Posts Tagged 'alternative'

Klaus Nomi – Wasting my time

9 January 2010 at 18:12 - Comments

Jason Webley – Map

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Map Jason Webley is a Seattle-born singer-songwriter known for playing a mix of gypsy, folk, and punk. He has released five albums on his own label, Eleven Records. These feature Webley on the piano, guitar, accordion, and a number of other instruments, though when touring he only brings his guitar, accordion, and a vodka bottle containing [...]

9 January 2010 at 13:57 - Comments

Valutan

J. Woulf and C Manhattan are Valutan, an electronic indie-duo from Malmö, Sweden. Make a name as a businessman:

8 January 2010 at 22:03 - Comments

Iamx

The big discovery of the Sziget Festival 2007 was for me IAMX. Extraordinary voice of Chris Corner (British charming guy from former Sneaker Pimps)…perfect showman with the most dandy look I have seen in a long time…minha galera took our hands and said ”u have to see this”…we did and it was great!

12 September 2008 at 14:51 - Comments

Gravirty Co

I don’t know yet if I like it or not…My doubts are that this band is too commercial and sort of linkin’ park dramatic…they do have some electro sounds that I liked…So, I let the audience judge…Bulgarian band that started (2001) with a project to create soundtracks for computer games and then they decided to stick [...]

12 September 2008 at 11:25 - Comments

Max Richter – Embers

The subtle psychological effects of autumn may catch you by surprise.

http://www.myspace.com/maxrichtermusic

31 August 2008 at 17:26 - Comments

Black Box Recorder – Child psychology

Black Box Recorder are a British pop/indie group. They debuted in 1998 with England Made Me, a collection of lyrically sophisticated pop tunes. Musically, the group are influenced by trip-hop, ambient music, and French electronic groups such as Air. However the lyrics to these lush and romantic melodies are frequently bleak, ironic or sarcastic. Links: Official [...]

21 August 2008 at 12:03 - Comments

Placebo – Without You I’m Nothing (UNKLE remix)

A nice mix of my favourite song from Placebo in duet with David Bowie, made by my favourite band UNKLE.

With this ocasion let’s play one more time the original song:

Links: UNKLE, Placebo, David Bowie.

23 July 2008 at 15:31 - Comments
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placebo is awesome...
25 July 08 at 21:19

Santogold

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Santogold (born Santi White) is a songwriter, producer, and singer from Philadelphia who has been active since 2003. Santogold was lead singer of the Philadelphia-based punk rock/ska band Stiffed, but while in the band, she was offered a solo contract. Working with fellow Stiffed member John Hill as co-producer, she recorded her debut album, Santogold, [...]

19 July 2008 at 17:01 - Comments

JAPE

It’s been a while since my last post so, with no further ado, let me put some fruit onto this cake.  Enjoy! Floating (Jape is Grape EP)

Jape is the alter-ego of Redneck Manifesto member Richie Egan. Hailing from Crumlin, Dublin 12, he purveys an electronica-heavy music tinged with ‘stoner folk’. Jape’s most renowned song ‘Floating’ has [...]

19 July 2008 at 15:18 - Comments