Last.fm Group Journal: People with no social lives that listen to more music than is healthy who are slightly scared of spiders and can never seem to find a pen

Imagination Quartet Video clip

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:47:36 +0000

Fatalgroove - Kazumi 和美

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:23:14 +0000

I Present my new techno podcast series "kazumi 和美"
http://soundcloud.com/fatalgroove/sets/podcast/

Dominik Eulberg - Kriechender Gunsel (Ajuga Reptans Original Mix) - Traum
Caytas & Patz - Are You Afraid (Original Mix)
Sidney Charles - Big Bada Boom (Sante Remix)
Sinisa Tamamovic - Freak
Quince - Soba (Original Mix)
Oliver Huntemann - Rikarda (Paul Ritch rmx)
Dyno - Vera
Steve Parker - Innerstate (Original Mix)
Anthony Castaldo - Trapped In A Cage (Original Mix)
Frankyeffe & Snello - Makeapito (Original Mix)
Beckers, Hatfield - Keep On (Velkro & Ido Ophir Remix) - Sprout
Oleg Mass & Alex Okrazo - Inert Sun - Sound of Techno
Lutzenkirchen - We Must Prevail (Original Mix) - Craft Music
Bleak - Ekko - Deeply Rooted House
Danny Serrano & Hector Couto - You Crazy - Suara
Andrew Loyd - Karlkfresser - Kreissaal
Christian Smith - Get It Done (Original Mix)
Echo Vacio - The Ticket Man (Original Mix)
Max Freegrant - Roadkill

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http://soundcloud.com/fatalgroove/sets/podcast/

Fatalgroove - Kazumi 和美

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:19:17 +0000

Ed Sheeran - The A-Team

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 02:58:30 +0000

http://www.listenlearnlove.com/2012/02/ed-sheeran-a-team.html
The A Team Ed Sheeran

The Fray new album 2012 “Scars & Stories”

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 00:29:48 +0000

There’s something extremely formulaic about The Fray. This is said time and time again, generally in respect to sentimental “adult” contemporary artists such as Coldplay, John Mayer and Snow Patrol, to name a few. The most successful of these acts are those who get it right — they are able to create the same, or at least largely similar, sound on each album they release and are capable of moving as many copies of that album as its predecessor.

What’s the flaw to using the same approach on each record? I present an answer (somewhat): Each record is a mere sidestep as opposed to a step forward, making each record not particularly bad, but nothing to write home about. The Fray’s third release, “Scars & Stories” is definitely indicative of this.

Every one of the Fray’s huge singles, whether it be “How to Save a Life,” “You Found Me” or “Over My Head (Cable Car),” all utilize the same musical ploys: mellow piano, lead singer Isaac Slade’s oh-so-earnest voice of longing and tremendous, and hair-raising emotional build-ups. “Heartbeat” and “Run for Your Life” are clearly the results of The Fray’s finely-tuned, piano-rock tactics.

Singles aside, but still in the front of the mind, “Scars & Stories” operates just as similarly to the band’s previous records. The songs are mere offshoots of the singles. For example, take “The Fighter,” which follows “Heartbeat.” Its chorus chants, “Maybe we were meant to be lonely.” The yearning, love-hungry qualities are still thrown in your face. One can ideate rather quickly what the song’s meaning might entail.

Each song on “Scars & Stories” follows the same template: they’re all loud, accessible, sensitive and Fray-like in every way, shape and form.

The Fray’s plain style is not necessarily a bad thing. Music listeners more often than not have, at the very least, a miniature obsession with a Fray song. Its style is definitely luring, even if it seems more than spent after three albums. I do feel, however, that The Fray is a band that it’s good to take a break from, as eventually one’s definition of modern music will be completely warped.

Fonte originale by The Lantern

Scars and Stories è un CD nato “on the road”. L’ anno scorso infatti i The Frayhanno deciso di usare parte del buget a loro disposizione per la produzione dell’album per viaggiare, e raccogliere esperienze e storie da tradurre poi in musica. Non c’è dunque da stupirsi se tra i titoli dell’album troviamo “Munich” e “Rainy Zurich”, ma anche “Heartbeat” sarebbe scaturita da un insolito viaggio in Rwanda. Quest’ultimo pezzo è anche il singolo di debutto del nuovo album, ed è uscito il 12 Ottobre, con largo anticipo sull’LP completo, che invece è stato reso disponibile per il pre-order sul sito della band il 18 Ottobre, e poco prima di Natale in “deluxe edition” su Itunes. Scars and Stories è stato prodotto da Brendan O’Brien, mentre per i precedenti lavori i The Fray si erano affidati a Aaron Johnson e Mike Flynn. Questa novità e le influenze mutuate durante i loro viaggi fanno aumentare la curiosità circa il nuovo album della band, la cui registrazione è iniziata a Marzo 2011. La lunga incubazione rende alte le aspettative dei fans, e chissà che oltre ai fedelissimi non si aggiungano nuovi estimatori per la band rimasta famosa sopratutto per “How To Save a Life”.
The Fray "Scars & Stories"
Fonte : Indie eye
The Fray Scars & Stories the fray indie alternative rock

