Unfortunately, when Tom Vek released his self-recorded debut We Have Sound in 2005, not many people gave a shit. Despite having featured on an episode of The O.C. and experiencing some underground success with his 2 singles "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes" and "C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)", Vek faded back into obscurity fairly quickly after the release, and we're yet to hear anything new from him in the last 4 years. We Have Sound joined a long list of amazing yet poorly promoted and largely unnoticed albums [...]
Unfortunately, when Tom Vek released his self-recorded debut We Have Sound in 2005, not many people gave a shit. Despite having featured on an episode of The O.C. and experiencing some underground success with his 2 singles "I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes" and "C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)", Vek faded back into obscurity fairly quickly after the release, and we're yet to hear anything new from him in the last 4 years. We Have Sound joined a long list of amazing yet poorly promoted and largely unnoticed albums [...]
Some joyous news and some less joyous news. First the not so joyous: on Sunday our friend Hermine decided to stop writing for Neon Enlightenment. She's just too occupied with school. No hard feelings whatsoever Herms! She will, however, still be helping us out with the joyous news, keep on reading to find out what that is.. A couple of weeks ago I got an excited call from Phara, telling me someone had posted something on our Facebook page (I wouldn't know cause I don't do Facebook) asking us to do something for an upcoming party at [...]
by bmac Thanks in large part to a ridiculous Hype Filter , this week's mixtape is like getting a present for no reason or celebrating a fake birthday (which can be extremely fun by the way) - Anyhow, here's your literary piece of mimsy from the great Henry Kuttner before we drape you with mixtape goodness: Scott kept bringing gadgets to Emma for her approval. Usually she'd shake her head. Sometimes she would look very doubtful. Very occasionally she would signify agreement. Then [...]
by neil & pelly As we brainstormed potential St. Patrick's Day posts we learned that St. Patrick was actually captured by Irish raiders when he was sixteen and forced into slavery. (Yet he's the patron saint of Ireland?) We then moved on to look for the hippest Irish band we could find. Search results brought up Enya, The Cranberries, U2, Sinaned O'connor, and The Cors. That brought up memories of my best friend's mom when I was six and the cds she probably had in her white & wood paneled [...]
by bmac "A flying saucer creature named Zog arrived on Earth to explain how wars could be prevented and how cancer could be cured. He brought the information from Margo, a planet where the natives conversed by means of farts and tap dancing. Zog landed at night in Connectitut. He had no sooner touched down than he saw a house on fire. He rushed into the house, farting and tap dancing, warning the people about the terrible danger they were in. The head of the house brained [...]
by kevin diamond On the Twitter last week, I was lementing how long it had been since Tom Vek 's steller We Have Sound came out (in 2005. In today's music scene, that's a dog's age). Which sent me to his website. Where I was met with the message that's been on the front page for at least 2 years: "Tom Vek is still working on the followup to 2005's We Have Sound." Bummer. And then I clicked on the Forum button. I don't know [...]
Saturday Into Sunday Mix: MP3: Public Enemy -Dark Side Of The Wall: 2000 MP3: Tom Vek - If You Want MP3: The Fatback Band - Goin' To See My Baby MP3: Dynamic Africana - Igbehin Lalayo Nta MP3: Federico Aubele - Postales MP3: Harlem Underground Band - Smokin Cheeba Cheeba MP3: The Apple Juice Kid - Masco MP3: Calvin Harris - Colours [...]
Some remixes, some old, some new, some we've been listening to alot recently. But always and most importantly 100% awesome. We kick off with Empire Of The Sun , people can't stop remixing them at the moment, it's really adding to the whole hype surrounding the band at the moment. The album is quite good and don't let the hype you put you off. The Neon Neon ( check our post on them yo !) mix unsurprisingly sounds like a Boom Bip production and really adds a new dimension to the track. The Pegase [...]
En 2005, quand Tom Vek sort son premier disque We Have Sound . Tout le monde s'en fout royalement. La mode est au rock épique ou sophistiqué ( Arcade Fire , The National ), rêche ou rétro ( The Kills , The Raveonettes ), même les Warlocks sortent un disque sans océan de reverb, c'est dire. Au milieu de l'indifference général émerge un vrai disque d'anticipation, qui singera la plupart des gimmicks en vogue aujourd'hui. Un superbe concert aux Eurockeennes de Belfort (sur la plus [...]
