Art is the music we make from the bewildered cry of being alive. ~Maria Popova
23 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: everybody's changing, keane
Keane: “Everybody’s Changing” (2004)
From their 2004 debut, which featured the single “Somewhere Only We Know”, their biggest radio hit.
Keane’s anthemic sound eschews lead guitar in favor of piano, and their emotive songs and soaring choruses have always invited Coldplay comparisons. Somehow, though, Keane have mostly managed to avoid the mainstream audience.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/10/28/songs-you-may-have-missed-494/
21 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: head on, man man
Man Man: “Head On” (2013)
Man Man tone down their quirky, Tom Waits-style nightmare cabaret tendencies on the new single “Head On”, perhaps indicating that the forthcoming On Oni Pond LP will follow this trend.
Amazon.com calls the new album “a compelling mash-up of Fear Of Music-era Talking Heads, classic soul, psychedelia, hip hop, and 50 s rock and roll”.
Can’t wait.
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13 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: heywood banks, toast
Heywood Banks: “Toast” (1998)
Heywood Banks is probably the premier toaster virtuoso among all comic songwriters. And he really likes toast.
12 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: banho cheiroso, rita ribeiro
Rita Ribeiro: “Banho Cheiroso” (1999)
Brazilian singer Rita Ribeiro’s “Banho Cheiroso” (“Aromatic Bath”) simply extols the virtues of bathing “to get rid of this indolence”, with the use of various Brazilian aromatic plants, several of which she lists in the song. So, basically: You need an attitude adjustment–go take a bath.
10 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: good good feeling, wes cunningham
Wes Cunningham: “Good Good Feeling” (2001)
As you can hear at the link below, Wes Cunningham’s previous album was more of an angsty affair. His second, Pollyanna, is a mellower, blissed-out collection of songs by comparison. Clearly, two things are evident: 1) Love intervened, and 2) Wes writes from his real experience.
“Good Feeling” is a catchy little power pop mash note.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/05/01/songs-you-may-have-missed-93/
10 Jul 2013 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: jason collett, we all lose one another
Jason Collett: “We All Lose One Another” (2005)
From the Toronto native and Broken Social Scene guitarist’s critically-acclaimed 2005 LP.
It is pure coincidence that I’m posting this song on the same day I signed divorce papers.
Every Moment Has A Song 