Hello friends, it's been way too long, I've postponed this post for too long, and now it's going to be a mega-ultra post, sorry about that. Also soundslike.blogspot.com or remindsmeof.blogspot.com may have been a better URL for this poor excuse of a blog.
The new/latest Hot Chip-single has got a killer chorus, a weird video, and some use of vocoder/auto-tune that's kind of ruining the verse for me. Something about the melody/rhythm of the second part of the chorus reminds me of Madonna - La Isla Bonita
The new Tiga single also has a ring to it. It reminds of this Dutch song and this German elektro classic.
Love or hate, but Lady Gaga is a blessing for pop music in 2010. The video which you've seen already is very Tarantino-esque, which prompted him to want to use her as a killer in one of his next movies. Anyone can hear the obvious The Way I Are-influence in the post-chorus part.
Being genuinly touched by a song on the radio, it doesn't really happen that often (let's not discuss November Rain right here), but recently, it happened to me with the new Eels single. I've heard the End Times album is really sad, the new "Sea Change"? Gonna check this.
Roisin Murphy is back with a new single. It has got a truely awesome bassline. Like this.
Like the new Wolfmother single a lot more than the comeback single. This time around, the alround retro sound (vocally, this has to be the new Ozzy), the start-stop riffing and poppy sound make it work as a radio-single.
I'm kind of torn about the new Kate Nash single. Like the piano riff, the lyrical theme, but hate the production. Why skip the second verse? What's up with the bombastic chorus production? Who needs that brass section in the second chorus? Totally ripped the intro guitar riff from a Regina Spektor song. Didn't like the first album, but the second album should be a little different.
My favourite radio single of the last weeks would have to be this one. Lush seventies production, like the vocals and the bassline. Gainsbourg-approved, top notch material!
The same type of guitar riffing is also used in this Scissor Sisters and this Destiny's Child song.
And to close this off, a classic smooth, groovy song by the otherwise unknown band The Waitresses. Enjoy!
Monday, April 12, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
A heart that hurts is a heart that works
This week's song to put on endless repeat while playing 'just one more game' of bejeweled blitz:
Don't like the other Marina and the Diamonds tracks too much (I'm missing a personal/emotional touch in the songwriting, but maybe that's just me), but this is a solid gold hit in my book. Much like her contemporaries, this isn't really very original stuff, just a lot of good elements mixed together: the intro with the tribal drums is a little bat for lashes, some vocal acrobacy, her voice (the 'oo-ooooh'-s) reminds me of someone, I'm guessing Siouxsie Sioux.
Anyway, killer chorus, killer smile. Finished right after Ellie Goulding on the BBC Ten for 2010 list, so you know what's up.
Here's an ultracatchy track with some falsetto vocals, very hard not to tap your feet along to this. In fact, the non-chorus melody part of this track sounds a lot like the Hairglow - Let it go track. It really does.
Another candidate for the top 10 singles of 2010, a song in the ever so popular Fleet Foxes/Band of Horses-department, a well crafted song with some original (the percussion!) touches.
Now for some creative musical 'borrowing':
Is it me or does the new Passion Pit single sound A LOT like Heartbeats by The Knife in the Rex the Dog remix?
And some lyrical borrowing, the new, more or less atypical, single 'White lights and black holes' by Placebo (no video available) borrows the line "A heart that hurts is a heart that works" -line from the grungy nineties track "Universal heartbeat" by Juliana Hatfield:
Been checking out some 'In treatment' episodes on the FoxLife channel lately. This series is for anyone that liked all the therapy sessions in the Soprano's or into psychology in general. Show is centered around a therapist, a series consist of 5 clients he sees on a weekly basis. Episode starts as the client enters and ends when he/she exits, so it's pretty static, but the dialogue is good so I'm digging this. Apparently, the main character goes to see his own therapist every once in a while, but I've yet to witness this. One of the characters is a young college girl that gets diagnosed with Lymphoma. I love Alison Pill's smile a lot:
Don't like the other Marina and the Diamonds tracks too much (I'm missing a personal/emotional touch in the songwriting, but maybe that's just me), but this is a solid gold hit in my book. Much like her contemporaries, this isn't really very original stuff, just a lot of good elements mixed together: the intro with the tribal drums is a little bat for lashes, some vocal acrobacy, her voice (the 'oo-ooooh'-s) reminds me of someone, I'm guessing Siouxsie Sioux.
Anyway, killer chorus, killer smile. Finished right after Ellie Goulding on the BBC Ten for 2010 list, so you know what's up.
Here's an ultracatchy track with some falsetto vocals, very hard not to tap your feet along to this. In fact, the non-chorus melody part of this track sounds a lot like the Hairglow - Let it go track. It really does.
Another candidate for the top 10 singles of 2010, a song in the ever so popular Fleet Foxes/Band of Horses-department, a well crafted song with some original (the percussion!) touches.
Now for some creative musical 'borrowing':
Is it me or does the new Passion Pit single sound A LOT like Heartbeats by The Knife in the Rex the Dog remix?
