A few days ago The Lost Gecko brought to my attention Ben Howard. What a gifted artist! Captivating, inspiring, beautiful vocals, pensive lyrics, adept guitar-picking, Ben Howard is 25 year old English surfer and singer-songwriter. Last year, he signed with Island Records and he has now released his debut album ‘Every Kingdom’, also available in America.
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Perfect arrangements, perfect voice, perfect dude! 18 year old singer/songwriter from South Carolina Noah has covered ‘Sexy and I know It’ by LMFAO and it sounds fantastic.
Read MoreI’ve been following the progress of this band for more than a year now. From being fairly unknown to slowly getting recognition, they played for “Arthurs Day Play on the Day”, “IMRO Best of Showcase Tour” and “Hot Press Lift Off Competition” and this is just the start. Their hunger to reach out is evident and they are making it happening.
Their debut single “Momentum” is that calling song, reminding you to keep it up. Very well produce, this is great radio material. Keep the “Momentum” guys and girl, we would love to hear more.
Read MoreElaine Mai just released her new EP Dots. Her music is an amalgam of acoustic and electronic loops peculiarly mixed. Her hybrid sound is quite captivating and melodic.
This video was filmed by Simon O’Neill and Myles O’Reilly for State magazine
Read MoreIt’s spring and it shows. Bands are putting out some great videos.
Here’s one that will definitely put a huge smile on your face.
4 guys crammed in a car with the music gear powered by the cigarette lighter singing
En Vogue – Never Gonna Get It’. Check it out!
After many hours of listening to all the Canadian bands scheduled to perform at the annual event SXSW 2012 in Austin, I’ve picked my favourites. It wasn’t an easy task. I was quite underwhelmed and disappointed by the poor production quality. Some of the bands might be excellent live but their poor quality recordings are doing them a disservice in this over crowded music industry. Of course, it’s open for debate – some people will say it’s fine, others won’t.
For now, here are my picks:
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It’s that time of the year already! SXSW 2012 – March 9-18 in Austin. Here is the lined up for the Irish bands chosen to perform at the events. The rock fans won’t be disappointed this year.
Which one do you prefer?
“Hands up. Who likes rock and roll? And by rock and roll we mean proper rock and roll, born in the 50′s, dragged kicking and screaming through the late 20th century, a ragged flag passed from generation to generation under the stewardship of true believers – Chuck Berry, John Lennon, Phil Lynott, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen.”
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This is it, another year is coming to an end. Where did it go? Loads has happened and plenty more is coming. I’m really looking forward to continue in the next year. In the meantime, I long for a much needed break… to refill my energy, my mind, my soul and rest my body.
Let me share with you my personal music favorites that in one way or another made an impact on me in 2011.
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been hearing Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” a lot on the radio and I can’t help but wonder. She sounds so deep and melancholic; beautiful sadness. I went on to listen to her other single “Blue Jeans” and she still has that heavy-hearted and languishing sound. In a previous post, I was talking about how branding is important for any artist and she is great example. She definitely sets herself apart. As stated on her Facebook page her genre is Hollywood pop / sad core. You could not be as precise as that. I love her music videos. She doesn’t have an album out yet but she surely is hitting the industry pretty fast.
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We all agree that music is available everywhere, right? And we agree that there is loads of it?
Then, how can you stand out as a musician or a band?
