tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68750789746279057182024-03-13T19:36:47.618+01:00Heart on my sleeve...yet another album cover meme. And one step beyond.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-51244500482090965262011-07-13T22:00:00.000+02:002011-07-13T22:55:27.046+02:00"Julia" by At any cost<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgaaTG03qg6lVjqphssC3KJVThn7bQxlu1zr7yrZL99tS-jklYcTsBUPeH9WmTnkzv6RLErzT8D0_mQiT2-e4oYL7yUA9WQxKwj4MVQtxIOBA5XeIxACkyiHvzUxISvrQCn2oEU7vs8sp/s1600/5xSleeves5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgaaTG03qg6lVjqphssC3KJVThn7bQxlu1zr7yrZL99tS-jklYcTsBUPeH9WmTnkzv6RLErzT8D0_mQiT2-e4oYL7yUA9WQxKwj4MVQtxIOBA5XeIxACkyiHvzUxISvrQCn2oEU7vs8sp/s400/5xSleeves5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>At any cost is a dark and moody band, that's for sure. But they know how to avoid the gothic cliches, they succeed in countering the hardrock cliches and they even try to bring a new approach of opera rock. You might have heard their first single "Julia" (about the famous cook Julia Child) but their new release "Large steps" might even be a bigger hit..<br />
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<b>"Julia"</b> by <b>At any cost</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-40406925556155617332011-06-28T22:55:00.003+02:002011-06-28T23:06:54.990+02:00"Blow up the planet" by Lilleshall Abbey<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1YUDD6bjAUEY-l15OWRk6ROUf5VKZkHGSWVWb6g0Bg6uwuBqfKfqzyo04LcD-ehR3XCsctZMIsufMyU6W29uFNdmiJxE9soLEuZCTovwZ3DHG19j2hfk52JfXfeBIB2Nc3tQN-H3JN6H/s1600/5xSleeves3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ1YUDD6bjAUEY-l15OWRk6ROUf5VKZkHGSWVWb6g0Bg6uwuBqfKfqzyo04LcD-ehR3XCsctZMIsufMyU6W29uFNdmiJxE9soLEuZCTovwZ3DHG19j2hfk52JfXfeBIB2Nc3tQN-H3JN6H/s400/5xSleeves3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>They're young and angry. They have their first album out now. And they don't seem to care. Playing live gigs is all that they want. But they seem to have forgotten that they're part of an industry (or they're trying very hard to deny that).<br />
And is this album any good? Not really. We've heard it all before. But Lilleshall Abbey doesn't care. All they're focused on is playing songs, although it's sometimes hard to recognize a song in all this noise.<br />
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<b>"Blow up the planet"</b> by <b>Lilleshall Abbey</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-17798333368998311662011-06-21T19:45:00.000+02:002011-06-21T19:45:33.516+02:00"If we can connect in some tiny way" by French Impressionist Cinema<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyG78lirvz9IdJX49V51xmm9to_xpk3ZIlyJWll_krjuQZ-d6cbf4OgQsNFOkFxrsfBAy5IZjNiiLfyE3tI_64j-XWjkz5eXpUptt2Ht4mXP4Y_8sh06FOTB8HIO6jsqcwFc3poSv8E0j/s1600/5xSleeves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyG78lirvz9IdJX49V51xmm9to_xpk3ZIlyJWll_krjuQZ-d6cbf4OgQsNFOkFxrsfBAy5IZjNiiLfyE3tI_64j-XWjkz5eXpUptt2Ht4mXP4Y_8sh06FOTB8HIO6jsqcwFc3poSv8E0j/s400/5xSleeves.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This is one of those bands that nobody will ever understand. They have nothing to do with French Cinema nor with impressionism. Their average age is 18, they don't have any experience, they don't know how to play an instrumentt, and they can't sing. But they're girls. And they sound sweet. Probably that is enough nowadays to sell millions of records worldwide.<br />
