Jamie Woon – Night Air
Burial‘s amazing album Untrue from 2007 is one of my favourites, so when I heard the teaser of Jamie Woon‘s new song Night Air on singles club of the Guardian Music Weekly Podcast I began to salivate for more. Londoner Jamie Woon shows considerable talent on his first EP Wayfaring Stranger, he is a great...
Dusty Brown – This City is Killing Me
I’m nearly 10 years too late to be excited about Dusty Brown, but I won’t let that stop me. Dusty Brown are a Sacramento based family trio made up of Zac, Jessica and of course Dusty Brown himself. Their live shows, begun some 10 years ago, have already brought them local music awards in Sacramento. I’m sure their electro folk...
Discodeine – Synchornise feat. Jarvis Cocker – Song for the Weekend
Soon I’ll find time to write an article about how to discover new music, and one new tool that’ll be mentioned is Shufflr.fm. That’s how I stumbled on this week’s Song for the Weekend. Posted on Off the Radar – this track is a blast from a disco 2000 past. French duo Pilooski and Pentile are...
Baiana System – Jah Jah Revolta – Song for the Weekend
I love Twitter. No, not because you end up reading lots of little sentences about people’s unfulfilled lives. It’s because you can find music which you would not otherwise have ever found before. So I was delighted to hear through a Guardian Music Tweet about the Musical Alliance Pact (MAP) which is being run by...
SolarSolar
Canadian duo Dan Drysdale and Angela Drysdale are producing mesmerisingly beautiful dream pop as SolarSolar. If you miss the glory days of trip-hop then SolarSolar‘s take on one of Bristol’s most famous exports will not disappoint. Angela Drysdale’s vocals are exquisite and haunting yet clear and despite having a multitude of layers and events in the...
Red Headz Mash Up of Wolfgang Gartner & 3OH!3
Came across this Red Headz mash up of Wolfgang Gartner’s mash up of Beethoven’s 5th symphony and 3OH!3‘s First Kiss featuring Ke$ha. If you understood all that I’ll give you a medal. You all know I hate classical crossover – so fear not, I’m not going to submit you to such aural torture with this...
First Aid Kit cover Fever Ray’s When I Grow Up
Karin Dreijer Andersson‘s music has already propelled the likes of Jose Gonzales to stardom with his cover of one of my favourite songs, The Knife‘s Heartbeats - and now it seems to be the turn of First Aid Kit. The Swedish folk duo have just released a cover of Fever Ray’s When I Grow Up...
Breakfast in Fur
The creative juices can flow at the worst times – I’ve irked many a neighbour at 3 in the morning perfecting a few bars of music. Maybe it’s the rush of adrenaline from the fear that an irate pyjama clad person may knock on my door and shoot my face off that can make late...
Cassius – I <3 U So – Song for the Weekend
We all need a track for the weekend – especially an uplifting one with the weather looking so gloomy over London. So lets pray thanks to Cassius‘ amazing track from their new The Rawkers EP which I came across on Tilt. Although Cassius have mainly been lending a hand to the likes of Cut Copy...
Gaggle
Choirs conjure up a tirade of stereotypes, usually involving grey hair and cups of 50p tea served in polystyrene. As a member of London Philharmonic Choir my liver can certainly prove we drink more Stella than PG Tips. Gaggle, the female alternative choir from London, are legions apart from crusty old veneer of group singing. They’ve...
Spektrum – I’ve Done It Now (Free MP3)
With a third album on the way, Spektrum are back. The 4 piece electro-punk Londoners from indie label StopStart are recording a third album to follow up to their last release Death At The Gymkhana Club Spektrum are fronted by the prodigal Lola Olafisoye, armed with the wit of Peaches and the vocals of Macy Gray. I’ve...
Hurts Cover Kylie Minogue’s Confide in Me
I still get goosebumps every time I listen to anything Hurts make. Right now I love this cover of Kylie Minogue‘s Confide in Me – she appears on their debut album Happiness too which is out on 6 September. You can pre-order Happiness from Amazon. In the meantime check out the Cajón on this:
