Rose Elinor Dougall – Without Why

Rose Elinor Dougal - Without Why

An absolutely delightful first solo release after Roses departure from The Pipettes.
You can grab some free session tracks from the album over here. WMA format.

Rose Elinor Dougall – ‘Start/Stop/Synchro’ from the album ‘Without Why

http://roseelinordougall.tumblr.com/

MySpace

Wikipedia

Lost in the Trees – All Alone in an Empty House

Lost In The Trees - All Alone in an Empty House

An interesting blend of folk and strings.

Lost in the Trees – ‘Walk Around the Lake’ from the album ‘All Alone in an Empty House

www.lostinthetrees.com

MySpace

Clare Bowditch & The New Slang – Modern Day Addiction

Clare Bowditch - Modern Day Addiction

Clare has dusted off her casiotone for this splendiferously intimate forth release.

Clare Bowditch & The New Slang – ‘Bigger Than the Money’ from the album ‘Modern Day Addiction

www.clarebowditch.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

Amanda Palmer – Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele

Amanda Palmer - Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele

<a href="http://music.amandapalmer.net/album/amanda-palmer-performs-the-popular-hits-of-radiohead-on-her-magical-ukulele">Fake Plastic Trees by Amanda Palmer</a>

The irrepressible Amanda Palmer sings 6 Radiohead tracks with only piano and ukulele on this excellent E.P.
Get it direct from Amanda here for $0.84 USD or more.

Amanda Palmer – ‘Creep’ (live) from the E.P. ‘The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele

www.amandapalmer.net

MySpace

Wikipedia

Robyn – Body Talk Pt. 1

Robyn - Body Talkpt1

Part one of three releases set for this year from the effervescent Robyn.
Body Talk Pt. 2 – September 2010.
Speak Your Body: Body Talk Pt. 3 – December 2010.

www.robyn.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monae - Archandroid

Parts II and III of Janelles concept narrative, heavily influenced by the Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, on this release.
Stunning. Played it back to back three times the first time I heard it. Don’t let the first single Tightrope fool you, each track is totally different, and brilliant. Check out the whole album on her MySpace page.
Definitely in my top ten so far this year.

Janelle Monáe – ‘Tightrope’ from the album ‘The ArchAndroid

www.jmonae.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

School of Seven Bells – Disconnect From Desire

School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire

Sisters Claudia and Alejandra Deheza, along with Benjamin Curtis provide a second helping of dreamy sounds.
Not a massive drift away from their brilliant debut release Alpinisms (2008) but who cares, it’s great stuff.

Interview and snippets from the new album Disconnect From Desire

www.sviib.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

Anni B Sweet – Start Restart Undo

Anni B Sweet - Start Restart Undo

A delicate debut from Spanish vocalist Anni B Sweet.

Anni B Sweet – ‘Lalala’ from the album ‘Start Restart Undo

MySpace

last.fm

Wikipedia

Eliza Doolittle – Eliza Doolittle

Eliza Doolittle - Eliza Doolittle

An upbeat bouncy debut release for the summer months is out today.
She is playing support for Paloma Faith later in the year, which is cool.

Eliza Doolittle – ‘Pack Up’ from the album ‘Eliza Doolittle

www.elizadoolittle.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

Music For a Great Dad

This is quite a personal post, which I never do, but one I hope you will enjoy ;)
June is one of those months that seems our family has managed to condense most of our birthdays into the same month.
Hence I have been busy and not posting here…
To cut a long story short, I decided to compile a CD for my Dad of all the tracks that he used to play that really made an impact on me.
It was quite an emotional journey, but worth it :)

This is the track listing I ended up with:

01 The Beatles – Help
02 The Moody Blues – Nights In White Satin
03 Fairport Convention – Hanging Song
04 Procol Harum – A Salty Dog
05 The Beatles – I am The Walrus
06 ELO – Mr Blue Sky
07 Procol Harum – Whiter Shade of Pale
08 The Beatles – A Day In The Life
09 Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
10 The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black
11 Mamas and Papas – Monday Monday
12 The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon

But then I got obsessive and had to find videos for all those tracks for a DVD version…

Here is one taster of some truly retro loveliness

Procol Harum – ‘A Salty Dog’ (Live Pop2 1971)

What a great Dad I have that played all those lovely tracks for me and influenced me so much.

The Girl & The Robot – The Beauty Of Decay

The Girl and The Robot - The Beauty Of Decay

Almost retro 80‘s synth sounds from vocalist ‘Plastique’ and electro genius ‘Deadbeat’.
A punchy debut that has been looping on my playlists for the last few weeks, and I am not tiring of it.

The Girl & The Robot – Extracts from ‘The Beauty Of Decay

http://thegirlandtherobot.com/

MySpace

The Living Sisters – Love to Live

The Living Sisters - Love to Live

Eleni Mandell, Inara George and Becky Stark. What a combination.

Three part harmony, perfection.

MySpace

last.fm

Jane Weaver – The Fallen By Watchbird

Jane Weaver - The Fallen By Watch Bird

Well, this took me by surprise.
What a brilliant release… You’d best go off to her MySpace page to get the low down on it.

I couldn’t find any decent video clips of her, so check out the audio clips on the three links below.

MySpace

last.fm

amazon

Lex Land – Orange Days On Lemon Street

Lex Land - Orange Days on Lemon Street

Just been introduced to this fulsome 2008 release from fabulous vocalist Lex.
Looking forward to hearing more of her.

Lex Land – ‘All We’ve Ever Done’ from the album ‘Orange Days On Lemon Street

www.lexland.net

MySpace

last.fm

Sarah Jaffe – Suburban Nature

Sarah Jaffe - Suburban Nature

A highly accomplished debut release. Great vocals and very interesting instrumentation.
You can pick it up over on the Kirtland Record store for a keen $12.00.

Sarah Jaffe – ‘Clementine‘ from the album ‘Suburban Nature

www.sarahjaffe.com

MySpace

Wikipedia

Next Page »