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<b>"If we can connect in some tiny way"</b> by <b>French Impressionist Cinema</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-49246996984433532252011-05-15T22:00:00.000+02:002011-05-15T22:07:18.480+02:00"What comes next" by Paul Bence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yK8WeJ-pK_cCKR0GLGLphnWkpMLiSodi-adVTTp4Wt0BwTBUYL53k2zYRRlLou55d3TKF3WwtTtRS3EXObwW1riiyqn5zM3Xcp_I6DNnSeVZo3ku7q3ug3Cl1dfz7unxv8wCx-S9ABfw/s1600/PaulBemce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7yK8WeJ-pK_cCKR0GLGLphnWkpMLiSodi-adVTTp4Wt0BwTBUYL53k2zYRRlLou55d3TKF3WwtTtRS3EXObwW1riiyqn5zM3Xcp_I6DNnSeVZo3ku7q3ug3Cl1dfz7unxv8wCx-S9ABfw/s400/PaulBemce.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It's been quiet some years ago that the the Principality of Andorra had an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. They wanted to participate this year but their entry arrived too late at the EBU. The artist that should've gone to Dusseldorf would've been Paul Bence, an Australian born singer who was raised in Spain. Despite the fact that his song "What comes next" was turned down for the contest both the single and the album became a big hit in Spain and France, the neighbour countries.<br />
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<b>"What comes next"</b> by <b>Paul Bence</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-16161781466619461242011-04-25T20:00:00.001+02:002011-04-25T20:02:41.272+02:00"You do it" by Etna Green<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlFDQrgPLP3bHGgAGb9cE8DoMpnlmiy9C8c57duZ_Vz5kVzWX2tH02tgApLet-pTgjsVj5Tt0bOgjrJ_Oz2aHu0lticklp69-C2W8uJ3_XNM2ghnsintag0SjbW8NHA2WoZdHG8WR8avV/s1600/Etna+Green+-+You+do+it.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlFDQrgPLP3bHGgAGb9cE8DoMpnlmiy9C8c57duZ_Vz5kVzWX2tH02tgApLet-pTgjsVj5Tt0bOgjrJ_Oz2aHu0lticklp69-C2W8uJ3_XNM2ghnsintag0SjbW8NHA2WoZdHG8WR8avV/s400/Etna+Green+-+You+do+it.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>You're getting old when you actually can <i>remember</i> the eighties. For everyone who's younger than 30 there's the eighties revival band Etna Green. You can recognize a lot of influenes on their debut album "You do it", from New Order to Fad Gadget, from Heaven 17 to Tears for Fears, and from O.M.D. to A Flock of Seagulls. If you've never heard the names of these bands, enjoy Etna Green. If you do, stay away from this album... and listen to the originals.<br />
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<b>"You do it"</b> by <b>Etna Green</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-26605514424844177492011-04-13T20:20:00.000+02:002011-04-13T22:16:45.834+02:00"Meet a human being" by Carlingue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PEDK93mQ6_2rrk_P2_jXqkSxXmMGX1zA2AdNZ7XdGlHaaO-UeL4REUlCYMDHu2qE1SBEQCpvI3Iu-WT3F29EPe-KFu-nBC8Mqd4sy28xQCw45Tke4S7ML7cd2a6PXxoVLDZMjAn3xww9/s1600/Carlingue+-+Meet+a+human+being.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PEDK93mQ6_2rrk_P2_jXqkSxXmMGX1zA2AdNZ7XdGlHaaO-UeL4REUlCYMDHu2qE1SBEQCpvI3Iu-WT3F29EPe-KFu-nBC8Mqd4sy28xQCw45Tke4S7ML7cd2a6PXxoVLDZMjAn3xww9/s400/Carlingue+-+Meet+a+human+being.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>We know Britain's got talent by now. But the hugely popular Simon Cowell show has travelled all over the world and found a very talented young lady in Portugal. Of course she's one of many singers that bring you modern soul, like Adele, Duffy, Rumer or Amy Winehouse. But I've never heard soul in Portugese. Open your mind and give the beautiful Carlingue a chance, and don't go comparing her with the forementioned ladies.<br />
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<b>"Meet a human being"</b> by <b>Carlingue</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-46206162909707647242011-04-04T20:15:00.001+02:002011-06-22T00:11:58.971+02:00"At least try to grow your own brain" by Current Events<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsjppWA1AZO1aB77ZqoGPw8yifIobKkcNu330TyKS0Irhvnk_GSnqaXHnnY9vtHadUlEGcafgfFJ50jGmEc0rjxxSAQgmIQvM7MGremCGSlvSZkdqe8V50SiXM5J7LDN7vSdoa0d3IQzQ/s1600/Current+Events.