Posts tagged pop

Don’t you love full album covers as much as I do? Here’s a rather original: I’ve never considered Sade’s fourth album “Love Deluxe” from 1992 something special, in fact, I never considered any of Sade’s smooth jazz-pop stuff somewhat special. A beautiful woman with an interesting but not very skilled voice, not bad, but nothing that attracts me. Yet, the US indie rock band The Rosebuds consider this album more than »a constant influence«. Well, even if you don’t like (or know) the original that much, this turns out to be a rather organic version of the 20 years old material. Well done. Recommended!

Am I wrong or is Noisetrade becoming an insider tip for promoting new releases by mainstream artists (no offence intended)? After Amanda Palmer a couple of days ago, here’s a free Aimee Mann EP, introducing her new release “Charmer” (with one track) and a couple of nice tracks from older releases.

Tracklist:

1. Charmer (from the forthcoming album Charmer)
2. Little Tornado (from the album @#%&*! Smilers)
3. That’s How I knew This Story Would Break My Heart (from the album The Forgotten Arm)
4. It’s Not (from the album Lost in Space)
5. You Do (from the album Bachelor No 2)

»It feels good, but is it good enough? Take to the men in white coats …«

This may be my personal soundtrack for this rather humble summer. Excellent psychedelic pop/rock with a lot of 70ies taste and hints of Beatles, 10CC, Porcupine Tree and early Brian Eno (the pop-Eno, not the ambient Eno).

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So here I am once more in the playground of the … of wait, that’s another thing: So here I am once more, re-establishing my ever infamous #musicmonday articles in which I tend to present my free music findings that I would love to share with you. While you have to wait a little longer for my Best-of-2011-list, this might be a preview to my list, because I really find this late 2011-release (it came out only on December 15th) one of the best, most promising pop/rock releases of the past year.

Check out Berlin based Peter Dick aka. Ludwig and his brillaint EP “Koltrast” and his quite catchy, yet intelligent non-boring electro pop/rock, somewhere between Radiohead and cool early indie stuff from the 80ies. 10 astonishingly well produced, well played and well sung tracks, released under CC license on the excellent Aerotone digital label.

Preview here:

and download here:

http://www.aerotone.net/release/6/ludwig-koltrast

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First the best Tori Amos release since ages with “Night of Hunters”, then the fantastic and glorious return of Björk with “Biophilia”… and now a very promising single from the forthcoming Kate Bush album “50 Words for Snow”. The most important women in pop/rock music are back for good.

Today’s #musicmonday proposal really comes from my heart, I simply love this artist: Woodstock-based singer/songwriter Sarah Fimm is without any doubt one of the most talented, versatile and surprising artists I’ve known during the past years. Since she appeared on the musical scene, she produced some very fine albums and EPs, exploring the many musical styles including melancholic pop, rock, folk and even electronic music. She has a lovely voice and is a very good songwriter and makes sure, that her releases are remarkably well produced. Though she is not a part of the creative commons music world, a lot of her stuff is available for free. Sarah encourages to share her music (see below “Karma Phala Project”) and to spread the word among friends. I’ve never met an artist, that treats the listener with more love, respect and sympathy than Sarah Fimm.

Her latest CD, “Near Infinite Possibility”, is probably her best, surely her most versatile release to date. A couple of weeks ago, she set half of the full album free for downloading and sharing via the 100% legal frostclick.com torrent/music sharing network.

Sarah Fimm - Yellow by Two Sheps That Pass

Do yourself a favour, get this torrent, it’s really worth downloading and listening - and let me tell you that Sarah made sure to include some, but not all of the highlights of the CD in this download, so you might want to spent a couple of bucks and buy the rest of her album. Or check her beautiful website for more free downloads such as the wonderful Karma Phala Project (on → Facebook | → blog article (in German) | →  direct link to download). Support Sarah Fimm, a great artist and a generous and wonderful person.

Get it here → http://www.frostclick.com/wp/index.php/2011/07/07/sarah-fimm-near-infinite-possibility/ (Article with infos and links) or here → Direct link to the torrent (torrent client required)

Related Links:
Sarah Fimm Offcial Website
Sarah Fimm on Myspace
Sarah Fimm on Facebook
Sarah Fimm on Twitter