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<title><![CDATA[Lykke Li]]></title>
<link>http://vanillabomb.wordpress.com/?p=343</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vanillahead</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[You know who I&#8217;m not afraid to admit that I like? Swedish singer Lykke Li. When I first began ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://vanillabomb.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/lykke-li.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-344 alignleft" src="http://vanillabomb.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/lykke-li.jpg?w=220" alt="" width="164" height="223" /></a>You know who I'm not afraid to admit that I like? Swedish singer Lykke Li. When I first began reading about her, I glazed over the attention, thinking she was just another female artist in the vein of Regina Spektor and Feist. But when I desperately needed new tunes for a long flight abroad, I decided to give her a shot. I was pleasantly surprised. Lykke Li isn't quite as sugary-sweet as the aforementioned queens of indie pop and she has more of a soulful edge. Some of the songs on her debut <em>Youth Novel</em>—produced by Bjorn Yttling of ubiquitous pop outfit Peter, Bjorn and John—even incorporate electronic elements, which is always gravy to me.</p>
<p>And, she's hot.</p>
<p>Check out the video for "Little Bit." Very catchy. She'd probably make out with me, right?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Santi + Maya = Pure Gold ]]></title>
<link>http://rightmindleftcoast.wordpress.com/?p=100</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>iwentwest</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
everyone loves to compare santogold to mia. i do not. both, however, happen to rock.
from Santogo]]></description>
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<p>everyone loves to compare <strong>santogold</strong> to <strong>mia</strong>. i do not. both, however, happen to rock.</p>
<p>from Santogold's mixtape with Diplo (yeah philly love!), <em>Top Ranking</em>, here's santi's <a href="http://download100.mediafire.com/yy2o2b1mtd1g/gnggswm3qq1/Get_Up_Santogold.mp3">Get It Up (Radioclit Mix feat. M.I.A. and Gorilla Zoe)</a>. <br />
im hoping they collaborate more, and with the whole philly / diplo / spank rock connection, maybe ill get my wish...</p>
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<p>more candy:</p>
<p>lykke li - <a href="http://download112.mediafire.com/rnyxekd1jmmg/jtitx6lxyju/Lykke+Li+-+Little+Bit.mp3">little bit</a></p>
<p>discovered lykke back in april, and have been obsessed ever since. understated, playful, and absolutely brilliant. love those swedes.</p>
<p>yeasayer - <a href="http://download392.mediafire.com/l9sm2dzenzsg/zqnetyztzg1/YEASAYER-2080.mp3">2080</a></p>
<p>when i was looking for an apt here back in march, this one girl who's place i looked at in the marina. very sweet girl, kenyon alum, totally marina. she was funny, though - she had just moved out of a loft in soma where she was living with her hipster friends, and she was like, i go to the yeasayers! im indie! and of course i had no idea who the yeasayers were at this point. but to the point: this song is fantastic. layered, textured, syth-laden... just gorgeous.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[song of the day #52]]></title>
<link>http://thepassingstatic.wordpress.com/?p=208</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thepassingsoundofstatic</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[
girl: you&#8217;re a fool boy&#8230;
boy: &#8230;. you&#8217;re probably right.
lykke li - little b]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">girl: you're a fool boy...</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">boy: .... you're probably right.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/15701342037e983c/" target="_blank">lykke li - little bit (css remix)</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[LYKKE LI]]></title>
<link>http://apta216.wordpress.com/?p=59</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>apta216</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I have lots of fav new artists, but this swedish singer lykke li is just plain awesome. I love her t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have lots of fav new artists, but this swedish singer lykke li is just plain awesome. I love her to death.  Here are Few pics and videos...<img class="aligncenter" src="http://luna.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/15/lykkelisxsw.jpg" alt="" width="444" height="294" /><img class="aligncenter" src="http://stereogum.com/img/lykke_li-i'm_good_i'm_gone-cb_remix.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="430" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[...shoppingbaksmälla.]]></title>
<link>http://ninablogg.wordpress.com/?p=192</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Nina</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Idag kilade jag ned på Kronan - Sundbybergs stolta apotek från 1902 - för att köpa honungsskavs]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Idag kilade jag ned på Kronan</strong> - Sundbybergs stolta apotek från 1902 - för att köpa honungsskavsårsplåster för hälarna, eftersom jag fått skavsår från allt gående under veckan. Tror aldrig jag gått så mycket sammanhängande på hela året som jag gjort denna vecka (jo, sammanlagt allt jag gått under ett helt år förståss, klart jag gått mer då, men jag menar gått på en sån här kort period ;)). Från mån-fre denna vecka har jag nästan gått konstant mellan  ca 12.00-20.00 varje dag. Men man vill ju försöka hinna med allt man vill se &#38; göra under en sån här vecka. Trots sköna skor och att jag bytte skor varje dag, lyckades jag sista dagen ändå få skavsår. Jaja.. *Ding!* =P Men ändå. När syrran &#38; Uffe åkt på fredag drog jag hem i säng - och somnade vid sju. xD Av skavsår, av solbrändhet, av shopping, av tunnelbane-rännande - av ALLT. Jag trodde jag var shopping-segare, men icke. ;)</p>
<p><strong>Aja. Men idag (lördag)</strong> sov jag i alla fall till elva, drog sen alltså till apoteket (där jag också köpte alsolsprit; för när jag skulle badda mina skavsår upptäckte jag att min förra flaska gick ut 2004. när jag tänkte att "äh! alsolsprit håller väl ändå?" och baddade på skavsåren med spriten i alla fall så SVED DET SOM FAAAAAAAAAAAN - vilket det alltså normalt inte ska göra - så jag tänkte att det kanske var bäst att casha ut på en ny flaska i alla fall... ;) Men så att ni vet.. alsolsprit håller alltså INTE hur länge som helst, även om ni använt den sällan &#38; flaskan är nästan full...! =P) och gjorde mitt ärende. sen åkte jag in till stadsbiblioteket och strosade där ett par timmar i rotundans galleri där jag längst upp hittade en bok på måfå som jag lånade hem: <em>Londons barn (The Children of the Archbishop)</em> av Norman Collins från 1962. Har ingen aning om vad det är för bok, men läste första sidorna och den verkade skitbra, så den ska jag ta med mig nu till Hälsingland på mån.</p>
<p>Sen när jag kom hem från biblioteket käkade jag mat och sen somnade jag klockan sju - igen. ;)</p>
<p>I veckan damp också min Marie Antoinetta-plansch ned hos postkontoret i Sundbyberg, som jag beställde typ i slutet av maj/början av juni, men som de inte hade på lager, så jag har fått vänta halva sommaren då de var tvungen att beställa från utomlands. Marie Antoinette (Coppolas film, alltså) är nu inte direkt min favoritfilm men planschen lyser upp och är cool och passar färgerna i min tapet.. jag gillar den jättemycket... men filmen är faktiskt också riktigt bra; mysig, rolig, färgklatschig &#38; har coolt soundtrack.. aja, såhär ser planschen alltså ut för er som inte vet, med Kirsten Dunst i 1700-tals outfit, tycker den är riktigt läcker..</p>
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<p><strong>Sen precis nu innan jag skulle börja blogga</strong> ringde mamma och berättade att föräldrarna till två av mina absolut bästa barndomskamrater när jag växte upp har skilt sig. En familj som jag alltså var hos jättemycket som barn, nästan "bodde där" vissa dagar och så t.o.m..  och föräldrarna till dessa tjejer var liksom sådana som man trodde <em>alltid </em>skulle va ihop.. på nåt sätt.. de var liksom <em>sådana</em>...  ja, ni vet. men man vet ju inte allt, och det kanske var mycket som man inte visste. men ändå.. så då blev jag paff.. ! Tyvärr har jag inte haft någon kontakt med mina tjejkompisar E &#38; T sen 8:an, 9:an.. men skulle gärna vilja träffa dem idag, för det var riktigt längesedan jag såg någon av dem nu... flera, flera år sedan... :-/</p>
<p>Lykke Li passar bra en kväll som denna.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[lykke li ]]></title>
<link>http://jrene.wordpress.com/?p=113</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jrene</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli
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<title><![CDATA[Deixado para trás?]]></title>
<link>http://pedroalexandresanches.wordpress.com/?p=64</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pedro Alexandre Sanches</dc:creator>
<guid>http://pedroalexandresanches.wordpress.com/?p=64</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Fermentada e inflamada no underground paulistano, a banda Cansei de Ser Sexy consolida ainda mais a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">Fermentada e inflamada no underground paulistano, a banda Cansei de Ser Sexy consolida ainda mais a sua internacionalização com o álbum <em>Donkey</em>. O disco foi gravado no estúdio da Trama (a primeira gravadora dos CSS) em São Paulo, saiu pela gravadora norte-americana SubPop e mobiliza expectivas e reações na Inglaterra, onde a banda está radicada.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Ainda assim, prevalece um rastro de sintonia com o Brasil natal. Pois, diferentemente do que aconteceu por exemplo com o grupo curitibano Bonde do Rolê (cujo CD de estréia saiu há mais de um ano lá fora, pela Domino, e só agora ganha edição nacional, pela EMI), <em>Donkey </em>chegará ao patropi com poucos dias de demora, ainda pela Trama, em edição convencional ou em download <strong>gratuito </strong>pelo site da gravadora, dentro do projeto Álbum Virtual.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Assuntos como os mencionados acima nortearam entrevistas que fiz com três dos cinco CSS - Luiza Sá por telefone, de Londres, Adriano Cintra e Ana Rezende por e-mail, também de lá. À estrela mais reluzente do grupo, Lovefoxxx, mais uma vez não tive acesso, e pelo que percebi nos arrastões de mídia ao longo da semana, ela parece andar meio arredia a falar com o brazix muamba (pPor que será, hein?). A elas, as entrevistas [e, ah, leitor(a), você é testemunha, não fui eu que citei, nenhuma vez, certos totens-medalhões da MPB que nunca saem da boca de dez entre dez astros brasucas, ainda que sejam os iconoclastas CSS...]:</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Primeira</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Pedro Alexandre Sanches -</strong> Como vão as coisas para o CSS?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Luiza Sá -</strong> Vão bem, num ritmo parecido com o do ano passado, mas com mais organização e maturidade. Ficamos mais <em>business class</em>, apesar de que ainda não viajamos de <em>business class </em>[<em>ri</em>]<em>.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Como vocês estão estabelecidos atualmente? Todo mundo tem residência fixa em algum lugar?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Todo mundo tem casa em Londres. Adriano tem uma casa, Carol [<em>Parra</em>] e Ana moram em outra, Lovefoxxx mora em outra com o Simon [<em>Taylor, líder</em>] dos Klaxons. Em tour, isso nem faz diferença, porque aí moramos na estrada.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Há uma identificação maior com Londres, então?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Londres é a casa, é onde está a empresa do nosso <em>manager</em>, onde acontece a maioria das coisas.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Quer dizer, não é exatamente que vocês escolheram Londres, mas que é o lugar mais prático para ficarem?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Foi Londres que escolheu a gente (<em>ri</em>).</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Em Londres tem a NME [<em>a</em> New Music Express<em>, revista inglesa que os colocou na capa no lançamento de </em>Donkey]...