Heute mal statt einer einzelnen Band ein kleiner Rundumblick durch die befreundete Bloggerlandschaft. Chris von Music of the Moment machte mich auf neue Songs bekannter Bands aufmerksam - HIER und HIER findet Ihr neue freie Downloads von Band of Horses, Hot Chip und Nada Surf . MP3-Download Hot Chip «Made in the dark» Morten und J.A. empfehlen uns einen guten neuen Song des Electropop-Duos Ostrichs sowie die neue Single von Biker Boy . [...]
Not much to say this week. Stay warm and enjoy good music! Wax Tailor - Que Sera Onili - Sentimental Colin Munroe - I Want Those Flashing Lights (Kanye West Cover) VHS Or Beta - Can't Believe A Single Word Trembling Blue Stars - Idyllwild West Indian Girl - All My Friends The Russian Futurists - Let's Get Ready to Crumble Peachcake - The Winter Song Vampire Weekend - Boston Of [...]
I bruise like a ripe banana. At least that's what my doctor told me once. Why am I telling you this? Well, today I looked down at my legs and saw three bruises in a line from my knee to my shin. I was like, holy shit, where did those come from? I must have done it while I was at work. Anyway, I thought it was kind of an apt metaphor for other kinds of bruising that goes on. You know, soul bruising and heart bruising and emotional bruising. Not that [...]
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Here are today's theme songs for Christmas! Fireflies - X-mas song (great song from Fireflies impressive 2007 album "Goodnight stars, Goodnight Moon") Dressy Bessy - All the right reasons (from the compilation "Kindercore Records Christmas vol.2" ) Trembling Blue Stars - Christmas and train trips and things (bonus track from the TBS compilation " A Certain Evening Light ") Acid House kings - Christmas (from Acid House Kings ' 1992-album "Pop Look and [...]
Song obsessions are those songs that we listen to on repeat. I noticed that my obsessions are often a week long. I also thought that other people might have similar obsessions. I've collected a panel of a few like-minded individuals and gotten their "song obsessions of the week." Quite often it's easy to explain why the song is good; it's much hard to explain why we're obsessed. Maybe you'll become obsessed with one of these. - Adrian ( me ): Coconut Records - West Coast (mp3) ( [...]
Is it truly the first Sunday of November already? Somehow I can't quite comprehend that, but the calender doesn't lie, it just speeds up sometimes. The weather's definitely been leaning towards winter, global warming-induced fluctuations aside, and unfortunately that's only bound to get worse. Daylight Savings ends today, meaning things get darker quicker, but hopefully the hour tweak will make my insomnia slightly less pronounced. Enjoy the tunes...and the extra sleep. MP3: Azure Ray - November MP3: Morrissey - November Spawned A Monster MP3: The National [...]
So I've been in bed with a cold for most of the past week and haven't really thought much about posting music. Recently, a few strong recommendations for today's artist were thrown my way so I mustered up the energy to pay attention for a few moments. Glad I did. Judging by the number of previous releases and myspace page views, I can probably guess it a safe bet that some of you
. But when, after counting the palm trees, he cast his eyes around him, the most horrible despair was infused into his soul. Before him stretched an ocean without limit. The dark sand of the desert spread further than eye could reach in every direction, and glittered like steel struck with bright light. It might have been a sea of looking-glass, or lakes melted together in a mirror. A fiery vapor carried up in surging waves made a perpetual whirlwind over the quivering land. The sky was lit with an Oriental splendor of insupportable purity, leaving naught for [...]
Image: Threadless ( buy it ) The Shuffle has been on a roll with almost a weekly showing. For some reason I really like putting these together. The songs are always a lot of fun, and the kind of music I want to kick back and relax to over a lazy sunday morning. That of which is exactly what i'm doing as i've finally finished moving all this shit into the new apartment. I swear there is so much junk that I have no clue as to why it's still around. It [...]