Last.fm/Presents: Snow Patrol

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 22:22:37 +0000

Snow Patrol are back with their sixth studio album, Fallen Empires. Out now as an import, it streets here in the U.S. on January 10th. Instead of working on the album back in Ireland, they headed to Los Angeles & Malibu, CA for a totally different scenery, waking up each day to sunshine and warmth. With the exception of a few shows in Mexico with U2, they stayed off the road, off the stage and dedicated 18 months to the making of this record. A major change for this album was that Gary Lightbody did not go into the sessions with demos. As a matter of fact, maybe due to this, he did hit a writers block and started to panic. But soon enough, it all came together and they were off to making a super strong album. Watch three brand new songs done in our studio from Gary, Johnny McDaid and Nathan Connolly. Gary also sat down and chatted with us about the new album. Snow Patrol will be doing a live concert, part of the Live On Letterman series on Monday, January 9th. See the studio session and find the on-demand concert here.

Last.fm/Presents The Black Angels Live in Studio

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 16:07:19 +0000

We bring you into the psych rock world of The Black Angels this week. The band treated us to songs from their releases Phosphene Dream, the EP’s Phosgene Nightmare and The Black Angels plus the unreleased “Watch Out Boy”. Jump in and be prepared to be mesmerized!

Read more: Last.fm Presents: The Black Angels

A Day On The Green: Hall & Oates/Icehouse @ Sirromet Winery, Mt Cotton

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:34:19 +0000

Sun 5 Feb – A Day On The Green

The family-friendly wine/nostalgia-fest is back on the sun-dappled Sirromet grounds; as usual, the relaxed, semi-Bluesfest vibe hangs thick, with camping chairs and picnic blankets spreading as far as the eye can see.

Originally from Byron Bay, Glass Towers are a completely different act to the one that opened SITG 2009. Shorn of dreadlocks, the four-piece are a tight live unit – alas, their neo-post-punk stylings don’t appear to engage the predominantly 40-plus crowd.

‘80s stalwarts Icehouse have no such problems, generating massed cheers right from their opening number – “theme song” Icehouse. Tightly executed, staples We Can Get Together, Crazy and Hey Little Girl remain great Australian pop songs; touring band member Michael Paynter takes the soaring lead on Man Of Colours, with Iva Davies reprising the song’s distinctive oboe line. Power ballad Don’t Believe Anymore is given a crunchy rendition, but the biggest hit Electric Blue is a bit of a letdown as (a) Davies, albeit in fine voice, avoids the falsetto notes, and (b) co-writer John Oates doesn’t show up onstage. Nevertheless, the band have plenty of energy in them, rocking out on Walls and Can’t Help Myself and getting everyone up from their seats with the unofficial Australian anthem, Great Southern Land.

Philadelphia legends Hall & Oates similarly have no qualms about delivering a slick greatest-hits show – which they do and then some, dropping three of their most successful numbers – Maneater, Family Man and Out Of Touch – during the first 20 minutes. Looking fit at 65, Daryl Hall is still perhaps the greatest blue-eyed soul singer to walk the earth, while the ‘tache-less ‘second banana’ John Oates shines as the band’s musical director. Early hits She’s Gone and Sara Smile pack plenty of sweet Philly soul vocal harmonies, while calling card I Can’t Go For That morphs into an extended dance-a-thon – and there’s still room for #1s Rich Girl, Kiss On My List and Private Eyes. These dudes sure knew how to craft a killer hook – and sing it, too.

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Wez G - Ghost In The Bed - DJ Set Tracklisting

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:02:53 +0000

Wez G - Ghost In The Bed

Mixing this haunted house made me think of a ghost under the covers with me. Twisted tech with minimal vocals, the mix builds to a crescendo with an old reworked classic, Jaydee - Plastic Dreams, which was one of my Shuffle DJ partner (Damo)'s signature tunes back in the day when we rocked the best of the country's dancefloors from the tip to the toe of the Uk.

1. Dual Shaman - Ocean breeze (TJ Kong & Nuno Dos Santos Remix) [Wolfskuil]
2. Maceo Plex - Under The Sheets (Original Mix) [No.19 Music]
3. Audiojackerz- I Dont Know U (Original Mix) [Kushtee Deep]
4. Zoo Brazil - Slob (Nick Curly Remix) [SCI + TEC Digital Audio]
5. Deetron - Starblazer (Original Mix) [Rejected]
6. Tim Green - Lemon (Original mix) [cocoon recordings]
7. Olivier Giacomotto - Feed The Beats (Original Mix) [Definitive Recordings]
8. Aril Brikha - Palma (Original Mix) [Art Of Vengeance]
9. Fabian Argomedo - Fire (Original Mix) [Snatch! Records]
10. Audiomatiques - Talcum Powder (Original Mix) [MKT Records]
11. Wise D & Kobe - Horns (Original Mix) [South American Grooves]
12. Jaydee - Plastic Dreams (Koen Groeneveld Remix) [Spinnin' Records]
13. Keith Carnal - Make You Mine (Original Mix) [Hotfingers]
14. Stephen Advance & Daniel Orcam - Demon From The Dark (Original Mix) [Drugstore Records]

http://djwezg.com/djset49ghostinthebed.html

(VIDEO) "Soul Train" flash mob tribute to Don Cornelius - New York

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:18:18 +0000