The nomination process for the 2009 Bloggie Awards has begun and you have until Monday January 12th at 10pm (EST) to nominate your favorite sites for a Bloggie. I've just completed the nomination form myself and I've put together a swell little mix to accompany the selections I made. Check it out below: it doesn't include every site I nominated, but it does have songs to go along with quite a few of the blogs I picked. Who knows, maybe you'll discover a new site or song here that you'll end up loving forever and ever...? [...]
I just heard "C-C" online and I forgot how dope this dude was. On his myspace all it says regarding his whereabouts is "Tom continues to work on the follow up to 2005 debut "We Have Sound." Come back Tom! DOWNLOAD: Tom Vek-C-C (You Set The Fire In Me) ( Buy ) DOWNLOAD: Tom Vek- That Can Be Arranged ( Buy ) DOWNLOAD: Tom Vek- I Ain't Saying My Goodbyes ( Buy )
Whatever happened to Tom Vek ? Vek reminds me of that time in 2005 when music bloggers were starting to exist (including me), everyone posted the latest Phones remix because it was so good and the M.I.A/Diplo mixtape. Let's take a trip back shall we? Fact: Vek helped christen the best UK music blog going. Tom Vek -Nothing But Green Lights Tom Vek - I Ain't Saying My GoodByes (Phones 123 version) [...]
Whatever Happened To is a way for us to catch up with the recently forgotten - bands or artists that made a big initial splash in the blog world but seem to have fallen off the popular radar. This week we hunt down Tom Vek , who had a big hipster hit with 2005's We Have Sound . I first got wind of Tom Vek through my buddy (and now fellow blogger) Elhaam. She sent me a StarTime sampler that had [...]
Ya'll Wanna Floss With Us Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, But she ain't messin' wit no broke niggas ** Tom Vek likes cowbell. Download (Right-Click Save As): MP3: A plus D - Beethoven's Fifth Gold Digger MP3: Calvin Harris - Colours MP3: Pharrell vs A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It Like That? MP3: Tom Vek - If You Want [...]
Heute morgen habe ich eine Platte mit Pressdatum 2005 aus dem Regel gezogen. Tom Vek - seinerzeit leider in die hyperventilierenden Berichte über diverse Franz-Ferdinand-Nachfolger gerutscht. Die IndieDisco steuerte gerade einem neuen Höhepunkt entgegen. Franz Ferdinand veröffentlichten ihr nicht mehr so famoses Zweites. Der Pop-Nachwuchs konnte in die Bresche springen. (Bis dahin vedrehten uns überraschenderweise Kanadier allerorten den Kopf - aber das musikalisch gesehen eine andere Geschichte.) 2005 war das Jahr der Debuts von Maximo Park, Bloc Party, Futureheads, She Wants Revenge, den grossartigen We Are Scientists - und den direkt auf die Tanzflächen schielenden Editors, The Departure [...]
Sorry I've missed a few days of posts. I've been dealing with getting ready to move, including a garage sale. That also entailed getting rid of my CD collection which was both traumatic and liberating. I've gone entirely digital now (With the exception of a few choice pieces of cherished vinyl). It feels good. Back to my GTA Radio Broker series though. To make up for my lack of posts the last few days, we're going to do four tracks today. [...]
The Chap Genre: Alternative / Rock / Experimental From: London, United Kingdom It's the week for off the wall eccentricity. The day after reporting the madcap antics of the sandwich posting Lovely Eggs I stumbled across the Dadaesque experimental electro-pop band The Chap. The Chap, formed by Johannes Weizsacker when his [...]
Real heads remember. None of you douche bag bandwagoners I saw at Les Deux last night will. That was my best arab parrot impression, Reza's blog is taking a dump on the competition literally ! Seriously his blog is amazing go read it now. But for real, Tom Vek is/was so good. CC YOU SET THE FIRE IN ME [...]
It's that time of the year again. Keeping on with the tradition I've had for the past two years, I present you with the All Things Go Valentine's Day Mixtape III. This one has a bit more of a nostalgic flavor, with classics from the Rolling Stones and Sam Cooke, covers of classics by Rogue [...]
Sex 4 Ears
Neon Enlightenment
Quiet Color
Rollo & Grady
Too Many Sebastians
Sous les paves, la plage
EAR FARM
Ultra Stimulation
nialler9
Rock Sellout
Bhlogiston
Rubber Glove Seduction
The Devil Has The Best Tuna
EatSkeet.Com
All Things Go
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