Bell X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway Well at least the single 'The Great Defector', which is as close to Talking Heads as you'll ever get. Even moreso than David Byrne's album with Brian Eno last year. It's a great little song, but it's not the direction I had hoped for. They'll never make an album as good as their first two. Totally different records than this or the last one, Flock , but both are oh, so good. Jason Isbell [...]
Na quarta semana do novo ano, as novidades musicais continuam a aparecer como cogumelos, alguns são imperdíveis, enquanto outros surpreendem. Nesta semana o que mais gostaram de ouvir? Contem-me tudo. The Bird and the Bee Ray Guns Are Not Just The Future website | myspace The Bird And The Bee - Love Letter To Japan [...]
I'd call myself a casual Duncan Sheik fan. I may have written about this in earlier posts, but I sort of missed out on the good '90s music because I was more interested in the '60s, and I had to play catch up later. Up until Spring Awakening , a musical for which Sheik wrote the music (Steven Sater wrote the lyrics), I had probably only heard "Barely Breathing." Spring Awakening is one of my favorite contemporary musical scores, and since then I've been able to [...]
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From the spacey pop of The Bird and The Bee to the always in-motion serenading of Duncan Sheik , the releases of January 27th sent a feel good shiver down our spines; one which we hope we can transfer to our iPods soon enough. Focused on softly drifting lyrics and ballads, Peasant , Strand of Oaks and several other artists continue this easy listening trend that fit effortlessly into a winter night's evening. Shaking with a more 'dance around the flames' persona, is Of Montreal 's John Brion [...]
¿Alguien se acuerda de Duncan Sheik ? Este cantante estadounidense saltó a la fama en los 90 gracias a su canción "Barely Breathing" , sin embargo, su estrella mediática se apagó después de eso. No por ello Duncan dejo de hacer música, al contrario, ha seguido grabando para un nicho de seguidores más pequeño, además de tener bastante éxito escribiendo temas para musicales. Todo esto viene a colación porque el músico lanzará el día de mañana una nueva producción llamada Whisper House , [...]
In what will become a regular feature, I present some of the highlights of what's to come in the months to follow. So prime those credit cards, as these are musical offerings you'll want to partake in.
I'm never sure how the "i before e" rule applies to Duncan Sheik's name. It always looks wrong when I type it out. Anyhow if you've heard any of his popular tunes, 'Daylight', 'Barely Breathing' and the like, you'll know what to expect. His last album White Limousine was so-so, but hopefully new album Whisper House will be a return to form. You can stream it in full here: http://www.duncansheik.com/
January is a bit of a dull month at our local area Barnes & Noble stores, nonetheless, here's a list of events that caught my eye for one reason or another: Selected Barnes & Noble Events for January 2009 01/07 Azar Nafisi - Lincoln Triangle 01/07 Laird Hamilton - UWS 01/17 Michael Ian Black - UES (11 am) 01/21 NY Times 10 Best Books of 2008 - Tribeca 01/24 Mark Indelicato - Greenwich Village (2 pm) 01/26 [...]
Grammy and Tony award winner Duncan Sheik kicks off a quick fall tour tonight in Atlanta. For those of you who didn't catch Duncan's rise on the singer-songwriter scene in the late 1990's, you may recognize his work from the Broadway show Spring Awakening. Duncan also contributed music to Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace, along with Sting, Dave Matthews, Alanis Morissette, John Mayer, Ben
I realize I've been obsessing about my mood these days and I thank you for bearing with me as I scrutinize my life. I just have one more thing I'd like to get off my chest. From time to time, I've been advised that when I find myself feeling blue, I should stop dwelling on the past or whatever else it is that's making me sad and think about happy things instead. A little cognitive therapy, as it were. Reprogram those negative thoughts and the positive feelings will follow suit. Or something like [...]
Here are the original tracks for my remix playlist, untouched and in their original pristine glorious black & white. The weird thing about the Vega track is that she begins her album with the accapella, then ends it with an instrumental version. Hmm, methinks a mashup may be a'brewin! Download: Suzanne Vega, "Tom's Diner" (mp3) (Right-click/control-click link to download) Download: Duncan Sheik, "Reasons For Living" (mp3) (Right-click/control-click link to download) [...]
...And you got your instrumental in my acappella! Let's see how it tastes! This month's Selection proved to be problematic for me, but only in an "embarrassment of riches" kind of way. For you see, I kinda collect remixes. A large portion of my large collection of music consists of hip-hop and techno, two genres that really must support more remixes than every other genre combined. This is basically because they're the easiest to remix; hip-hop acappellas can easily be thrown over just about any other music without worrying about key or pitch, and [...]
Whoops, sorry, I actually had this done on time, but April Fool's! It turns out Uncle Sam actually thinks I'm now grown-up enough to click "publish" all on my own! ...Click any key? I don't see any "any" key! Anyway, as I mentioned in the introductory write-up, this month's selections are all about proving it's not what you know, but WHO you know. I noodled with the idea of maybe instituting some kind of point sytem; he whose playlist mentions the most artists wins. But it's not whether you win or lose, it's how [...]
Duncan Sheik - Reasons For Living.mp3 Album: Duncan Sheik
Here is the third part of the soundtrack mix. You can check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed them. For this part of the mix, I've included only films from the 1990's. The songs either appeared on the original soundtrack or was used in the film. There are only two songs that do not appear on the original soundtrack album. The first is Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows" from the film Pump Up The Volume . For the album, they used the Concrete Blonde's cover of [...]
I lie awake on this phone call just dreaming of better days Flowers lie on the counter, reminder of better days She says a prayer up to Jesus And she asks him for his strength And the night will go on bleeding Was it faith that paid the rent? I know you're barely listening I know you're barely listening I know you're barely listening Now I know you're barely listening Pilate - Barely Listening [...]
Holy crap. I meant to post from work today, and look. It's 8pm and I'm still at work and I still haven't posted. Busy day. So here is the music that has gotten me almost through this busy day (I swear I'm going home soon). All links are direct downloads. Sarah Harmer and Dolly Parton have both been posted here, but never Sarah covering Dolly. I still remember exactly where I was and how I felt the first time I heard Sarah's version [...]
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