These are some of my absolute favourite blogs from my blogroll (see the left sidebar). The list is randomized from a larger list of my favourites, and it will change at every visit:
New Zealand’s Motocade have been Eardrums-favourites since we first wrote about them a year ago, and now they’ve sent us a new song and some good news! The Auckland 4-piece is currently busy working in the studio with their first full length album, which they hope will be ready for release mid year. The first single from the new album is called “Soap Opera”, an upbeat rocker with edgy guitars and a really catchy chorus.
Here’s the new video for the song, and an mp3 follows after the video. Enjoy!
Death Cab For Cutie has recorded a session for Daytrotter, published today. Five downloadable songs, including two new ones from the upcoming “Narrow Stairs”. All live from Daytrotter’s studio.
My Brightest Diamond will be releasing their/her second studioalbum on Astmathic Kitty in june. It’s called “A Thousand Shark’s Teeth”, and according to the press release, it is influenced by “artists such as Tricky, French composer Maurice Ravel and Tom Waits, in addition to the star exploration themes of Anslem Kiefer’s paintings, the imaginary landscapes of photographer Robert ParkeHarrison, films by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, and Alice in Wonderland”. What does that tell about the music? I honestly have no clue at all…
What I do know is that everything I’ve heard so far by My Brightest Diamond, including the remix-album, are among the finest and most loved items in my collection. I also know that the track we feature here today, is wonderful and gives me hope that “A Thousand Shark’s teeth” may bring me as much joy as MBD’s debut. I’m really looking forward to it!
UPDATE: I received a promo of the album just after writing this, and after one listen, I LOVE it! It’s even better than I dared to hope for. This woman has no limits! More about the album later… Mmmmm…..!
Listen here, and below are a couple of older tracks from the label’s site.
Sweden’s Motoboy has released my favourite song on his new album as a single, and he’s also made a video for it. Watch here, and you can get the song below:
Sweden’s Gentle Touch will release their debut album "In memory of Savannah" on Songs I wish I had written 19 March.
The first single from the album is called "Once you used to", and you can listen to it right here:
More songs to listen to/ download on the band’s myspace.
Gentle Touch’s debut EP can be bought from the label’s website and I guess the new album will be available from there soon too.
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