In this edition: a DIY Corner with Owl Fly South, Cedar Waxwing and Anne-Marie Sanderson. Videos from Ann Pragg, Fossil Collective, Real Ones, and Anne-Marie Sanderson. DIY Corner Owl Fly South Owl Fly South is a four-piece garage/psych/pop outfit from UCLA just released a new song, "Blink (Incandescent Days)", that they've asked us to share. Everything on this track was recorded separately. They received production assistance from Joseph Lorge (of [...]
Here's another "half mix." Some of my favorites include Dominos by Big Pink , Lovesick Teenagers by Bear in Heaven , Early Warnings by Foreign Born , Beachcomber by Real Estate (one of my favorite tracks from 2009), and Wide-eyed, Legless by Laura Veirs . Enjoy! Blogophilia 12.5 Songs from Blogs September 20 – October 15, 2009 Ripped @ 256k VBR Run Time: 77:17 [...]
It has been quite a few years since the great Bergen explosion, a short period where it seemed that Norwegian town was producing a great new band every week. Real Ones were already a fully operational entity at that stage but I can't for the life of me remembering picking up their name at that stage. Anyway, we're here now and liking their country twang. 'Every Dog Has His Day' from their 2008 record 'All For The Neighbourhood' is so Americana you almost expect the credits to reveal the Great Lake Swimmers or similar US institution. This is no slavish [...]
Five friends from Bergen, Norway, came together as the Real Ones 11 years ago while still in their mid teens, and have played ever since, gaining a reputation on the Northern European indie circuit as one of the more colourful live performers around. With long blond hair, sprouting tufts of beard, and loud patterned shirts, they [...]
It's time. 50. Dominos - The Big Pink 49. Every Dog Has His Day - Real Ones 48. Beautiful - Eminem 47. Empire State Of Mind Part 2: Broken Down - Alicia Keys 46. Big Bird In [...]
Apparently, the average Josephine Soap is more likely to come running to your aid if you shout out 'Fire, fire!' as opposed to 'Help, yelp!'. Apparently. As long as you don't make it sound like you're daring your mugger with a gun to shoot. In which case you might be screwed. Another similar sounding word [...]
for some people it takes no effort as if luck runs in their veins ♫ Real Ones - Every Dog Has His Day Twangy and tangy, this is exactly how I likes my folk jams. Real Ones may be from Norway but they seem to have captured jug-booze drinking, front-porch-sitting, knee slapping country jams just perfectly. They even threw on a bit of violin to add some depth of flavor. I just wish I could say that the rest of their album, All For The Neighborhood, was this rousing [...]
Real Ones are childhood friends from Bergen, Norway who have apparently been performing together since their teens. In listening to them, you would never guess they're Norwegian. Their lyrics are all in English and their music is part country, part psychadelic pop, with hints of influences from around the world - Africa, China, India, and more. Often compared to The Flaming Lips, I think that's
Blogophilia 12.5 Songs from Blogs September 20 - October 15, 2009 Ripped @ 256k VBR 01 Intro 02 The Big Pink - Dominos 03 Bear in Heaven - Lovesick Teenagers 04 Windmill - Ellen Save Our Energy 05 Real Ones - Every Dog Has His Day 06 Headlights - Telephones 07 Akron Family - Everyone is Guilty 08 Vampire Weekend - Horchata 09 Foreign Born - Early Warnings 10 The Clientele - Harvest Mix [...]
My first post of October – five days in – and my first mailbox purge. The inbox filled up insanely quick over the last couple of weeks. I was already trying to decide whether I should dump everything at once or split it into a couple of posts. But after I culled through everything, deleting the invites to things I can’t attend and the music you don’t want to hear, I was left with this single, decent-sized post. A lot of this music veers toward the “indie” side of things. I’ve mentioned before that, as a general [...]
Happy Monday Mail What is Monday Mail? It’s really hard to write good happy songs, because happiness often comes hand-in-hand with cheesiness. Leave it, of course, to the Norwegians to do this right. Jessi at Goldest Egg writes: Gina, meet Real Ones, straight from the hotbed of Bergen, Norway (home of Sondre Lerche, Annie, Kings of Convenience). The five members of the psychedelic folk-pop Real Ones are childhood friends and have been playing music together since their teenage years. On their US debut called [...]
