Niki & The Dove are this weeks choice for Weekend Tunage, I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again – there’s something in the water in Scandinavia. The caliber of pop music that’s been emerging from these countries over the past few years is damn high. Niki & The Dove have been on many peoples radar thanks to an inclusion in the Sound of 2012. I’m only just starting to get into their music, dark and twisty pop with tribal drums a plenty. Similarities to The Knife spring to mind also.
‘DJ Ease My Mind’ should help kick off your weekend, no nightclub required.
Dead Man’s Bones is the music project of Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields, their debut album (of the same title) was released back in 2009. I was definitely intrigued by this project when I first heard about it, two handsome movie stars making a concept album about zombies and monsters falling in love.
Sounds crazy, but oh boy does it work. I revisited the album whilst traveling this Christmas, and Pa Pa Power is one song I haven’t been able to stop listening since then. It should help close out your weekend on a mellow note.
Check out the rest of the album if you can. Still not convinced? If more convincing is needed then simply watch this.
Ok so there’s two reasons I’m posting this video.
1. The designer in me freaked when I realized the visuals directly compliment the color scheme of our site & logo. Yes, that is a good enough reason to post.
2. The tune is catchy as fuck.
Jonquil are part of Oxford music collective Blessing Force, home to other acts such as Trophy Wife (ex memebers of Jonquil) & Chad Valley. ‘It’s My Part’ is taken from the bands forthcoming third album – Point of Go.
If you’re interested as to how they got to the point of releasing their third album, their facebook bio sums it up quite nicely:
recorded an album in our bedrooms // released an album // played a few shows // recorded another album in a deserted house // toured all over europe // built a studio // built another studio // went to america // recorded an album in a proper studio
Listen & enjoy.
Chairlift’s album Something is fast becoming my most played since the start of the year. Have a listen to the album in full above, if you like 80′s inspired pop this will make for a nice mid-week listen. Something is available now on iTunes.
Since the holidays we’ve been slightly neglecting Weekend Tunage every Friday, but this week it’s back and it’s a bit of a family affair!
My brother Francesco and I have pretty much aligned music taste, he’s introduced me to new bands and I’ve introduced him to a few more! I asked him to choose a song for Weekend Tunage and what came back to me was this indie rock jem from DFA signed band Free Energy.
The track, also titled ‘Free Energy’ is a fun rock tune showing it’s influences on its sleeve. Think Thin Lizzy with a punky twist. The more cowbell rule definitely applies for this song. Enjoy!
Just before the new year, Miike Snow gave us the first taste of what their new album might sound like with ‘Devil’s Work’, today we’ve got one more piece of the puzzle: ‘Paddling Out’ – this bodes well for the new album which is titled Happy To You and due out on the 27th March via Downtown/Universal.
One of the best tunes I’ve heard this year! Well, as 2012 is less than 2 weeks old that’s not saying much, but this tune ‘Come Save Me‘ by former Lost Valentino, Jagwar Ma is pleasing me no end. It’s starts with a Phil Spector-ish wall of sound drumbeat reminiscent of The Ronettes, Be my [...]
Following on from yesterday’s post featuring our favorite albums and EPs of 2011, today we’re highlighting our favorite songs. The list below is again in no particular order, the songs we chose may not have necessarily been singles, but were tracks on albums – we’re basically highlighting any tune we heard over the past year that had an immediate effect on us and firmly stayed in our minds. Enjoy!
