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ACTIVE CHILD – ” 1999 “

Posted: March 13, 2015 in MUSIC
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Active Child has announced at last a new album titled “Mercy”, its the long-awaited follow up to his debut LP You Are All I See, here he shares the lead single “1999”.  Its been such a long time but that all changes with “Mercy”, though, which will see release on Vagrant Records in June. This new song is the first taste of the project we’re getting, and it sounds like there’s some awfully nice steel guitar in there. Active Child talks  about the song’s meaning:

It’s a song about growing up, a song about the fragility of love, and our instinctual, perpetual search for that someone. I can remember my little nieces and nephews laughing and playing in my studio the day i started work on what would become ‘1999.’ Their innocence and curiosity of everything inspired me that day. There’s a cycle to the song’s structure and lyrics, a repetition that is hypnotic I think, much like the cycle of growing up, its so easy to lose track of time, but always important I think to keep track of your own growth.”

The Los Angeles-based producer released his debut back in 2011, and although we had the “Rapor EP”  in 2013, we’ve been hankering for something more substantial for a fair old while now. Thankfully, Active Child‘s heard our calls, and is preparing his second album for the masses.

SUFJAN STEVENS – ” Should Have Known Better “

Posted: March 11, 2015 in MUSIC
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From forthcoming new album CARRIE & LOWELL,

Sufjan Stevens with a track taken from his much anticipated album Carrie & Lowell, due out 30th March. the track ‘Should Have Known Better’ features a fingerpicked guitar cascading above gradual washes of a choral backing vocals, delicate bleepings introducing a looped melody towards the end with tambourine keeping time.

It’s a plaintive song sung with delicious poetry, the lyrics interchanging fragmented memories with feelings conjured with figurative language, a vista of the confessional mind punctuated with clues and and imagery, a landscape strewn with inexplicably emotive curiosities and relics. As the snow melts and the season turns, comes Sufjan Stevens to remind us that everything dies. His new album, Carrie & Lowell, is centered around the death of his mother, Carrie, who was in and out of his life from the start. “There’s such a discrepancy between my time and relationship with her, and my desire to know her and be with her,”  and “Should Have Known Better” takes us back to the beginning he remembers, where Carrie leaves him in a video store at the age of “three, maybe four.” In a hushed voice, he sings like he’s clinging onto a blanket for warmth as he fixates on the black shroud that enveloped him in the wake of her absence, muting his ability to transparently express himself.

But halfway through, an uplifting electric keyboard line kicks in; a subtle percussive note steadily taps out a reminder to keep going; his voice shakes off the ice and forms a chorus with itself, flowering into something hopeful. Sufjan flips the melody from the black shroud into a tender lyric about shoving aside his fear, discovering an oasis of perspective when he looks to his brother’s newborn daughter and sees his mother in her face. When he sings “nothing can be changed,” he doesn’t sound resigned, but ready to look forward. It’s the dawn at the end of a long night, a prayer that past traumas might be healed by a beautiful present.

VILLAGERS – ” Hot Scary Summer “

Posted: March 11, 2015 in MUSIC
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Ireland’s Villagers have lifted the lid on a his new track from upcoming LP “Darling Arithmetic” called “Hot Scary Summer”. The track follows lead cut “Courage”, and sees bandleader Conor O’Brien sing about lost love destroyed by “all the pretty young homophobes looking out for a fight”. “Darling Arithmetic” is out 13th April on Domino Records. The band are at the  UK, Nottingham, Glee Club on the 26th March

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Folk singer Conor O’Brien is releasing the third Villagers album, Darling Arithmetic, on April 13th via Domino Records . He recorded and produced the album himself in his home, and the two songs that are out now, “Courage” and “Hot Scary Summer,” certainly have the intimacy of a home-recorded album. In comparison to the collaborator-filled Becoming a Jackal (2010) and Awayland (2013), there’s only minimal backing on this album from piano, mellotron and brushes, all also played by Conor. If these two singles are anything to go by, it’s looking like his most bare-bones album yet.

 

BILLY LOCKETT – ” Never Let You Go “

Posted: March 11, 2015 in MUSIC
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with a small MARCH 2015 TOUR about to progress Singer songwriter Billy Lockett has a new single available I’m so insanely pleased to finally reveal to you all the official music video to the single “Never Let You Go”, this is one of his favourite songs that he has ever written, He will be playing it live on the UKtour this month along with my new album!. Billy commented please watch share and like !! Your support has been incredible over the past few years and I can’t wait for you all to hear the album!

Never Let You Go is available to buy on the ‘Old Man EP’ Having played his way from the basement to the studio, whilst captivating fans from YouTube to shows up and down the country supporting Lana Del Rey, Nina Nesbitt, KT Tunstall, Birdy, Lucy Rose and many more, it’s no surprise that Billy’s been attracting attention from some of the biggest names in the industry. With the backing of 2 singles on radio 1 and endorsements by Walden and Roland alongside working with top producers, his flair for piano and guitar has landed him a distinctive style, aided by a soulful voice, charming lyrics and enough allure to leave crowds muttering choruses into the night… and you thought Northampton only made good shoes?…

VERITE – ” Strange Enough “

Posted: March 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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VÉRITÉ made a grand arrival in the music world when her debut single “Strange Enough” instantly became the #1 most viral on Twitter and crowned her as the #1 artist on Hype Machine. Her second single, “Weekend”, matched those accolades on Hype Machine and Twitter, and built up to her debut EP, “Echo”, which has collectively racked up 3,500,000+ streams online since its release just a few months ago. She has been featured by Buzzfeed, Refinery29, NYLON, Idolator, and countless other tastemakers including The Line of Best Fit who called her a “rising pop star ready to make her mark”, and Neon Gold who said she is “steps towards pop royalty”. VÉRITÉ will be releasing a follow up EP surrounding both a US and UK tour in spring/summer 2015.

MITSKI – ” Francis Forever “

Posted: March 9, 2015 in MUSIC
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Watch the Brooklyn based singer-songwriter Mitski perform a track from the “Bury Me at Makeout Creek” album the  highlight “Francis Forever” in Brooklyn, NY.

Mitski newest album, Bury Me at Makeout Creek, feels like a simultaneous kiss on the cheek and punch in the gut. Brimming with fuzzy guitars and an aggressive rawness, the songs are finished with her deceptively sweet vocals, creating the perfect juxtaposition of strength and delicacy.

Her lyrics always feel very genuine, a fact that drew me in initially, but they’re presented using catchy melodies that make repeat listening that much easier. Though I’ve never seen her live, I can’t imagine that anyone with that much panache could bring anything less than total magic to the stage. Be sure to catch her down in Austin at the SXSW, and take a listen to “Bury Me at Makeout Creek” album  before you do!

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CHELSEA WOLFE – ” Lull “

Posted: March 8, 2015 in MUSIC
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the ocean waves of your chest are lulling me to sleep the ocean waves of your breath are lulling me, you’re lulling me to sleep

i’ve found a place for me to rest my head and sleep Lulling me, you’re lulling me to sleep,

the ocean waves of your chest are lulling me to sleep , have never been so content like a small child in peaceful dreaming, lulling me, you’re lulling me to sleep

Chelsea Wolfe is an American singer-songwriter from Sacramento, California, currently based now in Los Angeles. She is known for her “specific brand of drone-metal-art-folk”,characterized by experimental guitar playing, hazy vocals, and surreal soundscapes.. Wolfe debuted with her album The Grime and The Glow (2010),] released on an independent label, Pendu Sound Recording, followed by Apokalypsis (2011), which gained her recognition from indie critics as well as an underground following. In 2012, Wolfe released Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs (2012) which featured a more folk-oriented sound as opposed to her earlier work, which had been heavily centered on droning guitars and distortion.

