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Ellie Goulding, Lights
Posted by Justin on March 1st, 2010 | No Comments
The highly anticipated debut by Ellie Goulding has come forth. Lights is a folksy, electronic jamboree filled with obscure lyrics, hooks and melodies that are catchy as hell and some pretty good beats. Check out both Shan’s review and mine after the jump, including our picks for outstanding tracks.
Jonsi, Go Do
Posted by Justin on February 27th, 2010 | No Comments
It’s what I do – pick random, obscure music. If Bjork were a boy – she’d be Jonsi. Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson is the lead singer of Sigur Ros who is venturing into the world of solo artistry. Interesting facts? Blind in his right eye. He’s openly gay and his boyfriend does much of the artwork for Sigur Ros and they even made an album together. He’s a vegetarian.
Now, the music/the art. His first single from his solo album, Go, is called Go Do and the video is pretty intense. I will say this of the Icelandic people – they are truly in tune with the environment and nature more so than I sense other people are. Probably because they are thrown into an intense bit of climate and live on volcanic islands in the northern Atlantic. Hodge-podge ensues. This music, or style of music, will not be for everyone’s taste as it is unconventional and veers from most pop structures, etc. Regardless, I still enjoy something about it. The lightness, that’s what I enjoy about it. Just seems like a song that makes you want to run in tall grass at dusk in the summer. Check out the video for the planning of his live show – it looks amazing.
Totally Fresh: Chew Lips
Posted by Justin on February 25th, 2010 | No Comments
If you haven’t realized by now, I’m always on the search for new music. Something fun, something unique, something interesting. I came across this pop-dance-rock band called Chew Lips that I’m a little bit smitten with. Hailing from the UK, Chew Lips is a dance/pop trio led by singer Tigs – yes, Tigs. Well, I’m in love with Tigs’ voice. It reminds me at times of kd lang, which is a total compliment. The production is minimal, clean and direct. It’s not overdone and that’s what makes it brilliant.
Their debut album Unicorn was just released in the UK in January and received a 4/5 rating from Q magazine, so pretty impressive. They formed in 2008 and released some songs throughout 2009, namely their claim to fame record Solo and Salt Air, neither of which are featured on their album oddly enough. The latest single is Play Together. Check out some videos after the jump.
Tracks I’d recommend: Eight, Karen, Seven (which musically reminds me of Janet’s So Much Betta during the verses = great), Piano Song. Hell, the whole album is good.
Have a little Faith in me
Posted by Justin on February 20th, 2010 | No Comments
Paloma Faith has been on my radar for a minute. Because I loved the song New York. But she’s just released a new song/video for the track Upside Down, a midtempo cut from her album Do You Want The Truth or Something Beautiful? Paloma has a unique voice and look, that’s for sure, as evidenced in all of her videos. Let’s watch, shall we?
Dangerous Muse, I Want It All
Posted by Justin on February 13th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Dangerous Muse may be the most overhyped band of the last 5 years that never put out an album. I mean, The Rejection was nearly pop/dance perfection on a dime. And Give Me Danger, lyrically, still is intriguing.
Randomly, I became penpals with Tom and always checked in to see the status of their album, which was finished nearly a year ago but apparently there was some disagreement between band and the label, so the album went into limbo (or on the shelf). I think they are now going to an independent label to distribute the album. This song just doesn’t hook me immediately like their other tracks have and I have no clue when we’ll get the album. So just enjoy the S&M inspired clip, I know I did. Check out other DM stuff after the jump.
Antigone, Antigoneland
Posted by Justin on February 10th, 2010 | 2 Comments
Antigoneland is one of my favorite albums of 2009. Again, no one else probably heard it. Or at least they didn’t in the US. It is a funky-ass album of killer hooks, grooves, synths and is one of those albums that seemingly encapsulates an entire evening. It’s also one of the few albums I can play through in its entirety. Think Kylie meets Roisin meets Alison Goldfrapp. What a melting pot that is.
Infusing her jazz background into disco, Antigone worked with Justin Shave (a regular collaborator with Darren Hayes) to put together this 11 track download-only release. Why download only? Antigone has said that she wanted to let the music promote itself, and moved back to Australia last year after a residence in London to concentrate on a number of different projects. If you love pop music that sounds like dance and dance music that sounds like pop, you’ll probably like Antigone.
Cheryl Cole, Parachute remixes
Posted by Justin on February 7th, 2010 | No Comments
The remixes for Parachute have come out and they are…unique.
The Buzz Junkies remixes are dancefloor killers, just heightening the drama of the original and standout as the best of the bunch (I loved their remix of Natalie Imbruglia’s Want). The Ill Blue remixes are a bit more merengue flavored with some blips and boops added in. However, the Self-Taught Beats Remix and the Euphonix Remix totally rework the song and I love when a remix does that. While Self-Taught Beats makes it more of a hip-hop affair, it doesn’t improve upon the original track with the chorus falling a bit flat – but the bridge is great with the beat behind it. The Euphonix remix changes the structure of the verses and chorus completely and adds some eery piano and the bridge brings in some synthy runs. It’s hard to get used to this one.
Since the Buzz Junkies is serving the web as the most popular version, I’ll opt for the Self-Taught Beats mix to let you taste. Check out the gorgeous video on our other post and check out her ‘live’ performance of the song after the cut.
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