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Não é só a NME. Aqui a gente tem um status que não tem em qualquer outro lugar. Em Paris está acontecendo algo parecido agora, mas o lugar principal é mesmo Londres.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Essa proximidade maior com Londres se reflete de algum jeito na sonoridade do segundo disco?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Não, o disco refletiu mais o que a gente é ao vivo, e sempre foi. A gente se tornou uma banda melhor do que era no primeiro disco, mas sempre fomos roqueiros. Dizem: "Ao vivo vocês são mais rock". A gente não sabe por que o CSS é visto como electro. O primeiro disco era mais eletrônico, mas a gente sempre foi roqueiro, sempre se identificou mais com isso. É óbvio que amamos o pop e tentamos fazer na nossa cabeça o que achamos que é pop.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> O electro também não está mais tão na onda quanto na época do primeiro disco, né?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É, mas para o público a gente ainda é electroclash, ainda somos uma banda de rock com um monte de sintetizadores.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> O idioma português desapareceu de vez neste segundo disco...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Um jornalisa disse que a única coisa em português nesse disco é "Cláudia Ohana". Só tem "Cláudia Ohana" e "vitaminas" [<em>ambas são citações da faixa </em>Jager Yoga]. Esse disco foi feito num momento em que a gente estava envolvido em tanta coisa que essa foi a última preocupação. O português é uma língua muito complicada para fazer pop e rock. A gente não é Chico Buarque nem Caetano e Gil para escrever em português, e a gente não gosta muito das bandas brasileiras de rock.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Tudo isso leva à conclusão de que vocês não são mais uma banda brasileira, mas sim inglesa, ou talvez do mundo?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Somos uma banda do mundo. Na verdade, essa preocupação é de gente mais velha. É óbvio que a gente é brasileiro e sempre vai ser, mas essa não é a nossa maior preocupação, nem é a dos fãs mais novos.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Talvez seja uma preocupação daqui do Brasil, de querer saber se vocês ainda são "nossos" ou não...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Tem isso, o brasileiro ouve e diz "isso sou eu, ou não sou eu?", uma necessidade grande de ser...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Falo por mim, a gente nunca teve uma banda que seguisse um caminho como esse que vocês estão seguindo. Sinto orgulho, e fico querendo que vocês continuassem a ser "nossos".</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> A gente é brasileiro, claro, mas acho bom ter a organização que tem aqui. No Brasil a gente não poderia viver disso. Se não tivesse saído... As formas de trabalho no Brasil não são muito justas.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Apesar disso, o disco foi gravado em São Paulo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> O disco foi gravado em São Paulo, e isso foi muito bom. Estávamos em casa, no calorzinho, podíamos comer fora, andar na rua sem nenhuma mídia ou gavadora enchendo o saco. Foi bom ter essa liberdade. Se fosse em Londres, teria muita gente querendo entrar, ouvir. Gostamos de não ser muito famosos aí, ser meio anônimos. Não que aqui sejamos tão famosos assim, mas é diferente. É uma sensação boa, ter o escape que é a nossa casa.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Você falou de mídia e gravadora enchendo o saco. O assédio é muito grande?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> A Subpop não enche o saco, nem um pouco, nunca ouviu o disco antes de ficar pronto. Na mídia inglesa, principalmente, tem um assédio grande. Na França estamos começando a viver isso, no Japão também.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> O disco foi totalmente gravado aqui, ou foi parte aqui, parte fora?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Foi escrito em turnê e gravado inteiro no Brasil. A mixagem foi feita em Los Angeles, com um cara famoso, que mixou Madonna e deu a maior diferença, uma sonoridade mais igual. E a masterização foi nos Estados Unidos, acho que em Nova York.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Ou seja, escrito no mundo, gravado no Brasil e finalizado nos Estados Unidos.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É [<em>ri</em>].</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> A última vinda ao Brasil foi para gravar? Ou voltaram depois?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> A gente saiu do Brasil em maio, e... foi isso, a gente saiu. Temos plano de voltar para visitar família, mas nenhum plano profissional. É bom, o Brasil é bom porque a gente não gasta dinheiro. Para férias, é o melhor lugar do mundo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Vocês são menos conhecidos no Brasil porque aqui há alguma resistência a vocês, ou é também porque vocês investem menos aqui que em outros lugares?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Faz tempo que não vivo aí, não sei, tomara que esteja mudando, mas o Brasil, ainda, até que me provem o contrário... Deve ter uma cena que esteja crescendo, mas quando penso no Brasil penso em moda, não em música. Acho que na música é um pouco equivocado. Quando estamos aí tem umas coisas arcaicas, de quererem que paguem para tocar no rádio, ou que a gente vá a programas esquisitos na tevê. Não vejo a gente no Faustão. Por outro lado, temos fãs adolescentes no País inteiro. Mas eles não têm poder aquisitivo... Aí você é underground ou é Banda Calypso. Apesar de que Calypso é a banda mais legal do mundo, totalmente indie, e totalmente regional, Manaus, tecnobrega...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Também é um pouquinho electro, lá no fundo.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É muito electro!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Você pode afirmar com certeza que não existe jabá aí? ENão pode ser que o jabá seja mais profissional, mais institucionalizado, que exista e vocês não fiquem nem sabendo?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Não existe jabá aqui. As rádios escolhem, se gostou vai tocar, se não gostou não vai. É claro que existe política, cada um querendo que a gente dê o single para eles antes. Mas isso é assim mesmo. A Inglaterra é diferente do mundo inteiro, aqui ainda se vendem discos.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Mas mesmo essa cultura de single é algo profissionalizado. Estamos acostumamos, mas mais natural seria cada rádio escolher a música de que gostou, não necessariamente um single pré-determinado...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É, existe um protocolo adquirido, e algumas músicas que fogem disso e fazem sucesso espontaneamente.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Qual é o primeiro single de <em>Donkey</em>? </p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> O primeiro foi <em>Rat Is Dead</em>, agora é <em>Left Behind</em>, depois vem <em>Move</em>. Lançamos <em>Left Behind </em>ontem [<em>terça-feira 15</em>] no YouTube. Nenhum jornalista do Brasil perguntou disso.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Eu não sabia...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Foi dirigido pela Renata, uma amiga brasileira que mora fora e é da turma do [<em>estilista</em>] Dudu Bertholini, dos abravanistas. Não sei exatamente o que a gravadora vai fazer com ele, mas é o clipe oficial da música.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> O maior profissionalismo que você citou no começo torna as coisas um pouco menos divertidas para vocês?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Quanto mais gente tiver cuidando das coisas chatas, mais legal é para a gente [<em>ri</em>]. Por outro lado, a gente sabe onde vai estar em todos os dias do ano, isso é meio maluco.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> É um pouco assustadora essa idéia, não é? Não dá um pouco uma sensação de gaiola?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Para mim é estranho, eu gosto da aventura diária. Mas, se é profissional, deve dar liberdade também saber exatamente onde se vai estar. Mas tudo surpreende, e é bom aproveitar os momentos em casa. A grande lição que aprendemos nestes anos é viver aqui e agora.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Na última vez que falamos, você citou turbulências hormonais, a dificuldade de se adaptar à rotina de turnês...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É, eu melhorei, fui ao médico. Foi difícil me adaptar com tanta mudança. Agora sei lidar melhor, até de forma física.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Adriano mencionou, numa entrevista recente à revista <em>Junior</em>, que hoje vocês bebem menos, fazem menos loucuras.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É verdade. Porque ou você se cuida, ou vai ser a Amy Winehouse.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> É curioso que, no Brasil, vocês pareciam ir mais para esse lado mais doidão...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> É, mas no Brasil tem uma leveza que não tem em nenhum outro lugar. Aqui, quando as pessoas se acabam, é deprê, é mais pesado. É frio, as pessoas ficam depressivas. Daquela vez que nós conversamos, eu estava completamente louca, até porque havia muita coisa errada, de dinheiro, dívidas, mentiras.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Pois é, houve a ruptura com o empresário [<em>Eduardo Ramos</em>] e a saída da Ira Trevisan. Ela era namorada do Eduardo, teve a ver com isso?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>LS -</strong> Acho que não namora mais, parece que está namorando o cara do Air, estudando moda na França. Desde sempre ela disse que música não era a vocação dela, e sempre foi muito segura como estilista. Entendo que a situação de ela ter namorado o nosso... não-sei-o-quê... deve ter feito as coisas mais estranhas. Mas foi melhor para todo mundo, e veio dela, foi natural.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Segundo</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Você disse numa entrevista recente à revista <em>Junior</em> que tem namorado aqui no Brasil e volta freqüentemente para visitá-lo. É uma ponte que permanece unindo você ao Brasil? Há outras pontes, além dessa?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Adriano Cintra -</strong> Minha família e meus amigos. E as padarias, o centro da cidade, o Estadão e o Yamaga, meu restaurante japonês preferido!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Como vão seus sentimentos em relação ao fato de a banda (e por conseqüência seus integrantes) ser "brasileira", "inglesa", "do mundo", ou nenhuma dessas coisas, ou todas elas?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> É um sentimento meio esquisito, mas desde o começo da banda rolava algo parecido. É electro? É rock? É sério? É palhaçada? E é um clichê muito grande falar que "encontramos" nossa brasilidade depois de passar tanto tempo longe. Mas sabe que é a mais pura verdade? Outro dia fomos todos no Xodó da Leninha bater um pratão de feijoada, ouvir um pagode e tomar caipirinha! Assistimos muito felizes à Record Internacional, estava passando uma novela bizarra. Ficamos bastante felizes de achar pão de queijo congelado pra vender no Minas Transfer. E eu tenho ouvido muita música brasileira, muito Caetano, muito Chico. Los Hermanos. Tiririca.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Sim, mas... O que é o Minas Transfer?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Hahaha! MInas Transfer é tipo uma venda que só tem produtos brasileiros, tipo bala Sugus, gelatina Royal, biscoito Bono, ahhaha!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> O que é o Xodó da Leninha?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Xodó da Leninha é um restaurante em que você paga sete libras e come até explodir, devia chamar Explosão da Leninha! Hahaha, tem guaraná e pudim de leite condensado. E toca pagode e passa Record na tevê!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> E muito Caetano, Chico, Los Hermanos e Tiririca, sei, sei... E nada de Klaxons, Scissor Sisters e Beyoncé, né?