Blog: Eardrums shall fail

Nelly Furtado . What happened there? This is just not my kind of pop. Wongie 's got the mp3s if that's what you're looking for. I am just not even going to bother downloading this crap. No Rock and Roll Fun had a little snarky comment I enjoyed. So going back to your roots means singing in Spanish, and the Portuguese-descent thing was all a little masquerade. Well, whatever roots suit you best my girl. J'accuse, baby.

this: DEFINATELY. Fuck! For fuck's sake. Fucky fuck. Twats. So this song will actually be educational in more ways than one: Oasis - Live Forever mp3 (off the Definitely Maybe LP) (but you people with the definately are still definitely, to infinty, twats) and Vama Veche - HATE mp3 (a laugh and some good music too) *anger pant* thank you and good night. as night becomes [...]

but I'll put myself up in intensive care. I'm in limbo betwixt people who know too much music (some might say are obsessed) and people who wonder how i come across all the music I post (rightly some may say I'm obsessed). Anyway I might be a bit late on this one, but Regina Spektor is back on track with a more poppish sound to alleviate our exhausting daily routine. Take the Regina route, tooh-day. Fresher than an orange juice squeezed right in front of ya. With a vodka twist. Not one [...]

is part of what influences LoneLady, a fantastic unsigned act that reminds me in part of PJ Harvey but raw and with what i'd describe as guitar-playing brought to its most intuitive fuel of nerve. A bit of production magic could make her big- production for now being recording on a 4-track in her flat. LoneLady's been featured on BBC's onemusic Unsigned Podcast with a song that woke me up from whatever it is I was doing and continue to do so- LoneLady - [...]

Not that that's how he'd describe himself. Ramona is Ramón Córdova's (pronounced Cordoba) stage name and a mighty serene stage he pontificates (it's actually his grandmother's name). An eleven track musical amusement - that's his description of The Boy Who Floated Freely . The boy named Giver finds himself on a deserted island that at least has a gypsy bar. They welcome the stranded being, and here's his reply: Ramona Córdova - Giver's Reply mp3 (recommended, totally)

Sometimes I think art is doomed to perish. Then I discover Ramona. Post about him later on. Oh but this Marco Chiandetti dude is a nice find. The first two snapshots are from his video, Silence is the distance between two sounds .

Who are these crazy mothafuckers? If you like your DJ Shadow Private Press -era, C-Mon&Kypski are all that and bonus funk factor. A couple of mixtapes are up on their site for download . Here's their blog . Carhartt's their sponsor, so they are indeed cool. Until I get their CD, could someone point me out an educational-purposes mp3, hey?

Persephone's Bees Angelina loves them, they've had pretty good reviews and they've been slammed . But that's not why I like Hal . I like them because they love their music. and they're not afraid to say it. There's been appreciation talk of them, but not nearly enough and I'm gonna root for them some more. David Allen's is high-pitched but not shrill, and a falsetto doesn't sound fishy (which is what horrifies me about Clap Your Hands Say Yeah). Hal - Coming Right Over [...]

I listen to the BBC occasionally. An array of soft-spoken presenters to ease the pressure of the latest nuclear attack. Anyway, listening to all that grown up stuff, you get an idea as to what's going on. What you don't want to do is write a pop song about it. Anti-war songs should be impromptu, improvised, a dab of dark here, sarcasm there... Now allow me to be trivial. One Sandi Thom , directly from her basement Are people too ashamed of liking this song to post it? Hm. The [...]

The Romanian musical landscape moves around the principle of concentric circles. The robustly-diametered outward circles are the masses listening to a strange breed of pop culture and gypsy music that I will not post. Then there's the mediocre brand of pop, substandard and all. The more you get to the center of the circles, to that one throbbing disc of lava that I like to pop my toe in, you either burn your skin or start dancing (after the convulsive twitching). Yes, bingo, adapting is the word. Again, I hope you haven't gone away. If you're still here... [...]

Just to say thanks to all 200 or so of you who spiritually inhabited my Indie Mixtape post.

for full size click the image of your choice Tapes n' Tapes dubbed the hardest working band in indie rock by Filter Magazine, with a cheery downer of a song that strums its way through highs and lows like heartbeat on acid. Tapes n' Tapes - 10 Gallon Ascots mp3 What I'm really into these days. The first movement (because it really does sound like several movements [...]

Pictures of tapes on Flickr look like they're other-woldly evidence, like someone had dug up a time capsule from their backyard and stared in disbelief while groping for the camera with a limp hand. Yes kids, bands used to be on a band of tape. (nonsense). But still, ignoring the scent of nonsense, tapes, man, TAPES were the first revolution in contemporary music file (whoot!) sharing history. Record companies were shitting themselves left and right, throwing hissy fits, heads had to roll because the nasty DAT would decrease record* sales and make them company bosses [...]

Romania is very good. Good woman, good drink, good food. You know? Yes sure you know. If you not know, I tell you man. Romania is illuminated. Illuminated indeed. For a while now I've been itching to share fluids with you. Yes with you. Hang about, what's this fluid crap. Hey I ain't talking about bodily fluids. The fluids surrounding the spectacular neo-jazz beats sheltered under the hood named Aievea. Furthermore, Aievea [AhyévÄ•a] is just.. you know, cool. Like good films, good music is universal. It keeps a tinge of recognaissance of its own roots but [...]

Lily Allen has for some reason been compared to Lady Sovereign, which leaves me in a mist of misapprehension. Upon hearing the first notes off LDN, I thought of Corinne Bailey Rae. As far as I know she is unanimously liked. Her myspace page is a place of fertility where zebras roam in peace with leopards and rainbows loom over pretty little strawberry cakes. I don't know if that makes any sense, I just mean that her fan base is growing exponentially as I write this. Well you have to [...]

What I define as a good band is by no means a limited view. In fact, my views keep disintegrating and bouncing around in a bunny-like manner. Mazarin are so diversely influenced I wouldn't know how to tag them; maybe I am not supposed to. I'm wide awake when I listen to them, I don't know if I should pay attention to the minor or the major chord, confusion, elation... yep. Good poppy rock. Or rocky pup. This is the buzz of their bees that makes my knees swoop and my path un-narrow. [...]

I feel like writing. But I have such a beautiful track that I'm just gonna post in a hurry this Easter Sunday. Stars - I'd heard about them a while back, I wasn't too impressed with the vocals since I prefer deep and jazzy not just decorative and high-pitch. Sometimes you have to see things in a remix light to get the gist. Down: Stars - Ageless Beauty (Most Serene Republic remix) mp3 The [...]