Songbird
Jun
28
Gives Me A Reason
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So I kind of took a impromptu vacay from the little bloggy blog. Life kind of just caught up with me for a moment. I have been thinking about posting for days, just couldn’t get within typing distance. But I am here now! Yay!
Came across Sarah Jaffe, her full length debut was released back in April… She certainly caught my ear with her emotional singer-songwriter folk, one listen and you will be hooked just as I was. Enjoy! xx
mp3:Â Summer Begs
Suburban Nature 2010 (Kirtland Records)
Jun
22
They Had Light Inside Their Eyes
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(this album cover freaks me out a little though)
L O V E.
There is really nothing else to say other than, LOVE.
I love the soaring indie pop of, Stars.
Catch them as they travel East on the final leg of their tour.
mp3: Dead Hearts
The Five Ghosts 2010 (Arts & Crafts)
Jun
21
In Celebration
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Read wonderful news today… New Radiohead coming late this year… Yes please! They say it is something totally different but I trust that is nothing but good news. I am excited but trying not to think it over too much as I don’t want to jinx anything.
In honor of this excellent news here is an acoustic version from a recoding based in Los Angeles in 1994. I don’t know which I love more, the original full version or this acoustic treat… It is a tough one.
mp3:Â Banana Co (Acoustic)
Pablo Honey Collectors Edition
Unplugged The Complete Acoustic Sessions
Original can be found on The Bends Collectors Edition
Jun
17
So Breathe On, Sister Breathe On
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I feel like I have been sitting in traffic most of the week…
I am angry, need to train myself to just chill out. Let it roll off my back… It is hard, a constant struggle of knowing that all these little petty annoyances are nothing in the grand scheme of things. I know this. Just need to constantly apply it in my day to day life.
This song has always put me at ease. The beat calms my soul and the voice on Beth Gibbons makes all my troubles go away. It shuffled on in my car right as I got on the freeway heading home from work. I turned it up.
mp3:Â It’s A Fire
Dummy 1994 (Polygram Records)
p.s Portishead has a new song out, Chase The Tear (eMusic)
Jun
14
Must I
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So ever since I first listened to Dead Heart Bloom I have pretty much fallen head over heals in love with their music.
I want to give the whole band a big hug, scream their name from the top of a mountain so everyone knows just how awesome they are.
It only takes one listen to fall in love with them. Everyone I have suggested them to has adored their music and then recommended it to a few other people and so on and so on… This makes me ever so happy inside.
Dead Heart Bloom has a new album coming out in August 2010… Very excited. They are releasing an unreleased track each week up until they release the album. Must I is a track that the band just couldn’t fit on to their 2008 EP, In Chains. I love it. xx
Unreleased Tracks – Recorded in 2008/Released as free download in 2010
Jun
9
Heavy In Your Arms
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I had a one-track mind today, The Twilight: Eclipse Soundtrack.
As I have mentioned before I could care less about the movie or the books, but I do know the music is always going to be good. It is certain that you will find a favorite song, maybe a few.
When I heard Heavy In Your Arms from Florence + The Machine, my heartbeat started to increase. I might have even squealed and jumped around a bit… I love the deep booming bass along with Florence Welch’s wailing vocals, this song is easily one of my favorite songs of 2010. Brilliant.
mp3:Â Heavy In Your Arms
Twilight: Eclipse Soundtrack 2010 (Chop Shop)
Jun
7
Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses
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The translation of La Vie En Rose is Life through rose-colored glasses.
I want to see the world through rose-colored glasses.
So tonight, I went back in time…
Perfection.
mp3: La Vie En Rose
All Time Greatest Hits 1994 (Geffen)
Jun
6
Hey all, Pip here, long time no see!
This little happy gem of a movie is brought to us by Jean-Pierre Jeunet: the genius behind everyone’s favorite Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain (or just Amelie for us). This film takes place in that same fantasy world. In fact it is so fantastical, the eye of the camera is so free, it’s closer to an animated film most of the time than anything. The story is pretty simple, and somewhat melancholy in its setup. A boy loses his father to a landmine, the army even sends a picture of the landmine with his father’s personal effects. After his mother loses her mind, he is sent off to boarding school where he escapes and we find him thirty years later miming every word to old movies and working in a video store. A miraculous accident happens and he’s shot in the head, yet survives with the bullet still lodged in there. Due to the logos of both weapons manufacturers being right there on both the landmine and the bullet casing, he one day comes across both of the companies and they happen to be right across the street from each other. So starts his journey to get revenge for his life, so shattered by both of these companies.
He finds himself adopted by the cast of this film, and each has their own unique way of helping. I could write a paragraph for each character and then some, that’s how alive everyone was. Even if they had very little screen time relative to others, each made their mark. Dany Boon and Julie Ferrier both steal the show with their leading parts. Dany plays Bazil, the simple man who is shot in the head and seeks revenge. He is simple, but not simple-minded in spite of your first impression of the man. He, after all, is the mastermind behind one of the best revenge plots I’ve seen. Do you remember the scenes in Amelie where she was sneaking into the mean vendor’s apartment trying to make him go crazy? It’s like that. Julie Ferrier is a contortionist that has a bit of a crush on Bazil, who is clueless at first of course, and wants to be a part of the plan no matter how dangerous and manly the mission. My absolute favorite part of the movie: that there was in fact a Plan B.
The bad guys were really bad, in their own legal way. At first they are just normal CEO types, but the more we get to know them, the more we get to see their true colors. Some of the scenes were very intense, Rachel almost had to hide a few times!
The film is whimsical when it wants to be, scary and serious when it wants to be, and cute as a button just about all the time. The world is what France is like in my head I think, having never been there in person. I thoroughly enjoyed everything from start to finish, and I look forward to seeing it again. I hope it gets wider distribution soon, so if it comes even within a long hike from you – I highly recommend it!
Jun
3
Home To Me
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I have to wonder why on short work weeks they always seem to take the longest to go by… I think this is just a “Rachel issue” but seriously it feels like it has been 2 work weeks already and we still have one more day to go. Sigh.
So I spent an hour in traffic on my way home today when usually it is about a 30 min drive door to door, I felt defeated…
I put my iPod on (my savior) and smiled when The Middle East shuffled on, they are playing 2 shows at The Music Box in LA today and tomorrow (coincidence?). Lovely little band that hails from Australia and who I have yet to see live but have heard nothing but wonderful things.
xx
mp3:Â Blood
The Recordings of the Middle East 2009 (Self Released)
Available at eMusic
Jun
1
Wise Beyond Your Years
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I melt when I hear Laura Marling sing… Melt into a puddle on the ground. Her smokey singer-songwriter folk songs combine with deep complicated lyrics, impressive… Beautiful. I love this new album…
mp3:Â Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
I Speak Because I Can 2010 (Astralwerks)
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