«Ακόμα με τις λίστες ασχολείστε; Φεβρουάριος έφτασε!» Αφού τα είπαμε, στο some beans το αγαπημένο μας σύνθημα είναι το «φέεεετααα»! Έτσι και αλλιώς τελείωσε ένας Ιανουάριος με λίγες ειδήσεις και ακόμα λιγότερες σημαντικές κυκλοφορίες οπότε δεν χάσατε πάρα πολλά. Και γιατί να βιαστούμε άλλωστε; Ας αφήσουμε στην άκρη τα αυτιστικά μας που μας επιβάλλουν να είμαστε πάντα στην ώρα μας (αλήθεια από πότε καθιερώθηκε αυτή η ώρα;) και επίκαιροι και ας απολαύσουμε 40 από εμένα και 40 από την uptight (σύντομα κοντά σας) επιλογές από υπέροχους δίσκους. Η καλή μουσική άλλωστε είναι πάντα επίκαιρη. 40. Micachu & the Shapes/ London Sinfonietta - Chopped & Screwed Ο δεύτερος δίσκος των Micachu είναι μια ζωντανή ηχογράφηση της μπάντας μαζί με την μικρή ορχήστρα του Λονδίνου. Μοιάζει με soundtrack τέλους του κόσμου, φοβερά ατμοσφαιρικό, μυστήριο, δυσοίωνο και περίεργο. Η μπάντα ακούγεται σα να έχει παγιδευτεί μέσα στο μάτι μιας μύγας, έχοντας μια ευρυγωνική, κάπως διεστραμμένη και σατανική άποψη για τον κόσμο. Δεν είναι άκουσμα για καλοκαιρινές βόλτες στην παραλία αλλά μια ιδιαίτερη ακρόαση που άλλοτε διαλύεται μπροστά στα μάτια σου, άλλοτε σέρνεται ακρωτηριασμένο λερώνοντας το πάτωμα και άλλοτε προσπαθεί ανεπιτυχώς να ανοίξει τα φτερά του να πετάξει μέχρι να προσγειωθεί με τα μούτρα. Αυτό το ανίερο πάντρεμα κλασσικής μουσικής και απροσάρμοστης pop επιβάλλεται να ακούστει με προσοχή και ενδιαφέρον. Για παράδειγμα: Micachu And The Shapes/ London Sinfonietta- "Not So Sure" 39. Ensemble - Excerpts Γαλλική noire pop μουσική για όλα τα εκλεπτυσμένα γούστα σύντομα σε ένα σινεμά κοντά σας. Ο ενεργός από το 1998 Olivier Alary έφτιαξε κινηματογραφική μουσική για σκοτεινά ρομάντζα, απατεώνες και προδοσίες. Ο Serge Gainsbourg είναι μία επιρροή που αναγνωρίζεται άμεσα από τον ακροατή αν και η προσέγγιση του Olivier δεν προσπαθεί να σοκάρει με την πρωτοτυπία της και την τόλμη της παρά μόνο μοιάζει με πολύ προσεγμένη αναβίωση της συγκεκριμένης μουσικής, με λιγότερα new wave στοιχεία, περισσότερα jazz και πιο ορχηστρική. Επίσης o Alary μαζί με τον Anthony Gonzalez αποδεικνύουν στους Nouvelle Vague πως υπάρχουν Γάλλοι παραγωγοί που πασχίζουν να φτιάξουν καινούργια μουσική. Για παράδειγμα: Ensemble - Excerpts 38. The Field - Looping State Of Mind Πραγματικά πολύ πετυχημένος τίτλος για δίσκο. Ο Σουηδός, τέσσερα χρόνια μετά την αναγνώριση του ντεμπούτου του που εμφανίστηκε σε αρκετές λίστες της δεκαετίας (εμένα η αγαπημένη μου ήταν αυτή που ήταν καλύτερος δίσκος της δεκαετίας μαζί με τους Abbie Gale ;-D), επιστρέφει με συνεκτικά ...

Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Damien Rice, Husky Song: Juan Alban - Death in the Family [download here ] What's so good? Melancholy vocals. Check. Floating guitar and banjo work. Check. Melodic choruses. Check. Sounds like Sufjan Stevens right? Hailing from Ballarat (just out of Melbourne) former Epicure frontman Juan Alban has channeled the enigmatic artist with his track “Death in the Family. A perfect way to launch himself as a solo artist, this song is the first taste of a debut album anticipated later in the year. Upon first hearing “Death in the Family ...

Irish singer Lisa Hannigan caught our ears as the female counterpoint to Damien Rice on his debut album “O” and has had success as a solo singer since then. She last joined us in 2009 and returned today with a set of songs seeped in nostalgia from her sophomore album “Passenger”. All of the songs were written while she was on the road and were inspired by her considering the things and thoughts you take with you when you travel. Jason Bentley’s favorite is the solemnly beautiful “Little Bird”. (See it ...

