Tagged: artistalert

Artist Alert: The Noisettes

Jul 26, 2012, 1:30am Musically Inclined

Whether you like some good old-fashioned dance music or the sound of the ’60s, The Noisettes have something for you. The English duo of vocalist and bassist Shingai Shoniwa and guitarist Dan Smith have been around since 2003 (with a third band member, Jamie Morrison, until 2010), but it was in 2009 when their single [...]

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Artist Alert: AWOLNATION

Jul 16, 2012, 6:30am Musically Inclined

Last year was particularly stressful for me at work, so the few hours I had at home during which I wasn’t asleep weren’t spent looking for musicians unknown to me but rather new music from artists I already knew and liked. I was mildly intrigued when the name AWOLNATION popped up over and over again [...]

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Artist Alert: Fleet Foxes

Nov 7, 2011, 5:30am Musically Inclined

Photo by Sean Pecknold I either used to have a closed mind towards folk music, or I just hadn't heard the right folk music until last year. At the mere mention of folk music I would start snoring (or, if I wanted to be polite, would just smile while my eyes glazed over as I [...]

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Artist Alert: NewVillager

Oct 21, 2011, 2:56pm Musically Inclined

NewVillager, from what I've read around the web, is an artist collective that is not just about the music but also the accompanying visuals, whether it be at their live shows or in their videos. Ben Bromley and Ross Simonini, the men behind NewVillager, are so dedicated that for their album "they recorded 10 versions [...]

• NewVillager - Rich Doors
• NewVillager - Shot Big Horixon

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Artist:	NewVillager
Title:	Rich Doors
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	NewVillager
Title:	Shot Big Horixon
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist Alert: The Vaccines

Oct 11, 2011, 1:06pm Musically Inclined

In just one short year, The Vaccines seem to be everywhere. It's difficult to look for indie music without encountering them on almost every blog, and even my Facebook news feed has been diligently feeding me posts from my friends Z and Z about their love for The Vaccines. They're playing to sold-out shows across [...]

• The Vaccines - Last friday night (Katy Perry Cover)
• TheVaccines - Post Break-Up Sex

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Artist:	The Vaccines
Title:	Last friday night (Katy Perry Cover)
File Name:	SoundCloud
Genre:	indie rock

Artist:	TheVaccines
Title:	Post Break-Up Sex
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist Alert: Feist

Sep 2, 2011, 1:03pm Musically Inclined

Do you know Feist? If not, you really, really should get to. Born Leslie Feist and performing as simply Feist, this Canadian singer-songwriter has already been nominated for a Grammy Award (Best New Artist in 2007) and swept the 2008 Juno Awards. Her accolades are all with good reason. With a strong voice and happy [...]

• Feist - How Come You Never Go There

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Artist:	Feist
Title:	How Come You Never Go There
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist Alert: Lykke Li

Feb 3, 2011, 11:15am Musically Inclined

I LOVE Lykke Li. Seriously, the woman is amazing. I've said before how much I love Kings of Leon, and Lykke Li here not only managed to cover/remix a KoL song, she made it better! Now that's a difficult thing to achieve. For those of you not in the know, Lykke Li is a Swedish [...]

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Artist Alert: Charlie Mars

Apr 19, 2010, 1:44pm Musically Inclined

You'd think I'd be tired of the Jason Mraz type singer-songwriters who make easy-breezy music with an acoustic guitar (and I thought I was too), but one listen to Charlie Mars and I knew I wasn't done. Mars will soon be releasing Like a Bird, Like a Plane - which, it turns out, is his [...]

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Artist Alert: She & Him

Mar 15, 2010, 1:31pm Musically Inclined

The dual profession of actress/singer has been tried and tested by numerous PYT’s over the years, some of whom have been stellar at both and some who just make me want to shoot myself (aka Miley Cyrus). Thank God for Zooey Deschanel. The fairly-indie actress is now making very indie music as the “she” in She [...]

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Artist Alert: Vampire Weekend

Mar 1, 2010, 12:41am Musically Inclined

Photo by Tim Soter Although 'Artist Alert' isn't quite the right category to fit Vampire Weekend into - seeing as they're really famous - the band hasn't been heard in India before and this seems to be the perfect time to feature them because, as I discovered recently, the good people at EMI India are releasing [...]

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Artist Alert: KaiserCartel

Jan 17, 2010, 10:36am Musically Inclined

If you're a regular reader of MI, you'll probably have noticed that I rarely feature bands/artists with female singers, and the reason for this is (and I realise I am about to make a sweeping generalisation) most female singers I've heard recently, despite having some great songs, have really screechy voices. Enter KaiserCartel to prove me [...]

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Artist Alert: Landon Pigg

Nov 15, 2009, 7:25am Musically Inclined

I have the biggest crush on Landon Pigg. Seriously. Big. Crush. With his new album The Boy Who Never, Landon returns with swoon worthy music that just makes your heart felt. Whoever the subject of his songs is is one seriously lucky lady and obviously a fantastic muse. Blue Skies is probably the best song I've heard [...]

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Artist Alert: Jonathan Jeremiah

Oct 24, 2009, 2:15pm Musically Inclined

It seems that it would be fairly simple to find a biography on the internet for almost any singer/musician/band/pianist aka pretty much anyone who can carry a tune and has released a record, but Jonathan Jeremiah seems to be the exception. So far all I've learned about him is that he's from London and is [...]

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Artist Alert: Spoon

Oct 3, 2009, 1:37pm Musically Inclined

My friends Jen and Mike have awesome taste in music, and, on my recent trip to visit them, they introduced me to one of my new favourite bands Spoon. Named after the theme song of the German movie Das Messer, Spoon are a quartet from Austin, Texas, who have been signed with Merge Records since [...]

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Artist Alert: Phoenix

Sep 21, 2009, 9:36am Musically Inclined

Seeing as they've been around for ages, Phoenix are deservedly very famous; but, as no one other than me and the members of my immediate family seem to have heard them or heard of them here in India, I've decided that Phoenix are a band very worthy of an Artist Alert on the blog. The French [...]

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Artist Alert: Passion Pit

Aug 15, 2009, 11:55am Musically Inclined

There's nothing I love more than discovering a new band that's just so darned good they make it to the list of my most played songs within a matter of days. Passion Pit managed that with not just one, but two songs from their debut album Manners. Making electronic music since 2007, Passion Pit is a [...]

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Artist Alert: Miike Snow

Aug 1, 2009, 7:12am Musically Inclined

For the longest time, I thought Miike Snow was some guy who decide numerology worked for him and so changed the way he spelled "Mike".  Unimpressed by numerology and the hype that surrounds it, I stayed away from all the mp3 streams I found. Thankfully, curiosity got the better of me a few months later when [...]

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Artist Alert: Kings Of Leon

Jun 17, 2009, 11:33am Musically Inclined

So I’m going to break my own rule and write about Kings of Leon, who aren’t unsigned (their latest album was released on RCA) and aren’t indie, but they’re just so darned good that they deserve more than a mere mention on this blog. Four Followills from Nashville, Tennessee – brothers Nathan, Caleb, Jared and their [...]

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