxcar Fair"
Little Tybee - “Boxcar Fair” from Little Tybee on Vimeo.
I posted a whiles back on the gorgeous Little Tybee, a folk fivesome from North Carolina. Their debut Humorous to Bees was just beautiful, full of rich arrangements and sweet vocals. Now they’re back with an amazing video for Boxcar Fair which is from their upcoming album due next year. The visual for Boxcar Fair was six...
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Professor Pigeon: "Pilot"
Beautiful folk/indie stuff right now from Professor Penguin, a group from London. If you want to be whisked away to somewhere lovely and nice for three minutes, then listen to this. Beautiful vocal arrangements over lush instrumentation, Professor Penguin have it all. Pilot is from their debut album Planes due in 2012. You can grab a free download of Pilot from their website.
Pilot by...
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Remix Baby: Bon Iver "Towers (Sango Remix)"
Another remix of Bon Iver’s Towers from the latest album. Posted a whiles back on a Towers remix by Karma Kid, which was pretty good. As its the festive season, here’s another one by Sango. Adding in a punchy hip hop beat and chopping up vocals here and there this is nice.
Bon Iver - Towers (Sango Remix) by SangoBeats
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The National: "Rylan"
The National made some big noise this last week debuted two brand new tracks Rylan and I Need A Girl on Canadian radio station Q and performed with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on a track from The National’s amazing album High Violet. The last time The National released something new it was Exile Vilify, which was beautiful…and they’re keeping up standards.
Here are the...
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Remix Baby: Foster The People "Helena Beat (Com...
Oh my. Now I’ve heard a few Foster The People remixes this year, well a lot actually but this one is so smoooooooooth. The original doesn’t kick in for the longest time and its just full of synthy goodness that makes you feel all warm inside. Com Truise is amazing in his own right so check that ish out.
Foster The People - Helena Beat (Com Truise Remix) by Com Truise
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San Cisco: "Awkward"
San Cisco had one of my favourite songs of the summer Golden Revolver and now this aussie band are back with a punchy follow up Awkward. The opening is very like Two Door Cinema Club and then the vocals kick in with tonnes of attitude as the boy and girl lead singer trade spars with each other. This is from the upcoming Awkward EP out February 2012.
Awkward - San Cisco by...
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LIVE: Foster The People at NPR's Tiny Desk...
What a year 2011 has been for Foster The People. Pumped Up Kicks was the song of the summer and Torches is popping up in a lot of best of the year lists. Somehow I managed to miss their Tiny Desk Concert session on NPR. I love these things, they’re such a good showcase for artists. All beautifully stripped back, FTP play Houdini, Helena Beat and Pumped Up Kicks.
So sit back and enjoy on...
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Miike Snow: "Devil's Work"
Starting with some 90s dance piano chords and then comes in the familiar vocals, Miike Snow is back ladies and gentlemen. Zane Lowe had the first play of new stuff Devil’s Work and it has gone down a storm. The new album isn’t out til 2012 so this is to wet your appetite until then. The new album will be the follow up to the magnificent debut Miike Snow and I can’t bloody...
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Air: "Seven Stars ft. Beach House's Victoria...
Am super excited about this, something brand new from France’s pioneering electro duo Air. Ever since Moon Safari I have adored these guys, they just make simply beautiful music (Run, La Femme D’Argent, Playground Love, Sexy Boy and Alone In Kyoto to name a few). This is the first thing for people to hear from their new project Le Voyage Dans La Lune (Journey To The Moon), a...
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disCOVER: Alex Winston "Everlasting Light (The...
Today The Black Key’s latest El Camino arrived and it is bloody brilliant and as an added bonus news arrived of a debut album from Alex Winston along with this cover of The Black Keys Everlasting Light. I’ve been a big fan of Alex Winston since I heard Choice Notes and Sister Wife. She’s made a helluva lot of noise without releasing a full length debut until now and King Con is...
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Cœur de Pirate: "Printemps"
Lovely little bit of French Canadian music for you to brighten up your Monday from Quebecian Cœur de Pirate. Printemps is a gorgeous upbeat track, think Fiest/Regina Spektor but French Canadian. (She also did a beautiful cover of The Weeknd’s Wicked Games)
Printemps by daretocarerecords
Printemps is from Cœur de Pirate. Her new album Blonde is out now.
Cœur de Pirate:...
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disCOVER: Steffaloo "First Day Of My Life (Bright...
This is a stupidly sweet cover of an already pretty damn sweet song by Bright Eyes. Steffaloo covers First Day Of My Life with the help of an acoustic guitar and a glockenspiel and its just gorgeous. Not the only cover, she’s also tackled Katy Perry’s I Kissed A Girl, Justin Timberlake’s My Love and classic Over The Rainbow.
Steffaloo “First Day Of My Life (Bright Eyes...
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The Good Natured: "Video Voyeur"
Have been loving everything I hear from The Good Natured ever since that feature on Adrian Lux’s new one Alive. If you liked Skeleton go get involved with their newest Video Voyeur which you can download for free once you like their FB page.
Video Voyeur by The Good Natured
The Good Natured: Website…Facebook…Twitter…Buy
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Lana Del Rey: "Born To Die"
There has been so much hype over her first single, Video Games that everyones been eagerly awaiting new tracks to see if she can live up to the hype and yeah she can. Over a beat that wouldn’t sound out of place on the new Drake album that grows into a beautiful anthemic chorus, Born To Die is another gorgeous song from an artist that I am super excited about.
Born To Die is out 23...