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Ah, muito Tilly and the Wall, Lykke Li, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Ssion, Metronomy. O disco novo do Metronomy é genial.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Tive a impressão <em>Donkey</em> é um disco mais sério que o primeiro. Você acha que é?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> É mais sério por vários motivos. Primeiro que eu tive dois anos para fazer esse disco. Compus as músicas no meio da turnê sem fim, longe de casa, SEM CASA. Passando por muitas dificuldades, sem dinheiro. Com saudades de tudo, pensando se estava valendo a pena. Bebendo todo dia, porque tinha show todo dia. Tomando um monte de Frontal, porque estava com medo de viajar de avião depois do acidente em Congonhas, e a gente pegava avião quase todo dia. Foi um período bem turbulento, eu nunca vou me esquecer. E o disco é um retrato de tudo isso, não ia ter como não escrever músicas sobre isso tudo... Então acho que é um disco mais "sério", assim, entre aspas. E eu estou muito feliz com os comentários que tenho lido, estamos fazendo muita imprensa e todo mundo "entendeu" esse disco. É só um disco! O segundo disco. Vamos fazer o terceiro, o quarto, o quinto! O DVD... Só acho que não vamos encarar um acústico!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Acho que foi na <em>Junior</em>, também, que vi você dizer que os CSS hoje bebem menos, fazem menos loucuras. Verdade? Por esse lado também estão mais sérios, profissionais?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Não, a gente cansou mesmo. Beber e fazer festa pra gente virou sinônimo de fazer show, então quando eu não tenho show, eu quero mais é ficar em casa jogando Wii, fazendo remix, lendo. Tenho lido bastante, agora estou relendo <em>Cem Anos de Solidão</em> em inglês para ver como fica diferente. Eu fiquei obcecado e li todos os livros do Augusten Burroughs (do <em>Running with Scissors</em>) de uma vez só, tipo em um mês. Agora estou escrevendo bastante, mas não sei o que vou fazer com isso, cansei de confusão!</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Por que o sumiço de canções em português no novo disco? Foi desejo de vocês, prerrogativa de gravadora, necessidade devido às características que a banda adquiriu, o quê?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Ai, Pedro. As músicas em português do outro disco eram brincadeiras... <em>Bezzi</em>, <em>Acho um Pouco Bom</em>... <em>Acho um Pouco Bom</em> ainda é um pouco menos brincadeira, eu fiz de raiva do meu emprego. E <em>Superafim</em>, que é a música em português que eu mais gosto, foi feita junto com o Carlos Dias. Ele é que sabe escrever bem em português. Eu morro de vergonha das coisas em português que eu escrevo, das letras em português. Na minha outra banda eu tentei escrever umas musicas, mas eu morro de vergonha de mostrar. E, como estamos morando aqui em Londres, só fazendo show fora do Brasil, temos falado muito inglês, quase o tempo todo. Então foi muito natural não escrever nada em português. Agora o português é nossa língua secreta.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Gosto da sua resposta, e entendo totalmente os sentimentos atrás dela. Mas, ainda assim. Umas brincadeiras em português ali pelo meio não seria muito do gosto das gravadoras e do show business bem mais sério e profissional em que vocês estão integrados, em comparação cá com a realidade cá do, er, Terceiro Mundo, não é mesmo?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Ah, sim, quem sabe a gente faz alguma coisa de novo em português. Acho que na história desse disco não cabia nada em português...</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> Por que o disco foi gravado em São Paulo? Em que isso influenciou no resultado final dele?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> Depois de tanto tempo fora, a gente queria passar uns meses em São Paulo. MORAR em São Paulo.  Foi a melhor maneira que encontramos. Fora que gravar no estúdio da Trama foi uma experiëncia incrível... Ja tínhamos trabalhado lá, mixado o outro disco. E escolhemos o Rodrigo Sanchez para gravar, ele que mixou o primeiro disco. Foi uma coisa em família. O João Marcello [<em>Bôscoli, presidente da Trama</em>] deixou eu usar os teclados dele. Isso teve uma importância imensa no som do disco, poder fuçar em todos os teclados do João! Ele foi muito muito muito legal conosco, todos lá na Trama foram. Foi muito tranqüilo e produtivo ficar em casa, comendo bem, indo na academia, vendo os amigos. Isso influenciou MUITO o resultado do disco.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS -</strong> E a "seriedade" de <em>Donkey</em>, é mais londrina, ou mais paulistana?</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>AC -</strong> É super paulista de Santa Cecília, a baixa Higienópolis. Era lá que eu e a Lovefoxxx morávamos.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Terceira</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>PAS - </strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Da última vez, falamos sobre as dificuldades de adaptação com a rotina de turnês internacionais e sobre o distanciamento do Brasil. Essas coisas se acomodaram de lá para cá? Como estão as coisas hoje?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Ana Rezende - </strong>Hoje em dia as coisas estão bem melhores do que há</span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">um ano. O principal motivo é que nós finalmente construímos uma estrutura decente à nossa volta. Tinhamos um empresariamento amador que nos prejudicou muito quando saímos do Brasil. Passamos dois anos morando em lugar nenhum, e tendo a nossa mala como "casa". Ano passado foi o ano da transição, em que conseguimos tirar tudo de ruim que estava nos circulando, e agora as coisas estão bem melhores. Moramos em Londres, que é o lugar mais central em que poderíamos morar, e sabemos bem o que estamos fazendo, ao contrário do primeiro disco. A gente não entendia nada que estava acontecendo, e nos deixamos levar por pessoas não muito bem-intencionadas. Isso nos fez acordar para muita coisa, e nos transformou numa banda melhor em todos os sentidos. Não voltamos muito ao Brasil, mas agora estamos trabalhando muito por conta do lançamento do disco. A idéia é trabalhar bastante agora, e depois aproveitar umas férias bem longas com a família no Brasil.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>PAS - </strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Entre as primeiras impressões que tive ao ouvir o disco novo, me pareceu que, mais até pela parte musical, vocês estão mais sérios, menos brincalhões, digamos assim. Existe isso? A maior profissionalização poderia ter o efeito colateral de tornar as coisas um pouquinho menos divertidas?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>AR - </strong>Não menos divertidas. Acho que pelo fato de estarmos mais confortáveis com o que estamos fazendo, em todos os sentidos, nos divertimos muito ainda, fazendo o que fazemos. Não é que a gente pode reclamar do nosso trabalho, e achar tudo chato seria meio ridículo! O fato é que esse disco foi escrito em meio a uma fase muito turbulenta pela qual a gente passou. Algumas letras são, sim, mais pessoais, e acho que isso soa mais sério, mas acho que o resultado do disco é muito "divertido", "pra cima", energético etc. A gente ultrapassou os nossos problemas, e crescemos muito. Hoje em dia estamos muito felizes com o que está acontecendo, e acho que o disco reflete isso também. As letras são um pouco mais subjetivas em relação à emoção que a parte instrumental da música traz para quem está ouvindo. Nós somos uma banda que faz música pop. Ninguém ouve <em>All That She Wants</em> do Ace Of Base e percebe que é uma música sobe aborto. A gente é meio assim. Mesmo falando sobre a coisa mais séria do mundo, a nossa música vai sempre trazer uma coisa alegre, e uma vontade de dançar, ou de ser feliz... Pelo menos é essa a intenção. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">A gente passou dois anos tocando praticamente todos os dias. É claro que estamos melhores nos nossos instrumentos, mas isso é uma coisa natural. Só uma pessoa muito limitada não melhoraria nada praticando quase todos os dias do ano. Isso não quer dizer que somos "músicos". Continuamos com o mesmo humor e a despretensão de sempre. Não achamos o que fazemos relevante e não queremos mudar o mundo.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>AR - </strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">O abandono do idioma natal no segundo disco foi um desejo de vocês, uma necessidade pelas características que a banda adquiriu, o quê?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>PAS - </strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Pra gente sempre foi mais natural cantar em inglês. Nunca sentamos para conversar sobre isso. Foi uma coisa que "veio". Provavelmente por dois motivos:</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Um,</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"> que crescemos ouvindo bandas de rock alternativo que cantavam em inglês. A nossa herança musical brasileira foi uma coisa adquirida quando "viramos adultos", e nós nunca aplicamos isso a nada que criamos. Sempre que fazíamos uma música em português, era um tipo de brincadeira, como <em>Bezzi</em>, ou <em>Superafim</em>. </span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Dois, a língua portuguesa é muito bonita, extremamente bem estruturada e complexa, e acho que por isso é a língua perfeita para a bossa nova, que é uma música igualmente estruturada e complexa. O ingles é simples e fácil de manipular, por isso é a língua perfeita para o rock. Somos uma banda de rock, e eu sinceramente não consigo pensar bons rocks cantados em português. Tirando a Rita Lee, mas ela está numa categoria de pessoas geniais, assim como o Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque. Nós não somos geniais, então preferimos não entrar nesse terreno, e nos mantemos num terreno mais familiar, que é cantar rock em inglês.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>PAS - </strong>Que coisas o CSS ganhou, que coisas perdeu, desde a última vez que nos falamos?</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>AR - </strong></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Perdemos muito diheiro por sermos ingênuos e não cuidarmos do que era nosso. Ganhamos MUITA experiencia no melhor sentido dessa palavra. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#0000ff;font-family:Verdana;"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Aprendemos a ficar com o olho bem aberto em relação ao que ganhamos.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;">Ser uma banda punk que toca em lugar tosco, viaja mal e dorme no chão é legal por uma semana. Somos meninas. Gostamos de dormir bem, tomar banho e ter nossos confortos. O que aconteceu com a gente foi uma coisa incrível, mas temos conciência agora de quanto o nosso trabalho vale, e de como é importante ter um chuveiro e uma cama boa pra dormir. Afinal, fazemos shows cinco ou seis dias por semana quando estamos em turnê. Aprendemos a cuidar da nossa saúde, sem parar de nos divertir. Temos o melhor trabalho do mundo. Acho que somos pessoas de sorte, que estavam no lugar certo, na hora certa e fazendo a coisa certa, mas sabemos o quanto trabalhamos para chegar onde chegamos, e somos muito felizes e orgulhosos em relação a isso!</span></p>
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Dictatorial use of dynamic drum stick&#8230;
