May I present to you the beautiful voices and gentle music of Lily and Madeleine’s Back To The River from the January 2013 EP The Weight Of The Globe. These two will cause you to float away on a cloud. Close your eyes and let your mind wander where it will. The instruments are mostly understated, drawing attention to the wonderful vocal harmonies, trills and the underlying stories. I’m looking forward to hearing more from these two in the future. You…
Read MoreUpdate: The video for this track is no more. There is very little out there for this band anymore. Musically beautiful and pristine, Russian Roulette from UK artists Best Boy Grip, harbors a much darker image in the lyrics. Highlighting pain and sorrow with beauty is a great bit, done very well by Best Boy Grip. There’s something about this song that gets beneath the skin. Listening multiple times is almost a forgone conclusion. I searched for the album that Russian Roulette was from, but could not find it. Best Boy Grip has two recent EP’s, Barbara (November 2011) and The…
Read MoreThere are decidedly very few instrumental-only posts on this blog, mostly because stories are sometimes hard to find without words, but not always. Enter the New York City 10 piece aftro-rock-funk EMEFE and Stutter, from the bands July 2012 long-player, Good Future. This is a very skillful group of musicians, borrowing from multiple styles, rhythm and blues, funk, jazz, rock and more, to create a rich and fully textured soundscape. This is music to get your groove on, to cleanse your soul, to fill your…
Read MoreAustralian Julia Johnson nearly yodels her way through the bubbly ‘can’t believe all of this good stuff could be happening to me’ effervescence of Little Surprises, from Julia and The Deep Sea Sirens 2010 long-player, Family Pets. The video uses simply choreographed umbrella dancing, shadow puppets and the after effects of a lightning strike, to drive home the point of the lyrics so carefully crafted by Julia, "I still get a little surprise, when things work out so well. I still get…
Read MoreOn Shyboy’s (a.k.a. Jason Arnold) August 2012 single, Bird In Flight, Jason’s contemplative vocal builds on a simple melody which transforms into a grand ballad. It’s the type of song that is perfect for just about any activity. You can listen closely to grab something interesting from the lyric; You can listen passively and the song just fills your soul with goodness; You can listen actively, and the music will have you bobbing and weaving and tapping your feet. In short, this…
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