I have a fairly scattered music collection that I’ve been trying over the years to condense with limited success. Several years ago, I purchased Fischerspooner’s #1 album for the lone song “Emerge,” and after playing that single repeatedly for days I somehow managed to lose the physical CD in the boxes of discs that languish [...]
What do you get when Björk, Frou Frou and Enya have an epic battle and eventually – through some as-of-yet unknown property of physics – become merged into one mutant artist?
Kate Havnevik.
Not the answer you expected? I know, I was fairly sure that Björk would manage to dominate too, but [...]
As with the bulk of my discoveries, Pandora was the catalyst that led to my uncovering of Róisín Murphy some months ago. I’m not sure which station brought up the song – it has subsequently appeared on a number of the stations I’ve assembled – but “Dear Miami” was the first of Róisín’s unique [...]
Karen from New Jersey writes us this week to say:
“I have three-quarters of a bottle of Blackberry Brandy. What would be the best band to pair with this drink?”
Well Karen, my esteemed co-conspirator and I have discussed heatedly and thoroughly, and have come to a decision.
If you had a whole bottle, this would be [...]
When last I mentioned The Sleeps, it was mostly to air my dissatisfaction with their attempted flair for fashion. No longer. I must atone for my musical closemindedness. Swoopy hair and high-heeled blacklight reactive boots do not automatically cancel out good music. Now it is time for my penance. Many Hail Mary’s, and maybe a [...]
Somewhere between sleep and wakefulness there exists a universe of solid beats and breathy lyrics that seductively pulls you toward a deep and encompassing netherworld. No matter how hard you try you can never seem to quite reach that soothing, entrancing place, but there is hope my friends.
Phantogram.
Yes, Phantogram – fronted by the talented Josh [...]
I pondered for a while on what my first few posts should be about… The state of the music industry? No, too depressing (and generally controversial). A top ten rundown? No, too broad, and besides, MTV and VH1 have had years of those. Eventually, I turned to my trusty iPod, and [...]