 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><em><span style="font-size:x-small;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">Dictatorial use of dynamic drum stick...</span></em></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">Lykke Li is here to dance... Optimistically she also expects (and attempts to demand) that the crowd accompanies her in rhythmic motion. In spite of a relatively inert audience and in spite of commencing at 20:15 when the venue is half full, Lykke is on a quest to instil pleasurable vitality to the masses. Irrelevant of reaction she is irrepressibly animated. With flowing locks and jerkily dynamic dancing she often resembles a ferociously flowing bedspread on a washing line.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">Appropriately the set commences with “Dance Dance Dance.” It is as much a statement of intent as a mere opening song. Dynamic quirkyness is the main flavour of tonights offering. Accompanying the unrelenting sparkyness is a homespun use of instruments. One minute she is playing the kazoo, next she is wielding a drumstick as her weapon of choice. The drumstick is waved and wafted more like a rapier than an aid to instrumentation.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">All of the songs gain an urgency and vivacity when performed live. “Little bit” can sound soporifically sedate but as a live experience it both “wakes up” and gains extra instrumental barbs. “I’m good, I’m gone” also erupts like a minor solar flare. She tries coaxing, she tries demanding, yet in spite of her plaintive pleas (We’re here to dance… this is a rock gig) minimal audience reaction is extracted. The final megaphone romp which is “Breaking it up” is a ridiculously infectious edgy stomp. Shriekingly tuneful choir vocals overlap with megaphone yelping to insistent beats in a delightfully chaotic fashion. The effect is both ridiculous and utterly riotous….And then just as we are basking in such wonderment… it is all over. Such musical fecundity, adventurous and dynamism deserves far more…</span></p>
<p><strong><em>Vision: (9/10): </em></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">Melodramatic dance fusion of both audacity and pop subtlety. Perhaps a “little bit” kookily contrived but always fascinating</span></p>
<p><strong><em>Ability to execute (8/10): </em></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">A real passion and drive are displayed. Flailing dance manoeuvres sometimes hint at energy over subtlety but the overall efficacy is never in doubt</span></p>
<p><strong><em>Crowd symbiosis (4/10): </em></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">Pockets of enthusiasm but no more. Reasonable reaction for a support band but never truly brimming with excitement.</span></p>
<p><strong><em>Would see again (9/10): </em></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#333333;font-family:Arial;">Most, most, most definitely</span></p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
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mp3///   Kleerup ft. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat
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<p>First installment.<br />
mp3///   <a href="http://bifbaf.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/kleerup-ft-robyn-with-every-heartbeat.mp3">Kleerup ft. Robyn - With Every Heartbeat</a><br />
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[So, this blog. I haven’t decided yet what exactly I’m doing here, whether I’m going to even te]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, this blog. I haven’t decided yet what exactly I’m doing here, whether I’m going to even tell anyone about it, or…what. I’m a firm believer that to be any good- readable, even- a blog needs a point. A <em>raison d’etre</em>. Otherwise it just gets all “OMG can you believe how clever I am!? I’M SPECIAL LOOK AT ME!” (See: Nonsociety, most momblogs.) But…I haven’t yet decided what my particular point is, other than I really really like to write, and talk about myself, and tell people all the funny things that have happened to me lately. So you could say I’m still searching for that hook on which to hang the hat of my narcissism.</p>
<p>Anyway, this post is just to say if you’ve stumbled along here by accident, which happens, there’s nothing really to see yet but there will be soon, probably.</p>
<p>And now, to keep this post from being completely boring and pointless:<br />
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<title><![CDATA[lykke li]]></title>
<link>http://doblededo.wordpress.com/?p=19</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>doblededo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://doblededo.wordpress.com/?p=19</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Es una chica de 21 años que ha buscado sorprender con uno de los discos mas frescos de la temporada]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Es una chica de 21 años que ha buscado sorprender con uno de los discos mas frescos de la temporada. Su musica llega desde estocolmo . Es un pop inteligente y bien realizado, justo lo que necesitas para hacer mas que soportable tus momentos aburridos. Dentro de las muchas sorpresas que este disco te puede ofrecer es el hecho de que ha sido producido por Björn Yttling de peter Bjorn and jhon. Les dejo un video y ya saben que hacer con el link.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/ngd45o-M_M4'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/ngd45o-M_M4&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>http://rapidshare.com/files/130168029/Lykke_Li_-_Youth_Novel__2008__-_Pop.rar.html</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Free and Legal mp3 Downloads]]></title>
<link>http://stellasplice.wordpress.com/?p=172</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Stella Splice</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Please enjoy these songs from 2008, and then buy the artists&#8217; albums. Stella Splice has made t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please enjoy these songs from 2008, and then buy the artists' albums. Stella Splice has made this post a page, accessible at the top of the blog, that you can check for updates throughout the year.</p>
<p>To download, click on the link, and on the resultant page scroll down just a bit until you can click on the orange Download Now button. Scroll down on that next page until you see "Your download should begin shortly. If it does not, try	<a href="http://dl1u.savefile.com/19be521e1d860195b2f007ff32dc0757/11_2_O_Clock.mp3">Download file now</a>." It never begins without me clicking on that link. Have fun!</p>
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Band of Horses ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652632" target="_blank">No One's Gonna Love You</a><br />
Basia Bulat ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652633" target="_blank">In the Night</a><br />
Benji Hughes ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652637" target="_blank">So Well</a><br />
Benji Hughes ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652642" target="_blank">You Stood Me Up</a><br />
Benji Hughes ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652640" target="_blank">Why Do These Parties Always End Up the Same Way?</a><br />
Benji Hughes ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652615" target="_blank">The Mummy</a><br />
Benji Hughes ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652639" target="_blank">I Went with Some Friends to See the Flaming Lips</a><br />
Bodies of Water ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652653" target="_blank">I Guess I’ll Forget The Sound, I Guess, I Guess</a><br />
Bowerbirds ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652674" target="_blank">In Our Talons</a><br />
Brazos ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652677" target="_blank">Mary Jo</a><br />
Dirty on Purpose ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652682" target="_blank">Mind Blindness</a><br />
Dr. Dog ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652686" target="_blank">The Ark</a><br />
Dr. Dog ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652689" target="_blank">The Old Days</a><br />
Fleet Foxes ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652694" target="_blank">White Water Hymnal</a><br />
Howlin’ Rain ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652700" target="_blank">Dancers at the End of Time</a><br />
Iron &#38; Wine ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652699" target="_blank">Innocent Bones</a><br />
James Hunter ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652703" target="_blank">Jacqueline</a><br />
Jens Lekman ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652706" target="_blank">The Opposite Of Hallelujah</a><br />
Jens Lekman ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652708" target="_blank">Friday Night At The Drive-In Bingo</a><br />
Jim White ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652711" target="_blank">Crash into the Sun</a><br />
Kaki King ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652713" target="_blank">Two O’Clock</a><br />
Ladytron ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652719" target="_blank">Black Cat</a><br />
Lykke Li ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652718" target="_blank">Dance Dance Dance</a><br />
Man Man ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652722" target="_blank">Top Drawer</a><br />
Mates of State ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652732" target="_blank">My Only Offer</a><br />
Mike Doughty ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652734" target="_blank">27 Jennifers</a><br />
Mike Doughty ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652737" target="_blank">I Just Want the Girl in the Blue Dress</a><br />
Morning Benders ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652740" target="_blank">Crosseyed</a><br />
Mudhoney ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652747" target="_blank">I'm Now</a><br />
Mudhoney ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652751" target="_blank">In 'n' Out of Grace</a><br />
My Brightest Diamond ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652750" target="_blank">Inside a Boy</a><br />
My Morning Jacket ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652752" target="_blank">Evil Urges</a><br />
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652757" target="_blank">Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!</a><br />
Nina Simone ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652762" target="_blank">Revolution</a><br />
No Age ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652758" target="_blank">Eraser</a><br />
Oxford Collapse ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652761" target="_blank">The Birthday Wars</a><br />
Port O'Brien ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652770" target="_blank">I Woke Up Today</a><br />
Ra Ra Riot ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652776" target="_blank">Dying Is Fine</a><br />
Saul Williams ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652772" target="_blank">Sunday Bloody Sunday</a><br />
Saul Williams ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652773" target="_blank">World on Wheels</a><br />
Science for Girls ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652786" target="_blank">Northern Lights</a><br />
She &#38; Him ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652787" target="_blank">Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?</a><br />
Shearwater ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652785" target="_blank">Leviathan, Bound</a><br />
Shearwater ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652788" target="_blank">Rooks</a><br />
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652792" target="_blank">Think I Wanna Die</a><br />
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652801" target="_blank">Baltimore</a><br />
The Acorn ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652800" target="_blank">Crooked Legs</a><br />
The Acorn ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652804" target="_blank">The Flood, Pt 1</a><br />
The Breeders ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652803" target="_blank">Bang On</a><br />
The Dandy Warhols ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652808" target="_blank">The World The People Together (Come On)</a><br />
The Dodos ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652810" target="_blank">Fools</a><br />
The Dodos ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652814" target="_blank">Jodi</a><br />
The Dutchess &#38; the Duke ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652812" target="_blank">Reservoir Park</a><br />
The Mountain Goats ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652821" target="_blank">Sax Rohmer #1</a><br />
The Republic Tigers ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652824" target="_blank">Buildings and Mountains</a><br />
The Whigs ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652829" target="_blank">Right Hand on my Heart</a><br />
Tilly and the Wall ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652826" target="_blank">The Freest Man</a><br />
Tilly and the Wall ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652827" target="_blank">Cacophony</a><br />