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjsjppWA1AZO1aB77ZqoGPw8yifIobKkcNu330TyKS0Irhvnk_GSnqaXHnnY9vtHadUlEGcafgfFJ50jGmEc0rjxxSAQgmIQvM7MGremCGSlvSZkdqe8V50SiXM5J7LDN7vSdoa0d3IQzQ/s400/Current+Events.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>At least the Norwegian gothic-band Current Events understands that gothic music is dead (if that ain't a gothic subject!). So they slowly switch to less symphonic tunes and to more eighties-orientated rock. And it's not that bad after all. Leadsinger Joerg Smetlinck has a very powerful voice and makes me think of bands like Saxon and Uriah Heep. If they pull the trick and start a new hardrock revival, I'm a fan.<br />
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<b>"At least try to grow your own brain"</b> by <b>Current Events</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-39736713572632208562011-03-12T19:55:00.001+01:002011-03-12T19:58:31.997+01:00"I seek not to convince" by Cliff Pearce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hFswwHtcGPYIQAxLLCKfqsB2gPrvjUb80cMSCYc4dWgrSnneX44QnkpGHKiPkVfO6HjeDsn72FvLBruyQ3JfbswTqYDg7ubWZnckevOcEzfg2pkm5KCMJsb4WShpzPQ4lgHhLthEfIyv/s1600/IseekNot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hFswwHtcGPYIQAxLLCKfqsB2gPrvjUb80cMSCYc4dWgrSnneX44QnkpGHKiPkVfO6HjeDsn72FvLBruyQ3JfbswTqYDg7ubWZnckevOcEzfg2pkm5KCMJsb4WShpzPQ4lgHhLthEfIyv/s400/IseekNot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Cliff Pearce should never have used the word "convince" because that is what he never will achieve. He might have won the Danish edition of "X-factor" and he might be big in teen magazines but he'll never be considered a musician or a singer. The only thing he'll ever be is a poster boy or a modell. So I ask myself why the record company chose to put a flower on the record sleeve. The only convincing element on this release is the looks of the singer.<br />
Soon to be forgotten.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"I seek not to convince"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Cliff Pearce</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-78064539554096281982011-03-02T22:00:00.000+01:002011-03-02T22:01:12.398+01:00"Essentially a channel" by Spirit of the border<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBrbVNDoCSppxzOPorpSMCR4Ip-Wz4X7D55k8aBrmS6Wax2OzdNapiypi8nb9BYpHs_iYLnzun8pDqAAAws8yaCE9rfESBH-ZDjO3tAy-L9-vrt3tWC5PhyphenhyphenVBCOBtON-gbworNJeDSTsd/s1600/spiritoftheborder2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBrbVNDoCSppxzOPorpSMCR4Ip-Wz4X7D55k8aBrmS6Wax2OzdNapiypi8nb9BYpHs_iYLnzun8pDqAAAws8yaCE9rfESBH-ZDjO3tAy-L9-vrt3tWC5PhyphenhyphenVBCOBtON-gbworNJeDSTsd/s400/spiritoftheborder2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ambient and New Age is so <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">last century</span>, but Spirit of the Border manages to go on, and sell millions of albums. They broke through in 1997 and sold a mega amount of their debut single "Whisper". And they keep having succes all over Europe and Asia. Founding members Klaus Wambach and Christina Morgenstund never changed their sound and probably never will.<br />
If you like listening to the same sound over and over again, you won't be dissapointed by the new album.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Essentially a channel"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Spirit of the Border</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-32594977024701017182011-02-17T20:10:00.001+01:002011-02-17T20:11:12.172+01:00"Abuse a man unjustly" by Taluba<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk8OpKzZnkOLIlRCqzCje4UJ98D1e5s4kiJjsNlNTXxM99XzI1qiLMNS9aa3tuVWQSUuxCs_vFvkrHOLeRwKEVTUtmpeb_8a5YT_WMBZwPqka5-ANzdW40Eibg8B48u3Si09MLeDrir9H/s1600/taluba.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDk8OpKzZnkOLIlRCqzCje4UJ98D1e5s4kiJjsNlNTXxM99XzI1qiLMNS9aa3tuVWQSUuxCs_vFvkrHOLeRwKEVTUtmpeb_8a5YT_WMBZwPqka5-ANzdW40Eibg8B48u3Si09MLeDrir9H/s400/taluba.