Category: Music
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Video Killed the Radio Star, but Who Killed the Music Industry?
There’s been some talk the past couple of days after Jon Bon Jovi mentioned that Steve Jobs (and more specifically Itunes) is the reason why the music business is pretty much all but dead. He said this in the Sunday TImes. Of course, such a statement cannot be left unnoticed and so NME is adding…
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New Music: Broken Bells – Meyrin Fields EP
I was just checking Twitter last night and found a tweet by PMA that Broken Bells is releasing an EP with all new songs. Broken Bells is a collaboration of James Mercer (The Shins) and Brian Burton (aka Danger Mouse). If you’ve been following this blog, you will know that I loved their self titled…
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Spinner: 25 Women Who Rock Right Now
Here’s a great article I found on Spinner today. I agree with this 100%. All these current female artists are amazing in their own right! It features Nicki Minaj, Florence Welch (of Florence & The Machine) and Beth Ditto of The Gossip fame. The Rock Hall of Fame is currently prepping its upcoming exhibit ‘Women…
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Song rip offs: killing two covers with one song
Do you know that feeling? The feeling you get when you find out that a song you love(d) turns out to be a complete rip off? Well I do! When I was 16/ 17 years old Sugababes released the following song to celebrate having a new group member: I freaking loved this song to pieces.…
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Albums I Look Forward to Hearing
2011 has been on its way for almost two months now and a new year means more new music that is being released. Here are some of the albums I’m excited to get my hands on/ listen to that I know are coming out this year or that have just recently hit the record store…
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SOTD: Mumford & Sons – Hold on to What You Believe In
Seeing they just performed at the Grammy’s with Bob Dylan and won big at the Brit Awards, Mumford & Sons definitely deserve a spot on here as well. Hold on to What You Believe In is NOT on the album ‘Sigh No More’, but it’s one of their best songs if you ask me. Check…
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SOTD: The Bees – Silverline
I was thinking of posting songs separately like I have done over the past few weeks. Let me know what you think? Do you prefer these Song of the Day posts? Or do you prefer seeing lists and lists of songs? Anywho. Without further ado, I present to you, The Bees featuring the cutest song…
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My Favorite Britney Spears Songs
No, this is not a joke. I am actually posting a blog on Britney Spears songs. Say what you like about Brit Brit. Yes she went bonkers a few years ago but who can blame her? If you go to youtube and see how the paparazzi hunted and haunted her you just feel sorry for…
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SOTD: Bobby Long – Penance Fire Blues
Awesome song. And the live performance of it is amazing. I just love this guys’ voice! I have a few of his other songs which I know a bit better than this one, but I loved this as soon as I heard it. Will post those other songs in due time as other Songs of…
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SOTD: De Staat – Sweatshop
Latest single by Dutch band De Staat. New album Machinery out March 4th! Lyrics: 1st man: I’ve been working all damn day in this sweatshop, It’ll feel like I’m dyin’ but I won’t stop, I don’t mind, cause I’m the kind of guy, I’m pumpin’ out till the end of time. 2nd deeper man: I’ve…
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Spinner.com – Free SXSW songs
Spinner.com is a website which I check quite often to see what’s new in music. One of their exclusive features is a free daily MP3 download of mostly upcoming indie bands. I was checking the site out the other day and found they now have a 3 part download up for 140 songs by bands…
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SOTD: The Tallest Man on Earth – The Drying of the Lawns
Norwegian folk music anyone? Perfection in 3 mins!
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SOTD – You Say Party We Say Die – Like I Give a Care (Remix)
Just another great Indie Pop track. You Say Party! We Say Die is btw a pretty cool band. Google them!
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I Can’t Stop Raving…
You read that right. I thought it would be time again for a music related post. If you read some earlier posts on this blog, you will have found blogs on mostly indie bands and some new folk artists, as well as my favorite dance tracks, cover songs and songs that match my mood. What…
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My favorite cover songs
You know what they say about cover songs: they never beat the original. Well, except for a few cases then. Some covers are simply better than the original and here are a few of my favorites. First up is 311 – Love Song. This song is originally by The Cure and in itself 100% awesome.…
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Latest addition to my music collection: I Blame Coco
On Sunday I went to my local record store again to buy a few CDs. I had already come across a stray song by I Blame Coco and loved it, so I was stoked when I found her album The Constant in my store and decided to buy it. I Blame Coco is an indie…
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Fun song: April Smith & the Great Picture Show – Colors
Just a fun pick me up song that just makes me smile whenever I hear it. Live: Lyrics: You’ve been far away from me another land across the sea all this time my heart’s been breaking just waiting round and aching for a letter or a telegram telling me how sweet i am swear your…
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Song: Marc Broussard – Home
Last night, for the second week in a row, my dance teacher taught us a song to the following song: Isn’t that the most awesome song ever? A bit of country, with an awesome thick beat and simple guitar chords. This is my new favorite dance routine as well as the song to totally let…
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Some new music I’ve been enjoying
As some of you may know I’ve been trying to update & reorganize my music collection for the past couple of days. As of yet, I’m still not done with that. It takes a while when you have many songs and I hate doing anything half-assed, so that’s why it’s taking some time to get…
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CD Review: Peter Broderick – How They Are
Seems like I’m already sticking to one new year’s resolution: discovering more great new music! I bought the CD in 2010 (namely on Friday) but didn’t have chance to listen to it until yesterday. So really it counts as a new discovery in 2011. I bought this CD based merely on the description that hung…
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My concerts of 2010
So the past year I’ve been to plenty of concerts and I thought it would be nice to post my overview here. The list doesn’t feature ONLY concerts. There is also a stray play, musical and opera to be found in there. My favorites are in bold. The ones I actually didn’t like that much…
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Radio Top 2000
Yes, it’s that time of year again: the only week in the year I listen to the radio. Why would I suddenly listen to the radio? Because as of Christmas Day till New Year’s Eve, a Dutch radio station lists the 2000 best songs of all time: the Radio Top 2000. The tradition started in…
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Top 25 Songs of 2010
So two weeks ago I posted my favorite CDs of 2010. I think it is only fair to also list my favorite songs of 2010. There may be a bit of an overlap in this, since some of my favorite songs most likely featured on some of my favorite albums. Also, some of these songs may have…
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My Top 25 CDs of 2010
Yesterday NPR posted their Top 50 favorite albums of 2010. So I decided to sift through the albums I’ve been listening to this past year and came to 25 CDs that I either love so much that I have had them on repeat for a while, or bands that I have really gotten into in…