Tokyo Police Club ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652838" target="_blank">In A Cave</a><br />
What Made Milwaukee Famous ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652837" target="_blank">Resistance Street</a><br />
White Hinterland ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652850" target="_blank">Dreaming of the Plum Trees</a><br />
Wolf Parade ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652840" target="_blank">Call It a Ritual</a><br />
Wolf Parade ~ <a href="http://www.savefile.com/files/1652841" target="_blank">Language City</a></p>
<p>If you own a copyright and would like your mistakenly posted song to be removed, or if one of the links is not working, please <a href="stellasplice@gmail.com" target="_blank">contact Stella Splice</a>.</p>
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<link>http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/?p=118</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[2008 has been a great year for music thus far, with a nice mix of new releases from old favourites a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">2008 has been a great year for music thus far, with a nice mix of new releases from old favourites and emerging artists. Here is a by-no-means comprehensive list of Colour favourites.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Beach House - <em>Devotion<br />
</em></strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-119" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/beachhouse.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
Utterly sublime sophomore record from Portland two-piece, Beach House. At once mournful and bright, this album sounds so unique even with such an economy of means. Victoria Legrand's croon haunts in the true sense of the word, you can't get it out of your mind. <em>James</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Bon Iver - <em>For Emma, Forever Ago</em></strong><br />
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-120" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/boniver.jpeg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
Much has been made of the background story to Justin Vernon's debut - man severs ties with his girlfriend and band and spends four months living in a log cabin in Wisconsin. However, the emotion behind the haunting, ethereal folk of <em>For Emma, Forever Ago</em> seems to run much deeper. An essential headphones listen to fully appreciate its creepy background atmospherics. <em>Matt</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><strong>Bonnie ‘Prince' Billy - <em>Lay Down i</em></strong><strong><em>n the Light</em></strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-121" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/bpb.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><strong><em><br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Gone are the sweeping strings of 2006s <em>The Letting Go</em>, on a record of pretty straightforward country that sees the ever-consistent Will Oldham sounding positively cheerful as he (mostly) extols the joys of love, friendship and family. <em>M</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The Chap - <em>Mega Breakfast<br />
</em></strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-125" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/thechap.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
'Fun and Interesting' is the title of the standout track on The Chap's second album and it pretty much does what it says on the tin. Flirtations in electronic experimental indie, three times as witty as the last Hot Chip album thought it was, and a much better listen. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Destroyer - <em>Trouble in Dreams</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-122" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/destroyer.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
Dan Bejar's ticks and quirks are all firmly in place for this, another fantastic set of anthemic and complex indie arrangements. Excellent. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Fleet Foxes - <em>Fleet Foxes / Sun Giant EP</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-123" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/fleetfoxes.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
Rustic spiritualism for those sun-blissed summer evenings, laden with stunning harmonies and some great ‘70s inspired folk. They far surpass the ‘early My Morning Jacket' comparisons leveled at them. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Read Katie's Fleet Foxes post <a href="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/a-teenage-symphony-to-god/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Lykke Li - <em>Youth Novels</em><br />
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Aside from surely being a staple in the stable of slightly weird indie crushes, Lykke Li's album is old news in her native Sweden, (thankfully finally being released here this year) and is a fantastic and inventive record of fully realised pop. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Stephen Malkmus &#38; The Jicks - <em>Real Emotional Trash</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-126" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/smjicks.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="163" /><br />
His finest solo effort to date, <em>Real Emotional Trash </em>is a set of elasticised jams that frequently slacken before being pulled back together by the tight rhythm section of drummer Janet Weiss and bassist Joanna Bolme. ‘Gardenia' provides the mandatory three minute pop wonder. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Neon Neon - <em>Stainless Style</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-134" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/neonneon1.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
This collaboration between the Super Furry's Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip based on the life of mad inventor John Delorean, is a shamelessly revisionist paean to Eighties excess. It's also the most fun record of 2008 so far. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>No Age - <em>Nouns</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-128" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/noage.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
This record kicks arse so hard, it commits buggery. The No Age twosome refine the blueprint set out on last years Weirdo Rippers collection, of psychedelic distorted soundscapes breaking into smashing, rousing punk. (This also features the finest album artwork I've seen for a while.) <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Silver Jews - <em>Lookout </em></strong><em><strong>Mountain</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Lookout</strong><strong> </strong></em><strong><em>Sea</em><br />
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David Berman is still a master of catchy, countrified indie and his turn of phrase is as sharp as ever on the Jews' seventh release. After weathering depression and addiction, he revisits his weaknesses with gravity and wit. <em>M </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Read Matt's Silver Jews post <a href="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/suffering-jukebox/">here</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - <em>Pershing</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-130" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/sslyby.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="158" /><br />
This band make music that's like crack for seasoned indie pop fans, filled as it is with ultra-catchy melodies, harmonies and cowbells. Who needs Weezer? <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Son Lux - <em>At War with Walls and Mazes</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-131" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/son_lux.jpg" alt="" width="449" height="159" /><br />
An Anticon release that pushes my buttons in every department. New York native Ryan Lott's album is all fine piano driven verses helmed by sparkling beats and production ideas, with handsome, complimentary arrangements. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Subtle - <em>Exiting Arm</em><br />
</strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-132" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/subtle.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
The Oakland six-piece fuse the organic with the technological to create something truly otherworldly, foreboding and nightmarish - in a strangely melodic way. <em>M</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Read Matt's Subtle post <a href="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/subtle_exitingarm/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Why? - <em>Alopecia<br />
</em></strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-133" src="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/why.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="159" /><br />
A darker take on the upbeat indie hip-hop of 2005's <em>Elephant Eyelash</em>, <em>Alopecia</em> features lyrics exploring the embarrassment of youth and the betrayal of relationships, often matched by gloomy, foreboding keyboards and harsh percussion. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Read Matt's Why? post <a href="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/111/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Also Recommended:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Peter Broderick - <em>Docile</em></strong> Thirty minutes of exquisite solo piano pieces from this young serial collaborator. After listening to this very lovely album, be sure to check the fuller, orchestral record 'Float' and the recent Library Tapes EP on which Broderick features. Super. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>The National - <em>The Virginia EP </em></strong>Odds-and-ends compilation from one of the most consistently amazing rock bands around right now. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Growing - <em>Lateral</em> </strong>A sea of gorgeously arranged guitar distortion loops that should in no way sound as good as this actually does. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Hayden - <em>In Field &#38; Town </em></strong>Weary wilderness folk from the Canadian singer-songwriter. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>High Places - <em>03/07-09/07</em></strong> The kind of plodding ghostly noisescapes favoured by bands like Black Dice or Gang Gang Dance are given shape and warmth by vocalist Mary Pearson's pretty The Blow-esque melodies. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Malcolm Middleton - <em>Sleight of Heart </em></strong>Great mini-album follow-up to <em>A Brigher Beat </em>from the ex-Arab Strap miserablist. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Ponytail - <em>Ice Cream Spiritual</em> </strong>Amazingly good, lengthy ADD noise rock workouts from Brooklyn five piece. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>She &#38; Him -<em> Volume One </em></strong>Slick country-pop ballads from M. Ward and Zooey Dechanel. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Sun Kil Moon - <em>April</em> </strong>Spooky, atmospheric but occasionally dull Americana from Mark Kozelek. <em>M</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Wolf Parade - <em>At Mount Zoomer</em></strong> It's Wolf Parade. It's flipping awesome. <em>J</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">There is still loads of great stuff to come this year, most of which we probably haven't even heard of yet (Check out <a href="http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/139128" target="_blank">Pitchfork's</a> guide to what's to come this Summer for starters). There are also a good few records from January to June that we've been meaning to check out but haven't got round to yet.</p>
<p><strong>Part 2: </strong><a href="http://wearecolour.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/2008-so-far-part-ii-the-muxtape/" target="_blank">The Muxtape</a></p>
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<link>http://annasmertens.wordpress.com/?p=69</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>annasmertens</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I love.
The New Wine. jaundko also spread the love  here.
