Artist: Azure Ray

Azure Ray – Sleep

Dec 21, 2011, 3:01am Musical Fruitcake

Azure Ray is a band (duo?) consisting of two very lovely ladies. Oh, and they sing too. - Bill Ryan Azure Ray - Sleep Click the image below to get more Azure Ray through Amazon!

• Azure Ray - Sleep

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Artist:	Azure Ray
Title:	Sleep
Link Text:	Azure Ray - Sleep
File Name:	sleep.mp3
Bitrate:	223 kbps
Genre:	Pop
Year:	2008

Maria Taylor (Azure Ray) Releases Video for "Matador" + Bootleg Video from Cleveland, OH 11/12/11

Nov 22, 2011, 6:45pm BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog

In August, Maria Taylor released her fourth solo disc, Overlook . This new disc is rawer, both in sound and emotion, than Taylor's work with Azure Ray and Now It's Overhead. The music on Taylor's latest disc is a compelling assortment of songs that range from wispy dream-pop to Michelle Shocked-style ragtime Americana to alt-country/folk to pulsing, jagged, alt-rock. Taylor just released the first video from her new disc, which is for the song "Matador" (below). Following this is a bootleg video of "Matador" performed live at The Grog Shop in Cleveland, OH on 11/12/11. [...]

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Maria Taylor (Azure Ray) Plays Solo Show at Mercury Lounge on Nov. 17th (Saddle Creek)

Nov 11, 2011, 9:29pm BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog

In August, Maria Taylor released her fourth solo disc, Overlook . This new disc is rawer, both in sound and emotion, than Taylor's work with Azure Ray and Now It's Overhead, and Taylor produced this disc herself after coming off a year-long writing dry spell. The music on Taylor's latest disc is a compelling assortment of songs that range from wispy dream-pop to Michelle Shocked-style ragtime Americana to alt-country/folk to pulsing, jagged, alt-rock. Note: Ignore the YouTube song title - this is a live performance of "Happenstance" Maria [...]

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Introducing Harouki Zombi

Nov 10, 2011, 9:21am Austin Town Hall

If you've been a follower of the Elephant Six work and the Saddle Creek Records family, then perhaps your introduction to Harouki Zombi might be a bit of a surprise. The duo is comprised of Orenda Fink, who led Azure Ray , not to mention her own solo outings, and also Nina Barnes, wife of Kevin Barnes. Together they've combined to create an interesting piece of art pop, using theatrics (primarily designed by Barnes) and electronic influenced tracks in their performance pieces. Clearly the duo are in [...]

• Harouki Zombie Swamp Theme

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Title:	Harouki Zombie Swamp Theme
Link Text:	Harouki Zombi - Harouki Zombie Swamp Theme
File Name:	Harouki-Zombie-Swamp-Theme.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Maria Taylor: "Overlook" (album review)

Oct 22, 2011, 10:39am Snob's Music

Overlook is the fourth solo album from Azure Ray 's Maria Taylor . Checking in at only 9-tracks, it's a short but sweet effort this time around. Many of the songs, such as "Masterplan" or ""Like It Does", can be described as typically indie pop rock. "This Could Take a Lifetime" comes perilously close to being a cheesy indie love song. Strewn among them though, are a number of stronger entries. "Matador" has an extremely catchy, if short, guitar riff backed by a basic but effective percussion. [...]

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Sóley – I'll Drown

Aug 31, 2011, 2:00pm indie shuffle

Click image to download track Sounds like: Sin Fang, Azure Ray, Joanna Newsom, Cat Power "Sóley - I'll Drown" What's so good? It was exactly 10 seconds into the track "I'll Drown" that I decided I loved Sóley. I didn't even need to hear the rest of the song (although of course I listened to it all the way through... again, and again) - I [...]

• Sóley - I'll Drown

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Artist:	Sóley
Title:	I'll Drown
Link Text:	Sóley - I'll Drown
File Name:	01_soley_illdrown.mp3
Bitrate:	180 kbps

Friday Freebies

Aug 26, 2011, 2:30am Peenko

we're only afraid of NYC In the wake of last weekends fourth AvP gig, it's great to be able to welcome back one of our former acts, Glasgow's finest we're only afraid of NYC. It's been far too long since we've heard anything from the three piece, so their return is a more than welcome one, you can download their new single, 'Walls' for now via their Bandcamp page. The band play King Tuts this coming Sunday (28th August) as part of the series of RocknRoll Damnation nights. They will also be releasing another [...]

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Listen: Tim Kasher Stomps Through Azure Ray Cover

Aug 18, 2011, 3:00pm Cover Me

Listen to Cursive frontman Tim Kasher cover Azure Ray's 'Trees Keep Growing' on his new EP.