And some lyrical borrowing, the new, more or less atypical, single 'White lights and black holes' by Placebo (no video available) borrows the line "A heart that hurts is a heart that works" -line from the grungy nineties track "Universal heartbeat" by Juliana Hatfield:
Been checking out some 'In treatment' episodes on the FoxLife channel lately. This series is for anyone that liked all the therapy sessions in the Soprano's or into psychology in general. Show is centered around a therapist, a series consist of 5 clients he sees on a weekly basis. Episode starts as the client enters and ends when he/she exits, so it's pretty static, but the dialogue is good so I'm digging this. Apparently, the main character goes to see his own therapist every once in a while, but I've yet to witness this. One of the characters is a young college girl that gets diagnosed with Lymphoma. I love Alison Pill's smile a lot:
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
I want to hear every beat of your heart
The Drums is ranked 5th in the BBC 10 for 2010-list. Dudes seem to be a little sketchy, and I saw a pretty bad live video, but they do have a couple of good singles.
Even though it's way too early for summer vibes, 'I want to go surfing' is a nice track that proves you don't need a whole lot to make a good song: a nervous bass line, some surfrock guitar riffs and some of the most cheerful whistling a whole time:
Another song by these New Yorkers that didn't even make it onto their ep, is "I felt stupid", which I listened to on endless repeat one night when I was playing Bejeweled Blitz into oblivion. Excellent track with some Cure and Smiths echo's, maybe an idea for that last track you needed for that valentine's day mixtape? I must warn you though that the music video is like, REALLY gay.
While we're on the subject of Valentine's, I like the new Hot Chip too. Maybe not as suited to heat up the dancefloor as 'Ready for the floor', but still, a very well crafted little track.
I checked some mixtapes by other people, and this was one of the standout tracks. High places is a duo that sound like a modern version of Dirty Projectors meets Cocteau Twins on vocoders or whatever.
I literally got up this morning and 2 songs from the nineties just sprang to mind like that, so I'm going to feed you some more random nineties stuff.
The Posies are not down with embedding videos.
I like some of the snippets of the new Joanna Newsom, but apparently, the successor to her last full-album is shaping up to be a TRIPLE album. As much as I liked most of 'Ys', sitting through one full-album of hers was hard enough already, so I'm not really sure whether this is really the best plan.
Couple of interesting concerts coming up: This Thursday offers the choice between Maria Timm @ Bruges (11/02 Cactus) and Beach House @ Ghent (11/02 Vooruit), both reasonably priced and not sold out when I checked yesterday. The Horrors (Minnemeers Ghent and Botanique Brussels) are playing 2 dates too, but I'm glad I caught them at Rock Herk because it seems they got a little expensive. Times New Viking @ Charlatan Ghent 23/03 too.
Then 2 more bands I used to be avid fan of but not so much anymore, both on weekdays: The New Pornographers (who haven't really done much since their latest effort 'Challengers') at Botanique BXL on May 25th and Los Campesinos!at the same venue on March 18th. These Cardiff youngsters had to replace their keyboard player and just have a new record out (3rd one in 18 months, can't blame them for not being productive) called 'Romance is boring'. Can't get into the new singles, but the video for the title track does have a nice bit of cleavage in it, so here you go:
Even though it's way too early for summer vibes, 'I want to go surfing' is a nice track that proves you don't need a whole lot to make a good song: a nervous bass line, some surfrock guitar riffs and some of the most cheerful whistling a whole time:
Another song by these New Yorkers that didn't even make it onto their ep, is "I felt stupid", which I listened to on endless repeat one night when I was playing Bejeweled Blitz into oblivion. Excellent track with some Cure and Smiths echo's, maybe an idea for that last track you needed for that valentine's day mixtape? I must warn you though that the music video is like, REALLY gay.
While we're on the subject of Valentine's, I like the new Hot Chip too. Maybe not as suited to heat up the dancefloor as 'Ready for the floor', but still, a very well crafted little track.
I checked some mixtapes by other people, and this was one of the standout tracks. High places is a duo that sound like a modern version of Dirty Projectors meets Cocteau Twins on vocoders or whatever.
I literally got up this morning and 2 songs from the nineties just sprang to mind like that, so I'm going to feed you some more random nineties stuff.
The Posies are not down with embedding videos.
I like some of the snippets of the new Joanna Newsom, but apparently, the successor to her last full-album is shaping up to be a TRIPLE album. As much as I liked most of 'Ys', sitting through one full-album of hers was hard enough already, so I'm not really sure whether this is really the best plan.
Couple of interesting concerts coming up: This Thursday offers the choice between Maria Timm @ Bruges (11/02 Cactus) and Beach House @ Ghent (11/02 Vooruit), both reasonably priced and not sold out when I checked yesterday. The Horrors (Minnemeers Ghent and Botanique Brussels) are playing 2 dates too, but I'm glad I caught them at Rock Herk because it seems they got a little expensive. Times New Viking @ Charlatan Ghent 23/03 too.
Then 2 more bands I used to be avid fan of but not so much anymore, both on weekdays: The New Pornographers (who haven't really done much since their latest effort 'Challengers') at Botanique BXL on May 25th and Los Campesinos!at the same venue on March 18th. These Cardiff youngsters had to replace their keyboard player and just have a new record out (3rd one in 18 months, can't blame them for not being productive) called 'Romance is boring'. Can't get into the new singles, but the video for the title track does have a nice bit of cleavage in it, so here you go:
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