Blog: swoon

Being a trained singer, it's very hard to impress me if you're a female vocalist. You should see me on American Idol nights- I give Simon a run for his money as the bitchy judge. Watch out world, soon I'll be the one buying all of my my girlfriends tit jobs! Anyway, when I listen to lyrical music, the vocalist has to completely ensnare me in their world. If they're selling second rate emotion, it just doesn't work for me. There needs to be a certain control and refinement, yet a human level of imperfection. And that's where [...]

Broken Social Scene: 7/4 (Shoreline) video (.mov)

UK's Hot Chip released their new single "Over and Over" earlier this week in the UK, preparing for the release of their new (HIGHLY! ANTICIPATED!) album, The Warning. Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor (the two main songwriters in the quintet) strive to create original and infectious pop music that remains chic while intimating a playful sense of humor, taking their cue from the Beta Band, Prince, and probably a little Aphex Twin. The Warning is due out in May, promises to be a "... a kind of skewed version [...]

Head to the SXSW site and check out the player: it streams featured bands and is a great way to prioritize your agenda without downloading music for the next week straight.

No it's not a new look for itunes, it's actually something quite different. Songbird is what it's called and has been nicknamed the "itunes killer" on a few sites. I wouldn't go so far as to call it that yet, but after reading the features it has I was pretty impressed. The fact that it can play any file (OGG, WMA, MP3, FLAC, etc.), different themes to choose from, and has an integrated web search is pretty neat. I especially love that you can view any web page as a playlist and even play them as a playlist. [...]