news von sinnbus, die wir gerne präsentieren, um die band wurde schon allerhand berechtigter bohei betrieben, das dritte album "what?" erscheint auf sinnbus am 18. märz und wird natürlich auch mittels tour beworben, daten siehe unten: bodi bill - hotel die letzten matinée news wiesen mir aus, dass ich beim diesjährigen jahrespoll nicht gewonnen hätte, ärgerlich, denn ein paar scheiben aus dem backkatalog fehlen mir noch, dafür sind nun champagne riot teil der gemeinde und zudem wird es im februar die erste dvd, natürlich von einem the lucksmiths [...]

New Sounds of Note Song of the Day Alexi Murdoch - Towards The Sun Born in London and raised in Scotland, Greece and France before attending school in North Carolina, Alexi Murdoch [...]

City Slang just announced the signing of half greek / half scottish Singer/Songwriter Alexi Murdoch and the release of his second album " Towards The Sun ". Alexi is already well-known in the US for the 9 tracks that he contributed to the soundtrack of " Away We Go " (Directed by Sam Mendes) besides Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, George Harrison & the Stranglers. Download the title track now via City Slang: Free Mp3: Alexi Murdoch - Towards The Sun [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Jason Kempin, Getty Images Austin has SXSW, New York has CMJ and San Francisco has Noise Pop . The lesser known of those citywide music conferences, Noise Pop is a spiraling six-day celebration of indie artists, music and culture that takes place throughout various San Francisco music venues, cinema houses and boutiques every February. Conference organizers announced the preliminary lineup of artists for the 2011 edition on [...]
With all the great exposure given to the exceptionally talented Brit neo-folk singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch over the past few years we were beginning to wonder when we were going to actually see the full release of Towards the Sun , his first album since the breakout '06 debut Time Without Consequence . Beginning with a few post- Time tracks that have appeared most notably on the soundtrack to the Sam Mendes film Away We Go , the new seven-track project has been available only from Murdoch directly on-line or at his live gigs -- [...]

Lynn Rosenblood From: Santa Monica, California, US Day 4 (which you have to say in a geordie accent) of the Devil's week long interview extravaganza and after the dance histrionics of the absolutely not square Not Squares today's interview heads in a much more classical direction with Canadian songstress Lynn Rosenblood. Lynn has taken time out from stretching her tonsils to tell the Devil about her love of opera singers, Sufjan Stevens and er, fucked up family dynamics! The Devil [...]
"Ask yourself this, Chuck. Are you a spy, or a guy with a spy girlfriend." - Rye Stop me if you've heard this one before: Chuck loses the intersect. Sarah might be the reason he can't access it anymore. Chuck without the intersect isn't a real spy. Too soon to say if this is bad, played out, or just a sub par set up for a better Richard Chamberlain-led finish. Meanwhile, it was nice having a mini Firefly reunion with Summer Glau and Adam Baldwin, but otherwise it was [...]
Filed under: The Hit List Christina Aguilera 's new movie, ' Burlesque ,' continues a long tradition, from ' Jailhouse Rock ' to ' Purple Rain ' to ' The Bodyguard ,' of singers starring in movies for which they also dominate the soundtrack. Which got us thinking about singers who have defined the sound and spirit of an entire film without ever appearing onscreen. [...]
Photography by Amelia [well, actually by my friend Laura, 'cause that's me in the picture, but it was on my phone so I'm taking credit] This is a mixtape about a triangle. A Troublesome Trio, Three Amigos. Side one is from a Brokenhearted Boy's perspective, about the girl who broke his heart. Side two is from a Gloomy Girl's perspective, who happens to love Brokenhearted Boy. The missing side of the triangle is the Other Girl, the friend to both who started causing all the trouble. So since Brokenhearted Boy is sad about the Other Girl and Gloomy [...]

One thing I have noticed in the past couple years is the lack of duets between male and female songwriters. I can count on my hands how many memorable ones I've heard - there is the sickeningly cute and horribly overplayed ' Lucky ' by Colbie Caillat & Jason Mraz, the aptly name ' Duet ' featuring Rachael Yamagata and Ray LaMontagne (I still want to review his new album...), the perfectly harmonized ' Paperweight ' by Schuyler Fisk & Joshua Radin, the catchy but anti-romantic ' You Don't Know me ' by Regina Spektor and Ben Folds, the heartfelt [...]

