Singer-pianist Katie Costello will appear at Mountain Stage on November 6th. Her new sophomore album, Lamplight, is a buoyant, melodic brand of pop with lyrics ranging from cute and clever to introspective and melancholy. Highlights on the album are "Cassette Tape," "No Shelter" and the piano ballad "Fading Lately." I hate pretending to keep up [...]
MP3: Dick Diver - Through The D It's been aaaaages since we first gripped Dick Diver's Arks Up EP , which was a lil worrying, I guess, since sometimes bands take time off to explore new directions or whatever and these dudes were sounding real good. Not to worry, though: this brand new jam from their debut album New Start Again continues the warm, casual vibe from the earlier EP. There are some terrifically early-00s indie guitars on this track - like Yo La Tengo or the Clientele, [...]
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Ashes Ashes - Katie Costello Ashes Ashes - Katie Costello ( Free Download / Buy ) When we posted Katie Costello's (@katiemusic) single "Ashes, Ashes" back in December , the February 22nd release of her new album Lamplight felt like an incredibly long way away. Thankfully, the wait is finally over, and her second full-length is officially available! This album sprints to life with the enormously catchy "Cassette Tape". While this song may be the most bouncy on the album, the others [...]
Melodic and meticulously arranged, this sophomore effort is an entrancing set of pop tunes.
This was meant to have been a series of posts between Christmas and New Year, of my favourite songs of 2010 but it never quite worked out. Anyway, for the Aye Tunes Presents gig just passed I whittled down the number of tracks from around 100 and knocked up a few CDs to dish out in exchange for a donation to charity. I didn't quite have time to supply a tracklist with the CDs though, so I promised everyone that picked one up I'd put the tracklist online. For those [...]
This was meant to have been a series of posts between Christmas and New Year, of my favourite songs of 2010 but it never quite worked out. Anyway, for the Aye Tunes Presents gig just passed I whittled down the number of tracks from around 100 and knocked up a few CDs to dish out in exchange for a donation to charity. I didn't quite have time to supply a tracklist with the CDs though, so I promised everyone that picked one up I'd put the tracklist online. For those [...]
Still in her teens, Katie Costello has already had a musical career that most singer/songwriters can only dream of. A solo debut at seventeen, supportive radioplay from KCRW tastemaker Nic Harcourt, TV track placement in a spate of high-profile shows. But as promising as those initial steps turned out to be, nothing could have prepared us for the great creative leap forward imagined with her accomplished new album Lamplight (February 22). Working with in-demand producer and multi-instrumentalist Tony Berg, who has worked wonders on the latest efforts from DC faves Jesca Hoop and Elizabeth and the [...]
The singer-songwriter talks about her new album, her love of live performing, and more!
A richly rewarding EP from a thoughtful singer-songwriter.
"summer is the champion", by pacific nw'er laura veirs, comes from a record called "july flame". its hot as fuck up here right now. it's july. coincidence? but for real, this is a great pop song, horn riffs + percussive melody = win. get into it. [Download] Laura Veirs - Summer is the Champion purchase / info "I'm not gonna pick up Bombay Bicycle's record 'cause of the stupid fuckin' name [...]
There's a fair few things going on in Glasgow this week, most of which I can't make, but seeing as there's so much happening I though it'd be a good idea to post them in one handy post. There's not much on this Monday, unless you fancy hanging out with all the neds at Stereo for the View. Actually how the fuck did the View end playing in Stereo, that just seems wrong to me. Yes, I know it's snobby as fuck, but it's just wrong, wrong, wrong. Thankfully things pick up on [...]
Van Hunt is my mofo!!! He has been my favorite artist of the past five years, hands down. Van Hunt's music can be described as a perfect mixture of Soul, Funk and Classic Rock & Roll... with a Pop appeal to it. Starting with the release of 2004's Van Hunt , which came to my attention rather quietly (thanks Kat), I have followed his music religiously. Since the debut, he has also dropped On The Jungle Floor (2006) and Popular (2008), with the latter only [...]
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