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Americana and country music aren't really my cup of tea. So I didn't get captured by "Abuse a man unjustly" the new album by Taluba. Once again it's more of the same. The band from San Antonio (Texas) has been releasing the same album over and over again for the last years. At least you know what you're going get on a Taluba album. It's predictable. So if that tickles your fancy, buy "Abuse a man unjustly". If not, stay away from it.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Abuse a man unjustly"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Taluba</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-3449716592221912812011-02-06T17:59:00.001+01:002011-05-09T00:14:28.309+02:00"What you don't see with your eyes" by Emma de Caunes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQiYEysthyphenhyphen4DSY-rQiZrV438xkOo7Q1CRlJYxbkMQ3Lyg2DA-cV6NcMhaaMlBofGfK-i3-0hqKYLPhivIqiujsIqjQ1vtpcRjtqL1l8z3Vj-LLmosEFDnXLXllCRLTBXCHl1W33bEE1-c/s1600/spiritoftheborder3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQiYEysthyphenhyphen4DSY-rQiZrV438xkOo7Q1CRlJYxbkMQ3Lyg2DA-cV6NcMhaaMlBofGfK-i3-0hqKYLPhivIqiujsIqjQ1vtpcRjtqL1l8z3Vj-LLmosEFDnXLXllCRLTBXCHl1W33bEE1-c/s400/spiritoftheborder3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Emma de Caunes (London, 1981) has been living in Sweden for some years but she moved to France to record her debut album. "What you don't see with your eyes" is not a bad album but sounds like Baby Spice now and again, and that's a bit to far away from the quotes you read in the papers, where Emma states she wants to be the new Bjork. In some songs she sounds like Agnes Obel or Emiliana Torrini, but she'll never be considered as the new Icelandic ice queen...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"What you don't see with your eyes"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Emma de Caunes</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-37032078228818407762011-01-29T20:03:00.001+01:002011-01-29T20:11:40.236+01:00"Capitalism is alcoholism" by Libel Act<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwEdh4kBGdUci7ObjK8E9d0WNn8q_RjGaCnbDLv4YHdxaSX02dWh_v9TaceoyQg1HpcI50OvYauqmOtjgps_7lkJwC_sWzu1k8fLhIiWOOUbQMnEoZHhj3nkUYU1qtyDE1TOEktSHuExp/s1600/LibelAct.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwEdh4kBGdUci7ObjK8E9d0WNn8q_RjGaCnbDLv4YHdxaSX02dWh_v9TaceoyQg1HpcI50OvYauqmOtjgps_7lkJwC_sWzu1k8fLhIiWOOUbQMnEoZHhj3nkUYU1qtyDE1TOEktSHuExp/s400/LibelAct.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>With all the things going on in Tunesia and Egypt nowadays, "Capitalism is alcoholism" by Libel Act might be a great introduction to non-Western thinking. Libel Act sings about authenticity and tradition, but in a modern way, and with an open mind. The most important message on this distintive album is about recognizing your own culture without denying evolution.<br />
This edition is the international version in English. So for the whole world to understand.<br />
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<b>"Capitalism is alcoholism"</b> by <b>Libel Act</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-74698766289880226962011-01-13T21:36:00.002+01:002011-01-13T21:37:32.376+01:00"Knowing God" by Alex Nunez<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAGjsk3lOO6HOPgv5nqnpAtdt2I2bXlMOE5Jo4hKrdXbcnvLo9js1oJcTNcDeKhAUuQCHjWNxJ1iNdqF1VlP-_kfkPH6xM5qSCm-TfVIHRk2BPyww3oJDpC-zPgCuwS1d095N94LyTQfj/s1600/knowinggod.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAGjsk3lOO6HOPgv5nqnpAtdt2I2bXlMOE5Jo4hKrdXbcnvLo9js1oJcTNcDeKhAUuQCHjWNxJ1iNdqF1VlP-_kfkPH6xM5qSCm-TfVIHRk2BPyww3oJDpC-zPgCuwS1d095N94LyTQfj/s400/knowinggod.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Alex Nunez broke through in the dance scene in 1998 with his millionseller *High hopes". It brought him fame, a huge fan base and loads of money. But many years have passed since. Nunez tried time after time to make an album as good as his debut, but he never succeeded. This new album nevertheless is much better than what he made in the past decade. A new Nunez album will never get close to his first one but "Knowing God" is a good try.<br />
