The New Year Ninety has so far featured bands from every continent - barring Antarctica and a plethora of musical styles. The top 30 places don't disappoint and here is 30 to 21 . Winkel Tripel Projection 30 - Bottle Cap Rockets (USA) First Seven is available on * 29 - My Glorious (Austria) [...]
2012, si parte. Comincia stasera l'evento musicale più importante e seguito d'Europa, con oltre 120 milioni di telespettatori collegati in diretta. Alle ore 21 si aprono le porte della Baku Crystal Hall, in Azerbaigian , con la prima semifinale. L'Italia è direttamente ammessa alla finale, ma stasera sarà chiamata a votare gli artisti in concorso. Il nostro invito è a sostenere Valentina Monetta, la rappresentante di San Marino , che canterà per undicesima il brano " The social network song" . [...]
A pochi giorni dall'avvio della manifestazione, vi presentiamo le nostre pagelle relative alle canzoni della prima semifinale dell'Eurovision Song Contest, che potrete seguire in diretta Martedì 22 Maggio alle ore 21 su Rai 5 con il commento di Federica Gentile . In questo link , la playlist ufficiale con le 18 canzoni. Rambo Amadeus – Euro Neuro (Montenegro): Aprirà la serata finale e sicuramente lascerà a molti un retrogusto strano. Il [...]
EUROVISION 2012: prima semifinale 22 maggio Rai 5 ore 21, finale sabato 26 maggio ore 21 Rai 2 Come al solito, l' Eurovision Song Contest è l'occasione per ascoltare gli artisti in concorso cimentarsi con varie versioni dei loro brani. E anche quest'anno c'è chi ci delizia con una versione italiana, molto ben riuscita e sopratutto con un testo apprezzabilissimo, visto che è scritto da lei stessa, che italiana non è. Si tratta della bosniaca Maya Sar , che ha diffuso la versione [...]
Artisti: Izabo Canzone: Time (Ran Shem Tov, Shiri Hadar, Jonathan Levi, Nir Mantzur) Esibizione: Prima Semifinale (10) BENVENUTI ALL'EUROVISION 1977 (MA CHE BELLA...) Quintali di Bubblegum music (il sound tipico del pop anni 70), una spruzzata di infleuenze orientali e un occhio alla disco music. " Time " degli Izabo (con l'accento sulla I), è decisamente una delle canzoni più divertenti e ben costruite in concorso quest'anno. Una entry gradevolissima, che magari non piacerà a [...]
Damn. This is sexy. And twisted. Very appropriate for the band that I have been referring to as the Israeli Electric Six . I am really digging the video but the downside is you miss out Izabo's freaky vibes. Watching video's of them getting weird is one thing. Seeing it live in person is another treat altogether. What I'm trying to say here is that I have seen them live and you haven't. Ha. (Thanks Kinetis !) But if you make it to Eurovision this year you can fix that as they are representing Israel! [...]

In this edition: Art Imperial's "Cult of Love", streams from the interwebs, and VIDEOS! Art Imperial - "Cult of Love" Classic sounds fly off Cult of Love , the follow up release to Art Imperial 's notable Surf Suburban EP. Equal parts dream pop and surf rock, Imperial's latest album keeps it light and accessible, making it immensely enjoyable. While Cult of Love stays within the neo-surf genre, there are elements of Motown ("Jesus in the Morning"), indie [...]
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"Funky Israeli four-piece" Izabo make it a little difficult not to...well, like them on "I Like It", a preview from their forthcoming UK debut Life Is On My Side that near-instantly delights in its merging of the goofy and groovy. Led by the piercingly high-pitched falsetto of vocalist Ran Shem-Tov trying to win a babe over with a series of dorky, wanna-be mack lines that feel more likely to result in him snagging a restraining order rather than the girl's heart ("Your mustard is my gold/ Your poison is my wine", "Pull [...]
Funky Israeli four piece, Izabo have just dropped the video for ‘I Like It’, the first cut from their forthcoming debut album. Continuing where last year’s sunny single ‘Summer Shade’ left off, ‘I Like It’ is another slice of laid back, funk infused indie that’s guaranteed to get your feet moving. ‘I Like It’ is out on 7th May but in the meantime you can grab this free download of ‘Summer Shade’: Izabo - Summer Shade Download audio file (01 [...]