Happy Monday Mail What is Monday Mail? It’s really hard to write good happy songs, because happiness often comes hand-in-hand with cheesiness. Leave it, of course, to the Norwegians to do this right. Jessi at Goldest Egg writes: Gina, meet Real Ones, straight from the hotbed of Bergen, Norway (home of Sondre Lerche, Annie, Kings of Convenience). The five members of the psychedelic folk-pop Real Ones are childhood friends and have been playing music together since their teenage years. On their US debut called [...]
Real Ones - " Every Dog Has His Day " from All for the Neighbourhood Samuel Stewart - " The Beginner " (mp3) from The Beginner EP Omar Rodriguez Lopez - " Mundo De Ciegos " (mp3) from Xenophanes Pride Parade - " Pretty " (mp3) from Dose Deb Felz - " Suddenly " (mp3)
On the heels of the North American release of their album All for the Neighbourhood, Norwegian indie popsters Real Ones are poised to release a new instrumental record. will be released in Europe on September 28th.Catch a glimpse of the guys recording it with this video:Real Ones' Myspace
Three more under the radar bands for you to know and love: ------------------------------ -------- Real Ones - Real Ones are a psychedelically-inclined indie pop quintet hailing from Bergen, Norway, which may not be a likely place to find a band that - according to their bio - incorporates styles from influences such as The Flaming Lips, Wilco, and The Band. Their folky Americana sound WAS a bit surprising to my ears given its origin, but the group make legitimately great rock 'n' roll music [...]
Bob Mould extends tour, reactions to Brother Ali's new album & Atmosphere and Solid Gold featured on new charity compilation.
endlich das zweite album am start, nach dem selbstbetitelten 06er debut, nun "strict joy" am 29.09. auf anti : The Swell Season – In These Arms verwunschene musik mit schredder und vocoder, mit deftigen synthies, das kann so nur einer, ab 20.10. mit "the bqe" auf sich aufmerksam machend: Sufjan Stevens – Movement VI—Isorhythmic Night Dance With Interchanges ebenfalls asthmatic kitty , "texas rose, the thaw, and [...]
There's something about those Scandinavians. They just have a knack for making beautiful indie pop. The latest entry is All of the Neighbourhood, the album from Norway's Real Ones, which finally gets its North American release this week.Yes, the album if rife with melodic songs and hooks. Tracks like "Outlaw" and "Miles and Miles" quickly bring to mind the sunny pop and vocal harmonies of
After seeing Fanfarlo last night (awesome, promising, and sweet-natured), my yen for adorableness has only increased, so here are a couple videos of people that once upon a time would have looked grown-up to me but now make me smile and think about how nice these young people seem. First up is Real Ones, repping Bergen, Norway in super-catchy fashion with "Every Dog Has Its Day" http://www.myspace.com/realone smusic And here's James Levy (of Promising Young Talent): "Precious Age Of Thirteen" [...]
I’m going to start off the day by jumping right into a quick review of The Drones show at Schubas Tavern that I mentioned last week in this space. In the interest of full disclosure, I went to the bar this past Tuesday woefully unprepared. Though I was fully aware that The Drones have been around for nearly a decade and have been well received both in their home country of Australia and here stateside, my knowledge of their back catalog was (and still is) shamefully inadequate. As such, I walked into the show this week having no idea what [...]
The Dadada
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Cougar Microbes
breakfast, lunch -n- dinner
Enough Talk, More Writing
The Burning Ear
Guilt Free Pleasures
Licorice Pizza
One Sweet Song
The PhiLL(er)
Snob's Music
Chewing gum for the ears
City Pages - Gimme Noise
das klienicum
Hello Vegetables
Citizen Dick
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can’t Hold us (Major Lazer Remix)
Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn
New album: Washed Out
Noteworthy (Stream): Disclosure – When A Fire Starts To Burn
[mp3] TV Girl // She Smokes In Bed