The Whitest Boy Alive. you gotta love erl]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/dennyevinen" target="_blank">The New Wine</a>. jaundko also spread the love  <a href="http://jaundko.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-wine-ii.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestboyalive" target="_blank">The Whitest Boy Alive</a>. you gotta love erlend.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/mgmt" target="_blank">MGMT</a>. they have all been right along the way.. sometimes you can believe the hype.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/youngheartsmyspace" target="_blank">Younghearts</a>. great british fun.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/boycrisis" target="_blank">Boy Crisis</a>. go nyc.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/minusthebear" target="_blank">Minus the Bear</a>. an old new discovery.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kidsinglasshouses" target="_blank">Kids in Glass Houses</a>. still going very strong.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/vampireweekend" target="_blank">Vampire Weekend</a>. another hype going around. i like it.</p>
<p>and the girls can be very proud of:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli" target="_blank">Lykke Li</a> - go Scandinavia!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/marthawainwright" target="_blank">Martha Wainwright</a>'s latest</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/joanaspolicewoman" target="_blank">Joan as Police Woman</a></p>
<p>have a listen.</p>
<p>thank you to Liebes and MCK.</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>everyoneisfamous</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[35mm #16
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<title><![CDATA[What I've been listening to nonstop lately.]]></title>
<link>http://purplesector.wordpress.com/?p=237</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fred Cannon</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sam Sparro: Black and Gold

Lykke Li: I&#8217;m Good, I&#8217;m Gone Fred Falke Remix

Spank Rock: R]]></description>
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<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/eHuebHTD-lY'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/eHuebHTD-lY&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Lykke Li: I'm Good, I'm Gone Fred Falke Remix</p>
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<p>Spank Rock: Rick Rubin</p>
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<p>Nas: Hero</p>
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<title><![CDATA[AUGUST 2008 ALBUM RELEASES]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[August artists are:
Caesars, Conor Oberst, DragonForce, Ernie Halter, The Fiery Furnaces, Hawthorne ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">August artists are</span>:</strong><br />
Caesars, Conor Oberst, DragonForce, Ernie Halter, The Fiery Furnaces, Hawthorne Heights, Human Highway, Jonas Brothers, Lykke Li, Mike Mangione, Ne-Yo, Randy Newman, Slipknot, Staind, Starling Electric, Straight Line Stitch, The Dandy Warhols, The Faint, The Fiery Furnaces, There For Tomorrow, The Verve, The Walkmen, Zach Hill</p>
<p><strong>Caesars</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Strawberry Weed</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="Caesars" href="http://www.myspace.com/caesars" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.wordpress.com/files/2008/07/caesars-strawberry-weed.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001CFLHCM?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001CFLHCM" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Caesars' New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/caesars-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Caesars' Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Caesars is a Swedish alternative rock band. In their native Sweden, the band was originally known as Caesars Palace, and in the rest of Scandinavia they are known as Twelve Caesars. Elsewhere they go by the name Caesars.<br />
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<strong>Closure In Moscow</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Penance &#38; The Patience</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="Closure In Moscow" href="http://www.closureinmoscow.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/closure-in-moscow-the-penance-and-the-patience.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017M8Y6C?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B0017M8Y6C" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Closure In Moscow's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/closure-in-moscow-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Closure in Moscow's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Closure In Moscow is a progressive rock band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2006. Only 18 months after first forming, they signed to Taperjean Records and released their debut EP (self-proclaimed 'albumette') on April 19, 2008, titled The Penance and the Patience. They have established a name for themselves with an array of shows in their home country alongside international acts such as Saosin, Coheed and Cambria, Aiden, A Static Lullaby and Street Drum Corps.<br />
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<strong>Conor Oberst</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Conor Oberst</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="Conor Oberst" href="http://www.conoroberst.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/conor-oberst-conor-oberst.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001APM3XQ?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001APM3XQ" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Conor Oberst's New Album at 12% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/oberst-in-bright-eyes-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Conor Oberst as lead singer of Bright Eyes!</a><br />
Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American songwriter, singer, poet, best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, The Faint, Commander Venus, Park Ave., and his newest project Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band.<br />
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<strong>Dragonforce</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Ultra Beatdown</span> 8/26<br />
<a title="Dragonforce" href="http://www.dragonforce.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dragonforce-ultra-beatdown.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BEX4RK?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001BEX4RK" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Dragonforce's New Album at 21% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/dragonforce-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Dragonforce's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
DragonForce is an English power metal band formed in London in 1999. The group is known for its fast paced songs, twin guitar solos, and incorporation of electronic sound effects into their music. A master track of the song "Through the Fire and Flames" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and is generally considered to be the most challenging track in the Guitar Hero series. The developers used the song to demonstrate the game at E3. After Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock was released, the band's music sales reportedly increased dramatically.<br />
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<strong>Ernie Halter</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Starting Over </span>8/5<br />
<a title="Ernie Halter" href="http://www.erniehalter.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/ernie-halter-starting-over.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B92E62 ?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001B92E62" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Ernie Halter's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/ernie-halter-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Ernie Halter's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Ernie Halter is a soul-infused pop singer/songwriter, a guy who's been influenced as much by the Lennon/McCartney as he has by Otis Redding. “The new record is called ‘Starting Over’ for a reason,” says Halter. “I wanted the title to be direct, simple, and set the tone for the album. In this past year, I experienced the unraveling of my marriage and the birth of my first son. It was during this year that I wrote the material for the new record and performed over 150 shows.”<br />
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<strong>Hawthorne Heights</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fragile Future </span>8/5<br />
<a title="Hawthorne Heights" href="http://www.hawthorneheights.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/hawthorne-heights-fragile-future.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AXFRF4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001AXFRF4" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Hawthorne Heights' New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/hawthorne-heights-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Hawthorne Heights' Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Hawthorne Heights is a post-hardcore band based in America. The band formed in Dayton, Ohio, in June of 2001, their line-up currently consists of vocalist and guitarist JT Woodruff, lead guitarist Micah Carli, bassist and vocalist Matt Ridenour and drummer Eron Bucciarelli. In late 2007, guitarist and vocalist Casey Calvert died of accidental causes, leaving the band as a four-piece. The band, who were originally named A Day in the Life, have released two studio albums on Victory Records since changing their name to Hawthorne Heights.<br />
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<strong>Human Highway</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Moody Motorcycle</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="Human Highway" href="http://www.myspace.com/humanhighway" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/human-highway-moody-motorcycle.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B92E80?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001B92E80" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Human Highway's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/human-highway-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Human Highway's Jim Guthrie!</a><br />
Human Highway is Jim Guthrie and Nick Thorburn. Together they've written an instant classic, the album "Moody Motorcycle."<br />
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<strong>Jonas Brothers</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">A Little Bit Longer</span> 8/12<br />
<a title="Jonas Brothers" href="http://www.jonasbrothers.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/jonas-brothers-a-little-bit-longer.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AJVR5M?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001AJVR5M" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Jonas Brothers' New Album at 47% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/jonas-brothers-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Jonas Brothers' Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
The Jonas Brothers are an American pop-rock band from Wyckoff, New Jersey made up of three brothers: Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas. They have released two albums - It's About Time in 2006, and Jonas Brothers in 2007, and will release A Little Bit Longer in 2008.<br />
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<strong>Lykke Li</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Youth Novels</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="Lykke Li" href="http://www.lykkeli.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/lykke-li-youth-novels.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B92EBC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001B92EBC" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Lykke Li's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/lykke-li-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Lykke Li's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Lykke Li (born Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson March 18, 1986), better known by her stage name, is a Swedish indie singer.<br />
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<strong>Mike Mangione</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Tenebrae</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="Mike Mangione" href="http://www.mikemangione.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/mike-mangione-tenebrae.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VJTRXQ?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B000VJTRXQ" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Mike Mangione's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/http://tinyurl.com/mike-mangione-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Mike Mangione's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Mike Mangione is a singer songwriter from Chicago, IL.<br />
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<strong>Ne-Yo</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Year of the Gentleman</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="Ne-Yo" href="http://www.myspace.com/neyo" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/neyo-year-of-the-gentleman.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0018QCXGO?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B0018QCXGO" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Ne-Yo's New Album at 29% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/neyo-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Ne-Yo's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Shaffer Chimere Smith (October 18, 1982), better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American R&#38;B and pop singer-songwriter and occasional rapper. He is of Afro-Asian (African American and Chinese American) heritage.<br />
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<strong>Randy Newman</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Harps And Angels</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="Randy Newman" href="http://www.randynewman.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/randy-newman-harps-and-angels.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AN5BNM?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001AN5BNM" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Randy Newman's New Album at 47% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/randy-newman-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Randy Newman's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an Academy Award–winning American songwriter, arranger, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.<br />
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<strong>Slipknot</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">All Hope Is Gone</span> 8/26<br />
<a title="Slipknot" href="http://www.slipknot1.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/slipknot-all-hope-is-gone.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BGTWXI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001BGTWXI" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Slipknot's New Album at 47% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/slipknot-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Slipknot's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Slipknot is an American metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. The current line-up includes Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. They are recognized as one of the pioneering bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal.<br />
