Yes, we've reached the 120 mark! Considering how long this site has been up, I'm not sure if I should celebrate or not. According to my therapist though, I'm on a negative thought stopping program, so...Hip! Hip! Hooray! And to celebrate the database reaching the 120 artist mark - what you see above, is a nifty collage of all the artists that you guys have submitted to the site. It's a hodge podge of groups from all over - so if you're the adventurous type, click away and discover something new ;) We've got 120 artists [...]
The Pipettes - Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me
Vacations and other deadlines have conspired to make me late this month, kids - apologies for the delay. In keeping with the theme (and in an effort to finally wrap up our September lists), I'm going to make this quick: my goal was to assemble a list of songs that were just short enough to leave you wanting more, songs that made you skip back & listen to them again right away. Here we go: Ten Minute Turns, "Stars Burn OUT" A perfect combination of dusky [...]
As of yesterday I'm all moved back to school. Not yet into my new apartment, but I'm back in the city, which I've realized is exactly where I need to be. I'm so much more myself around here, even when I'm not comfortable with being more myself. It forces emotions and actions out me, but it's healthy. The mp3 below comes from one of the most under-appreciated pop acts of the past few years. The guy who produced The Pipettes debut album - a.k.a. arguably the best pure pop record of the decade - released his own work [...]
This week I'm going to feature some of my favourite female artists. This is significant because for a long time during my teens and even a bit after, I didn't listen to music by very many female artists. There was absolutely no real reason for this - I just found myself inherently drawn to music produced by males, much in the same way I've usually gravitated towards books by male authors. In my teen years, the mainstream and alternative scenes seemed to be dominated by either pop tart music (Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, etc.) or whiny/angry chick music (Alanis Morrissette, [...]
We were excited to be hitting up the Nylon Summer Tour at Antones, as the bill featured the likes of Jaguar Love , Plasticines and Patrick Wolf . These are several bands we had been following for a long time, but had yet to get a chance to see on our home-turf. Anxiously, we grabbed a few Lone Stars and awaited the evening with enthusiastic uncertainty. Follow the jump to read our take on the show. Jaguar Love was the first band up, and we knew [...]
Rose Elinor Dougal Start/Stop/Synchro : Beautifully shot video, pity they all seem to drown in the end. Rose is so cool and understated. She doesn't even have to try. The song itself is slight on melody and big on mood, but I like it and think it will sound good in the context of an album , which has still not been announced. Wouldn't it be great to get a new one from her and Lucky Soul this fall?
It's been a while since I last mentioned ex-Pipette Rosay. After leaving the group with Riotbecki, she started a solo career under her own real name, Rose Elinor Dougall . To be honest, I had heard a couple of songs, but wasn't entirely hooked. That was until today, when I finally saw her again, in what is her first music video since the departure, a dark, beautifully-shot black-and-white affair for the new single 'Start/Stop/Synchro' . I know those polka-dot days are far behind now, but it is still a bit strange to see Rose in a modern, non-novelty [...]
Click here to view the embedded video. I've written previously about how I'm not entirely convinced by Rose Elinor Dougall 's solo material away from The Pipettes . My reservations are somewhat relieved at this point, if only because of Start/Stop/Synchro and how much better it seems to become with each repeated listen. I have no idea whether future songs will be able to live up to this, but I'm a little more optimistic about it at this point. I usually avoid posts that [...]
Photo by Marc Atkins News from Wales: Rose Elinor Dougall , The Artist Formerly Known As Rosay From Pipettes , has finished her new album, Without Why, and has a new single coming out June 8th on Elefant Records. The new single is called Start/Stop/Synch and you can hear it at her [...]
"I think we're alone now, there doesn't seem to be anyone around / I think we're alone now, the beating of our hearts is the only sound." Recognize that chorus? It's very rare that a song can capture the youth of parents (the original version: Tommy James & The Shondells , 1967) as well as remind their children of theirs (the most popular cover version: Tiffany , 1987). "I Think We're Alone Now" is one of my favorite 80s tracks and one of the best songs to cover, in my humble [...]
For all of my indie rock sensibilities, I have one major weakness: 60s girl groups, or modern artists who try and emulate them. Because of this, I considered The Pipettes 2006 release We Are The Pipettes to be the second best record of that year and a damn near perfect pop album. Lucky Soul is another band who fits this description. Predictably, 2007 album The Great Unwanted also was near the top of my Best Of list. Lucky Soul has re-entered my life with new single "Whoa Billy!" from an upcoming-but-unannounced new album, [...]
I wasn't really bothered one way or the other when The Pipettes broke up last year. Sure, I quite liked some of their songs, but the whole thing felt like an exercise in the novelty band. Entertaining enough, but something that would wear thin very quickly. So one album and then done worked well enough for me. Then last year I received a song by Rose Elinor Dougall, seemingly the first of them to launch an inevitable solo career. The song didn't do much for me, coming across as sonic experimentation than anything resembling [...]
When we are interested a band, we write about them; when you are interested in a band, you listen to them; when JENNY SOEP is interested in a band, she goes along to their gig, gets out her pencil and starts drawing. The results are startling, given that she only has about half-an-hour to get her work done and has potential obstacles such as awkward lighting, overexcitable youngsters and stray alcohol hindering her progress. You might have spotted the 29-year-old, who is from Oban [...]
Joel Plaskett knows what I'm talking about. If wishful thinking is all I've got/ then I keep on thinking wishful thoughts/ keep on thinking wishful thoughts/ wish you were here/ but you're not.... City and Colour - Sometimes I wish (mp3) (buy) Foo Fighters - How I Miss You (mp3) (buy) Weezer - Across the Sea (mp3) (buy) [...]
Δεν ξέρω πως έγινε και καθιερώθηκε, αλλά η σημερινή 'επέτειος' γιορτάζεται με δόξα και τιμή στην Ακαδημία μας. Το κάναμε το 2007 , το κάναμε το 2008 , το κάνουμε και φέτος. Αυτή τη φορά για το αφιέρωμα απαιτήθηκε μικρότερη έρευνα και τέθηκε ένας και μόνο περιορισμός: Η παρουσίαση όλων των τραγουδιών που υπάρχουν στα αρχεία της Ακαδημίας και περιέχουν τη φράση "I Love You" . Ερωτικά, αστεία, ειρωνικά, [μελο]δραματικά.. απ'όλα έχει ο μπαξές. Κάπου βέβαια έπρεπε να τεθούν και κάποια όρια, οπότε άσματα όπως "Σ'αγαπώ γιατί είσαι ωραία" ή [...]
Scroll through their brand new blog entry here. Last year, The Pipettes designed a T-shirt for Playboy. Visit The Pipettes on MySpace. MP3: The Pipettes - ABC
Good music will always have a way of coming back and reviving itself every couple of years in the form of remakes and samples. But what I like the most is not the occasional emergence of my favorite songs from the past (like the umpteenth remake of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time") or a snippet of familiar music embedded in a rap song (take your pick, there's tons of them). It's the new music that pretends that it's not. It's those period themed tracks from artists that just can't let go of the past. Luckily, the indie music scene has [...]
La vallée des plaisirs Russ Meyer, 1970 Pitch : un groupe de rock formé de 3 filles sexy et écervelées débarquent de leur Midwest natal à Los Angeles dans le but de lancer leur carrière. Elles seront rapidement prises en main, dans tous les sens du terme, par Z-Man, sorte de démiurge à mi-chemin entre Phil Spector et Hugh Hefner. Z-Man, producteur de musique de son état, est aussi le roi du cool dans la cité des vices et organise les soirées les plus hypes dans sa somptueuse villa. [...]
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