Tonight we celebrate the variety of music that is being held in Philadelphia, both by genre and locale. The Fishtown indie / chamber fivesome, Turning Violet Violet released their record Double Cure in May and we were lucky enough to do a Key Studio Session with them around the same time. The album was recorded, ... Continue reading
There's something about passionate British artists that American songwriters just can't seem to capture within their songs. When you hear Snow Patrol or Coldpla y, you KNOW they are British bands - they just have that overly dramatic sound. Greg Laswell is from ... California (!!!) ... but somehow he pulls off that soundtrack-style music. It's touchy, it's dramatic, it's custom-made for network TV dramas (on which Laswell's music gets plenty of exposure). On his fifth release, Landline , Laswell tried something a little different - he invited [...]
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American singer Ingrid Michaelson spent a long and tiring day filming the video for her latest song, Blood Brothers. The result is really great! Ingrid Michaelson - Blood Brothers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =JHVLpTyGgt0

I discovered Greg Laswell when I was a music-enthused college blog surfer, back in 2008 (see my first GL track below...it is beautiful in every sense of the word). Well now Greg Laswell, the massively talented musician, singer, producer, and dog-biscuit producer, is back with his 5th studio album "The Landline". I want to pause and point out the rare statement that "5th studio album" is on today's music blogosphere. As someone who has many-a friend within the industry. The feet of creating 5 studio albums is just baffling in today's music ecosystem, so congrats to Greg on that note. [...]

Greg Laswell’s pop-driven, poignant songwriting is such that he has earned play in several TV shows and movies (Grey's Anatomy , True Blood , My Sister's Keeper , Dollhouse ). Now with his fifth full-length record, Landline , he continues his tradition of writing stellar tunes that embody great songwriting- they’re catchy, but not too much so, they have lyrical depth, skilled yet simple arrangements, and abound with beautiful melodies. Laswell's style embodies somewhat of a combination between the melancholia of Stephin Merritt (the Magnetic Fields), or perhaps the pop sensibility of David Gray. [...]

Ingrid Michaelson is one with her fellow music artists, both past and present, in her new video for "Blood Brothers", off her album Human Again . In the time-lapse video, we see the singer-songwriter — with the magic of a team of make-up artists — turn into Madonna (circa her Marilyn Monroe era), David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Lady Gaga during her hairbow phase, KISS 's Gene Simmons , [...]

Link: www.alannaclarke.com Category: Singer/Songwriter For fans of: Diana Krall, Ingrid Michaelson, Sara Bareilles Releases: " Kissing Booth ," " Way I Am ," Wild Rose " Take note: Works regularly with songwriter Christopher Ward (Alannah Myles, Diana Ross, Hilary Duff, The Backstreet Boys) and has worked with Turkish songwriter Deniz Erten. Is working with producers Megaman (Drake, G-Unit, Lil Wayne, Young Jeezy) and Younglord [...]
Dar Williams performs at 8 p.m. Friday, May 11th, at World Cafe Live At The Queen; tickets to the all-ages show are $31-$41. Regina Spektor performs with Only Son at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 12th, at Tower Theatre; tickets to the all-ages show are $36-$74. Ingrid Michaelson performs with Scars On 45 at ... Continue reading

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In this edition: Flights are now Foreign Films, Discover Melbourne's Sans Gras, tracks from Black Manila, Clare and the Reasons, The Fades, and Fossil Collective, and videos from Ingrid Michaelson, Lostego, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and Fossil Collective. Flights are now Foreign Films We featured the single, "Taller," on our Biscuits and Gravy mix last month. We just realized that the Flights is now Foreign Films, and that they're offering their EP, "Anywhere But Where I am" through Bandcamp where you can pay what you want [...]
Prior to this week, I couldn't have picked Ingrid Michaelson out of a police line-up. I had more than a good handful of her songs on my iPod, and had seen her on at least one TV appearance and multiple album covers, but she appears to be somewhat chameleonic if you judge by those: from [...]
Friday's fun: ► Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding visits the Fonda Theatre behind her new album "Radio Music Society." The remarkable animated video for "Endangered Species," above, is the work of Ukrainian sand artist Kseniya Simonova; it premiered on Earth Day and is a vailable for download from the artist's website in exchange for a donation to the Amazon Aid Foundation. ► Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are back for another night at the Sports Arena. ► Out in the desert, the Stagecoach Festival is picking [...]

Ingrid Michaelson performed "Blood Brothers" and "Ghost" on Conan . Watch both videos below: ...
Ever wonder what will happen during the last five minutes of late-night TV talk shows? Here are tonight’s notable performers: The Late Show With David Letterman (CBS): Moby Moby is promoting the forthcoming Destroyed Remixed. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC): Adam Lambert Adam Lambert is supporting new LP Trespassing. Last Call With Carson Daly (NBC): We Are Augustines Brooklyn’s We Are [...]
ARMY Of 32s first video of Gotye's "Somebody I used to Know" just hit 1 million views! Gotye's single is #1 on the US Billboard Chart! Ingrid Michaleson covering Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Beautiful cover of Rhianna's 'We Found Love" from Ingrid Michaelson 's side project, ARMY Of 3. This is a follow up to her first video for this project of Gotye's "Somebody I used to Know" which has just hit 1 million views!
Boyce Avenue today announce ‘Ingrid Michaelson’ and ‘Tyler Hilton’ as support artists on their forthcoming UK and Ireland tour. Boyce Avenue recently won over massive audiences on One Direction’s sold-out UK / Ireland tour and have added many fans to their multi million fan base worldwide. Florida’s Boyce Avenue are embarking on their sixth UK and Ireland tour in June this year, this will see the band play the legendary Isle of Wight Festival and their biggest European headline shows to date. Ingrid Michaelson has earned enviable name-recognition thanks to her knack [...]
Five albums down and still melt worthy.

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Live music picks for TUESDAY APRIL 10 through SUNDAY APRIL 15, 2012. TUESDAY APRIL 10 / INGRID MICHAELSON / THE PHOENIX / 410 SHERBOURNE / $27.50 / ALL AGES There are many folks out there who might dismiss Ingrid Michaelson and her indie-pop tunes as nothing more than typical, generic fluff. I'm not one of those people, however, and in fact, I'm quite the fan of Michaelson. She has a certain sweet yet feisty charm, and she's very talented at what she does. Hell, I tried to get [...]