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<strong>Staind</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Illusion of Progress</span> 8/18<br />
<a title="Staind" href="http://www.staind.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/staind-the-illusion-of-progress.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B94K2I?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001B94K2I" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Staind's New Album at 18% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/staind-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Staind's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Staind is an American alternative metal group from Springfield, Massachusetts. Over the past nine years the band has had a number of successful singles spanning several albums, selling over 15 million albums worldwide.<br />
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<strong>Starling Electric</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Clouded Staircase</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="Starling Electric" href="http://www.starlingelectric.com/"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/starling-electric-clouded-staircase.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B92EUI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001B92EUI" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Starling Electric's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/starling-electric-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Starling Electric's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
"We are a Midwest electric company representing all things melodic, baroque, psychedelicate, and true. We specialize in everything truly great about pop music from 1965 to 1977. We are proud purveyors of both pomp and pop. You can sing along. You can even remember our songs the next day..."<br />
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<strong>Straight Line Stitch</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">When Skies Wash Ashore</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="Straight Line Stitch" href="http://www.myspace.com/straightlinestitch" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/straight-line-stitch-when-skies-wash-ashore.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BJ65TO?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001BJ65TO" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Straight Line Stitch's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/straight-line-stitch-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Straight Line Stitch's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Armed with an unstoppable work ethic and a musical vocabulary that stretches from face-ripping metal to soulful, stratospheric rock, Knoxville, TN, quintet STRAIGHT LINE STITCH are poised to grab heavy music by the horns with their Raging Nation/KOCH Records debut, When Skies Wash Ashore. Though just 11 tracks in length, the album packs more dynamics and diversity than many bands’ entire catalogs. Not surprising, then, that the five individuals that make up STRAIGHT LINE STITCH have spent a lifetime honing their craft to reach this point.<br />
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<strong>The Dandy Warhols</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Dandy Warhols</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="The Dandy Warhols" href="http://www.dandywarhols.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the-dandy-warhols-earth-to-the-dandy-warhols.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ATO9KC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001ATO9KC" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase The Dandy Warhols' New Album at 7% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/http://tinyurl.com/the-dandy-warhols-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out The Dandy Warhols' Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
The Dandy Warhols are a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon by Courtney Taylor-Taylor (vocals, guitar), Zia McCabe (keyboard), Peter Holmström (guitar), and Eric Hedford (drums). When Hedford left in 1998, Taylor-Taylor's cousin Brent De Boer replaced him as drummer. The band's name is a play on the name of pop artist Andy Warhol.<br />
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<strong>The Faint</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fasciinatiion</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="The Faint" href="http://www.thefaint.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the-faint-fasciinatiion.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ASII8M?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001ASII8M" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase The Faint's New Album at 5% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/http://tinyurl.com/the-faint-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out The Faint's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
The Faint is a dance-punk/new wave band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer, a reference to Norman Mailer. The band Norman Bailer also included Conor Oberst, of Bright Eyes, with whom the Faint toured in 2005. He quit shortly after the band was formed, though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on Saddle Creek Records.<br />
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<strong>The Fiery Furnaces</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Remember</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="The Fiery Furnaces" href="http://www.thefieryfurnaces.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the-fiery-furnaces-remember.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001A4K4J2?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001A4K4J2" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase The Fiery Furnaces' New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/the-fiery-furnaces-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out The Fiery Furnaces' Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York, in 2000. The band's primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The brother and sister are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.<br />
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<strong>There For Tomorrow</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">There For Tomorrow</span> 8/5<br />
<a title="There For Tomorrow" href="http://www.therefortomorrow.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/there-for-tomorrow-there-for-tomorrow.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001A9046K?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001A9046K" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase There For Tomorrow's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/there-for-tomorrow-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out There For Tomorrow's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
There For Tomorrow is an alternative rock, band formed in Orlando, Florida in 2003. They were recently signed to Hopeless Records in 2008.<br />
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<strong>The Verve</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Forth</span> 8/26<br />
<a title="The Verve" href="http://www.theverve.tv/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the-verve-forth.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C47ZOM?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001C47ZOM" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase The Verve's New Album at 7% off!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/http://tinyurl.com/the-verve-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out The Verve's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
The Verve (originally Verve) are an English rock band formed in Wigan, Greater Manchester in 1989 at Winstanley Sixth Form College, by vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury. Simon Tong later became a member. The band split in April 1999 due to inner conflicts which led to McCabe's departure. The band's original line-up reunited in June 2007. The band embarked on a tour in late 2007 and have announced a new album called Forth due in August 2008.<br />
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<strong>The Walkmen</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">You And Me</span> 8/19<br />
<a title="The Walkmen" href="http://www.marcata.net/walkmen/" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the-walkmen-you-and-me.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BODY0M?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001BODY0M" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase The Walkmen's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/the-walkmen-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out The Walkmen's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
The Walkmen are an indie rock band from New York City. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater. They prefer the sound of vintage musical instruments, particularly the upright piano, and have often recorded at Marcata Recording, a recording studio built in Harlem in 1999 by the three former members of Jonathan Fire*Eater and later relocated to upstate New York.<br />
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<strong>Zach Hill</strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Astrological Straits </span>8/12<br />
<a title="Zach Hill" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Hill" target="_blank"><img src="http://tapedates.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/zach-hill-astrological-straights.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="240" height="240" /><br />
</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BHTN9U?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=tapdat-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325&#38;creativeASIN=B001BHTN9U" target="_blank">Amazon: Purchase Zach Hill's New Album!</a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/zach-hill-opens-in-itunes" target="_blank">iTunes: Check out Zach Hill's Complete Album Collection!</a><br />
Zach Hill is a musician residing in Sacramento, California. He performs/has performed in numerous Pacific Coast based groups, including Hella, Holy Smokes, Nervous Cop, and a diverse other range of groups.<br />
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Economics, technology, ice hockey, tennis, personal grooming: the Swedish list of triumphs is long ]]></description>
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<p>Economics, technology, ice hockey, tennis, personal grooming: the Swedish list of triumphs is long and extensive. With the new breed of indie pop artists emerging from the kingdom, the rest of the world has yet something else to be jealous about. Here are three brilliant exemplars:</p>
<p>The sounds, The shout out louds and lykke Li<br />
When <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Lykke Li s</span></a>ings her voice is so delicate, so ethereal that she sounds as though she’s transmitting from a submarine stranded on the seafloor.  What’s more, Li brilliantly plays to this amazing strength, matching it to productions so lean and carefully stripped back that they drive you straight to the heart of her bristling songcraft.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kleerup con Lykke Li: "Until We Bleed"]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Seguro que kleerup repite éxito como con &#8220;Every heartbeat&#8221;. Voz hipnótica de chica del]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Seguro que <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kleerup">kleerup</a> repite éxito como con "Every heartbeat". Voz hipnótica de <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngd45o-M_M4">chica del momento</a>, base electrónica, violines y melancolía. Estoy enamorado de esta canción.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=VUDO29PK">Kleerup con Lykke Li: "Until We Bleed"</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lykke Li set to perform at Lowlands 2008]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lykke Li
Great news: quirky Stockholm songstress Lykke Li has posted Lowlands as one of the dates in]]></description>
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<p>Great news: quirky Stockholm songstress <a title="www.lykkeli.com" href="http://www.lykkeli.com" target="_blank">Lykke Li </a>has posted <a title="www.lowlands.nl" href="http://www.lowlands.nl" target="_blank">Lowlands</a> as one of the dates in <a title="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli" href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli" target="_blank">her MySpace </a>tour schedual, she is set to perform at the festival on closing day Sunday 17th of August. Lowlands has not yet officially confirmed Lykke Li is performing, but the festival organisation is still releasing new names in dribs and drabs.</p>
<p>Check out Lykke Li's excellent song <strong>I'm Good I'm Gone</strong> in a <a title="www.blackcabsessions.com" href="http://www.blackcabsessions.com" target="_self">Black Cab Session</a>:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Catch-up Time! Part 2 - June 2008]]></title>
<link>http://instanthits.wordpress.com/?p=61</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://instanthits.wordpress.com/?p=61</guid>
<description><![CDATA[So, so, so.  Sunny, sunny June. A long, hazy, pleasant month with lots of good memories.  And lots]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, so, so.  Sunny, sunny June. A long, hazy, pleasant month with lots of good memories.  And lots of singles to catch up on.  Here's the pick of them, including Single of the Week cuts from Mystery Jets (again), Frankmusik, The School, Weezer and Ladyhawke (again). Enjoy...</p>
<p><strong>2nd June 2008</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Single of the Week: Mystery Jets – Two Doors Down </strong></p>
<p>Despite recent confirmation that they're still a bit crap live, this is my second single of the week for Mystery Jets this year.  While it lacks the subtle charms of 'Young Love', it's clearly a fabtastic pop stomper that throws everything into the mix (including potentially lethal sax solos) and comes out with something that sounds pretty much like Summer 2008 in a box.  Sorry Lykke...</p>
<p>Click below for all the rest!</p>
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<p><strong>Other good stuff... </strong></p>
<p>Lykke Li – I’m Good I’m Gone [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=ngd45o-M_M4">YouTube</a>]<br />
My album of the year so far is Lykke's Youth Novels.  This is another great track from it.  Lacks the surprise factor of previous SOTW 'Little Bit', but otherwise flawless.</p>
<p>Sebastien Tellier – Divine [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vz58Hw9hldw">YouTube</a>]<br />
Didn't win Eurovision; still awesome.</p>
<p>The Clik Clik – Did You Wrong  [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=W-ANpkjbsHw">YouTube</a>]<br />
File next to the Ting Tings, Alphabeat, etc. Is this the sound of 2008?  It'll do.</p>
<p>Jeremy Warmsley - The Boat Song  [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=5E8A8df1N6U">YouTube</a>]<br />
Folkypoppygeekystrummything. I like.</p>
<p>Joan As Police Woman – To Be Loved [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=LKEc8EN1p-I">YouTube</a>]<br />
Slick, classy, but ulltimately a little bit too coffee-table.</p>
<p>Nightwish – The Islander [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hRc9rNDZOCE">YouTube</a>]<br />
