Interdependance Dance [MP3] Fire Dream [MP3] Adrian lives in the juncture between Jazz, Rock and Balkan music. Adrian’s music seem to borrow some of the aesthetic values of an Eastern European wedding, but provides a totally different take. Listen to his music long enough and you will find every genre you want there. So far I found Blues, Jazz, Balkan music and even Progressive Rock. I am still digging into it with every listen, each time a different segment captures my attention and again breaks the borders of yet another genre. In a way, this album embodies the true meaning of Indie music - to mix all that’s good in a new and exciting way with no respect to borders. Links: Artist page @ K Recs
Tom Waits and the Kronos Quartet - Down in the Hole [MP3]
On September 21st, 2003 a live charity concert was recorded at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York. Among the participants were the Dali Lama, Tom Waits, the Kronos Quartet and Phillip Glass. Tom Waits presents here a rare orchestral adaptation of his music. Accompanied by the string quartet and in a live atmosphere his music wears a refreshing form. However, it’s still Wait’s wonderful voice, and this can only mean one thing - pure delight. Links: Buy this album Healing the Divide
Poison [MP3] Green Field [MP3] Complaining about a bad review of a gig, Mick Jagger whined a short while ago that the gig was great and that the review ruins it for the fans. Well, this is not Rock attitude. To be honest, a true rocker would have calmly ignore the reviews or yell at them loud and clear to fuck off. Maybe Rock is something that goes away with the age, although Iggy Pop seems to contradict it.
The Spinster Sister, on the other hand, are young, fresh and make wonderful Rock. It’s not hard and not soft, it’s not polite, but it’s honest. This is how Rock should be (did someone say PJ Harvey or Mötley Crüe?). If the critics don’t like it? Well, fuck ‘em. This, dear Jagger, is what you lost along the way. With an upcoming new album, titled Lucky Drill, there’s something to look forward to. Links: MySpace profile
Goodbye [MP3] Thirteen Things [MP3] Goodbye (video clip) [YouTube] The elephants parade. Despite their size they make little noise. They are introverted subtle beings, stilling a hug and a kiss from a loved one even when surrounded by a crowd. They create subtle caressing music, which its power is in its quietness, in its being very personal and delicate. Well, they might not be big like elephants, but Elephant Parade still make a music that seems to project the emotional world of this gentle giant mammal. Small music for huge emotional landscapes. Links: Official website Buy this record MySpace Profile Elephant Parade wallpaper
Between two solar systems, somewhere in the blank space, you can find Under Byen. Between Sigur Ros and Björk. Every mass, even the smallest one, generates a gravitational force which its strength is relative to its size. Solar systems are huge masses and therefore create powerful gravitational fields. The apple in your kitchen is small, but still attracts. Under Byen are balanced - from one direction they are pulled by Björk and from the other side by Sigur Rós. Two giant forces, and one small point balanced between them, mixing both powers into its own special sense of stability. Videos: Tindrer (live) [YouTube] Det Er Mig Der Holder Traeerne Sammen [YouTube] Af Samme Stof Som Stof [YouTube] Plantage (amazing quality) [Flash Video] Links: Under Byen @ Myspace AllMusic entry Official website
Michal Lotan - If You Wanted Me Once [MP3] Michal Lotan - I Feel That You Need Me [MP3] Rotem Or - Sniff [MP3] Rotem Or - Suzzane [MP3] Michal Lotan
Lotan does a sweet combination between Jazz and Folk. There’s no other words that come to mind, while I am sitting here trying to describe her voice, it’s just sweet. Such a short and trivial word, but yet so accurate. If ’sweet’ was created to describe only one thing, it would be Michal’s voice. Rotem Or
If I am into the business of single-worded-tagging, then I have to tag this one as well. ‘Soft’ is the word Rotem’s music will get. This word was not created for her, and her music has much more, and much less, into it, but this is that tag of choice. I think I hear in her music what I want to hear - memories. She reminds me of the early works of Heather Nova, a personal favorite of mine during my high school days. Still when browsing my CDs, the most records I have by a single artist is R.E.M and Heather Nova, both from that time. It seems that when my listening habits widened, they swallowed my ability to really concentrate on single artist. Soft, that’s what she gets, and memories is what she wakes in me. We all find what we want in music, I find softness. We all hear what we want, I hear memories. Links: Michal Lotan @ Birdsong [MP3s] Rotem Or @ MySpace Rotem Or’s CD for download @ Hashart (scroll down a bit, Hebrew site) [MP3s]
Mogwai - Punk Rock [video]
Mogwai's song entitled "Punk Rock" from the album "Come On Die Young" in sync with the video of Iggy Pop's Interview footage with Peter Gzowski (which the song samples).
1 Hour In 20 Minutes - Bespoke [MP3]
Join Hermione as she champions the wise and witty words of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Flight Of The Conchords, Billy Bragg, Paul Kelly and more in our final 1 In 20...
This is the last podcast of this wonderful show. It's truly a shame to see it end.