Gatsby Week: Florence + The Machine - Over The Love

A: Florence + The Machine
S: Over The Love
C: The Great Gatsby - OST

As always I'm in a bit of a love/hate relationship with any of La Welsh's songs. Her voice is beautifully dominant, but after twenty replays it becomes a bit too dominant ... right now I'm at number 19, I think.

... I don't want to see what I've seen.

Gatsby Week: The xx - Together

A: The xx
S: Together
C: The Great Gatsby - OST

The Great Gatsby soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's is out on Thursday and offers a star-studded list of the who's who in popular music. And since we didn't have a theme week on here in a while, I thought: Let's have a ball.

... I can’t feel all the things you’ve ever felt before.

Benjamin Biolay - Les Cerfs Volants

A: Benjamin Biolay
S: Les Cerfs Volants
C: Rose Kennedy

I was six years old, it was 1988, and I remember how I fell in love with a song for the first time. I love when that keeps happening - unrequited love, it's fantastic. Just like with this little gem by Benjamin Biolay.

... il y aura tout autour de nous.

Young Wonder Feat. Sacred Animals - Time

A: Young Wonder Feat. Sacred Animals
S: Time
C: Time - EP

Young Wonder is an electronic pop duo from Cork, Ireland (cool, I like that). They make music with big beats (wow, I like that too), euphoric synths (swell, I love that) and pitched vocals (jackpot, I guess).

... delicate is easy, delicate is more.

Martika - Love Thy Will Be Done

A: Martika
S: Love Thy Will Be Done
C: Martika's Kitchen

The 90s called and said they want to be on this blog. Anyway, I just realized that the best thing about any sort of disappointment is the carefree attitude you get when bouncing back from it, tickling your feet like a little dance that wants out.

... make me strive for the glorious and divine.

Mt. Wolf - Life Size Ghosts

A: Mt. Wolf
S: Life Size Ghosts
C: Life Size Ghosts - EP

Mt. Wolf are a new London-based folk/electronic band offering an eclectic and instantly appealing palette of folk, electronica and bass soundscapes. Their alluring sound is aptly termed "dreamfolk" - I second that. 

...life size ghosts, they have come to push you back.

SOHN - Bloodflows

A: SOHN
S: Bloodflows
C: Bloodflows

If I had known what a stir you can cause in Berlin when wearing shorts, I would have worn them all winter long. Anyway, this is SOHN with Bloodflows, the album is out in June, I think. Maybe it's just the single, who knows.

... contract killer prose calmly walks away as blood flows.

Radiohead - Reckoner

A: Radiohead
S: Reckoner
C: In Rainbows

Let's start the new week exactly the same way the last one ended. As randon as this might soung, it's actually not. Happy Monday, etc.

... because we separate like ripples on a blank shore.

Josef Salvat - Hustler

A: Josef Salvat
S: Hustler
C: Hustler - EP

Here's what I've learned: if you do it right, you can call it kissing. And if you do it perfectly, you can call it making-everybody-else-jealous. Just saying.

... I’ve got the heart of a hustler.

Lana Del Rey & Barrie-James O'Neill - Summer Wine

A: Lana Del Rey & Barrie-James O'Neill
S: Summer Wine
C: Summer Wine - Single

I know that nobody likes her and I am the only one who likes her, but the way she keeps just dropping little songs and videos out of nowhere is a swell thing, I think.

... a song that I had only sang to just a few.

John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts

A: John Grant
S: Pale Green Ghosts
C: Pale Green Ghosts

Here's what I've learned: Life is as fanatastic as bike the bike that you ride. And probably how you ride it. And maybe even whoever you ride it with. So choose your ride, carefully.

... I hope you conquer the world and turn it into your toy.

Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell - Get Lucky

A: Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell
S: Get Lucky
C: Get Lucky - Single

Here's what I've learned: There are two kinds of mornings, the ones when you are horny, and the ones when you are hung over. In short: One way or the other, they are both somehow annoying.

... the present has no rhythm.

Kendal Johansson - Blue Moon

A: Kendal Johansson
S: Blue Moon
C: Blue Moon - EP


In case you are wondering, it is a guy singing. In case you are wondering, the sound quality is intentionally low. In case you are wondering, it is because the song is haunting.

... if demons come while you're under, I'll be a blue moon in the sky.

Empire of the Sun - Alive

A:  Empire of the Sun
S: Alive
C: Ice On The Dune

May a sad morning make for a brighter tomorrow, in Boston, and always. And may you feel alive, most of all, and everywhere.

... freedom is within you.