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<b>"Knowing God"</b> by <b>Alex Nunez</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-19891942261842819362010-12-24T18:00:00.001+01:002010-12-24T18:00:02.906+01:00Covering Christmas Compilations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg5qzT1H8voNvmOv80ABzJ8WjvbrY4v9ww9Wl1FCA_S7xE8aAkA5SZH7usnlWFZf-hICf-TZGv2ZBkz2qJnFSqwhC7HQiDB3QKcBS2SH_H4ZlOw1MQeJ0FXoIc2tvtvBnzTCj57-Ktxkw/s1600/4xChristmasCollection-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTg5qzT1H8voNvmOv80ABzJ8WjvbrY4v9ww9Wl1FCA_S7xE8aAkA5SZH7usnlWFZf-hICf-TZGv2ZBkz2qJnFSqwhC7HQiDB3QKcBS2SH_H4ZlOw1MQeJ0FXoIc2tvtvBnzTCj57-Ktxkw/s400/4xChristmasCollection-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Each Christmas I present seasonal compilations on <a href="http://bestfbothworlds.blogspot.com/">my mp3 blog</a>. Every sampler has a different cover but always designed in the same style with a similar typography.<br />
Here's a couple of examples. Any favorites?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-39898543178404030602010-12-16T22:05:00.002+01:002010-12-16T22:09:36.701+01:00"Species of sea snail" by Hydronym<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGhNXnjhEkIWwegEl1xuH4s23aghNV7gIjCERyp_ZucO43j-kkj_r2pFYik5TRyVfgKKyELRpQGkm2IOXzxcVxeOpHMMIdY17t0V3GAdKzDWI7YT8OlT7WOZvXCmQTC_U-WyM6WXFk4z7/s1600/hydronym.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGhNXnjhEkIWwegEl1xuH4s23aghNV7gIjCERyp_ZucO43j-kkj_r2pFYik5TRyVfgKKyELRpQGkm2IOXzxcVxeOpHMMIdY17t0V3GAdKzDWI7YT8OlT7WOZvXCmQTC_U-WyM6WXFk4z7/s400/hydronym.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Hydronym is a Croatian band and even in Croatia nobody has ever heard of them. But that will soon change. If you like weird voices, athmosferic music and strange sound effects this is your record of the year. There is surely no second band like this, and their debut album will not become a huge succes. Because it's so unique.<br />
If you're in for a very original sound experience from a contraversal band that always keeps in mind that there always needs to be songs, do buy this album.<br />
You won't regret it.<br />
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<b>"Species of sea snail"</b> by <b>Hydronym</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-76604336151185679172010-12-03T20:30:00.002+01:002010-12-03T20:33:47.271+01:00"Don't take away my heart" by Paul Cameron<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQe6J25zXDv97s-EEvAnVZrW372qSe9m8SzhQ95aWd6tq00bEW27sXk_Li8_-ypuQWG6Pj_a1bVrlVLwNW5fdiFh9NcR_KtmWUVBifdXLTgm70thlD7vwEdkxt2PJyyi7T86DbQzdKN2e/s1600/PaulCameron2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpQe6J25zXDv97s-EEvAnVZrW372qSe9m8SzhQ95aWd6tq00bEW27sXk_Li8_-ypuQWG6Pj_a1bVrlVLwNW5fdiFh9NcR_KtmWUVBifdXLTgm70thlD7vwEdkxt2PJyyi7T86DbQzdKN2e/s400/PaulCameron2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Paul Cameron has been singing for years but never broke through to a bigger audience. His new album "Don't take away my heart" is a lot poppier than his previous CDs. Maybe that's because he left the production to Roy Crombie (known from the likes of Journal, Polish Prams and Severe Society). The album sounds solid and powerful and talks about more mature subjects. I guess Cameron has grown up and is ready to confront a large fanbase.<br />
