xmothlightx's Last.fm Journal

Eagerly awaiting the following...

Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:45:01 +0000

To be honest, I really should post more. But I can't be arsed to come up with subjects.

As Day Follows Night
Nadia Ali - Embers
The Ghosts We Carry Home
Lisa Hammer - Dakini
PLAINSONG
Kate Havnevik
Kate Walsh
Holly Brook

I've totally lost my posting mojo, bleh.

I need to think of more things to post about.

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:08:06 +0000

My anticipated albums list:

Medwyn Goodall - Medicine Woman IV : Prophecy 2012
New ATB and Way Out West albums
Ashley Tomberlin's solo album.
Unto Ashes - The Blood of My Lady
Kells's second album
Lene Marlin - Twist the Truth
Spider - Things We Liked To Hold
Lowood - Close to Violence
Familiar Trees - Inner Course
Delerium's new album is shaping up good, from what I hear
Celtic Legend

To be continued. ;)

My best of list so far

Wed, 5 Nov 2008 02:40:06 +0000

I keep adding to this list because I've found some great releases the last few days that have BLOWN MY MIND.

Now for the list;

1. Tigerforest - the Sound of Life. A 2007 release I only found out about last week, so I cheated and put it at the top spot! It is gorgeous and features Tiff Lacey., Amethyste, Inga and a few more vocalists. I am obsessed with it. http://www.tigerforest-music.com

2.Nox Arcana - Phantoms of the High Seas. I love Grimm Tales. And when I thought it couldn't get any better, NA released High Seas! Perfection in ever way.

3. Lise Olden - Waiting For The Full Moon. Found this on a friends' last.fm profile. and my heart did a backflip. I knew I had found something really special, and I was correct. Massively underrated.

4. Elane - the SIlver Falls. Love love, love. *Is left speechless by this album*

5. Our Broken Garden - When your Blackening Shows

6. Amanda Bloom - The History of Things To Come

7. Mediavolo - Unaltered Empire. Much, much better than their debut! I am captivated by it. Thank you Prikosnovenie for releasing this gem.

8. Zaria - in the Garden. A Pretty ethereal folk release/

9. Cake on Cake - Hymns I Remember

10. Lenka - Lenka. One of the best debuts of the year.

11. Dream Aria - Transcend

12. Fiona Joy Hawkins - Blue Dream

13. Sarah June - Letter to the World

14. Melody Klyman - Soverign

15. Jenny Dalton - Rusalka's Umbrella

Albums I'd like to have when they come out

Sun, 5 Oct 2008 06:50:11 +0000

Claire Fitch - Cellocity
sToa - SIlmand
Rising Shadows - From the Cold
Elane - the Silver Falls
Charlotte Martin - Orphans
Sissy - their second album
Vienna Teng - not sure what that one will be called
Sleepthief - labyrinth heart
Petracovich I'm thinking that it will be awhile before it comes out, as her latest blog broke my heart. :( Oh my God.
Kate Rogers Band- Beauregard
Fiona Joy Hawkins - Blue Dream
Loquat - Secrets of the Sea
Adrina Thorpe - Halflight
The Postmarks/artist] - By The Numbers
Enya - And Winter Came. I'm not the Enya fan I used to be, still, the album looks good.

This list will be updated, of course. :)

Also, I heart Pushing Daisies. It is the BEST show on tv.

Musical obsessions, oh my.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:22:55 +0000

Yeah I know, long time no journal! I suppose last.fm's removal of their reading journals feature made me want to write less. But I feel the need to post now of my biggest music loves this year.

Rosie Thomas

An icon maker on LJ whos music taste I admire played her a couple timed, and Faeerie (I've always admired her taste) has her pretty high up on her charts, so I decided at last to try her...and I'm sorry for taking so long, as I fell in love!

Some of my favorite lyrics:

Oh at night when I sleep
Oh the dreams come to me
Make me believe that my life is not my own
And if life were like my dreams
All the things I would see
I'd be so much braver than I knowIf This City Never Sleeps

yea i've had enough of love
it's been good to give up so good to be good to myself
i'm gonna get on the highway with no destination
but plenty of vision in mind
i'm gonna drive to the ocean
go skinny dippin blow kisses to venus and mars
i'm gonna stop at every bar
and flirt with the cowboys in front of their girlfriends.

Wedding Day

take her on long drives for ice cream by sea sides
and give her your coat when she is cold
tell her you miss her when you're close enough to kiss her
and that you'd walk a thousand miles to tell her soOctober

Her music leaves me speechless, and I suck at music descriptions. But she's someone everyone needs to hear.

Almadrava

I am not quite sure when I discovered this artist. But if you want an artist whose lyrics will take you away to that perfect tropical vacation you had, or you just want music to daydream to, to take away the stress of the day...this is IT. Patricia Leidig and Pedro Toro really take me places with their music, and they have a rare gift.

How can you not love lyrics like this?

A clear cold night
I lay down on the grass.
I observe the sky
there just passed some falling stars.

The moon, my friend,
he smiles to me,
'cause he knows what we are
In this huge infinity.Are We Alone? (Spanish Skies mix)

I hear a song, it’s like a prayer.
This melody shows me the way.
It carries me like the wind, a feather,
and in the nights it’s a shining ray.A mermaids' tale (mediterranean mix)

It's the sound of sorrow,
it's the sound of lonelyness
it's a crying violin sending shivers down my spine
It's the sound of sorrow,
hoping for tomorrow
It's my sound cos you're not here tonight

Sorrow (Hamlin Mix)

See what I mean? :)

Sofia Talvik

Oh, Sofia. I am sorry I took so long to discover you. There's something in the water that allows Swedes to make great music! This description from cdbaby is pretty accurate. "Her sound is soft and layered and has some things in common with Heather Nova and Sophie Zelmani."

