Ingrid Michaelson – Be OK
Posted October 31, 2008 
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The fab Ingrid has launched yet another superb album.
Awesome.
Ingrid Michaelson – ‘Be OK’ – The title track from ‘Be OK’
Archive for October, 2008
Angus & Julia Stone – A Book Like This
Posted October 20, 2008 Comments(0)
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A new video from Angus & Julia from their delicious album A Book Like This.
Angus & Julia Stone – ‘Hollywood’ from the album ‘A Book Like This’
Samantha Crain – The Confiscation
Posted October 19, 2008 Comments(0)
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Samantha is definitely one to look out for.
Very subtle lyrics and music.
Samantha Crain – ‘The River’ from the EP ‘The Confiscation’
Kim Wilde – The Very Best of Kim Wilde
Posted October 18, 2008 Comments(0)
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Flicking through my Freeview, I came across Kim presenting her favourite 50 videos from the 80′s.
Very scarey.
Better lips than Angline Jolie.
She can do my garden anyday.
Kim Wilde – ‘Kid’s in America’
The Pretenders – Break Up The Concrete
Posted October 18, 2008 Comments(0)
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Chrissie Hynde and the boys are back with a solid, slightly rockabilly, album.
Go gurl.
The Pretenders- ‘Boots Of Chinese Plastic’ from the album ‘Break Up The Concrete’
Saint Etienne – London Conversations
Posted October 17, 2008 Comments(0)
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A massive 35 track ‘best of’ from the hugely influential trio fronted by Sarah Cracknell.
Saint Etienne – ‘Hug My Soul’ from the best of album ‘London Conversations’
Rachael Yamagata – Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart
Posted October 16, 2008 Comments(1)
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The long awaited second album from sultry siren Rachael is out now.
And it’s a two disc set as well.
The first disc is a lovely soft creep-up-on-you set of songs.
She rocks out a bit more on the second disc.
Great stuff.
Rachael Yamagata – ‘Elephants’ from the album ‘Elephants…Teeth Sinking Into Heart’
Rachael Yamagata TouTube Channel
Fansite – www.thereasonwhy.org
Heather Nova – The Jasmine Flower
Posted October 15, 2008 Comments(0)
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Heather continues to deliver.
Quite a stripped down affair, which really shows off her voice.
Available as high quality MP3 from her website, or wait a bit in Europe to get the hard copy.
A live streaming gig on Oct 16th here.
Maria Mena – Cause And Effect
Posted October 14, 2008 Comments(0)
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Her fifth album, but the first I have heard.
Deep and powerful stuff lyrically.
A tad melancholy, but she is confronting her troubled past/present.
Great voice and lovely minimal production throughout.
Maria Mena – ‘All This Time’ from the album ‘Cause And Effect’
Vienna Teng – Dreaming Through The Noise
Posted October 13, 2008 Comments(2)
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From 2006, the third release from this talented singer/songwriter and pianist.
Superbly versatile in terms of styles and vocal range.
The video below is the first track on the album. What a great way to start.
Vienna Teng – ‘Blue Caravan’ (Live) from the album ‘Dreaming Through The Noise’
Firefox/Flash/YouTube (Windows)
Posted October 13, 2008 Comments(0)
Comments(0) A number of visitors, including myself, have been experiencing random video playback problems with the new Firefox (3.0.3) [and Opera it seems] and the Flash plugin on the Windows platform. Googling the issue has thrown up a whole load of different solutions, none of which have worked for me.
Very frustrating.
Strangely, checking video clips that were posted on here via YouTube before Flash plugin version 9 play fine.
So maybe it is a three way issue with how YouTube are streaming to the Flash plugin via Firefox…
Doing a few tests, the only solution I found was to uninstall Flash plugin version 9 and install Flash plug in version 8. This works for both Firefox and Opera browsers.
You can download the Flash Uninstaller from Adobe here.
Get the Flash 8 plugin from Adobe here. (unfortunately you have to download the 22mb fp8_archive, unzip it, look in the folder called ‘r42‘ then launch the file ‘flashplayer8r42_win.exe‘)
Alternatively, Google flashplayer8r42_win.exe and you will find the stand alone installer.
Lykke Li – Youth Novels
Posted October 12, 2008 Comments(0)
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This is such a complex album.
Highly original, even a touch experimental in places.
A brilliant debut release. I urge you to check it out further.
Lykke Li – ‘Little Bit’ from the album ‘Youth Novels’
Lykke Li – ‘Dance, Dance, Dance’ from the album ‘Youth Novels’
Imelda May – Love Tattoo
Posted October 11, 2008 Comments(0)
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I’m not a big fan of Rockabilly style, but this is a great release from Imelda.
Get two free tracks over at her website, or just dive right in and get the CD there.
Imelda May – ‘Watcha Gonna Do’ from the album ‘Love Tattoo’
Brazilian Girls – New York City
Posted October 10, 2008 Comments(0)
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The wonderfully eclectic Brazilian Girls, fronted by Sabina Sciubba, have their third album out now.
Well worth cheking out.
Brazilian Girls interview about the new album.
Uh Hur Her – Common Reaction
Posted October 4, 2008 Comments(0)
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The first track is intitled ‘Not I love Song’
I had a hope that it was a cover of P.I.L’s ‘This is Not a Love Song’.
My mistake for reading track listings too fast.
It is not, but I reckon they could do it.
Good rocking stuff with a techno edge.
Uh Huh Her – ‘Not A Love Song’ from the album ‘Common Reaction’