I bought Bloc Party‘s new album “a weekend in the city” yesterday, and I didn’t expect much. Hypes rarely follow up, I thought.Right now I’m listening to it for the first time, and I just need to tell you all that I am blown away by this album. What a song to open with, – fantastic, and the single is gold (didn’t like it at first, but now I’m really hooked!). The songwriting is interesting (nice details here and there, … →
Daytrotter.com has a lot of interesting studio live sessions available, and the latest (published today) is from the amazing Shara Worden aka My Brightest Diamond. MBD has recorded 4 songs live in the Daytrotter studios (= Futureappletree Studio One in downtown Rock Island, Ill. ). The songs are Magic Rabbit, Something of an end, Freak Out and Gone Away, and they are all available for free download at daytrotter.com. Some of the songs are really different than the originals, and … →
Once again I’m sharing a nice way to finish (or start) the week with a couple of tracks by an unsigned band: Le Corps Mince de Francoise. Despite their French name (“Françoise’s skinny body”), the band is from Finland. Yet another mysterious, anonymous band from Myspace… Bambi and her friends (Emma, Mia & Malin) play the kind of shy and stylish electro sounds that make me wish I could visit Finland; one good occasion to do so would be Turku’s … →