Izabo - Ran Shem-Tov (Vocal / Guitar), Shiri Hadar (Keyboards), Yonatan Levy (Bass) and Nir Manzur (Drums) emerged back in 2003 from Tel-Aviv, Israel and since then have ploughed a straight line. Izabo Then from Anova Music , arrived Izabo and life felt warm again. The east and west collide in the Dead Sea and we can all lay back and wallow in the salt, as the band take a moment to amuse the [...]

Waves of sad news heralds the start of this week's Midweek Mixtape; Heavy D , of Heavy D and The Boys fame , has died at the age of only 44. Worse though, is the news that Donny-Osmond-for-the-new-mille nnium, Justin Bieber has decided to make one final record before his voice breaks - and that record - oh boy - is a truly execrable cluster of Christmas hits . "I should be playing in the snow, " croons the millionaire midget, in a brief moment of self-realisation, " but Imma be under tha mistletoe ," [...]

Click here to download ZIP file with all tracks, cover art, and track listing. 1. Izabo – 01 Life Is On My Side (from EP ) 2. 1, 2, 3 – 02 Going Away Party (from The Chess Club EP ) 3. Le Butcherettes – 03 Henry Don't Got Love (from SIN SIN SIN ) 4. Tiger Waves – 04 Funeral March (from Only Good Bands Have Animal Names ) 5. Jim Ward – [...]

If you're like me, you're probably currently hating that summer's on its way out despite the fact that the weather is perfectly lovely this time of year. Uh, except for the past few days and all this week. Either way, there's something about listening to your go-to summer playlist after Labor Day weekend that is especially bittersweet. Izabo's "Summer Shade" is one song I wish I'd found earlier in the season, but is by all means still a good track to listen to on your way home on a late summer afternoon in your car with the windows down. [...]
Download the Summer Shade EP here .

Here's this week's Monday Music, the one post per-week where SOIWT drops its London-only focus: Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know (Feat. Kimbra ) Break-up songs are usually full of spice and spite, but this one's all perky and pretty. Weirdly, though, the dainty keyboard hops and the library-quiet vocals make Australian multi-instrumentalist Gotye's pain all the more stirring. (via Trendland ) [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] [...]

Ladies and Gentleman, WELCOME to the August Edition of the KickKickSnare Mixtape Series! It's monthly, it's free, it's bangin like a Prodigy video mixed with old school Batman punches . The 411: We will be releasing a brand new mixtape on the first Monday of each month (starting today...) This mixtape will include a fafafresh album cover, interwebilicious links and 17-20 free tracks, enough to drop on a compact disc, including the order of how we would listen to it via Discman. The goal is to obviously hook you guys up with more music and make everyone [...]

Israeli band Izabo are offering their latest EP as a free download if you ‘friend’ them on Facebook . This 3-song EP is a scrumptious slice of quirky indie pop; Izabo excel at balmy, buoyant guitar pop songs, with prominent keyboards and kazoo-like background vocals. They favor the Starlight Mints quite a bit, in both their song structures and the vocal timbre of lead singer Ran Shem-Tov, but also incorporate elements of disco and Middle Eastern music. Check Out: [...]

After a week hiatus and a few technical glitches, Fresh Meat is back in business. For a while now, I have been wanting to dedicate an entire round-up to a few wonderful international artists. It's truly amazing how many talented submissions we receive from places near and far, and though I've featured international artists previously, I thought it would be fun to devote an entire playlist to these particular bands. Make sure to pay close attention to the various techniques, vocals, and instruments heard in all of the songs featured this week. Whenever I hear an artist [...]