Archive for the ‘Pop’ Category

August 11, 2010 0

My Terrible Friend

By Matt in Acoustic, Folk, Pop, Rock

Lauren O’Connell and Nataly Dawn make music together. They are my terrible friend. Nataly Dawn might look familiar to some … she is the female half of Pomplamoose which have already been featured here When I decide

August 7, 2010 0

Fool’s Gold

By Matt in Indie, Pop

Last week I have posted a live performance from Fool’s Gold but didn’t really say anthing about them. Let’s watch a video first… Surprise Hotel

August 6, 2010 0

Nancy Sinatra

By Matt in Pop

Three classics for the weekend… These Boots are made for walkin

August 5, 2010 2

Billionaire

By Matt in Pop, R&B/Hip-Hop

Another commercial song which I love (I’m listening to too much radio I think)… Travie McCoy ft. Bruno Mars — Billionaire

July 19, 2010 0

Stina Daag – Close to me

By Matt in Advertising, Indie, Pop

Heard this tune on a TV advert and when I googled it discovered that it’s actually from The Cure The visuals below are from the ad for the perfume Scarlett de Cacharel Close to me

July 1, 2010 0

Pomplawhat? Moose of course!

By Janni in Alternative, Indie, Pop

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you Pomplamoose. Nataly Dawn and Jack Conte are  a dynamic duo (not just musically but also romantically) who play a vast array of instruments.. the damsel is a butt-kicking bassist and her partner in crime is no amateur instrumentalist. Their own original material is insanely good and their covers of more [...]

June 5, 2010 1

Morcheeba go back to their winning formula…

By Janni in Chillout, Electronic, Pop

The first blog post is always a special one So it had to be about Morcheeba, which happens to be my all-time favourite band. This British act (the Godfrey brothers; Paul and Ross, and vocalist Skye Edwards) is well known for it’s trip hop beats and psychedelic sounds, but it also draws inspiration from blues, rhythm, rock [...]

May 30, 2010 0

Lena

By Matt in Pop

I’m very skeptical of the EuroVision song contest but after this year’s winning song there might still be some hope! Lena’s performance wasn’t pretentious at all. She just went on stage wearing a simple short black dress and did the magic with her singing and cute nature… and it looks like this has worked with [...]

April 25, 2010 4

Florence and the Machine

By Matt in Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Pop

So many good tunes from Florence and the Machine!! No wonder she won best Bristish Album at the 2010 BRITs You can discover more  on MySpace or watch on YouTube Kiss with a fist and a favourite… You’ve got the love

April 15, 2010 0

Koop

By Danii in Jazz, Pop

Quite a pleasant song here.. Quoting an interesting note about how Koop makes its music… When listening to Koops music it’s somehow easy to believe that it’s played by a small orchestra, but in fact the music is based on samples. Thousands of small clips from records puzzled together into new songs. All the drums, [...]