Wolfe’s fourth studio album, Pain Is Beauty, was released September 3, 2013. An album trailer was released alongside this announcement, as well as a North American headlining tour in the fall. The song “Feral Love” was featured in the trailers for Game of Thrones season 4 .

DONOVAN WOODS – ” Lawren Harris ” and ” No Time Has Passed At All “

Posted: March 8, 2015 in MUSIC
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“Lawren Harris” is truly a magical tune. I don’t know how he isn’t a bigger artist yet. The power of “Lawren Harris” alone should be enough to propel this man to huge fame and glory. Meet Donovan Woods. Get ready to be moved to your emotional core. Donovan Woods is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Sarnia, Ontario. He sings tender folk songs that are hauntingly beautiful, brought together by the purest human emotions. One listen to “Lawren Harris” is all it takes. It’s already too late, you’re now his newest fan. It’s just honest and endearing in every way. We really do need more music like this.

I just came across this breathtaking version he did for Southern Souls. He sings it live at an empty theater, giving his voice the necessary space to haunt and grow. If this doesn’t convince you that this song is one of the best than I give up.

 

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TOBIAS JESSO JNR – ” Without You ” and ” Just a Dream “

Posted: March 8, 2015 in MUSIC
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In the middle of 2012, Tobias Jesso Jr. bottomed out. Hard. Reeling from a recent breakup, the Vancouver native was riding his bike through Los Angeles, where he had tried—and failed—to make it as a behind-the-scenes songwriter for a few years, when a Cadillac blindsided him, sending him flying, his hand smashing down on the car’s hood ornament. As the driver sped off, Jesso looked down to see a gnarly gash and lots of blood… and then looked up to see a man pedaling away with his bicycle. “He literally waved to me as he was leaving,” says Jesso over Skype, still in disbelief—he holds up his palm to reveal an emergency-room scar in the shape of a “J.” The next day, as he wondered whether his hand would ever work quite as well as it did before, he found out his mother had cancer. That was it. He moved back into his old bedroom in North Vancouver, utterly lost and dejected, feeling like a failure.

With all of his musical equipment in storage back in L.A., he turned to his sister’s abandoned piano, an instrument he had never really played in a serious way. were marked by a youthful desire for success, when he started putting chords and lyrics together at that piano, things were different.

His forthcoming album Goon, due out next year, features production from White, along with the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney, the New Pornographers’ John Collins, and studio guru of the moment Ariel Rechtshaid. It also boasts Jesso’s wonderfully plainspoken songs of heartbreak and apprehension, which bring to mind a less snarky Randy Newman or Harry Nilsson, or a more hopeful Nick Drake. On the classic-sounding “Hollywood”, he tells an autobiographical tale about going through the showbiz wringer. “I think I’m gonna die in Hollywood,” he sings near the end of the song, before unexpected horns swell up, suggesting an unlikely afterlife.

DONOVAN WOODS – ” That Hotel “

Posted: March 8, 2015 in MUSIC
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With a voice as notable as his lyrics, Donovan Woods is a critically acclaimed and in-demand Canadian recording artist, performer and songwriter. His third record, “Don’t Get Too Grand”, featuring the hit single “Put On Cologne” garnered radio airplay around the world, and was nominated for “Roots & Traditional Album of the Year” at the 2014 Juno Awards. Splitting his time between Nashville and Toronto, Woods’ versatile songs have been recorded by everyone from Canadian indie artists to established stars like Tim McGraw or Alan Doyle (Great Big Sea), and been featured in television shows, major motion pictures and commercials. Piercingly honest and quietly anthemic, Woods sings with a striking sense of the world that produced him – the unsung towns of Canada’s industrial heartland. The result is music that’s transporting, but never loses the dry, self-deprecating humour that has endeared Woods to audiences from the start.

 
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