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I discovered them thanks to Tarantino and his great taste for good music in the soundtracks of his movies. This time it was Death Proof. The band (that to my surprise is still partially alive and kickin’ concerts) was a pop rock british group in the 60’s. The weird band name is an amalgam of the band’s [...]
Citizen Cope is the pseudonym of Clarence Greenwood, an American musician. He released his first album in September 2002, Citizen Cope. In September 2004, Citizen Cope released his second record, The Clarence Greenwood Recordings, which became an underground classic. The album has sold more than 273,000 records to date, without any commercial or college radio play. From [...]
Karin Dreijer Andersson, half of The Knife, debuts a solo project called Fever Ray. To be launched on the 23rd of March 2009 the album named Fever Ray is already considered a masterpiece. It cannot be anything else with the talent and unique voice of Karin. The debut song — If I had a heart is [...]
Robots in Disguise are an English electro band. The group is composed of Dee Plume (vocals, guitars), Sue Denim (vocals, bass), and a rolling live line-up of backing musicians. Robots in Disguise have released three studio albums: Robots in disguise (2001), Get Rid! (2005), We’re in the music biz (2008). I love the sound of [...]
Kenneth Bager (b. March 6, 1962) is a Danish musician and producer. He started his musical career back in the late 1980s as a DJ. In 1994, Bager released a compilation called Music for dreams featuring amongst others Peter Gabriel and Michael Nyman. Kenneth received his breakthrough with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album “Fragments [...]
Vive la Fête is an electronic music group, founded in 1997 in Ghent (Belgium). The core of the band is formed by lovers Danny Mommens — former member of Deus — (guitar and vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals). Their first success came with their debut Attaque Surprise (2000). Later records such as Republique Populaire (2001) and [...]
We give you the parents of Zouk, a unique style where Caribbean musical influences intermingle with funk and rock to produce an unusual, rhythmic cocktail. Kassav’ is a Francophone zouk band which was formed in 1979. The band members decided to take carnival music and make it a more modern and polished style. They gave the [...]
Juliette and the Licks is an American rock band led by actress Juliette Lewis. She is one of my favorite women artists. She is talented, energetic, she has a voice to kill and the looks to match it! Juliette and the Licks released their first EP Like a Bolt of Lightning, in 2004, which was shortly followed [...]
Nneka is a half Nigerian half German singer that grew up in Africa but moved to Germany at 18. Starting with the year 2003 she began collaborating with DJ Farhot in Hamburg. In 2005 her debut album “Victim of Truth” is released and in 2008 her second album “No longer at ease”. Her music [...]
Dizzee Rascal, is an English rapper and record producer. His (largely self-composed) music is an eclectic mixture of garage and hip-hop beats with an extremely broad palette of influences, ranging from metal guitars to found sounds, drill and bass synth lines, eclectic samples and even Japanese court music. His vocal performance is also distinctive, he [...]