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<b>"Don't take away my heart"</b> by <b>Paul Cameron</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-23726002533255500662010-11-24T23:18:00.000+01:002010-11-24T23:18:19.281+01:00"By the hand of the father" by Dimtri Kortnev<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Bth8f4nKduDGdlkPaq5gxMVjcSdt_bSh_v-gGHB1M65xo8VX0v0XGhARbl5kZllXmcjbQHEIP19xidNGNG17J5PsfDxSQ4NVDWYehxtfLy2jvrf6949gxIoXCUcBnuoA0aF0749SUyLa/s1600/bythehandofthefather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Bth8f4nKduDGdlkPaq5gxMVjcSdt_bSh_v-gGHB1M65xo8VX0v0XGhARbl5kZllXmcjbQHEIP19xidNGNG17J5PsfDxSQ4NVDWYehxtfLy2jvrf6949gxIoXCUcBnuoA0aF0749SUyLa/s400/bythehandofthefather.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Dimtri Kortnev is one of the megasellers in Russia but he never succeeded in having a career in Europe. He tried though by releasing the album "By the hand of the father", a kind of Biggest Hits compilation of his Russian successes translated into English. I'm sorry to say that his English is very poor and his songs don't appeal to Western European listeners.<br />
Maybe we're spoiled.<br />
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<b>"By the hand of the father"</b> by <b>Dimtri Kortnev</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-20700012571994610682010-11-09T22:01:00.000+01:002010-11-09T22:01:00.468+01:00"Reason should direct" by Francesco Lotoro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxeyYs4YeA9BZQQcbb5XT8cq0AB8skAhWyl8GPFN9UH9iITqVYqQfZ8KVrjHa8xPzDHPjEOw5vQtUF14cQhTj8R68kIKrBtO_KilDxEBD_bPnlWPIMOCaqEd4oOSPsXF4oJDyvr0Unke1/s1600/Fransescolotoro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxeyYs4YeA9BZQQcbb5XT8cq0AB8skAhWyl8GPFN9UH9iITqVYqQfZ8KVrjHa8xPzDHPjEOw5vQtUF14cQhTj8R68kIKrBtO_KilDxEBD_bPnlWPIMOCaqEd4oOSPsXF4oJDyvr0Unke1/s400/Fransescolotoro.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The career move of Francesco Lotoro is a bit ackward. Just like James Blunt, he left his country (being Italy) after just one hit record ("Bugiardo") and went to live in the United States. He never made a decent songs since then. Obviously he must have made a lot of money with this huge success, I guess.<br />
On this album there's no second "Bugiardo", so I'm afraid Lotoro will be forgotten before the end of the year.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Reason should direct"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Francesco Lotoro</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-69225432526747578132010-11-02T20:33:00.001+01:002010-11-02T20:35:41.610+01:00"See every problem as a nail" by Nabira<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNjPNsBrQtUgMDLK2NKmnld26GRax9q8_fFVXsmKnlQVaXmfLxSCgnrcXNGxL87wkNtvxvd3hsLWMTYA5ghR3mA3rFanx8s97UPBT3w47l9x64e8cOL8uf4hswxwM2I7roa8e2GttG_Sy/s1600/nabira.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNjPNsBrQtUgMDLK2NKmnld26GRax9q8_fFVXsmKnlQVaXmfLxSCgnrcXNGxL87wkNtvxvd3hsLWMTYA5ghR3mA3rFanx8s97UPBT3w47l9x64e8cOL8uf4hswxwM2I7roa8e2GttG_Sy/s400/nabira.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Nabira Garmin al-Gun was born in Iran (Yezd, dec. 19th 1987) but moved with her parents to London when she was only 4. She started singing at the age of 17 and recorded a first demo at 19. After three minor hits ("Yesterday", "Is it over?" and "Get up") she recorded this album <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">"See every problem as a nail" a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">nd all of a sudden she's all over the pop magazines. It seems a star is born without entering any TV-show. How long will she be everybody's darling? Maybe her new single "Within seconds" will prove she's here to stay.