
Photography "Innocent Time" by Garret Miller Well, you can file this one under " Tsurubride Certifided ", even though she hasn't even heard it yet! Listening again to Rubies' Explode From The Center today and you can just hear it. The whole albums got that kinda chill folky groove to it. Take the lead off track, "Room Without A Key"... it literally sounds like Feist using Flight Of The Conchords as a backing band. I [...]

I was recently intrigued by the headline of a Smithsonian article published a few months ago called, "28 Places to Go Before You Die." Despite it being a travel article, the headline called attention, above all, to the fact that the reader will at some point die. Places are elusive, you've seen them and then what? You die. But unlike places, songs are retainable. They become part of your day, morning, mid-afternoon, eveningtime. They work their way into your routines and love affairs, into a moment when you've lost track of everything. Songs equally belong to the seasons, [...]

Rubies sunt un duo debutant de fete din California care isi descriu muzica in felul urmator: "danceable folk, homemade disco and lost love laments". Eu le-as categorisi mai degraba in indie disco-pop, dar oricum clasificarile astea nu prea conteaza atata timp cat muzica pe care o produc chiar e foarte faina. In plus, cica I Feel Electric ar beneficia de calitatile vocale ale domnisoarei Leslie Feist. ^_^ MP3: Rubies - I Feel Electric [ Video ] MP3: Rubies - [...]
photo: Evelina Hultqvist I´ve crawled out of the bear pit as I noticed it beeing spring in Swedenland. Spring and bare legs are best accompanied by great never-ending songs on repeat in your headphones, as you walk home from work/school/party. This year I´ve walked miles listening to one very beatiful track: Let me present to you Tiedye . Gothenburg-based lovers of +7minute-long songs, slow disco, beaches and beards. They´re signed to the more than pleasant Italians do it better label, house of Glass [...]

So I like to think of Rubies as honarary Swedes...and you already know my affinity for the Swedes and their music. Signed to Tellé records in the Norway, these Cali girls recorded part of their folky-electro-pop album in Sweden and do a majority of their tours there as well. Their debut album "Explode from the Center" has already been released around the world, but no word yet on when it will be here in the US. Feist is featured on the album as well. Song courtesy of songs:illinois
Storkboy Choons has reawakened my electro glands so I am eagerly lapping up anything danceable that comes my way. 'I Feel Electric' fits the bill perfectly as you'll gather yourself from the opening sequences which come complete with some perfectly arranged synths. The song may never quite build on that auspicious beginning but Simone Rubi and Terri Loewenthal present a good case for a return to

Rubies - piccole esplosioni al cuore Il fatto che le Rubies fossero la prima band non svedese a venire pubblicata dalla Hybris Records (già casa di Vapnet, Kalle J e Sibiria, fra gli altri) mi aveva messo da subito una certa curiosità. Che sorpresa, poi, leggere nel comunicato stampa i nomi di Simone Rubi (voce e tastiere) e Terri Loewenthal (basso), già nella formazione di quei californiani Call And Response che suonavamo un bel po' agli albori di polaroid alla radio, anni fa. [...]
It's late kid, go to bed. And dream of A vast frozen tundra in the midst of which a lonely chanteuse opens up her heart & melts the snow surrounding her with the pastel glow of her amazing soul. Sally Shapiro- Jackie Jackie (Spend this Winter With Me) (Junior Boys Remix) Sally Shapiro's new ...
Bridez : two tracks [mp3] other Bridez music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Charles Gonzales & the Stereo Glitter : several tracks [mp3] other Charles Gonzales music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Eats Tapes : several tracks [mp3] "Face Shredder" [mp3] from Dos Mutantes other Excuses For Skipping music blog posts: [...]

"Love Is All mixed up" est comme son nom le suggère un album de remixes du groupe Love Is All dont vous ne serez pas surpris qu'ils sont de Göteborg en Suède. Au chevet des chansons déjà véloces du quintet, des gens que l'on aime bien comme Optimo, Metronomy, Hot Chip, The Bees et puis d'autres qu'on aime encore plus comme leurs compatriotes Studio et les Anglais de Chicken Lips qui sont les retoucheurs les plus chéris de ce blog avec une demi douzaine de titres déjà postés. Celui-là ne déroge [...]

Amy Cooper (voz, guitarra) y dos componentes de Call And Response, Simone Rubi (voz, sintetizadores) y Terri Lowenthal (voz, bajo) forman Rubies , trío californiano de electro-pop. Acaban de finalizar la grabación de su primer álbum, Explode From The Center , que cuenta con la participación de amigos como Eirik Glambek-Boe (Kings of Convenience), Maria Eriksson (The Concretes), Karl-Jonas Winqvist (Blood Music) o Leslie Feist. El disco, grabado en lugares tan diferentes como Bergen, Estocolmo, San Francisco y Casa Rincón en México, se editará primero en Japón, Europa y Australia. Diamonds Of Fire será una de [...]
(This is only the second non-Swedish band to ever appear on Swedesplease but since the band has a lot of friends in Sweden (and Norway), and a bunch of swedes helped record the new record in Stockholm I though it would be fitting. Plus I'm travelling and had to steal this post from Songs:Illinois .) Rubies , the California electro folk trio, are huge in Sweden (and Norway and Japan). They have friends among the highest level of Swedish pop cognoscenti including Karl Jonas Winqvist of Blood Music, Maria from The Concretes, [...]
Rubies , the California electro folk trio, are huge in Sweden (and Norway and Japan). They have friends among the highest level of Swedish pop cognoscenti including Karl Jonas Winqvist of Blood Music, Maria from The Concretes, and the up and coming electronic duo Studio. All these artists as well as members of Kings Of Convenience, Dan Judd and Leslie Feist helped out with the new record. Their new record, Explode From Center , was partially recorded in Stockholm and the bands website is peppered with live photos from their time in Sweden. [...]

Dans la série "mais que sont-ils devenus ?" , voire "franchement qui s'en souvient ?" , j'avais envie de consacrer un post à quelques uns de ces groupes classés au rayon trip hop ou downtempo. Ces seconds couteaux qui ont du écouler autant de disques dans toute leur carrière que Portishead en vendait en un mois. Certains ont connu un début de hype, des chroniques dythirambiques et quelques passages dans des émissions tardives, la plupart changé de nom ou de directions musicales, ou complètement disparu, mais pas tous. Ruby "Bud" [...]

Fucking Christ on a Crutch. I haven't even been single for a week, and there are faggots already swooping in like goddamn jackals on a wounded gazelle. Fuck. Let me catch my breath. Let's be clear: the last fucking thing I want right now is the complications of dating someone. I'm not even remotely interested in trying to involve myself with another guy's story, his baggage and quirks. In theory I'm not against non-committal, utterly mindless sex, but the reality is that I'm extremely turned off by the [...]