London, England My favorite track at this very moment... "Idyllwild" Trembling Blue Stars on MySpace Trembling Blue Stars on The Hype Machine
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... I Trembling Blue Stars sono forse uno dei gruppi più sottovalutati e misconosciuti del panorama indie. Ed è un vero peccato. Nati come side-project del leader dei Northern Picture Library, Robert Wratten, già ex Field Mice, debuttarono nel 1996 per la Shinkansen e hanno da poco pubblicato il loro sesto album "The Last Holy Writer" per la Elefant. Per chi non li conosce, il loro stile è [...]
It feels good to be consistently posting again here on the blog, as it makes me feel like i've been coasting for the first five months. I don't know what has spurred this sudden interest in blogging, but i'm not gonna complain. Hopefully this will last for a while, and not end up with me deciding to quit in two weeks. The one constant on this blog is the Daily Graboid, and this week it doesn't disappoint. There are some quality releases including The Long Blondes' Someone To Drive You Home (which I [...]
prestizna spanska diskografska kuca Elefant Records u svom katalogu ima i nekoliko ostrvskih bendova, jedan od njih je sastav Trembling Blue Stars cija se nova sesta po redu ploca pojavila prethodne nedelje. 'The Last Holy Writer' je naziv ploce na kojoj Bobby Wratten konacno raskida sa prosloscu, ostavlja po strani svoje Field Mice korene i pocinje da istrazuje neke nove zvucne teritorije.
What was supposed to be a nice bonus show Monday night from Fields , who had just played here on Friday opening for Blonde Redhead , ended up turning into a bit of an ordeal though with a happy ending. First, for reasons unknown, the show was moved from the Amp'd Mobile Studio where it was originally scheduled to the Drake Underground where the band was shoehorned into an Elvis Mondays showcase. Then it turned out keyboardist/vocalist Thorunn Antonia had come down with food poisoning and was very iffy to be able to perform. Great. [...]
The Last Holy Writer cover art. I've been meaning to post this song for weeks and weeks now and I kept forgetting, but Tom's Interview with Bobby Wratten over at Indie MP3 today reminded me! Trembling Blue Stars ' new record, The Last Holy Writer , is just further proof that anything Bobby Wratten touches turns to gold. So, it's no surprise the record includes what is probably my favorite song of the year, in the form of "Idyllwild." [MP3]: Trembling Blue Stars [...]
I've written many times before about my love for Beth Arzy and Trembling Blue Stars , so I won't belabor the point much, except to say that you really must listen to this: Idyllwild This is the song Galaxie 500 was always trying to make (and I don't meant that as even the slightest knock against Galaxie 500 - it's just how good this is). It makes you shiver it's so beautiful, with has more perfectly crafted lyrical bits and pieces than I [...]
Sunday morning laziness is the best, isn't it? Waking up slowly, stretching your arms over your head as you enjoy one last lingering yawn from your slumber. The only thing that would make this Sunday morning better would be breakfast in bed and a fire in a fireplace...if I had a fireplace. ;o) Breakfast is starting off with a Hershey kiss for me and three for my son Brae. Because it is a new day and there is nothing wrong with a Sunday morning chocolate kiss, or two, or three. Here [...]
Wenn das kein Grund zum Frohlocken ist - die Trembling Blue Stars , die Heroen aller TweePopper, sind wieder da. Und wie! Die britische Band um Bobby Wratten, der früher den Field Mice vorstand, hat sich wieder einmal einige Monate im Studio eingeschlossen und mit «The last holy winter» ein neues Album aufgenommen, das vor wunderbaren Melodien und sanfter Melancholie nur so strotzt; jedenfalls wenn man die 4 Songs auf ihrer Myspace-Seite zum Maßstab nimmt. «Idyllwild» ist dabei eines der schönsten Pop-Stücke, das dieses Jahr veröffentlicht werden dürfte und lässt einen die Wartezeit [...]
The Aberdeen compilation I promised back in July is now available. Go to Darla.com to buy What Do I Wish For Now?: Singles + Extras . I ordered my copy and will most likely post again once I get a chance to listen to it. And, there's a great history of the band at Under the Radar Mag . In the meantime, the two songs I posted: Homesick Kyoto Death Song And, while I'm on the subject, [...]
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