Why do I have a bit of a soft-spot for these preposterous Scandinavian rockers?  Silly overblown prog this time, but difficult to hate.</p>
<p>REM – Hollow Man [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=i2PbySA3DAg">YouTube</a>]<br />
Another decent enough track from their 'return to form' (tm everyone) album.</p>
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<p><strong>9th June 2008</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/-yBaFtE34Fw'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/-yBaFtE34Fw&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Single of the Week: Frankmusik - In Step</strong><br />
The horribly named Frankmusik is Vincent Frank, a 21-year-old former beatboxer from Croydon.  This is Discovery-era Daft Punk with slightly over-enthusiastic vocals.  It's lots of fun. And don't we all want a flashing hula hoop?</p>
<p><strong>More...</strong></p>
<p>Sonny J – Handsfree (If You Hold My Hand) [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=4d4L4hiSHNw">YouTube</a>]<br />
More sampleadelic fun from the Liverpool man who brought us previous SOTW 'Enfant Terrible.'  If anything, this is better, but it's been released in a stronger week...</p>
<p>The Cure – Freakshow [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2dzAFCP4UY">YouTube</a>]<br />
Livelier than of late, and shower their many imitators how it's done.</p>
<p>The Duke Spirit - My Sunken Treasure [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=SXMRAoZZ3RQ">YouTube</a>]<br />
Not as good as The Step and the Walk, but also very good.</p>
<p>Kid Carpet - I Dont Want To Fall In Love With You (7”) [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=xTvZcr3gM00">YouTube</a>]<br />
A strange, skewed pop genius from a slightly different planet. Or Bristol. Brilliant, as ever.</p>
<p>Laura Marling – Cross Your Fingers / Crawled Out Of The Sea [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dnZt474XBS0">YouTube</a>]<br />
More of the same, but none the worse for it.</p>
<p>We Are Scientists – Chick Lit [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=yIyLWDhxXoQ">YouTube</a>]<br />
Radio-friendly, solid stuff.</p>
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<p><strong>16th June 2008</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/xrBF2nsjeaE'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/xrBF2nsjeaE&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Single of the Week: The School - Let It Slip</strong><br />
Time to return to one of my guilty pleasures again... This is indie-pop loveliness in the Camera Obscura mould, from a Cardiff-based band featuring a former member of The Loves. OK, so maybe the intro rips off British Sea Power's 'Be Gone', but that's more than compensated for by the wonderful silky vocals and 60s-girl-pop breakdown.</p>
<p><strong>And...</strong></p>
<p>Infadels - Free Things For Poor People [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=f0BCgoZsN8M">YouTube</a>]<br />
Formerly chugalong electro-rock, Infadels seemed to have slapped a lick of Guilty Pleasures-style gloss all over their new material.  It's an improvement.</p>
<p>Jamie Lidell – Another Day [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=89Qa5rNAeEs">YouTube</a>]<br />
There's something charming about Mr. Lidell that makes you forget he's essentially making glossy facsimiles of classic soul, with little new added to the mix.  But he'll still never match 'Multiply.'</p>
<p>Jay Reatard - Always Wanting More [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=0rob_TrU9Ls">YouTube</a>]<br />
Excitable, ADD-afflicted guitar-pop.  Good stuff.</p>
<p>The Kills - Last Day of Magic [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=JkEwk7wZVV8">YouTube</a>]<br />
The first time a Kills record has explicitly reminded me of Jamie's old band Scarfo. This is a good thing.</p>
<p>Presets - This Boy's In Love [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=VNgOuXepPsA">YouTube</a>]<br />
Depeche Mode-esque dark electro from Modular band. Pretty good.</p>
<p>White Williams – Violator (7”) [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=UGKZed3gNDU">YouTube</a>]<br />
Hypnotic, repetitive guitar/bleeps thing from young Ohio guy on Domino.</p>
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<p><strong>23rd June 2008</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/muP9eH2p2PI'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/muP9eH2p2PI&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Single of the Week: Weezer - Pork And Beans</strong><br />
Probably a slightly out of character choice here.  But it's single of the week because it makes me smile in a geeky sorta way. OK, so it's hardly a genuine return to form.  But it's roughly a billion times better than anything on the thoroughly rubbish 'Make Believe' album. And they're back to doing what they do (sort of second) best - making brilliant, memorable videos.</p>
<p><strong>It's a slow week...</strong></p>
<p>MGMT - Electric Feel [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=UtUI5MC9tVM">YouTube</a>]<br />
Not as good as 'Time To Pretend', but sounds fantastic on the radio</p>
<p>Black Kids – Hurricane Jane [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=kg9oZvgnb5A">YouTube</a>]<br />
While this is competent enough, it does make one wonder if they peaked with their debut, and it's all downhill from here... I could be wrong, though.</p>
<p>The Charlatans – The Misbegotten [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wEmv-HG0BSU">YouTube - audio only</a>]<br />
More decent stuff from their New Order-indebted latest record.</p>
<p>Five O Clock Heroes feat Agyness Deyn – Who [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dWvw6ZpK1j4">YouTube</a>]<br />
WRONG on paper. On record, actually not bad.</p>
<p>Glasvegas – Geraldine [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dquK43zFfKc">YouTube</a>]<br />
Sort-of-OK stuff from band that are clearly aiming to fill a stadium sometime before the end of the month.  It's a bit too much, too soon, for my liking.</p>
<p>Heloise &#38; The Savoir Faire - Illusions (Hot Tonight!) [<a href="http://www.myspace.com/heloiseandthesavoirfaire">MySpace</a>]<br />
Seems like the sort of thing I should like.  But somehow a bit too... forced?</p>
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<p><strong>30th June 2008</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Single of the Week: Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning</strong><br />
Second Single of the Week in a row (following the briliant 'Back of the Van') from the New Zealand popster with a bag full of classic influences coming together to make something very danceable but also rather beautiful.  On live evidence, there's a possibility that Ms. Hawke may well be a bit of a two-hit wonder.  And while I'm hoping I'm wrong there, it doesn't take anything away from the shiny brilliance of 'Paris is Burning.'</p>
<p><strong>Other singles available...</strong></p>
<p>Goldfrapp – Caravan Girl [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=yJ8VyukQtTg">YouTube</a>]<br />
Summery pop loveliness and third excellent single in a row from Alison &#38; co.</p>
<p>Estelle – No Substitute Love [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=dquK43zFfKc">YouTube</a>]<br />
No 'American Boy', but still moderately enjoyable.</p>
<p>Freemasons – When You Touch Me [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=psDjgxwo-nU">YouTube</a>]<br />
Actually quite fun OTT dance-pop.</p>
<p>The Long Blondes – Guilt [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hmncxVG-QxQ">YouTube</a>]<br />
The relative rubbishness of the second Long Blondes album still makes me a bit sad. This average track, which doesn't really go anywhere, is probably one of the best things on it.  Which really isn't saying much.  They are better than this...</p>
<p>Paul Heaton - Mermaids &#38; Slaves [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=WJ7dyoKqIOY">YouTube</a>]<br />
Breezier, and more Housemartins-esque, than any recent Beautiful South outings. Quite cheering, in a resolutely uncool sort of way.</p>
<p>Rosie Oddie and the Odd Squad - Cola Coka [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wJP5p13fXG4">YouTube</a>]<br />
Certainly a bit odd. The slow intro gives way to an all-over-the-place knees-up.  Can't really make up my mind here: great or awful? One of them.</p>
<p>Tricky – Council Estate [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=W7Zjp2-zTCA">YouTube</a>]<br />
Sound little like anything he's done before, but it's pretty catchy and he handles the solo-vocals pretty well.</p>
<p>Wild Beasts – The Devil’s Crayon [<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=kLzJqEg_WEQ">YouTube</a>]<br />
New Kendal indie-rockers. Intriguing stuff.<br />
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<link>http://tashed.wordpress.com/?p=427</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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There are a million and one more nice things said about lykke li with each passing day.
One day we ]]></description>
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<p>There are a million and one more nice things said about <a href="http://www.lykkeli.com/"><span style="font-size:large;"><strong>lykke li</strong></span></a> with each passing day.</p>
<p>One day we are gonna exhaust all the adjectives we can use to describe just how much of a character <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>lykke li</strong></span></a> is.</p>
<p>I am still going to let you in on how much she deserves to be great. not just good, but awesome great.</p>
<p>I believe (and so does <a href="http://www.lykkeli.com/"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>lykke li)</strong></span></a>, that the term indie is a useless term and that there is no indie music, only good, quality music which makes people stand up and listen.</p>
<p>As much as it would be easy to classify her with the wonderful swedish music crowd, lets treat her like she belongs to another world.</p>
<p>Her debut album <a href="http://www.insound.com/search/showrelease.jsp?from=6012&#38;p=INS47064"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>youth novels</strong></span></a> is one to marvel at.</p>
<p>In this album she will literally serenade, coo, whisper, sing, mix it up with foot stomps, loudhailers and most definitely cast a spell on you with the fragility and edginess to her. Various personalities come through all the time, with different layers peeling off with each song, reminding you of her diversity.</p>
<p>It is a journey with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli"><span style="font-size:medium;"><strong>lykke li</strong></span></a>, a whole bag of emotions involved.</p>
<p>Poised, articulate, flirtatious, precocious, inimitable, unpretentious, genius.</p>
<p>Dont be daunted by these descriptions, it still comes through with simplicity in the end and we will all be left  wanting so much more.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">mp3</span>&#124;lykke li - <a href="http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTdGK2VpeFViR0pFQlE9PQ">little bit</a> / (<a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/150362041b41bcd2/">zshare</a>)<br />
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<p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">mp3</span>&#124;lykke li - <a href="http://www.yousendit.com/download/TTdGK2VpeFU0b0JjR0E9PQ">I'm good, I'm gone</a> </strong><strong>/ (<a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/150359629c57e5bf/">zshare</a>)</strong></p>
<p>I don't normally post 2 videos at once. but you really have to see them both.</p>
<p>one is a wonderful live performance of her with members of <span style="font-weight:bold;">the concretes</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">shout out louds</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">robyn</span>.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/OJHdT1j6hH8'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/OJHdT1j6hH8&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>the other is directed by another genius. <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-weight:bold;">mattias montero</span></span>.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/mUC0ezAlHwE'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/mUC0ezAlHwE&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>i hope you enjoy her before she explodes. or has she already?</p>
<p><a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=A8BelFFHpQk">lykke li in a black cab.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lykkeli.com/"><strong>lykke li website</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli"><strong>lykke li myspace</strong></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.insound.com/search/showrelease.jsp?from=6012&#38;p=INS47064"><strong>lykke li album</strong></a></p>
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<link>http://thevocab.wordpress.com/?p=276</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dig</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[A Tale of Two Nords]]></title>
<link>http://tenacioustimothy.wordpress.com/?p=354</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tenacioustimothy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Recently listened to the albums from two different female artists hailing from the Nordic reaches th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently listened to the albums from two different female artists hailing from the Nordic reaches that are memorable in different ways...</p>
<p><a title="MySpace" href="http://www.myspace.com/lykkeli" target="_blank">Lykke Li</a> - Youth Novel (Sweden)</p>
<p>There is certainly something here and she does have a good voice- good enough to lure me in but there is something about the album that just doesn't sit right with me.   Quite a few of her songs have some catchy rhythms- Dance, Dance, Dance, I'm Good, I'm Gone and Little Bit are good with the standout track being  Hanging High.  However there are quite a few tracks that I simply do not like with her cockney-fied pronunciations and with the overproduction I was left wondering if there was actually a band involved or just a machine.</p>
<p>Overall it was a good album but  I don't think it helps when you see the videos and there is just a tad too much brassiness there.  I think she would be far better if that was toned down to just sassy.  That said- I have only heard good reviews about her gig in the Sugar Club so maybe she comes across differently live.</p>
<p><a title="MySpace" href="http://www.myspace.com/anebrun" target="_blank">Ane Brun</a> - Changing of the Seasons (Norwegian)</p>
<p>My God- what a voice!   She makes you sit up and take notice from the very first moment she opens her mouth!    Some tracks are quite stripped down and to have her voice float out of nowhere is really an enthralling experience.    There are quite a few different styles of songs on here but the main thing is that there is not one filler- definitely more than a couple standouts for me since The Treehouse Song, The Fall, The Puzzle, Changing of the Seasons and Raise My head are my favourites that I return to again and again.</p>
<p>This is just one album you have to listen to and savour to the end.    While I am not regretting seeing Yeasayer the night she was in town- I really wish there hadnt been a conflict now and I hope that she returns here soon.</p>
<p>Just a couple of YouTubes- not many out there for Ane Brun and probably the best one for Lykke Li.</p>
<p><strong>Ane Brun- The Treehouse Song</strong><br />
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<p><strong>Ane Brun- The Puzzle</strong><br />
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<p><strong>Lykke Li- Little Bit</strong><br />
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