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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Acoustic’ Category
April 9, 2010
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
By Matt in Acoustic, Folk, IndieIt’s quite complex to describe who the mentioned Edward Sharpe is, so I’m just going to quote Wikipedia After breaking up with his girlfriend, moving out of his house, and joining a 12-step program for addiction, Ebert began work on a story about a messianic figure named Edward Sharpe. According to Ebert, Sharpe “was sent [...]
March 17, 2010
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NeedToBreathe
By Matt in Acoustic, Alternative, Christian, Folk, RockThese last few weeks I’ve been listening mostly to The Outsiders – the latest album from NeedToBreathe … and what a great album it is! If you’ve never came across NeedToBreathe, all I can say is that they sound like a mix between Kings of Leon, Mumford and Sons and Switchfoot… and the mix of [...]
March 15, 2010
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Newton Faulkner
By Matt in Acoustic, Alternative, MusicA couple of days ago I came across Newton Faulkner again!! Hadn’t listened to anything from him in over a year. Apart from his amazing technique, you’ll also notice that Faulkner puts so much passion into his music, so, as I did in a previous post, I’m going to let the artist himself introduce his [...]
March 15, 2010
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Les soirées de poche
By Matt in Acoustic, Alternative, Folk, Indie, MusicFound this little gem – Les soirées de poche – http://www.blogotheque.net/-Soiree-de-Poche- La Blogothèque organises acoustic concerts in cozy apartments and films them Some really good names like Vampire Weekend, Kings of Convenience, Beirut… Here’s Kings of Convenience for you… make sure to check out the rest…
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 9, 2010
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Beirut
By Danii in Acoustic, Folk, Indie, MusicThe 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 [...]
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 [...]
January 31, 2010
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Tegan and Sara
By Karl in Acoustic, Alternative, Music, RockThis a sweet band from Sweden (you all know about my Swedish experience when I was young!) I particularly like their random style and broken voice! An acoustic version of the song is the one below: