Monthly Archives: July 2007

Fresh new band: Northern Portrait

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Tweet Listening to danish Northern Portrait brings me back to the mid 80s – spending time in my room listening to Smiths and Echo and the Bunnymen records with my friends. Nice memories! Rumours says that this Copenhagen band was founded in July this year – so this is really fresh stuff! Northern Portrait is unsigned and they will use their Myspace site to create some buzz around their music. More songs will be added. The band is looking for …

Silje Nes

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Tweet Silje Nes is a unique and wonderful Norwegian artist who so far has not made a name for herself neither in her native country nor abroad, but she will, believe me! In November this year, Silje will release her debut-album on one of Eardrums’ favourite labels, Fat Cat Records, home of bands like The Twilight Sad, Mice Parade, Panda Bear, Vetiver, Tom Brosseau and Múm to name a few. This is an artist that I think will fit well …

Bat for Lashes

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Tweet Bat For Lashes is the work of British singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Here is a song from her recently released debut album “Fur and Gold”, “Horse and I”. Bat for lashes – horse and I (from toolshed media) I’ll add a goodie for you here, the video for her single “What’s a girls to do”: [youtube n1wnOUH2jk8]

Their hearts were full of Spring

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Tweet Oh, this is a nice one, and you should definitely check out the London band Their hearts were full of spring! I’m still in summer-mode, so I’ll just share my enthusiasm and give you some links and some songs from this beautiful band with such a beautiful name and incredibly beautiful songs. Their new single “A Question of Trust” is out today, and it is perfect pop, – nothing less than that. Think Morrissey with better melodies + a huge …

Pablo is back! The new Billie the Vision and the Dancers-album is ready for download, – for free, again!

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Tweet   I’m just logging in to tell you that the new album from the fine Swedish band Billie the vision and the Dancers is available for download now, – FREE download, on the band’s website. It’s called “Where the Ocean meets my hand” While you’re there, you can also get their previous album “The world according to Pablo”, also for free. I’ve just listened to some of the songs on the new album , and they sound really good. If …

Hallam Foe – Soundtrack with Franz Ferdinand, PSAPP, Junior Boys, Future Piot A.K.A. and other great Domino Artists (Review)

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Tweet David Mackenzie’s new movie Hallam Foe, ready for cinemas from the 31st of August, has a very interesting soundtrack comprised entirely of music from Domino Records’ catalogue. The soundtrack was compiled by the director himself, with help from Domino’s  Laurence Bell and Jacqui Rice, and it won the Silver Bear award for best soundtrack in the Berlin film festival. One song is written especially for the movie, Franz Ferdinand’s dramatic and beautiful ”Hallam Foe Dandelion Blow”.  All the other songs …

STARS new album available for legal download FROM TODAY!

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Tweet Canadian Stars’ new album “In Our Bedroom After War” has been long awaited here in the Eardrums-office, and TODAY we can buy it legally, two months before its original release date, the 25th of September. This announcement came from Stars’ label Arts & Crafts today: ” Friends, fans and supporters of Stars … On September 25th, Arts&Crafts will release Stars’ fourth studio album, In Our Bedroom After War. We love it and are excited and proud to be bringing it …

Premiere! New video for Gravenhurst’s new single “Trust”

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Tweet Gravenhurst is one of the few bands I can call myself a fan of, and I am really excited about this new song from Nick Talbot & co. “Trust” is the first single from their forthcoming album “The Western Lands”, and this video is as fresh as it gets. I love Gravenhurst’s latest album, and it sounds like they are continuing their exploration of the contrasts between noise and calmness. The single will be out on 17th July on …

The Beauty of O.K.

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Tweet I came home from the second part of my long holiday today, and found a nice mail in my inbox from a German band called The Beauty of O.K.. The Hamburg quartet has recently released a 4 track ep available for download on their website or via amiestreet.  This is dreamy, melancholic indie-pop with a high focus on the melodies. I guess the band has heard that they sound like Keane and Coldplay a few times now, and they’re not the most original …