Olly Murs is a 26 year old British singer from Essex, UK. He took part in the sixth series of The X Factor (2009) where he came second. And now, he is set to release his solo single “Please Don’t Let Me Go” on 29 August 2010. This is how he got discovered, both musically [...]
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May 29, 2010
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The Phenomenal Handclap Band
By Cili in MusicCo-incidentally I discovered this band whilst searching for “The xx” another band. (there will be a future blog post about them or maybe not) The Phenomenal Handclap Band (PHB) is a tightly knit group of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. The band started to take shape when DJ and production partners Daniel [...]
May 29, 2010
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She’s always a woman – Fyfe Dangerfield
By Cili in Advertising, MusicHere is another advert from John Lewis. The song is “She’s always a woman” (originally by Billy Joel) a cover version by Fyfe Dangerfield, and one of his tracks on his new album ‘Fly Yellow Moon’ Such a beautiful song, don’t like the overall image of ”the woman” in the advert, it’s like she has [...]
April 25, 2010
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Paolo Nutini
By Cili in MusicJust made a recent discovery and his name is Paolo Nutini. He’s young and good looking (if I might add), and he has some songs which I hate, and there are some songs which I love. A song I really enjoy from his album – New Shoes and… heard another song from Nutini named – [...]
April 5, 2010
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Mux Mool
By Cili in Alternative, Music“I think beat-making is really the study of every kind of music,” says Brian Lindgren, the artist known as Mux Mool who has just released a new album, Skulltaste. Quoting Ghostly International (Mool’s record label) Skulltaste is an old-fashioned epic, and its diversity—both track-to-track and within the songs themselves—is hard to measure. Lindgren’s taste roams [...]
March 10, 2010
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Sweet Disposition
By Cili in Advertising, Music, SoundtrackThe song Sweet Disposition, that was featured earlier last month, is quiet the popular song these days — among ad agencies, at least. It has so far been featured in ads for Chrysler, Rhapsody, the movie 500 Days of Summer, and most recently Diet Coke. As if that weren’t enough, it has also been used in official conjunction [...]
March 2, 2010
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Gorillaz
By Cili in Electronic, MusicAs mentioned in this previous post, Gorillaz are back with an amazing album, Gorillaz style! ‘Plastic Beach’ is the upcoming third studio album by the virtual band Gorillaz, due for release in March 2010. The album features guest performances by Snoop Dogg, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kano, Bashy, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Mark E. Smith, Lou Reed, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, sinfonia [...]
February 17, 2010
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The BRIT Awards
By Cili in MusicThe 30th Annual BRIT Awards was held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London on Tuesday, February 16. It’s interesting to see that Lily Allen was awarded the British Female Solo Artist. Lady Gaga swept away all three of the nominations she earned; International Female Solo Artist, International Album and International Breakthrough Act. JLS, the [...]
February 15, 2010
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Sweet Child of Mine
By Cili in Acoustic, Advertising, MusicThinkbox’s Nov/Dec Awards for TV ads stated that John Lewis’ ‘The feeling’ was the 3rd best ad. I remember seeing it in christmas and it really captured the feeling, especially with its very gentle version of Sweet Child of Mine (a rock classic by Guns’n’Roses) by Taken by Trees. Enjoy!
February 11, 2010
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Avril Lavigne
By Cili in Music, Rock, SoundtrackSomething new revealed from ‘Alice in Wonderland’, to be released 5th March 2010 (London)… wait for it… a little bit longer… oh it’s the soundtrack! (which happens to be the first single of Avril’s fourth album) Please don’t get too excited. In my opinion it’s more of a Taylor Swift/Miley Cyrus song, and saying this I hope, I really [...]