Kissey Asplund is a Swedish born singer who boast funky electronic tracks with a touch of soul and jazz. Her album "Plethora" should be released sometime early next year on R2 Records. Hello Saferide , who features previously posted Maia Hirasawa, is an indie folk band that makes quirky songs that would mesh perfectly with the Juno soundtrack . I think the song speaks for itself.
I am at a loss of words when it comes to Kid A . Blurring the lines between electro-pop, new wave, house, 80's, and even funk she leaves you with the sense that her goal is to remain ambiguous. Which in and of itself seems quite difficult to achieve considering the only thing that really varies within the her infectious, repetitious, and seemingly sampled and looped beats, is a slight key change here and there. Other than that, it is her spooky Bjork like vocals that carry the songs exactly where they need to [...]
I quickly dismissed Sam Sparro's "Black & Gold" the first time I heard the track, as I tend to do when a song has a long intro. However, once I stumbled upon the track sometime later and took a good listen to it, I was hooked. Boasting sexy R&B like vocals over a synth pop sound a kin to that of 80's group Soft Cell , it's just one of those songs that progressively manages to have you in a full out dance by the time it is over. With the unstoppable wave of [...]
About two months ago while in Croatia I saw a video for a catchy little pop ditty, but had no way of finding out who the artist was. Fast forward about a month later back in Switzerland and I hear the song on the radio. This time I was at least able to use the name of the radio station to as a search tool, and a couple hours later I had the song, "New Soul" by Yael Naim . I must say I usually don't like songs like this, but it's just so damn catchy! [...]
Aaron Jerome's album just dropped earlier this month on BBE . This is his first solo venture after being known for providing remixes for such established artists like Zap Mama, Roy Ayers, and even Amy Winehouse. Capable of making smooth jazzy tracks, to base heavy soulful house, this young South Londoner's time has been a long time coming. What has me even more excited about this album is that fellow Brit Andreya Triana is featured on the album as well. Triana first caught my [...]
This weekend as my anger grew from the constant train delays I experienced while traveling in Germany, I decided it would be helpful to go through my music library and find that one song that could put me in a better mood. After only a few tracks I found it, a playfully upbeat slice of pop heaven by Maia Hirasawa called, "And I Found this Boy". I honestly have been listening to this song about 10 times a day. This Swedish-Japanese singer-songwriter has got a knack for making happy music…just plain, simple, happy music.
It's funny how small the music world can be. I was just on myspace checking up on a French musician by the name of Barth , that I had heard of a couple weeks ago. Barth's sound first struck as being similar to the Beatles if it had been remixed with the soundtrack from the French cartoon " The Triplets of Belleville " Although not a new artist (except to me), I knew that he had a new album coming out so I wanted to check the release date. I noticed a cool looking [...]
Ok...so I know everyone has found themselves at some point watching a movie that they know they should never watch. You know, those horribly cheesy romantic comedies in which the only affect they seem to have on you is to make you blubber like a little child? Not that I speak from experience or anything like that. Such the case was today. Since I am currently residing in a tiny village in Switzerland, I often find myself with nothing to do except watch movies. Seeing how this has now become an everyday occurence, my [...]
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