5 posts tagged “pop”
"Habanera (Tango Version)"
Foundations - Single
Official Site | MySpace | Amazon | Hypem | Lyrics
Similar Artists: Lily Allen • Regina Spektor • St. Vincent
Kate Nash is a London-born musician. Music blogs and mags are comparing her to Lily Allen and Regina Spektor which is spot on since her music is a perfect combination of the two musicians. Nash is already being touted as the next Lily Allen even though Allen is still developing her music. So, it's kind of weird to be calling someone the next *fill in new artist* since they're still maturing, but she really seems to be "the next Lily Allen". But soon, people will be saying so and so is the next Kate Nash. "Habanera" is a b-side off of her "Foundations" single.
Download "Foundations" via Archive.org
"Love Affair"
11:11
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Similar Artists: Fiona Apple • Jaymay • Laura Veirs • Casey Dienel
Regina Spektor is a Russian-born New Yorker who's a classically trained pianist and is another musician that's part of the anti-folk scene. Most of her songs are piano-driven that are astounding to listen to and is known for her "hiccups" which is apparent in "Edit". When she first moved to America as a child, she didn't understand English at all. After awhile, she started to pick it up, but pretended she didn't understand a word until she was asked a question in English and she answered it... in English. She's also a fan of The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players!
"All My Stars Aligned"
Marry Me
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Similar Artists: Leslie Feist • Regina Spektor • Laura Veirs
St. Vincent is the moniker of Annie Clark who has played for The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens. Her reason for the name? She says, "I felt like it could make the music 10 times bigger than I am. Besides, Annie Clark just doesn't have the same ring to it" (IndyWeek). Sometimes she reminds me of Zero 7 ("Land Mines") and sometimes she reminds me of Dusty Springfield ("What Me Worry?") and sometimes it feels like you're listening to movie since her songs are so cinematic at times ("All My Stars Aligned"). Simply fantastic musical compositions from such a young artist.
Download "Now Now" via Beggars Group USA
"Moonlight Serenade"
Salute You
MySpace | iTunes | Klicktrack | YouTube
Tupelo Honeys are a twin indie pop duo from Sweden. This is more of a song to sort of lift your spirits up I guess. I also posted about them over at WHM. So, click that link to hear 2 other tracks (one's a video).
Don't ever watch the sun without sunglasses on
Don't ever watch the moon on your own
Don't ever walk alone through the dark, endless nights
But the most important of all
Don't ever watch the stars alone
Math and Physics Club
"La La La Lisa"
Math and Physics Club
Official Site | iTunes | Hype Machine | Lyrics
A pop, upbeat track from Math and Physics Club... Math and Physics Club!!! My ass hurts from them being so kickass.