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[Album Review/Listen] Maria Taylor – Overlook

Aug 16, 2011, 3:00pm Listen Before You Buy

Tweet "Matador" is the lead single of Maria Taylor's newest solo effort, "Overlook." I'll cut straight to the point: it's the only song on the album really worth listening to. Taylor, who's known for being a part of Azure Ray and sometimes collaborating with Bright Eyes , has put out a wealth of quality work, but none of that shows up here save that one song. "Matador's" interesting layers of instruments - from a striking electric guitar to marimba - and [...]

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New Music Releases For Tuesday 8/16/2011

Aug 16, 2011, 11:26am Music Under Fire

This week provides one of the most robust and talent-heavy weeks in recent memory thanks to artists either teaming up (Mister Heavenly) or going solo (Gold Leaves) with new projects. While Grant Olsen's (Arthur & Yu) Gold Leaves launches for many for the first time, we were fortunate enough to get a hold of The Ornament a month ago and absolutely loved it. Also, the solo work of Here We Go Magic 's Luke Temple has us listening in as he released Don't Act Like You [...]

• Gold Leaves - The Ornament
• Her Space Holiday - Ghost In The Garden
• Luke Temple - Ophelia
• Nero - Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)

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Artist:	Gold Leaves
Title:	The Ornament
Link Text:	Gold Leaves - The Ornament
File Name:	Gold-Leaves-The-Ornament.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Her Space Holiday
Title:	Ghost In The Garden
Link Text:	Her Space Holiday - Ghost In The Garden
File Name:	Her-Space-Holiday-Ghost-In-The -Garden.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2011

Artist:	Luke Temple
Title:	Ophelia
Link Text:	Luke Temple - Ophelia
File Name:	Luke-Temple-Ophelia.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Nero
Title:	Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix)
Link Text:	Nero - Promises (Skrillex and Nero Remix)
File Name:	Nero-Promises-Skrillex-and-Ner o-Remix.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Maria Taylor - "Overlook" CD Review (Saddle Creek)

Aug 12, 2011, 9:59pm BrooklynRocks: NYC Music Blog

Next Tuesday (August 16th), Maria Taylor is releasing Overlook , which is her fourth solo album. This new disc is rawer, both in sound and emotion, than Taylor's work with Azure Ray and Now It's Overhead, and Taylor produced this disc herself after coming off a year-long writing dry spell. Maria Taylor recorded this new disc in her hometown of Birmingham, AL having moved from Los Angeles early last year and her goal was to capture the sound of Alabama and its music scene. Collaborators on Overlook include [...]

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Azure Ray – Self Titled

Aug 10, 2011, 1:17pm Predictably Me

Sometimes you're just a little down and you don't know why. I believe a suitable word is "melancholy"... not too much of anything really, but enough to note it. That's me today. This dreamy duo is made up of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. They're still a band but many of you may know some [...]

• Azure Ray - Rise

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Artist:	Azure Ray
Title:	Rise
Link Text:	Stream
File Name:	azure-ray-rise.mp3
Bitrate:	205 kbps
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2001

Azure Ray's Maria Taylor gives away song "Matador"

Aug 9, 2011, 6:26am Snob's Music

You probably know Maria Taylor as one half of indie darlings Azure Ray. Well, on August 16th she's out on her own with the release of her solo album Overlook. Download the second MP3 from the album, "Matador", here:

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Big Deal – 13 (Big Star Cover)

Aug 4, 2011, 9:54am indie shuffle

Click image to download more songs by this artist Sounds like: Jenny and Johnny, Pascal Pinon, She & Him "Big Deal - 13 (Big Star Cover)" What's so good? Is there anything better than some male/female overlapping vocals? I mean, really. It works for The xx, and it definitely works for Big Deal, coincidentally also UK natives. However, Big Deal is less dark electro pop [...]

• Big Deal - 13 (Big Star Cover)

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Artist:	Big Deal
Title:	13 (Big Star Cover)
Link Text:	Big Deal - 13 (Big Star Cover)
File Name:	bigdeal13bigstarcover.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2011

what i am listening to right now: maria taylor's ladyluck

May 15, 2011, 12:33pm Captain's Dead

sometimes, well actually most of the time, unless a name is ingrained into my tiny brain, i have a hard time remembering names. i happened to see jason isbell talking to a young lady by the name of maria taylor on twitter this morning. assuming isbell keeps good company, i figured out i would check out the first record of hers i could get my hands on, and that happened to be her 2010 release, lady luck . now after listening to the first three/four songs i figured i'd google her, and see what she's [...]

