Artist: tracey thorn

The world of pop is always a better place when there's new music from Alison Moyet about to enter it. It arrives today in the UK (6 May) in the form of the minutes , which is scheduled to wash up on U.S. shores on June 11. Here are my not-so-random thoughts on the album's 11 tracks. "Horizon Flame" Ambient and futuristic, which are two words one might not have previously associated with Alison Moyet. A post-space age love song (not to be confused with "Yesterday's Flame," Track 1 on 2002's Hometime ), [...]

DJ/producer Ben Watt has made a surprise announcement on his label Buzzin' Fly's website. In advance of the imprint's upcoming 10-year anniversary collection Buzzin' Fly Anthology, Volume 1, 2003-2004 ' out digitally on April 22, Watt is closing the revered house label and will concentrate on his Romany and Tom book project for Bloomsbury due in 2014 and BBC 6Music 6Mix. "I loved every minute," wrote Ben Watt, "but all good things come to an end. It simply feels like the right moment. Buzzin' Fly was born out of my commitment to the [...]

Observer profiles singer-songwriter Tracey Thorn and her new memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star . At the New York Times , writer and bartender Rosie Schaap offers tips (and Scotch suggestions) for drinking like a poet on Burns Night. 27 year-end music lists were added Tuesday to the master aggregation , including Dennis Cooper's best albums, Earbuddy's favorite [...]

A long time fave of mine, Tracey Thorn, of Everything But The Girl & The Marine Girls, will be publishing a memoir entitled Bedsit Disco Queen . The book is available for pre-order here in the States at Amazon now . If you're lucky enough to be in London on February 7, she'll be appearing at Rough Trade East courtesy of our pals, Caught By The River . Wish I could be there fellas...

The Atlantic chronicles Salman Rushdie's artistic decline since the fatwa. Before the fatwa, Salman Rushdie wrote two great books, Midnight’s Children (1980) and Shame (1983). Since the fatwa, he has not written any. Before the fatwa, Rushdie brilliantly exposed the corrupt dynasties and pathologies of two sundered societies (India and Pakistan). Since the fatwa, Rushdie has allowed flamboyant language and narrative trickery to overshadow biting political satire and acute characterization. Before the fatwa, Rushdie lived a relatively modest life in London. Now, as Joseph Anton drearily attests, Rushdie has become a New York socialite [...]

I read the news (again) today, oh boy. So this is posted without comment, except to say the song appears on Tracy Thorn's lovely Christmas album "Tinsel and Lights," out via Merge. Thanks to Buzz Bands LA's station chief in New Zealand, Keith , for giving me the heads-up. Have a warm Christmas Eve.

offering a more somber approach to the holiday period, tracey thorn takes on the xmas album by doing cover versions and writing 2 new tracks for her latest collectoin 'tinsel and lights'. fans of tracey will be pleased to know that everything but the girl partner ben watt performs on 2 tracks (one of which is 'joy'). so sit back and go to that quiet place with tracey as she gives you a taste of a more somber xmas. tracey thorn - joy tracey thorn - [...]

*Post por: Eduardo Araújo , Ana Clara e Soraia Alves Apesar do cunho religioso arraigado ao Natal, hoje ele é comemorado por muitos não-cristãos, sendo considerado um feriado antes mesmo do “marco ortodoxo-cristão”. Crenças a parte, a concepção moderna natalina adotou o dia 25 de dezembro como um momento de trocar cartões e presentes, reunir a família e realizar um jantar especial e o principal para nós, o lançamento de músicas natalinas. Selecionamos 5 singles que singles natalinos para preencher vocês com esse espírito “hohoho”. Tracey [...]

Uno de los aspectos negativos de las Fiestas son los nefastos compilados navideños que toman a diferentes artistas –que muchas veces no tienen nada que ver- interpretando clásicos villancicos que muchas veces se conocen nada más que en el mundo anglo. Quizás nuestra cultura, o al menos la latinoamericana, no está demasiado acostumbrada a estas expresiones, pero muchas de ellas son un verdadero desastre. Afortunadamente, un puñado de canciones puede rescatarse de tristísima colección de versiones navideñas. Algunos de nuestros artistas favoritos han echado manos a clásicos de la Navidad y le han otorgado su impronta [...]

