não será difícil imaginar onde este quarteto norueguês se terá inspirado para apresentar este "Taiga". curioso é saber que Taiga (palavra de raiz russa) é também conhecida por " floresta de coníferas , ou ainda floresta boreal , é um bioma comumente encontrado no norte do Alasca, Canadá, sul da Groelândia, parte da Noruega...", ora, as paisagens extraordinárias, comuns a esta biodiversidade, frágil, foram certamente representadas, metaforicamente, pela voz quase cristalina do vocalista, que desta forma procura também o espirito de uma interacção harmoniosa entre o homem e a natureza. é um album que se deve de ouvir inteirinho, de uma [...]
MF#12 features "Life On the Nickel," a preview from Foster The People's Torches debut album due out next month, a collabo lo-fi track from The Flaming Lips and Neon Indian, along with the expected mix of lesser known emerging bands. It's Monday! Lukestar - "Flying Canoes" Norton - "Two Point"
Though Lukestar 's latest record "Taiga" didn't quite blow me away like I had hoped (it's still good, I don't mean to put it down), lead single "Flying canoes" gets better with every listen. I understand the androgynous falsetto vox are a turn-off for some, but they wouldn't be Lukestar without 'em and the melisma hook on this tune is unstoppable. Great buildup too, especially in the way the drum patterns change from part to part, all culminating in a triumphant a capella break. Still have absolute no clue what the song's about [...]
![[MP3] LUKESTAR take us on a journey through the TAIGA](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3131906_lg.jpg)
there's no reason why the kingdom has to fall ♫ Lukestar - Taiga Another band that has eluded my attention for waaay too long, Oslo's Lukestar recently popped on the radar with this piece of beautiful falsetto funk. The latest addition to their catalog is the upcoming LP Taiga . First single "Flying Canoes" has a video but I'm partial to the swirling, plucky bounce of the title track. Seems kinda perfect for running through the snow and pretending you are a forrest creature. Or a woodland wizard. [...]
This is so Mew the Danish lads should be calling up to nearby Oslo to pick up their royalties. But as Mew's current album is scaring me from their door (and this despite 'And The Glass Handed Kites' being by some distance my favourite album of 2005) I have instead become utterly consumed by another Scandinavian beauty. 'White Shade' is taken from last years 'Lake Toba' record and specialises in peculiarity. There are elements of at least half a dozen different songs here but the patchwork somehow manages to sound a convincing whole. The only pity is that it is [...]
Artist : Le Ron, Yves Eaux & Luke Star Album : Raar Maar Waar Label : Kindred Sounds Cat.# : KSLTD06 Source : WEB WebStore : Beatport Genre : Techno / Tech House Quality: 320kbps / 44.1kHz Length : 00:21:21 Size : 48.9 Mb [Track List] 1. Raar Maar Waar (Original Mix) 6:23 2. Raar Maar Waar (Presslaboys Remix) 7:09 3. Raar Maar Waar (Kriece Remix) 7:49 [...]
Power pop is a fickle mistress, it is easy to get lost in its countless releases (most of which are painfully mediocre), and forget why you loved it in the first place. To compound that, whenever you reach the breaking point with it, you stumble across an album which makes you forget everything that its done wrong (for an example of the wrongs see every Jimmy Eat World record after "Clarity"). It essentially the asshole boyfriend who shows up at your door with flowers the day you decide to finally break-up with him. Growing increasingly frustrated with the [...]
The Walkmen - In The New Year Lukestar - White Shade Amanda Palmer - Astronaut Slaraffenland - I'm A Machine The Raveonettes - Black/White Dashboard Confessional - Hands [...]
Though their MySpace page says "Japanese Classic Music", Lukestar is not Japanese, but Norwegian. However, they are pretty classic when it comes down to their originality. Their album Lake Toba was released last year and received a lot of rave in Norway as well as in the U.S. It even received a Norwegian Grammy or "Spellemann" for the best rock album. This album vibrates with powerful pop rock, energetic drumming, catchy guitar riffs and rocking falsetto vocals. Even though it sounds as if there might be some female vocals, it is [...]
