Take a listen to the pristine vocal of UK artist Josephine, and you will be transformed. Simple pop melodies are the perfect framework for Josephine’s vocals. Here on Portrait, the title-track to Josephine’s October 2012 long-player, she asks that age-old question that we all ask of ourselves; In essence, am I the person that I’m supposed to be? Am I missing something that would make me more complete? You can find more information on Josephine by heading on over to her very complete web site. Consider…
Read MoreThe two part harmonies from Lily & Madeleine are simply stand out! This video, which has a “live from our living room” sort of feel, is Things I’ll Later Lose from the duo’s lovely EP The Weight Of The Globe (January 2013). There is a plaintive melancholy about Lily & Madeleine’s music, which is both haunting and beautiful. If Lily & Madeleine seem to look and sound a lot alike, perhaps it’s because the two sisters Jurkiewicz are, well, sisters….
Read MoreTuscon, Arizona band The Great Collision was reviewed here about a month ago for I Fell from the band’s April 2013 long-player, Running In Circles. At the time of that review, I mentioned that my favorite track from that long-player was Never Gonna Be Alone. Well, that video was released on May 29th, and I received a nice post via Facebook to let me know it was available. Take a listen to that track and see what you think. Since the…
Read MoreSinger and pianist Jenn Malzone is a busy girl, fronting Middle Class Fashion while maintaining playtime with Paper Dolls and Tight Pants Syndrome-all hailing from St. Louis, MO. All I can say is, “St. Louis, you are lucky folks indeed!” Jenn Malzone plays the middle ground in a shifting minor key to major key musical landscape, making her brand of pop sound more interesting than a normal pop songstress. Here on Middle Class Fashion’s Sugar Hrt Candy, from the January…
Read MoreBelgium pop music troupe, Starkeeper, show their imagination with Elle, released late in 2011 and the first song on the bands May 2013 EP, Find Desire. The music is beautiful, too, full of delicate instrumentation that uses rim-shots, cello, guitar and drums in a way that simply provides the framework for a great pop song. There is sadness here: “What’s it like when you’re grown, What’s it like when you’re gone, What’s it like when you’re going where you’ll never belong” sings Ivy Smits. Starkeeper…
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