Here’s a mid week catch up on our current Top 20 acts in the Fast track to Hop Farm competition, click on the links below to give em a listen and maybe even your support— Remember, this can all still change!! So – in no particular order  – Holy Moses and the Crackers They say it best – A four piece rompy-stompy cajun circus troupe!   Brendan McGlynn Yearning John Martyn vibes from this Dublin based troubadour   The Emerald Armada A raucous bunch throwing out layered vocal harmonies and some high octane hillbilly licks   Kal Lavelle Already grabbing tour supports with Ed Sheeran ...

Upcoming Live Performances on MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC with host JASON BENTLEY Monday, January 23, Irish singer Lisa Hannigan made a name for herself singing with Damien Rice and she returns to our studios with her second solo album under her belt. It’s beautiful work and we’ll hear it on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am. Tuesday, January 24, The Alabama Shakes are one of the most buzzed about bands in indie music right now and for good reason – they blend Southern soul, blues, gospel and rock with unmistakable vocals from Brittany Howard. ...

Upcoming Live Performances on MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC with host JASON BENTLEY Tuesday, January 17, New Zealand native Mark de Clive-Lowe now calls LA home and will share his signature beat-driven, neo-soul sound with us on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am. Monday, January 23, Irish singer Lisa Hannigan made a name for herself singing with Damien Rice and she returns to our studios with her second solo album under her belt. It’s beautiful work and we’ll hear it on Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am. Tuesday, January 24, The Alabama Shakes are one of the ...

La consociamo per la lunga collaborazione con Damien Rice ma Lisa Hannigan si è… VIDEO: Lisa Hannigan – Knots pubblicato su Indie For BUNNIES

The following is a quick synopsis on how we came to love Kate Earl ... With old age comes bad memories but we seem to remember Ms. Kate moved to Los Angeles 8-9 years ago from Chugiak, Alaska. We vaguely recall she was going to college down in Orange County at OCC (with Giant Drag's Annie Hardy) while pursuing music and maybe dabbling with a modeling career and it was around this time we caught her perform at Genghis Cohen Cantina (coincidentally with the aforementioned Patrick Park). In the music biz, they call artists like Kate Earl "the complete package ...

In case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a bit of a slacker to say the least. Between posting here far too infrequently and so many other ways I procrastinate my way through life, I'm not sure how I get anything done. Here's an example that will be worth your time in the end. I heard The Civil Wars on NPR (A Prairie Home Companion, if you must know) earlier in the year and was very impressed. I made a note to pick up their album Barton Hollow , which was released in February, and ...

little mix - cannonball (uk x factor winners) [first of all, these lil muffins (tulisa's words, not mine) went from soloist to group act to underdogs to breaking the curse of the girl groups to eventual x-factor winners (a first for any group in the series). not only that but their solid work ethic showed week in week out AND no one seemed to throw a stroppy diva fit off camera. add to the fact that their big official single is a classic damien rice number and you have the ingredients for a respectable future girl band. i'm in ...

"Cecelia & Her Selfhood" MP3 from the single Cecelia & Her Selfhood 2011 The newest release from indie-folk band Villagers is "Cecelia & Her Selfhood," a beautifully mellow song that has long been a favorite at the band's live shows. Simple in structure and sound, "Cecelia" showcases the crisp, romantic vocals of frontman Conor O'Brien in a way that is eerily reminiscent of another Irish crooner, Damien Rice. "They saw me when I stumbled and they watched you help me stand," O'Brien coos. The band also released a short film for the track, which "charts the development of a young ...

Having not watched the UK version of The X Factor at all this year — nor the US one, for that matter (sorry, kids —still burnt out after American Idol and The Voice ) — imagine my disappointment upon finding out Little Mix 's "Cannonball" isn't a cover of The Breeders ' jam. Oh, well — their rendition of this 2002 Damien Rice dirge is #1 , and it's looking like their home country will be spared having this mind-numbing trash be the top single when the new chart arrives on Christmas Day. Another X Factor alum, Leona Lewis , pops in at #8 with ...

Little Mix, a four-piece girl group, became the first band to win the UK’s version of the reality show “X Factor” in front of a TV audience of 12.9 million and a live crowd of ten-thousand. The quartet's first single, their cover version of Damien Rice’s “Cannonball,” was No. 1 on the U.K.'s midweek single charts.

2011 has been an outstanding year for music in Northern Ireland, but that should come as no surprise for a country seeped to the core in musical talent. The last 12 months have had their fair share of new releases, festivals and NI’s very own award ceremony, so let's get down to the nitty gritty of reminiscing. The highlight for festival lovers in the North is the ever-popular annual festival Glasgowbury , which this year had an enormous bill of acts with everything from The Answer to pop-punks Axis Of. The month of August also saw the return of ...

No doubt many of you will be delighted to see the end of this year's X Factor on Sunday, but – if the rumours are true – the hobbling talent show has one more sting in its tail. News leaked last week that the winner's song will be Damien Rice's 'Cannonball'. It was as if a million fey indie voices cried out at once and were suddenly silenced. By Darth Cowell. [...] Read more!