Verona De Tessant : Burt, are we fuck-ups? Burt Farlander : No! What do you mean? Verona De Tessant : I mean, we're 34... Burt Farlander : I'm 33. Verona De Tessant : ...and we don't even have this basic stuff figured out. Burt Farlander : Basic, like how? Verona De Tessant : Basic, like how to live. [...]
With all the great exposure given to the exceptionally talented Brit neo-folk singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch over the past couple of years we were beginning to wonder when we were going to see the full release of his latest album Towards the Sun , his first since the breakout '06 full-length debut Time Without Consequence . Beginning with a few post- Time tracks that have appeared most notably on the soundtrack to the Sam Mendes film Away We Go , the new seven-track project has been available only from Murdoch directly on-line or at his [...]

At the risk of sounding like the meteorologists that seems to get it right, only 50% of the time, but I see nothing but blue skies for the rest of the week. Spring maybe around the corner, but it's been a bit damp/snowy 'round these parts, and I put together another "Sad Bastard" mix for your listening pleasures. Alexi Murdoch-All My Days Dexateens -Can You Whoop It She & Him -Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want Yo La Tengo -When It's Dark Blitzen [...]

There’s something oddly warm about foggy, frigid days, dontcha think? (Maybe I’m just saying that because I’m plopped indoors with the heat cranked up.) Alexi Murdoch is a great accompaniment for days such as this. Enjoy some of his recent songs from the Away We Go soundtrack: Alexi Murdoch - “All of My Days” Alexi Murdoch - “Wait” — Basil

I'm gonna keep it as short as the previous ones, just because it's already the 7th of January. I should be listening to 500 2010 records right now! I promised myself I'd provide more regular updates, maybe in a different form than I used to. Oh, and I'll finish my unknown bands from last decade list. Eventually. 20. La Strada - La Strada (EP) ( Ernest Jenning Recording Company ) What? The New [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! Today's the big day! The holiday that we wait all year long for. Am I the only one who isn't feeling Christmas spirit at all this year? I know that as you get older, your feelings on Christmas change, but honestly it is really lacking something this year! It is really sad to think about!!! I miss the old Chrismas's where you tried to fall asleep early, hoping that Santa brought all of your gifts. Life was simpler when we still believed in Santa. Christmas was a lot more colorful back then! I guess for [...]
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Though this site is pretty much exclusively devoted to music and music coverage, on occasion I like to make mention of a great movie that's coming out, or in the case of Listmas, like to give credit to my favorite independent films released this past calendar year. Typically every year there's a fair share of smaller movies that come out which don't always make it to the wider marketplace/tiny towns where some of us with discerning tastes might live. I don't know about you, but I'm not always willing to travel 30-40 minutes to see a critically acclaimed independent film [...]

Beginning in college, I went through a phase of creating and updating "immediate sleep playlists". The playlists are meant to do exactly what you would think, which is to deliver you in your REM sleep state as fast as possible. Personal favorites of my immediate sleep collection have been posted previously, so check out Explosions in the Sky and Bon Iver for a taste. My friend Decent was a huge proponent of the sleep playlists, and he played a large role in finding some of the insanely obscure sleep songs. The other day he [...]

Exploring the comedic twists and emotional turns in one couple’s journey across contemporary America, Away We Go is the new movie from Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes, from the first original screenplay by novelists Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida, and featuring the music of singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch. Away We Go soundtrack features three previously unreleased Murdoch songs: “Towards The Sun,” “The Ragged Sea,” and the bonus track “Crinan Wood.” On the soundtrack, Murdoch finds himself in fine company with classics from Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, George Harrison, and The Stranglers. [...]

On Friday, the SyFy channel unveiled its latest addition from the Stargate franchise, Stargate: Universe to high ratings, showing that the third series has a good potential at life for the newly relaunched channel. This new version is an enormous leap forward for the series, evolving characters, storylines and the entire universe in which the show is set to bring about what looks to be [...]