Another Spotify playlist, this time a rather mellow one as I’ve been incredibly lazy this week (same goes for my cat, hence the picture). Amongst the artists included: Brendan Perry, Lykke Li, Roxy Music, Great Lake Swimmers, Fever Ray… Listen.
August 11, 2009 - 3:57 am
Tags: Amanda Blank, Lykke Li, Santigold
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It wasn’t just my friend Keath who was surprised when I said that I love Amanda Blank’s debut album – I surprised myself! Any kind of hip hop usually goes straight over my head but Amanda’s added mixture of electronica and catchy hooks won me over.
It wasn’t immediate though; the first proper listen of I [...]
February 21, 2009 - 12:14 am
Tags: Mixtapes, Spotify
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I got a sudden urge to throw together a cheesy 80s mix of songs I used to listen to as a kid on my Walkman, much like the one Kim Wilde is sporting in the picture.
Consider yourself warned though: I was mainly into pop music alá Madonna back then; The Smiths and the like didn’t enter my record [...]
February 8, 2009 - 6:06 pm
Tags: Frida Hyvönen, Graham Coxon, Lily Allen, Ryan Adams, Spotify, The Concretes
Posted in Audio Surveillance | 2 comments
Like Christian Bale, I’ve had a pretty miserable week.
Not that anything in particular happened, I’ve just felt incredibly gloomy and angry at the world.
I’ve avoided answering the telephone and then sulked because I’m lonely; wished my cat would go away and then hugged her like there’s no tomorrow; stayed in bed most of the day [...]
January 18, 2009 - 7:08 pm
Tags: Cocteau Twins, Phoebe Killdear and The Short Straws, Roxy Music, Spotify, The Mary Onettes, Throwing Muses
Posted in Audio Surveillance, New Leads | 2 comments
Since it’s the latest craze, I too decided to put together a Spotify playlist in case any of you fellow Spotify listeners would like to have a listen. It’s mostly old music mixed with some new: Roxy Music, Phoebe Killdear and The Short Straws, Throwing Muses, The Mary Onettes, Cocteau Twins… I might make it an annual Sunday thing. Check [...]
January 12, 2009 - 10:34 pm
Tags: Fever Ray, Honey Is Cool, Mute Records, Rabid Records, The Knife
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When I heard that Karin Dreijer of The Knife was releasing a solo album, I got all kinds of excited. But upon my first listen of the single “If I had a Heart” I was actually a bit disappointed. I had expected something far different from The Knife’s experimental electrosound, perhaps something more like Karin’s [...]