The music by this (American) band combines elements of Eastern European and Balkan folk with Western pop music, and of course you cannot miss the indie-rock sounds… I like it!! Initially, it was a solo musical project by Zachary Francis Condon, but in 2006 he recruited some friends to play with him in New York after which [...]
Archive for February, 2010
February 7, 2010
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Owl City
By Matt in Electronic, Music, PopOwl City is a project by Adam Young, which started in his basement when he used to turn to music because of insomnia. This project reached the “Top Unsigned Artist” position on MySpace, having over 10 million total plays. Interesting that on the track Fireflies, the backing vocals are sung by Matt Thiessen, the frontman [...]
February 6, 2010
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Mentioned on…
By Matt in Inforockdancejump has been mentioned on thoughtsfromtheucreative Thanks Cili for the support… since the inception of this blog
February 6, 2010
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Chairlift – Bruises
By Matt in Advertising, Alternative, Indieoff an Apple iPod commercial… and last night’s party Bruises
February 5, 2010
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She & Him
By Matt in Acoustic, Folk, Indie, MusicZooey Deschanel, the main actress in the movie (500) Days of Summer also happens to be the female half of She and Him (with M.Ward). It’s an indie folk duo who met on the set of a movie and then started collaborating via email. Soon after they started playing, recording their first album, and touring. [...]
February 5, 2010
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(500) days of summer
By Matt in Acoustic, Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack… after writing my previous post I’ve remembered that Sweet Disposition is featured on the soundtrack of (500) Days of Summer… which happens to be a pretty good movie with an awesome soundtrack! It features tracks from Regina Spektor, The Smiths, Black Lips, Doves, The Temper Trap, Carla Bruni, Feist, Wolfmother, Mumm-Ra… I collected a [...]
February 5, 2010
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The Temper Trap
By Matt in Alternative, Music, RockThe Temper Trap have that Coldplay feeling, mixed with the U2 sound of guitars, strong pounding drums and bass, and vocals which remind me of Keane, Star Sailor and The Verve… goes without saying that the songs are very radio-friendly… Below, the videos from 3 singles, and, there’s quite a long playlist on their MySpace [...]
February 3, 2010
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Pantene TV commercial
By Matt in Advertising, ClassicalThai Pantene television commercial. Its simply brilliant. The story of a deaf and mute girl who learns to play the violin against all odds. I have to agree, it is one of the most touching advertisements I’ve seen in a long, long time. Quoting The Inspiration Room: Inspired by a street violinist playing Johann Pachelbel’s [...]
February 2, 2010
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Aqualung
By Matt in Advertising, Alternative, Music, PopSomehow, City and Colour are reminding me of Aqualung… Aqualung is the stage name of Matt Hales, a British singer and songwriter who writes these very piano-centred and intimate-sounding pieces. One of my friends may be interested to know that the song Strange and Beautiful (second song in the playlist below) was used in a [...]
February 1, 2010
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(more) Switchfoot
By Matt in Alternative, Christian, Music, RockHello Hurricane (described in Danii’s post) is one of my 2 favourite album from 2009, and so I think it deserves some more exposure. Will be posting more about Jon Foreman’s (Switchfoot’s frontman) other side projects soon… Here’s some more heavier stuff from the album: Needle and Haystack Life Hello Hurricane Mess of Me