
1. Diet Mountain Dew - Lana Del Rey 2. If You Really Do - Bic Runga 3. Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey 4. Next To Me - Emeli Sande 5. Video Games - Lana Del Rey 6. What'll I Do - Lisa Hannigan 7. Too Good To Lose - Rebecca Ferguson 8. Big Mouth - Santigold 9. Origins - Tennis 10. Black, White & Blue - Ladyhawke Filed under: Beats , Charter [...]
bic runga : this girl's prepared for war (belle, 2011) emmy the great : paper forest (in the afterglow of rapture) (virtue, 2011) kiki hitomi : gypsy woman (2012) lux : the window (we are not the same, 2012) miila and the geeks : new age (new age, 2011)

1. Next To Me - Emeli Sande 2. If You Really Do - Bic Runga 3. Blue Jeans - Lana Del Rey 4. The End - Sibylle Baier 5. Explanations - Selah Sue 6. Sing You Home - Xenia 7. Love You So - Delilah 8. ¿Which Side Are You On? - Ani DiFranco 9. This Girl's Prepared For War - Bic Runga 10. Diet Mountain Dew - Lana Del Rey Filed under: Beats , [...]

1. If You Really Do - Bic Runga 2. Love You So - Delilah 3. Sonic Armada (A Trip To The Moon) - Air 4. J - Ani DiFranco 5. ¿Which Side Are You On? - Ani DiFranco 6. Best Friends, Right? - Amy Winehouse 7. Concrete Waves - Kendra Morris 8. This Girl's Prepared For War - Bic Runga 9. Where Have U Been - Rihanna 10. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey Filed [...]

Leave it to Bic Runga to come up with a simply-constructed little ditty, attach thoughtful lyrics to it and also make it have one of the most memorable choruses of the season. This number is simple in structure but rich is style. "If Your Really Do" is a beautiful lullaby that speaks of yearning and love. It manages to embody everything essential about creating an effective and well-written song organically. Bic Runga's only new album in six years, Belle , is short and sweet, but it manages to pack the punch with the catchy tunes like this delightful track. [...]

"[Chorus] This girl's prepared for war And as for love Who knows what it's good for Except for crying Yourself to sleep at night And for blowing down Your little heart" - Bic Runga on "This Girl's Prepared For War" from Belle . Filed under: Beats , quote , Zealander Tagged: belle , bic runga , crying , lyrics , new , quote , this girl's prepared for war

1. ¿Which Side Are You On? - Ani DiFranco 2. Sonic Armada (A Trip To The Moon) - Air 3. Love You So - Delilah 4. Amendment - Ani DiFranco 5. If You Really Do - Bic Runga 6. I - Nicola Roberts 7. Where Have U Been - Rihanna 8. This Girl's Prepared For War - Bic Runga 9. If Yr Not - Ani DiFranco 10. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey [...]

The perfect soundtrack To a beautiful winter. It's Belle all the way. Filed under: Beats , Haiku Review , Zealander Tagged: album , bic runga , haiku review , hello , music , new , review , soundtrack

1. Born To Die - Lana Del Rey 2. Love You So - Delilah 3.Where Have U Been - Rihanna 4. This Girl's Prepared For War - Bic Runga 5. Geronimo - Aura Dione 6. Foolin' - Dionne Bromfield 7. A Case Of You - James Blake 8. Yo-Yo - Nicola Roberts 9. Love After War - Robin Thicke 10. Nuclear Season - Charli XCX Filed under: Beats , Charter Tagged: bic [...]
Filed under: Beats , Clip , Zealander Tagged: albums , belle , bic runga , new , single
Good to know that Bic Runga has a great sense of history judging from this test she took, but what's also great is her single "Hello, Hello," which will bring out the jolly cheer in you very fast on this sullen winter. Also, her album Belle is not to be missed. Filed under: Beats , Clip , Yankee Panky Tagged: album , belle , bic runga , interview , music , new , new zealand , single

Last I heard from Kiwi singer/songwriter Bic Runga , she was making freeform psych-pop jams with The Mint Chicks frontman Kody Nielson as Kody & Bic, and giving them away on Bandcamp. I was not too fond of it, and thankfully, it appeared to be a short-lived side project. Bic is set for a proper comeback this November with her first studio album in 6 years, entitled "Belle" . It only took one listen to the lead single "Hello Hello" to remind me just how much I missed her voice, and how glad I am to [...]
The stupendous Bic Runga is back after a long break from the music industry with this cute, yet loud number. She's gone all rock on this one, but we hope it's just the buzzy first single as we love the mellow Runga on "I'm Leaving" and "Say After Me." At any rate, the new album will be out soon and its called Belle . Filed under: Beats , Clip , Yankee Panky Tagged: bic runga , facebook , music , music industry , new zealand , Oceania

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Red Panda 01 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues 02 Guster Do You Love Me 03 Jesse Thomas You I Want (Radio Edit) 04 Tegan and Sara Not Tonight 05 David Gray Be Mine 06 Edie Brickell Pill 07 Amy Stroup Hold Onto Hope Love 08 Bic Runga Sway 09 Corinne Bailey Rae Closer 10 The Airborne Toxic Event Sometime Around Midnight 11 Iron & Wine Tree By The River 12 Twin Sister I Want A [...]

Haven't got too much to say about Stellar , although listening to anything off their fantastic debut Mix takes me right back to my Uni days. It was a result of one of those convoluted connections that I'd probably never take a chance on now. As a big Crowded House fan, I'd seek out any spurious link that might deliver something along similar lines. I chanced upon a single by Bic Runga that CH bassist Nick Seymour might have had something to do with. Quickly becoming enamoured with Bic's debut album Drive, I then moved onto... her [...]

In honour of the day that's in it, here are some tunes by the band from Downpatrick in County Down. The three-piece from Northern Ireland have been together for nearly twenty years and I've been a fan of them since their first album, 1977. The band's punk-pop sound had been augmented for a while by the inclusion of Charlotte Hatherley on guitar, but has reverted to its original line-up in recent years. In 2007, the band announced that they would be only releasing singles for the forseeable future. This is not a bad idea for the group as their single [...]
boh runga - evelyn [sister of new zealand singer/songwriter BIC runga, boh was in the band stellar* until going solo this year.] http://feeds.feedburner.com/Wo ngiesMusicWorld

Boh Runga - Right Here Artist: Boh Runga Song: Evelyn Album: Right Here Label: Katipo Music Release date: July 14, 2009 (available now on iTunes) After years fronting her highly successful band Stellar* , New Zealand's Boh Runga has decided to go solo and is preparing to release her debut album, Right Here for the first time in the United States on July 14 in digital format. [...]
I'm having a pretty hard time finding 'new' music to listen to these days. Most works fall into the mainstream category or just plainly don't make the cut to deserve a review. My friend has been trying to get me to listen to Bic Runga for a while now, I guess today is as good as any to succumb to her request. So, who is Bic Runga ? Bic Runga is a New Zealand singer-songwriter, best known for the track Sway on the American Pie soundtrack. [...]