To mix things up going into this weekend, we wanted you to hear some of the best covers from some of our favorite groups. Some of these tracks have been redone by entire groups while others have the quiet talents of solo artists masterfully displayed. Many of these tracks are also free, so click on the Download buttons and set them up on your own weekend mixes. We understand that tons of covers have eluded us or just didn't make it here, so please comment with your favorite covers. Enjoy the weekend! School of [...]
You better start loving this exquisite city named San Francisco.. because from the state of things, Sliver Swans are set on sitting you down and telling all you cross-legged & eager individuals about their fascinating tales of heavenly beguilement and trinket-enthralling measures gloriously. I think the 2012 I Love City Festival is missing a line-up act here! BONUS!
This track has really grown on me. The San Fran-based Silver Swans Let Me Know Now is a broody, tribal and emotional ballad that, to be honest, doesn't go for long enough. I'd like to hear an extended studio version or a live take that took it from the three minute mark out to more like six. Such soft vocals from Ann Yu and that anxious synth loop really sets the mood for the whole sparse arrangement. Really love this song,will be paying more attention to them for sure. Related posts: [...]
We are dedicating this week's Monday Threesome to bands that exude a dream-pop sound and incorporate pristine female vocals. Au Revoir Simone , Seven Swans and Erika Spring all have a distinct tone, but are rooted in the electronic dreamy-pop genre that we've come to love. The three lovely ladies of Au Revoir Simone (@aurevoirsimone) have been in the indie pop limelight since they released their first album in 2005. The trio made up of Erika Spring Foster (keyboard, vocals), Heather D'Angelo (drum [...]
sxsw http://www.facebook.com/SXSWFe stival http://sxsw.com/music Grimes http://music-islands.com/blog/ ?p=10766 Oblivion (mp3) Candy Claws http://music-islands.com/blog/ ?p=6077 Sunbeam Show (mp3) Silver Swans http://music-islands.com/blog/ ?p=6119 Let It Happen (mp3) Cassettes Won't Listen http://music-islands.com/blog/ ?p=7554 Perfect Day (mp3) Tennis http://music-islands.com/blog/ ?p=4379 Origins [...]
Here's the playlist from today's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! You can listen at 12pm ET or you can stay up late and catch the show replay at midnight ET. Turn your dial to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM. Listen online with a free trial here . Check out this week's playlist below! Death Grips - Get Got Ex Cops [...]
Friday, March 2, 2012 SILVER SWANS This is a band that's floated in and out of my head for the last year or so, and I think it's time I gave them a real shot at a permanent spot in my brain. I like their dream-enthused electronic sound, and I'm confident that live it's going to come across as something worth championing. Here's hoping that wherever I see them there's a slick lighting system that will be used in all the right [...]
" Silver Swans was formed by Ann Yu (formerly of LoveLikeFire) and DJ producer Jon Waters. These two musical talents come together to create whimsical dreamy pop. Forever, their latest full-length builds upon their established sound by adding some darker undertones and pulsing synths. With lush vocals from Yu, songs like "Mother of Pearl" and "House of Blood" provides a dark sensuality that flows throughout the album. Fans of Asobi Seksu and jj will appreciate this dream pop outfit for sure!" Fun fact : Silver Swans was the name of a super-villain group [...]
Secrets has a real Friday vibe to it in my opinion and that's part of the reason I'm featuring it. It's music that has that atmospheric shoegaze aesthetic applied to its synths like M83 but it's a little more bedroom dreampop (wow, that sentence ended up with a bunch of 2011 musical buzzwords, apologies). But the music isn't a fad. It strikes me as sounding like a chilled out Chain Gang of 1974. The song is over a year old but it is a part of the recently released Silver Swans album, Forever . Admittedly, I've [...]
Teen Daze : Lets Groove Τί κοινό έχει το μετρό με το γυμναστήριo; Πολλά. Περισσότερα από όσα μπορείς να φανταστείς. Και εξηγούμαι. Τον τελευταίο καιρό έχω βγάλει από τη καθημερινότητά μου διάφορα πράγματα μεταξύ των οποίων τη γιόγκα και το αυτοκίνητο. Το δεύτερο γιατί υπάρχει πια το μετρό και το πρώτο γιατί μετά από αρκετά χρόνια αυτοελέγχου, διαλογισμού, ομφαλοσκόπησης και αυτοπεριορισμού σκάλωσα στο ότι δεν αρκεί να γίνω εγώ καλός άνθρωπος. Ίσως είχε νόημα αν κάναμε διαλογισμό όλοι οι Αθηναίοι μαζί για παράδειγμα. Αστειεύομαι. Θα ξαναπέσω κάποια στιγμή φρόνιμα στο [...]
Silver Swans : Let It Happen - Video
Tal vez ustedes recuerden a Silver Swans por aquel cover que les puse el año pasado de " Video Games " pero no solo por esto, sino que en los ultimos años se han enfocado en crear piezas bastante memorables como las que componen su mas reciente album de estudio titulado "Forever" del que hoy se ha dado a conocer el video oficial de su segundo sencillo "Let In Happen" a traves de NYLON asi que, yo no les quito mas su tiempo con todo este par de letras, y simplemente los invito a que le [...]
Silver Swans - House of Blood In the midst of a war of words about Lana Del Rey and her lofty ambitions, when a ' Video Games' cover arrives in your inbox, the only reasonable response is to hit the delete button and banish the perpetrators of this desperate ploy from all existence. Silver Swans don't owe me an explanation. They've helped me to forget about this criminal act of opportunism, through an exceptional debut full-length in the form of ' Forever '. It follows on from the ' [...]
The dream pop side project of LoveLikeFire's Ann Yu fall short of expectations on their sophomore album. Music Player (reviews): 16-SilverSwans.mp3 [...]
El dúo de San Francisco Silver Swans ha publicado esta misma semana Forever , su nuevo álbum. Escucha o desarga dos de sus canciones. Mp3: Silver Swans. Let It Happen Mp3: Silver Swans. Secret
Punk used to go on and on about destroying your idols but now that I've seen who and what they've been replaced with I'm not at all convinced. Nature detests a void. "Schemers" from Skaters "Shadow On The Stone" from Donovan Quinn [...]
Silver Swans : Forever - LP Streaming Cela fait plus d'un an et demi que Silver Swans distille une électro-pop soft, nostalgique et pleine de charme. Au compte-goutte. Enfin, Forever , le premier album est sorti! A écouter (et à acheter si vous aimez!) ci-dessous. Un pépite qui confirme que, de loin, Silver Swans reste l'un des projets favoris de La 3e heure! [...]
Silver Swans are a duo from San Fran that excel in tightly constructed, electro-leaning pop gems. Despite the West Coast leanings, they sound like natives of the Swedish electro-pop scene, a highly versatile breeding ground for both brooding atmospheric builders (The Radio Dept.) and punchy pop magic (Lo-Fi-Fnk). Yet there are also those that tread
Dream-pop duo Silver Swans once again win my heart with their new song Let It Happen and a cover of Lana Del Rey's "Video Games'
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