• Maria Taylor - LadyLuck

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Artist:	Maria Taylor
Title:	LadyLuck
Link Text:	ladyluck
File Name:	01-LadyLuck.mp3
Bitrate:	246 kbps
Genre:	Indie
Year:	2009

Songs You Probably Heard On Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Part II

Mar 25, 2011, 2:45pm The Ruckus

Last week's Top Five was all about the songs that you probably heard on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in seasons one through four. Today, we're back with part two in the series, with our top five songs that you probably heard on Buffy the Vampire Slayer in seasons five through seven. Picking a mere five songs out of the dozens of great ones which were featured during the last few seasons of the series was a difficult task, especially with bands like The Misfits, The Ramones, and The Shins making an appearance. But manage we [...]

• Michelle Branch - Goodbye To You » michelle-branch---goodbye-to-you.mp3
• Aimee Mann - This Is How It Goes
• Azure Ray - Displaced
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - I've Got A Theory, Bunnies, If We're Together
• random - pure volume - Bohemian Like You

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Link Text:	Michelle Branch - Goodbye To You
File Name:	michelle-branch---goodbye-to-y ou.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Aimee Mann
Title:	This Is How It Goes
Link Text:	Aimee Mann - This Is How It Goes
File Name:	thisishowitgoes.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Genre:	newage

Artist:	Azure Ray
Title:	Displaced
Link Text:	Azure Ray - Displaced
File Name:	azure_ray_displaced.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Genre:	Various

Artist:	Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Title:	I've Got A Theory, Bunnies, If We're Together
Link Text:	Buffy Cast - I've Got A Theory/Bunnies
File Name:	02-ive-got-a-theory-bunnies-if -were-together.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	random - pure volume
Title:	Bohemian Like You
Link Text:	Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You
File Name:	dandy-warhols---bohemian-like- you.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2000

Azure Ray - Silverlake (feat. Sparklehorse)

Mar 10, 2011, 1:05pm gbabuts

Azure Ray - Silverlake (feat. Sparklehorse)

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Preach Auwn

Mar 2, 2011, 7:15pm New England Royalty

Preach Auwn Here's some Weds. rap-up tunes since we've been slacking around these parts. Blame the midterms, but just know that there is a new HGH on the horizon. We got some leftovers from Techno Tuesday, including some nice mashups from an up-and-comer out of TCU by the name of Sean Hodes. Also on deck, is Josh Smith with a quality track as well as an awesome remix of everyone favorite person to follow on twitter. Follow us on twitter: @neroyalty [...]

• Josh Smith - Lady
• Mark Morrison - Return of the mack (Guy Gadbois Remix)
• Sean Hodes - 02 Ill.mp3
• Sean Hodes - Hood Graduation
• Tyler, The Creator - French (Toro y Moi Remix)

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Artist:	Josh Smith
Title:	Lady
Link Text:	Josh Smith - Lady
File Name:	Lady.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Genre:	Hip-Hop

Artist:	Mark Morrison
Title:	Return of the mack (Guy Gadbois Remix)
Link Text:	Mark Morrison - Return of The Mack (Guy Gadbois Remix)
File Name:	Mark-Morrison-Return-of-the-ma ck-Guy-Gadbois-Remix.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	French Cuisine
Year:	2011

Artist:	Sean Hodes
Link Text:	Sean Hodes - Ill (Azure Ray x Lil Wayne)
File Name:	02 Ill.mp3
Year:	2011

Artist:	Sean Hodes
Title:	Hood Graduation
Link Text:	Sean Hodes - Hood Graduation (Vitamin C x Gorilla Zoe)
File Name:	01 Hood Graduation.mp3
Genre:	Pop
Year:	2011

Artist:	Tyler, The Creator
Title:	French (Toro y Moi Remix)
Link Text:	Tyler, The Creator - French (Tory y Moi Remix)
File Name:	French-Toro-y-Moi-Remix.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Azure Ray im Papiersaal (Tickets zu gewinnen)

Feb 19, 2011, 5:00am »78s

Die vier Alben schweren Amerikanerinnen spielen am Donnerstag in Zürich. Wer bei der Verlosung Glück hat, kriegt die musikalische Seelenmassage geschenkt. Sieben Jahre Wartezeit für das vierte Album "Drawing Down the Moon" mutete das Duo der Welt zu. In dieser Ewigkeit mischte Orenda Fink bei Art in Manila und O + S mit, während Maria Taylor mehrere Solo-Alben veröffentlichte. Laut Pressemeldungen haben sich die zwei Schönstimmen nie zerstritten und so veröffentlichte Azure Ray im vergangenen Jahr eine weitere Führung durch ihre Tagträume, in die man sich [...]

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Friday Freebies

Feb 4, 2011, 8:00am Peenko

Fleet Foxes On Monday night the Internet went officially bat shit crazy for a few hours with the exciting news that the Fleet Foxes are coming back, with a new album and massive tour (no Scottish date yet). As a taster of what you can expect from their new material they are giving away their amazing new track ' Helplessness Blues ' for free, if this is anything to go by then boy are we in for a treat. The Streets Love him or hate him, I think it's fair to say [...]

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