What happened on the bridge today
were those the words you planned to say
was that some kind of statement that you had to make
Do you believe in fairytales
cause I think I just saw one slip away today
well I'm not sure and anyway...

...there's too much water underneath this bridge
and it keeps changing
and you couldn't fill my shoes if you implied it

What Happened On The Bridge Today

Maybe you were struck by lightning
or run over by a truck
maybe a spaceship did abduct you
maybe you ran out of luck

maybe a flock of hungry tigers
happened to cross yours ways
last night
or were you swallowed by a whalefish
maybe you got into a fight

Anyway something must
have happened
or else you would have called Running out of you

There you have it, three artists. Add their music to your collection, you won't regret it.

On a side note, I've heard over 50 2008 releases this year. I feel that picking a top albums list will be impossible. Maybe I'm just easily pleased when it comes to music. :) But this has been an amazing year of discovery music-wise for me, and I have found so many I cannot live without. So I'm happy with the way my tastes are progressing. :)

My Hypelist for June 21st to June 28th

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:15:20 +0000

My birthday is in a few days. xD

Adrina Thorpe Wistful She is on the new DJ Shah album, and I've recently fallen under her spell!

Summer of Space Solace Kaskade is a God in my eyes, and SOS is the project of one of his vocalists, Haley Gibbs! <3

Late Night Alumni Meant to Be Another vocalist for Kaskade's project, featuring the amazing vocal talents of Becky Jean Williams.

Isabel Bayrakdarian Lord have Mercy I'm not religious, but I was quite pleased when I heard this Delerium vocalist has a couple of albums under her belt. Gorgeous stuff.

Zoë Johnston Nobody Like Myself Her solo album didn't get much press apparently, and I'm giving it another chance myself. :)

My High Rotation Playlist [ June 14th - June 21th ]

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:16:24 +0000

Bit of a hard choice to make. I decided to select some artists I haven't played in awhile. in in Daksha's case, they are new music I've just obtained!

Let Her Feel The Rain
Blissful Escape
Mist
Nuevo Tango
Oshari - The Way of the Zen Warrior

My all-time favorite vocalists

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:30:31 +0000

Are in a tag here:

http://www.last.fm/user/luminaux/tags/the%20sirens%20that%20lure%20me

Comments? :)

2008, continued: a mish-mash of genres

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:36:17 +0000

First, I've got to say this...NEW Kaskade ASDFGHJKL OH MY MERLIN!

*Breathes* I'm done now!

Blind DivineYet ANOTHER Magnatunes artist, this time for trip-hop. I love this duo SO MUCH, and she singers voice is hot. They've released several albums and the reviews to them have been good. Two of the albums have a CRAPLOAD of tracks, which I love. They are an artist that everyone needs to hear. And I mean EVERYONE.

Lunascape Innerside is my favorite album from them, hands down. I haven't seen many reviews for this one? It's a shame. Kyoko's voice owns my soul.

Favorite tracks: Shimmering Sun, Burden of Beauty, Raven Star, Divine Filligree.

Lunabee I first found out about this singer through my friend Vaterland, and it was love at first hearing. Yo ucan read a review of it here:
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/reviews/article/44438/lunabee-prenez-garde-aux-flots-bleus/

Apparently Iuno Are no more, which is sad. They never got the respect they deserve.

san.drine I haven't seen many reviews of this artist. If you enjoyed the song she did for Sleepthief, then you really need to hear her second album, Janvier. She's another artist that everyone needs to hear.

Glow Brooke's voice makes me melt, I am so in love with it. I eagerly awaited their fourth album, "Winter". People, if you like pretty music, then THIS is the artist you should check out!

Favorite tracks: Winter, Cold, Decembering, All This Time.

Carmen Rizzo I'm not sure which of his albums I like more at the moment, but his second album is really good! He has his fingers in quite a few pies this year!

Favorite tracks: All is Forgiven, Sirens, Ecouter, Through the Sunlight.

2008 is awesome, part two: The Prikosnovenie and Projekt edition

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:23:45 +0000

Combining my two favorite labels into one post. /o/ \o\ \o/

(What? I'm hyper, heh.)

Alizbar Note to Priskosnovenie: Um...can you update your website already? It's getting annoying if I have to go to other websites for info on your artists.

Anyway. At first, I thought this artist was female. Silly me. But I was delighted when I read that Prikosnovenie was releasing his The Metamorphoses of Ann cd. Another harpist, and from the first note, I was enchanted. One of my top five favorite albums this year. The label has signed some interesting new artists in addition to this one - Crista Galliand Ny:Na Vales. I can't wait to see what direction the label goes in.

Caprice Kywitt! Kywitt! is one trippy album. I am never let down with their releases, and some of the songs make me want to tap my foot or dance.

Chandeen Their album Teenage Poetry was quite a surprise to me. I never liked the band much before, they didn't do it for me. But I find Julia's voice quite perfect for their sound. Julia's other project Technoir isn't that great, to be honest. I know a lot of people don't like the new Chandeen, but I suggest they don't give up on this band.

Goodness, my entries are so long, but this is what happens when I don't post. xD

Autumn's Grey Solace "Ablaze" OH EM GEE WHAT AN ALBUM!!! I was on pins and needles waiting for this one to come out. It surpasses "Shades Of Grey" in it's prettiness. Favorite tracks: "Into The Stream", "Fluttermoth", "Imaginary Grey", and "Sea of Honesty".

Raspail Well done Arcana, on a fantastic album that I wish wasn't so short. Arcana takes me such on incredible journeys that I'm sad when they end. Favorite tracks: "Invisible Motions", "Autumnal", "Out of the Gray Ashes" and "Sigh of Relief".