Wegen des großen Erfolges des ersten Teils meines kleinen Rückblicks auf die Shoegazeszene der letzten ca. 20 Jahre kommt heute auch schon der zweite, in dem ich Euch die kanadische Band An April March (nicht zu verwechseln mit der Sängerin April March!) vorstellen will. Wieder ziemlich obskur und leider weitgehend unbekannt geblieben, hat diese Band auf ihrem 1997er Album «It goes without saying» ein paar wundervolle Dreampop-artige Songs in die Welt gesetzt, von denen besonders «My reverie» ein Knaller erster Kajüte ist, den ich auch heute noch gerne höre. Die Band wurde 1989 in [...]
7:00 am : My morning playlist was determined by all the people I follow on tumblr. Ever since I learned how to press play once to let all the mp3s on my dashboard play, I've been doing this a lot more. So, this is what tumblr was into as of 7:00 am this morning—quite poppy! Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: Kentucky Hills of Tennessee Joni Mitchell: California The Ramones: My Back Pages The Shins: Australia Jimmy Eat World: [...]
Yup, here's another one, I'm gonna keep making these posts until I feel like I have enough people helping out. Some site owners just want it be all about them being in control and posting, which is fine, but I have so many ideas and get so much good music that I want to feature on the site that it's too much for the small (but excellent) team I have at the moment, I don't want anything to slip through the cracks because I can't keep up with it. 2010 was my first year with LBYB [...]
Moving from an actual Frenchman to someone who just wears it well. While this one's sung in English, it earns style points courtesy of production from the very smooth customer Benjamin Burgalat. It's uniquely dreamy and also a little overloaded at the same time, the usual problem when you try to recreate yesterday's atmosphere with today's tools. Which are fast becoming yesterday's tools. How weird to feel nostalgic for 2003. April March - Somewhere Up Above
Mark Ronson has been putting out some great tunes this year (as always) in advance of his newest album Record Collection coming out next month (remember that killer tune with our girl MNDR?). And my favorite thus far might be this little 2 minute 30 second ditty featuring the spot-on flows of the one and only Ghostface Killah . It's definitely got a total old school feel which almost instantly reminded my of another old-school flavored track I love, April March 's "Chick Habit", which I thankfully was reminded of recently by my [...]
The thing is I don't know when to shut my mouth. That's the problem. Sky Ferreira is an 'it' girl. Immortalized by the industry's top photographers ( Rankin , for instance, took the snapshot above), suited and styled by the most desirable modern couturiers, and produced by arguably the biggest names in the music industry, the 17-year-old Los Angeles native has certainly made a name for herself far before ever...well, making a name for herself. Yet. After sending out a MySpace message to Swedish power pop producers [...]
![[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week – July 12th](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2679610_lg.jpg)
If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the past week [...]
Mientras los Stereolab deciden regresar (tiene un par de años que no tenemos noticias de ellos, aunque se editará un disco de música nueva en los próximos meses), Laetitia Sadier , parte medular de la banda, lanzará su primer disco oficial de solista. El disco en cuestión se titula " The Trip " e incluye colaboraciones de Richard Swift, April March, Julien Gasc y Emmanuel Mario, quienes ya habían trabajado con ella en un proyecto de banda previo titulado Monade . El disco incluye covers de Wendy & Bonnie y Les Rita Mitsouko . ¿Les suenan? La cantante iniciará una gira para promocionar [...]
According to Jake Ryan, this is the coolest shirt in Manchester. I agree. PLAYLIST: The Smiths - London Blur - Fool's Day Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken Art Brut - Formed A Band Lilys - A Nanny In Manhattan Two Lone Swordsmen - Get Out Of My Kingdom Dead Cowboys - Twin Evil Stars McCarthy - Celestial City The Ruling Class - Flowers Prolapse - Move To Limit Slabs The Arcade Fire - Black Mirror (Full-Source Remix) All [...]
Watching But I'm A Cheerleader last weekend also reminded me of this song, which is amazing. The original version was composed by Serge Gainsbourg (father of Charlotte Gainsbourg ) and performed by France Gall. It roughly translates to "Leave the Girls Alone," an obvious plea to a boyfriend or ex to stop fucking around. It's a classic " you'll get yours " song. There's a full translation here [...]
