Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
24 Jan 2014 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: mind over matter, young the giant
Young the Giant: “Mind Over Matter” (2014)
After a debut that Amazon.com rated as the third best rock album of 2010, the Orange County modern rock band fronted by full-voiced frontman Sameer Gadhia are back with the follow-up, Mind Over Matter. The title cut is a highlight, and contains a fish hook of a chorus that might ricochet around in your brain all day.
28 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: go gentle, robbie williams
Robbie Williams: “Go Gentle” (2013)
With over 70 million records sold worldwide, Robbie Williams is one of the most popular entertainers in the world, despite America not being hip to the former member of Take That. His first seven solo albums since leaving the 90’s boy band have all gone to number one in the UK.
Robbie’s “Go Gentle” expresses a tender, protective sentiment suggestive of a father-daughter relationship. It’s typical of the singer’s smooth, classy MOR sound–Brits get it, though it’s not the preferred cup of tea of most Americans.
21 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: brendan benson, tiny spark
Brendan Benson: “Tiny Spark” (2002)
Teenage Fanclub, Matthew Sweet and McCartney’s solo work are good points of reference for Brendan Benson’s jangly, melodic power pop.
Benson’s solo career has been unjustly overlooked; he may be best known for his work with Jack White as a member of the Raconteurs. But “Tiny Spark” sounds like a hit single from an alternative reality in which the sound of the Raspberries was never swept from the radio.
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04 Dec 2013 1 Comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: further away (romance police), lissie
Lissie: “Further Away (Romance Police)” (2013)
I’ve yet to hear anyone better evoke Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac circa 1987.
28 Nov 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: lily allen, somewhere only we know
Lily Allen: “Somewhere Only We Know” (2013)
In other news you may have missed if you aren’t a pop Anglophile…
Lily Allen just scored a number 1 single on the British charts with a cover of Keane’s “Somewhere Only We Know”, actually besting the band’s original, which peaked at number 3 there (#50 U.S.) in 2004.
After a three-year break from music, Allen has returned in a big way with two songs currently in the British top ten.
“Somewhere Only We Know” was featured in a Christmas advert by leading British retailer John Lewis, and the ad has been a runaway success there. Sales of a Hare and Bear alarm clock featured in the ad have exhausted supplies and the clocks are now selling on eBay for nearly three times the retail price.
The ad has surpassed 9 million views on YouTube….so of course, it was removed.
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18 Nov 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: kris delmhorst, wasted word
Kris Delmhorst: “Wasted Word” (2003)
Boston singer-songwriter Kris Delmhorst covers a range of styles over the course of a typical release, evoking at turns Sara Bareilles, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Lucinda Williams, even Norah Jones.
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