Sans le cacher, je m'inspire cette semaine de l'édition décembre/janvier du magazine américain Nylon . Un coup de coeur pour n'importe quelle fille voulant être à l'affût des tendances musicales et vestimentaires! Mais ne vous inquiètez pas chers lecteurs masculins, le contenu de ma chronique plaira à tous les sexes! Cependant, je recommande à tous de se procurer l'édition avec, en couverture, Lily Allen. Le magazine déborde d'idées musicales qui rendront sûrement les amateurs de musique heureux. Alors voilà, sans plus tarder, je vous refile le top 10 des groupes norvégiens selon Nylon. Ça vous plaît, ça vous plaît pas? [...]
ARTIST: After the Gold Rush.011 Free mp3s from Faunts, Bon Iver, Chromeo, Illinois, Vetiver, Elvis Perkins and more! DATE: 01-19-09 WRITER: Mark Ziemke PHOTO: Old-Timer McGee Yeah, it's been a while, sue me! Actually, please don't sue me because I don't have any money. It's been a while partly because I've been in a holi-daaaze, but more because of the lack of any good music to come out since October. I mean, no one tours during the last two months of the [...]
Earlier today, the staff at Radio Exile and I unveiled the first part of our Top Albums of 2008 post with Albums 15 Through 11 [link]. Tonight, we unveil the next five rad albums on the list in...
There were some albums that just didn't quite do it for us as a whole, but maybe they had that one really good song that we played on repeat. Here are (lucky number) 13 songs that we think deserve Honorary Mentions for 2008 (again in no particular order). Polite Dance Song [mp3] - The Bird & The Bee (iTunes) We couldn't stop blasting it everywhere, and although it technically debuted at the end
The last mixtape of 2008, and it's late. I know- but I was without my laptop this week, making it difficult to pull all the pieces together (and perhaps a little too partied out to even think about mixes). Anyway, this is the last mixtape of 2008, the third year that I've done the whole SFFM thing! It's hard to believe that it's been going this long. Though I didn't really get started until February or March the first year, I'll be rolling over the 200's next week to create volume 301! I'll try to be on time [...]
"White Shade" - Lukestar Be aware, to begin with, that this is a man singing. I will quickly admit that I do not usually warm to a male voice that sounds this much like a female voice, but this has only to do with the fact that in my experience, singers with unusual voices tend to over-rely on the basic aural gimmick and therefore under-deliver on the song. Hell, I could listen to a male voice that sounds like a female hyena if the song is good enough. [...]
This is the Pampelmoose edition of the New Music Hour on Portland's 94.7FM. I failed to post Tuesday's show in time so here's a two for one... I'm on 94.7FM with resident DJ Squid every Tuesday and Thursday at 8PM. This is the show from Tuesday December 2nd and Thursday December 4th. For more local and [...]
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Written by Fense I was hooked in the opening moments of this video just like I was hooked the moment I heard Lukestar's high-pitched, Mew-like vocals. Even the backing music has the punchy, almost orchestrated sound of Mew's And The Glass Handed Kites . Lukestar ( MySpace ) hails from Oslo and their recent release, Lake Toba , which hit late September, doesn't appear to have hit in the states. But don't fret. It was released throughout Europe on several labels [...]
Norwegian quartet Lukestar just released a new record, Lake Toba. The falsetto vocals of boyscout Truls Heggero coupled with ethereal guitar-driven pop give it a Mew-esque (okay... very Mew-ish) likeness. read more
Can't wait for Denmark's Mew to come out with another prog-tastic album? Have no fear because northern neighbor Norway now has their answer in Lukestar . The similarity is uncanny, especially in the vocals, but that's a good thing. Their album, Lake Toba? , has already gone gold in their homeland. Lukestar - Whiteshade (MP3) Video after the jump: Related: No Related Post
White Shade, new video from Lukestar. Taken from the album Lake Toba
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