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"See every problem as a nail"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Nabira</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-28410830591057475652010-10-26T21:59:00.001+02:002010-10-27T19:29:27.127+02:00"The least amount of effort" by Ogden Avenue<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpBzVxN_zMmgaUJROpggpF2G3tRgbQAHHXN5sfDS9Sx-DuN-ti04B-46sfr0UXIpGtO9krrHH3RYcYU50DCvWTMMEqYEleIPWe8rDPsL24noZvH1LTkWYzpFhCh6Mqyz4BHBZ6uwNTmLO/s1600/OgdenAvenue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEpBzVxN_zMmgaUJROpggpF2G3tRgbQAHHXN5sfDS9Sx-DuN-ti04B-46sfr0UXIpGtO9krrHH3RYcYU50DCvWTMMEqYEleIPWe8rDPsL24noZvH1LTkWYzpFhCh6Mqyz4BHBZ6uwNTmLO/s400/OgdenAvenue.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Describing Ogden Avenue is simple: four times Jason Mraz. These four boys know how to write a song. "Angel eyes", their debut single that features as the opening track on this album, makes me spontaniously fall in love. The new single "Clouds" sounds as the first birds in spring and "Hidden" and "Solero" are true gems. They might be a bit too poppy but they sure know what craftmanship is.<br />
"The least amount of effort" is an album to look out for. Highly recommended.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"The least amount of effort"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Ogden Avenue</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-63346676688483278262010-10-09T18:00:00.002+02:002010-10-10T11:41:57.942+02:00"The white album" by No Use for a Name<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0SDI_R35d1wob90uabjr1EShKaBpH7ixZV4_gfX_0aY3-UeIZLwWDc_qNGcTZftNlu7BJuKOc1nT8_Ol0pDDVd9ll0LKhKh_6rl9OzfpatTeJdh2OrwqFvdh8bDuo7_HP7fFckJZlUar/s1600/4xWhiteAlbum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis0SDI_R35d1wob90uabjr1EShKaBpH7ixZV4_gfX_0aY3-UeIZLwWDc_qNGcTZftNlu7BJuKOc1nT8_Ol0pDDVd9ll0LKhKh_6rl9OzfpatTeJdh2OrwqFvdh8bDuo7_HP7fFckJZlUar/s400/4xWhiteAlbum.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">This little game is about designing an album cover with a random photo and some random text. But I wondered what would happen if I didn't use a photo. So I made up a title and a band name (mind you, the band name </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">DOES</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"> exist).</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">So here's the result. Any comments?</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-86026722096383283092010-10-02T20:18:00.000+02:002010-10-02T20:18:06.846+02:00"Within his own will" by Freemont Center<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVtatDjM4tc7sG6uCj0aNeEGxr1g2USj-fjJ5_U3h2Ue3NTV2kyqvxyc-mvzaF2QIakqIXbjJtjuzyte-FQc0HQ-eCZWzJQMnhyYqevw30V4VQdm9DFxqglWzaucBgROfqf5ZnctC_oAP/s1600/FremontCentr.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483091118841984722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVtatDjM4tc7sG6uCj0aNeEGxr1g2USj-fjJ5_U3h2Ue3NTV2kyqvxyc-mvzaF2QIakqIXbjJtjuzyte-FQc0HQ-eCZWzJQMnhyYqevw30V4VQdm9DFxqglWzaucBgROfqf5ZnctC_oAP/s400/FremontCentr.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 400px;" /></a>The eighties are back. And not only in music but in cover design too. Only the depressed looking artist are gone. They have been replaced by nerds.<br />
Freemont Center is one of those new bands that sound and look like Joy Division or Echo & the Bunnymen...<br />
They may want to fool young listeners from this era. but music lovers from the eighties have heard it all before.<br />
So there's actually nothing new on their debut album "Within his own will".<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Within his own will"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Freemont Center</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-87511394406718067292010-09-19T17:40:00.002+02:002010-09-19T17:44:37.787+02:00"Contrary to general belief" by Ghosts in Spanish Culture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3YSGoMdBbsAMavtZuhbB2aRkBdWeHT4py_sgiPncCLOiS_76ls_MhB12HYGaU7UUFy9bmWDxQOi05tDXQmPWahj7a0HWStDx4T3qbZjnbcp2IO6FJp97VnhlAnTOXd2T5x-NrP9KxkIC/s1600/zes2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3YSGoMdBbsAMavtZuhbB2aRkBdWeHT4py_sgiPncCLOiS_76ls_MhB12HYGaU7UUFy9bmWDxQOi05tDXQmPWahj7a0HWStDx4T3qbZjnbcp2IO6FJp97VnhlAnTOXd2T5x-NrP9KxkIC/s400/zes2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501124830895225522" /></a>Ghosts in Spanish Culture (a.k.a. GiSC) is a multiracial DJ/rap crew from Pamplona, Spain.