Kassidy - Stray Cat

A: Kassidy
S: Stray Cat
C: Hope St.

It's funny how a beard makes a man. No? You look at a man who has a beard and things are just alright. So here's to Kassidy, their beards, and to every other beard in the whole wide world.

... your new religion won't show you the truth.

Postiljonen - Supreme

A: Postiljonen
S: Supreme
C: Supreme - EP

Wow, I've just noticed that there is a balcony attached to my appartment. What a marvellous thing to discover when you live on the top floor. 

... wherever you go, our love is all.
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Jessie Ware - Imagine It Was Us

A: Jessie Ware
S: Imagine It Was Us
C: Imagine It Was Us - Single

Here's what I've learned: Fridays are for drinking and Saturdays are for dancing. And Sundays are the biggest lie ever told.

... there must be a reason why it has to be you.

Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams

A: Lord Huron
S: Lonesome Dreams
C: Lonesome Dreams

Here's everything you wanted to know: Lord Huron is an American indie folk band based in Los Angeles. In 2010, Ben Schneider formed Lord Huron as a solo project and steadily added members, most of whom he has known since childhood.

... maybe this time I won't wake from the dream.

Sons Of The East - Hold On

A: Sons Of The East
S: Hold On
C: Hold On - EP

When you are trying to make a certain point, you sometimes make a completely different one. Which happened to me when I sent this video to a friend of mine with the subject: Mumford & Who? 

... so much trouble I must leave behind.

Zigitros - Who Ever (The Library Session)

A: Zigitros
S: Who Ever (The Library Session)
C: Yours Truly - EP

There is a distinct feeling I get when stepping outside in the morning, and it feels differently when I am in England or America. I missed that this morning. Anyway, this is Zigitros and you can download the Yours Truly EP for free.

... waiting, for this final touch to end.

New Found Land - Mirror

A: New Found Land
S: Mirror
C: New Found Land

There are bands like these when I am utterly surprised that I don't know them. But I guess that happens to the best of us. So here it is, my official introduction to New Found Land, from Sweden, by the way.

... your head is only full of sound.

The National - Demons

A: The National
S: Demons
C: Trouble Will Find Me

Today is Monday. And this is The National. Frankly, there is nothing more to say.

... I stay down with my demons.

Hot As Sun - When We Fell

A: Hot As Sun
S: When We Fell
C: Night Time Sound Desire

Here's all I can say for today, which is a miracle in itself and also a revelation that should be shared: Spend more Sunday afternoons with French people. If you do, you will realize why.

... we live in a world of our own.

Oppenheimer Analysis - The Devil's Dancers

A: Oppenheimer Analysis
S: The Devil's Dancers
C: New Mexico

Here's what I have learned: There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who dance, and those who don't. Or to put it in the words of an infamous country song: If you have the chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.

... whatever comes tomorrow happened yesterday.

Still Corners - Berlin Lovers

A: Still Corners
S: Berlin Lovers
C: Strange Pleasures (out 07.05.13)

There is Berlin in the title, so it must be corny, is what I thought. But it turns out Berlin Lovers is actually a pretty neat song. Even if you live in Berlin. And the album, Strange Pleasures, is out early May.

... we fell into a hole of love, yeah.

The Flaming Lips & Bon Iver - Ashes In The Air

A: The Flaming Lips & Bon Iver
S: Ashes In The Air
C: Ashes In The Air - EP

It is The Flaming Lips and Bon Iver, there isn't really much else that has to be said. Except maybe that Terror, The Flaming Lips upcoming album, is released on April 16th.

... you and me were both so fucked, in the good way.

Sally Shapiro Feat. Electric Youth - Starman

A: Sally Shapiro Feat. Electric Youth
S: Starman
C: Somewhere Else

Here's what I've learned: If life gives you a dancefloor, dance.

... the future is past, you're from a different time.

London Grammar - Metal & Dust

A: London Grammar
S: Metal & Dust
C: Metal & Dust - EP

I think I am hairophobic. As soon as I am in a room with many people with much hair, it gives me the creeps. It's like claustrophobic but much worse. Apparently there is no cure. Except maybe scissors.

... stay awake in the middle of the night.

LeMi Feat. James Reid & Natasha Flame - All I See Is You

A:  LeMi Feat. James Reid & Natasha Flame
S: All I See Is You
C: All I See Is You - EP

If you should notice a sudden increase of dance music on this site, please be kind and don't blame it on me. Blame it on the boogie. And on Berlin. And maybe the monster dieso squad. You know who you are.

... everywhere I go, no matter what I do, everywhere I look.