![[Listen] – #MusicMonday – 20 Songs Of The Week – March 1st](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/2378745_lg.jpg)
If you're unaware of what Music Monday is, it's a Twitter recommendation system where users of Twitter share their favourite music, artists, genres, etc in order to not only find new music themselves but help others find new music too. Using the hashtag (#) followed by "MusicMonday" you can easily find new music posted by the thousands of people making recommendations each week. Every #MusicMonday I upload a playlist of 20 songs that I've been listening to (new and old) over the [...]
During the recording sessions for her first solo album Paris in April in 1994, Elinor Blake finally transformed into her second self: April March. Though the title of the album and the choice of songs tell everything about the hommage concept, the sound, produced in Glendale, Tarzana, and Hollywood, is unmistakably more KROQ rock station than Radio France, and still deeply rooted in Elinor's retro garage affections. Brainwash Part II, a cover of Gainsbourg's Chez les yé-yé, redefines Serge's light proto-funk francais with droning fuzz guitar, while Moto Shagg, the English language version of Dani's innocent La fille [...]
um die versäumnisse (um nicht zu sagen verfehlungen ) der letzten wochen ein bisschen nachzuholen bzw gutzumachen gibt es von heute an mindestens eine woche lang jeden tag mindestens zwei lieder mit oder ohne bonusergötzung. los gehts! [player] april march - cet air-la [player] the big bopper - chantily lace diese beiden außerordentlich guten lieder habe ich in hamburg wiederentdeckt, in meinem ehemaligen kinderzimmer habe ich angefangen, alte, nie gehörte cds zu sichten. und nun freue ich mich, wieder [...]
Let's get back on track: we're recording our first Podcast, produced and mixed!! Yay!! Yes, we're fancy. And no, it's not in English. Sorry. So, just to compensate it, we'll produce Mixtapes and we'll try to read all of our e-mails of new bands and so on. It's a promise. Here's more French stuff for you, after some Serge and Jane. And also because it's the Year of France in Brazil (and I wonder if Brazil will have another year in France). Novamente, mais dias sem postar nada. Eita... mas pelo menos desta vez [...]
Une virée dès plus excitante dans notre "douce France". arielle dombasle -à la néanderthal- brigitte fontaine -je suis inadaptée- april march -mon petit ami- bernard lavilliers -les aventures extraordinaires d'un billet de banque- dominique a -le bruit blanc de l'été- et parce que j'ai envi d'être chamboulé: franz ferdinand -katherine kiss me- m. ward -blake's view-
Laisse tomber les filles Mes (plus si petites, niark) nièces délirent sur cette track. Un morceau qu'on trouve dans la BO d'un film dont j'ai oublié le nom. Je le leur demanderai à mes (plus si petites, double niark) nièces. Originale écrite par Gainsbourg pour France Gall. Cette version est chantée en français par une californienne installée à New York. Cette fille férue de French culture s'appelle April March . Pourtant en écoutant ça on a plutôt envie de partir à la découverte de jolies filles en jupe vichy, [...]
April March and Steve Hanft (Los Angeles, CA/New York, NY) [MP3] April March and Steve Hanft - Flashback Pt II There is something innocently Parisian about April March's delicate voice and ingenious song writing. Maybe that's why her resume reads like a "Who Who's Of American Cinematic Pop." April March has collaborated with the likes of Brian Wilson, Ronnie Spector, and Jonathan Richman.
You're going to see the reason why. April March - Chick Habit
Kind of like that jingle for Flinstone's Vitamins, although we're not 10 million strong quite yet. But we did just record our 100,000th visitor to the land of the Beast. Congratulations to some fortunate soul in East Sussex, Brighton (UK) who searched for Ladyhawke on elbo.ws, thus becoming the lucky milestone guest. Celebrations are at a minimal other than providing you with an utter random assortment of songs, cause frankly, it's what we do best. From me to you, have 26 tracks, one for each letter of the [...]
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