<br />"Contrary to general belief" is their first album and it's entirely made with turntables. Of course they can't get all of the live energy onto a CD but their debut sounds nevertheless very hard and convincing. Although it's a bit weird to record an album completely made of ...album recordings. This a powerfull breakthrough of a very talented bunch of rap artists.<br />One of the best albums of this year. Not to be missed!<br /><br />"Contrary to general belief" by Ghosts in Spanish CultureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-50876911639351917902010-09-13T21:50:00.002+02:002010-09-14T20:59:13.554+02:00"The world is my country" by The Indian Queen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIXHNjwZouP8zm_i1i_yk-U04ACbNiwjdTbT0CVI3rqBIDvK144fiXCCsuHF2qmuidVZeU8AAlm6oJnp8nujn60VwrAIgWB0RKax9gOjcmKI1iIFh765T0nFBFKgVT7gtGiS6a9cboM5a/s1600/zes3.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIXHNjwZouP8zm_i1i_yk-U04ACbNiwjdTbT0CVI3rqBIDvK144fiXCCsuHF2qmuidVZeU8AAlm6oJnp8nujn60VwrAIgWB0RKax9gOjcmKI1iIFh765T0nFBFKgVT7gtGiS6a9cboM5a/s400/zes3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501125384085528130" /></a>Don't get them wrong, The Indian Queen is a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">band</span>. (Yes, that's what Debbie Harry from Blondie always stated too, about <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">her</span> band). Only in this case it's a one woman band. Carrie Gibson has been playing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">lo-fi</span> for years and she plays about all the instruments on her debut album herself. But that will be a bit difficult on her first world tour. That's why she formed a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">band</span>, called The Indian Queen.<div>I only hope she sounds as fresh, crisp and innocent as she does on "The world is my country".<br /><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"The world is my country"</span> by<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"> The Indian Queen</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6875078974627905718.post-2578328377182987542010-09-05T19:00:00.000+02:002010-09-05T19:01:58.816+02:00"Many people would sooner die than think" by Matthew Cox<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYmpJzbMAuOy3jBGoz1jj2ZawD91BYyFAkgyv4cTH2_1XEPAv4MEIE6sVDqz3R39GYHYfb_wB5YlnVxK-j3DFWb6TDZCDnRKfmpp-OXAw_XT8S51PZBb0rmuA_49_7D2OtEVC1SJd16h0/s1600/zes.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYmpJzbMAuOy3jBGoz1jj2ZawD91BYyFAkgyv4cTH2_1XEPAv4MEIE6sVDqz3R39GYHYfb_wB5YlnVxK-j3DFWb6TDZCDnRKfmpp-OXAw_XT8S51PZBb0rmuA_49_7D2OtEVC1SJd16h0/s400/zes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501124348275946162" /></a>The jury wasn't thrilled but the public went wild because of Matthew Cox on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Australia got talent</span>. What he does isn't breathtaking nor world shocking but the fans love him. As if they are looking for a new James Blunt. His debut single "You're the one" sold millions...<div>Now let's see who knows best, the record buying audience or the money making jury.</div><div>One thing is sure though: all contestants on talent shows lose, even the winners.</div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">"Many people would sooner die than think"</span> by <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Matthew Cox</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0