Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 - no responses
After Jessie Ware temporarily abandoned her music career to obtain an English degree at Sussex University with the idea of becoming a journalist, the south London singer-songwriter (thankfully) returned to continue her formal pursuit of the performing arts. The turning point was when she lent her soulful vocals to masked producer SBTRKT in concert and on their recordings. [...]
Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 - one response
At first glance, the drawings at the Toro y Moi album preview for his upcoming album, Anything In Return, at Public Works seemed a little disjointed. The new songs themselves are new, and different, but they are still very Toro—layered and complex, evocative of internal emotional dialogue. The drawings, on the other hand, are flat, graffiti-like line drawings [...]
Monday, November 19th, 2012 - no responses
CCERULEANN is the musical project of brother/sister duo Elliott and Marilyn Baker. The siblings broke into the blog scene earlier this summer with their track, “F*cking Wind,” reaching #2 on Hype Machine. Aptly renamed to “Future Wind,” they’ve officially released the song on their self-titled debut EP out on November 16. The EP is a lush dreamscape, balancing [...]
Monday, November 19th, 2012 - 5 responses
Like the comforting warmth of hot chocolate or coffee on a cold day, Patrick Watson‘s vocals can send magical shivers through your bones that warm your heart. His recent album, Adventures In Your Own Backyard is full of dichotomies–like the songwriter himself. Sweet tones accompanied sad and lost lyrics. Live his playfulness understates the seriousness of his music. Together [...]
Sunday, November 18th, 2012 - no responses
It’s crazy how much sounds El Ten Eleven create. Without a single laptop or sequencer, the duo generate enough noise you’d think it was a much larger group of musicians. Lacking lyrics to specifically explain their deep emotions, the pair instead uses a barrage of bass and drums. With an upbeat ambient style containing subtle, but complicated melodies, [...]
Sunday, November 18th, 2012 - no responses
A buzz built outside of The Fillmore. “Can I get a ticket?” “Anyone have tickets to sell!?” Anxious fans without tickets crowded around the venue trying their hardest to find a way into Tame Imapala‘s sold-out performance. Inside, The Amazing opened up the night to a few dozen huddled fans. “I never dreamed I would stand on this stage,” proclaimed the bassist [...]
Thursday, November 15th, 2012 - no responses
The Palace of fine arts is somewhat of an intimidating space. For Damien Jurado, there was dead silence as he told us stories and sung with nothing but an acoustic electric guitar. It was indeed going to be an intimate night. Once Ben Gibbard took the stage the audience gave him the same respect they showed to the previous performer. We [...]
Thursday, November 15th, 2012 - no responses
Harley Streten is a local Sydney beat maker who got his first taste for producing music at age 13 from the unlikeliest of sources: a cereal box. The breakfast bundle strangely ignited his career because it included a music production program. Now 20-years old, he still lives with his parents in the Australian beach-side suburb of Manly and [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 - no responses
Just before Channel Orange’s release, Frank Ocean announced his homosexuality in a note posted on his Tumblr. Like a crashing piano, the noise of support and criticism blurted out at once. Rarely has anyone, certainly not as recognized as Ocean, come out to the largely homophobic hip hop and R&B community. The admission was powerful in its simple truth: “I don’t [...]
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 - no responses
The soundtrack for the upcoming film Silver Linings Playbook has a stunning mix with Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Alabama Shakes, Eagles of Death Metal, and Alt-J. The latter is a British art-rock band. The group of Literature and Fine Arts majors founded the band in 2007 at Leeds University. Holding jam sessions in their dorm rooms and [...]
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