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We're only about a week from Christmas, so if you didn't break out the holiday music yet, now is the time. We recommend Tracey Thorn's Tinsel And Lights (Merge). The Everything But The Girl girl recorded 10 seasonal covers of songs by the likes of Dolly Parton, Joni Mitchell, Sufjan Stevens and Low, as well as two cool [...]

Stereogum It's a sad state of affairs when, for most of us, the idea of "Christmas Music" immediately conjures nightmare associations with stuff like Jingle Cats or that Mariah Carey song that plays 24 hours a day in shopping malls from the beginning of November until the ringing in of the new year. Holiday albums have been traditionally seen as (at best) sweet but vaguely tacky and (at worst) cheap cash grabs usually aimed at making easy money and/or fulfilling contractual obligations with record labels. That being said, [...]

It's a sad state of affairs when, for most of us, the idea of "Christmas Music" immediately conjures nightmare associations with stuff like Jingle Cats or that Mariah Carey song that plays 24 hours a day in shopping malls from the beginning of November until the ringing in of the new year. Holiday albums have been traditionally seen as (at best) sweet but vaguely tacky and (at worst) cheap cash grabs usually aimed at making easy money and/or fulfilling contractual obligations with record labels. That being said, I kind of love holiday records ( Disco Noel , Low's Christmas [...]

"Because of the dark, we see the beauty in the spark." From Tracey Thorn 's new seasonal album Tinsel and Lights , "Joy" is one of two original songs standing with what we've called "a grab bag of divinely obscure (and delightfully unpredictable) indie gems". More DC on Tinsel 's abundant charms here .

Volendo semplificare – e sì, ridurre – esistono due tipi di album natalizi: quelli che mettono nei negozi dove compriamo I brutti regali obbligati, compilation natalizie che fanno tutte riferimento al Natale à la Mariah Carey , e gli altri, quelli che ci riconciliano con il mondo e il periodo delle feste, dischi belli e un po’ tristi, dove il re incontrastato è Sufjan Stevens . Da quale parte stare? Parteggiare per i centri commerciali con le ragazze carine vestite di velluto rosso e pelliccia ecologica e l’odiosa e sempiterna “All I want for [...]

Tracey Thorn tenía una meta muy clara para este año que termina: hacer un disco navideño a tiempo para las fiestas decembrinas. Tinsel and Lights , su más reciente larga duración editado el pasado 29 de octubre, vino finalmente a cumplir ese sueño. Lo único que faltaba era un video promocional, algo a lo que podemos decir que la cantante no es muy afecta si consideramos que no había editado uno en cinco años . Pero se decidió, y es así que ya tenemos un audiovisual para "Joy" , el nuevo [...]

Do you know now why Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl did a Christmas seasonal album? Well, she likes to walk around London looking at souvenirs. Filed under: Beats , Brit Brit Brit , Clip Tagged: album , and , bight lights , download , joy , new , single , tinsel , Tracey Thorn

A few weeks ago, Everything But The Girl singer Tracey Thorn released her solo Christmas album Tinsel And Lights , which has covers of seasonal music from people like Sufjan Stevens and the White Stripes. One of the album's few originals is the plainspoken, sincere opener "Joy." And in that song's new video, we see Thorn wandering around Christmastime London, as the camera calmly and lovingly lingers on all the lights. Watch it below. Read More...

Oooh the RACEY HORN is giving us some t-minus two weeks until x-mas JOY to the world via her new music video and I'm dashing off to another meeting.

Watch 'Joy' below. Tinsel & Lights is out now. Like Tracey Thorn on Facebook. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: Tracey Thorn - Oh, The Divorces

One of the hardest qualities to bring to Christmas music is seriousness. During a holiday that is associated with smiling faces, happy memories, and all things “JOY!,” it’s hard to not only capture the sombre reality of life outside of all this merriment, but also to create something people want to bother listening to come the festive season. The only reason Band Aid 20 made such an impression on the charts is because if you spoke out against it at the time you were considered a soulless prick (along with the fact it was plastered across almost every media outlet). [...]