Only a few people are brave enough to channel 80s' MOR Rock to conjure up a hit these day, but Gotye is a force to reckon with. The Australian rocker has embarked on a venture to channel the best sounds of The Police, Phil Collins and Mike + The Mechanics and come up with a unique sound for his new album Making Mirrors . This track is the one making most waves. It's a great number with a hint of lyrical nostalgia. It's a stark ballad that teeters between a sombre ode to lost love to a brighter look [...]
Gotye revisits The Police and Phil Collins on this sprightly disc. Filed under: Aussie , Beats , Haiku Review Tagged: album , gotye , i feel better , making mirrors , new , review , single , somebody that i used to know , track
The Owl Mag chats with Sarah Blackwood of Walk Off The Earth to learn more about their famous cover and what to expect for the future.
Columbia Records is pleased to announce that it has signed the well-known indie band Walk Off The Earth , whose current YouTube video, a five-person, one guitar cover of "Somebody That I Used to Know," has racked up 50 million views on YouTube in less than a month. The powerful fan response to the video has turned the five-year-old Canadian group into a media phenomenon and propelled them onto American network television, where a posted video of their appearance on ...
Gotye has signed a worldwide publishing deal, excluding Australia and New Zealand, with Kobalt. The Australian singer/songwriter topped the charts in over 10 countries with his hit single "Somebody That I Used To Know", featuring the Crazed Hits-tipped Kimbra, who was highlighted by us in 2010 prior to getting signed. • Add Crazed Hits on Facebook: Click here • Follow Crazed Hits on Twitter: Click here
Well blimey o' riley here's a web-based fairytale for all the family to enjoy. Canadian "indie" band Walk Off The Earth are seen here transforming their unusual cover version of Gotye 's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' into a YouTube viral phenomenon, clinching a lucrative record deal with Columbia in the process. The quintet posted the video online last month, and has swiftly snowballed whipping up nearly 50 million views. The clip illustrates an inventive use of instrumentation, with every member's hands being put to good use on a single acoustic guitar. [...]
A disciple of the great and mysterious Eric Prydz, Jeremy Olander has been a popular name to drop when discussing underground European DJs. With the support of Prydz, he has made a name for himself in Sweden. Not in the big-room fashion one may associate with that section of Scandinavia, but with deeper productions in the style of his mentor, Prydz. This Goyte edit stands out because it isn't ' Somebody That I Used To Know ,' which, if producers aren't careful, could become the new ' Pumped Up Kicks ,' and because it showcases both [...]
Government-funded Triple J is Australia's biggest alternative radio station. Triple J is heavily involved in supporting the burgeoning local music scene, as well as bringing the world's best music to its listeners. Beginning broadcasts in 1975, Triple J has helped launched the careers of countless big-name bands. Each year, Triple J holds a countdown of previous year's favorite tracks as voted by the listeners. Broadcasted on Australia Day (January 26), the countdown has become a part of the day's celebrations with countless BBQ's blaring the year's top 100 tracks throughout the day. Here are [...]
Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" is catchy enough with it's simple instrumentation and build-up. 4FRNT remixes this indie jam into an epic electro bash. Try not to get caught singing along. Gotye-Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra) (4FRNT Remix)
Watch the five best covers (so far) of Gotye and Kimbra's 'Somebody That I Used to Know.'
Amazing remix of Gotye's Eyes Wide Open by Alien Delon. I saw this at Gotye's Soundcloud . Gotye is Wally De Backer of Mornington Peninsula, Australia. He's a sick producer/musician and if you have time, I highly recommend checking out his workflow video, here .
Our man Flater may have left the Chippewa Valley for the 24/7 combination rave/orgy that is Chicago, but his bread-making, rubberband-headband and basketball shorts-wearing spirit is still here, persisting in the hearts and retinas of all who knew him and suffered the chronic snow-blindness that came from looking in the general direction of his immodestly exposed and highly reflective (bright, bright white) legs. God protect his soul navigating the dingy corridors of that non-stop feast of Saturnalia that is the windy city, that suppurating gas bladder of festering urbania, where the pizza sauce scandalously rests ON TOP of the cheese. [...]
Australian singer-songwriter Gotye is a throwback who makes the kind of sophisticated pop music that was taken for granted in the 1980s. On his new album, Making Mirrors , he evokes the adult pop of Sting and Peter Gabriel, while still managing to sound fresh. From the first moments of the title track opener, which finds Gotye's voice floating uneasily between the wax and wane of a synthesizer moan, you know you're listening to a different type of pop record. That quiet, spare sound gives way to a blast of fuzzy guitars on [...]
With the hit song and video "Somebody I Used To Know," Gotye (born Wouter "Wally" De Backer) earned himself the hottest ticket in town. But would the Belgian-Australian songwriter be another musician thrown to the indie wolves only to be spit out after a massive hit? Couples, older folk and many attractive young hipsters packed El Rey in high anticipation as Gotye stood center stage surrounded by his bandmates and a myriad of instruments. Opening with the first single from Making Mirrors , the evening started off with a big punch. The lean and fit Gotye was [...]
This track presses one to believe that a four-person band from a middle American city had a great idea and just formed a band. The real truth comes with facts such as, Belgian-born Wouter De Backer writes, sings, plays drums, percussions and keyboards, and also produced this track. "Eyes Wide Open" did use the talents of other musicians, but the some man behind the music goes by Goyte (gore-ti-yeah). Gotye just released Making Mirrors on December 6. Check out his website and his tour dates that [...]
Watch Walk Off the Earth prove they can do their viral Gotye cover live with an 'Ellen' performance.
STG presents Gotye at Showbox SoDo in Seattle on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Please note that all tickets purchased for The Neptune theatre performance will be honored. Tickets are $29 and may be purchased at: http://stgpresents.org/artists /?artist=1805
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Just can't get over how much they accomplished with such a simple idea. Economy of means! This is art!
It's about that time to pick up my pen again.. and start writing.. and creating. I may never fit in with typical on-time music bloggers but am somehow perfectly content because what I share is based only when I'm moved by something. However, I really have missed sharing music while getting overwhelmed in the bubble of this so-called life. My little side project or hobby as my family likes to call it, of having the jewelry line * Couture by Lolita * has now rushed me into my big real-time dreams, and my heart is beginning to finally open up [...]
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