Do you ask yourself sometimes what life is all about? Is there something called destiny? Is there a god? Did he/she have a son? And if so and his name would be Jesus wouldn’t you ask:
What Would Jesus Drive?
Maybe a Mini? Or a small Skoda? Could even be an electronic donkey nowadays. ;-)
That would be more like a ride, not?
Fragile Mansions
If Jesus would be in a band called WWJD? He should drive something louder, something more powerful. They declare themselves as an “indie-electro lo-fi punk rock band”.
The Girls Are In Charge
Do we hear Bloc Party? Do we hear The Ting Tings? Tell me what you hear!!!
And enjoy the party. :-)
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Friday, 10 February 2012
ZWOA
You will have truly mastered the Icelandic language when you can sip "kaffi" from a saucer through a "molasykur" between your teeth while saying: "Það er gott að sjá þig".*
Robert Asgeirsson
* kaffi=coffee - molasykur=sugar cube
Það er gott að sjá þig=It is nice to see you
Thank god, “Of Monsters And Men” sing in English so that we can easily understand their song lyrics.
“Though the truth may vary this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore”
Little Talks is their earwig, a song that rotates in your head for a long time. “My Head Is An Animal”, their debut album is full of sing-along, dance-along and jump-along-around (:-)) songs. One could call their music folkpop, I would label it funny, fresh and energetic.
Existing of five men and one woman you could surely guess who is the monster. :-)
"The salty ocean wind, made the seagulls cry"
From Finner
In fact the use of a female voice as well as a male voice (Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar þórhallsson) is one of the main magic ingredients in this musical potpourri.
Listen and enjoy for yourself.
Robert Asgeirsson
* kaffi=coffee - molasykur=sugar cube
Það er gott að sjá þig=It is nice to see you
Thank god, “Of Monsters And Men” sing in English so that we can easily understand their song lyrics.
“Though the truth may vary this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore”
Little Talks is their earwig, a song that rotates in your head for a long time. “My Head Is An Animal”, their debut album is full of sing-along, dance-along and jump-along-around (:-)) songs. One could call their music folkpop, I would label it funny, fresh and energetic.
Existing of five men and one woman you could surely guess who is the monster. :-)
"The salty ocean wind, made the seagulls cry"
From Finner
In fact the use of a female voice as well as a male voice (Nanna Bryndis Hilmarsdóttir and Ragnar þórhallsson) is one of the main magic ingredients in this musical potpourri.
Listen and enjoy for yourself.
Thursday, 9 February 2012
EINS
So this is it, the very first post on this brand-new blog. I'm afraid that what I'm listening to at the moment is not that brand-new anymore. However, to me it is, and I am actually quite excited about it.
Have you ever checked out WatchListenTell on Youtube? If not, do so straightaway. The channel has 'only' uploaded a mere 32 videos so far, but all of them are well worth watching - taking live music onto the street once again. A range of artists, mostly somewhat connected to indie music, are asked to do an acoustic set in some odd place - disused railway tracks, parks, homes, houseboats...the sound is excellent, the look of the films, too. I'm not good at describing visuals, but they use a mellow retro design which whizzes you into summer no matter how sad the music might be. A perfect blend of sound and visuals.
I just figured this is somehow related to the name of our blog - a collection of curiosities, and - taadaaa- now I have finally made the connection: Absynthe Minded, a Belgian band, have one of their songs recorded with WLT. It's called Envoi . And it is pure beauty. Sooo I got interested and checked out their other stuff, that is their self titled 2009 album, only to find out that every single song that I have been listening to is unexpectedly different from the last, varying from jazz, piano sounds and rock'n roll tunes to strange slow tracks such as 'Moodswing, Baby', and klezmer and/or gypsy sounds like on 'Fortress Europe'. (BTW: Did you notice the underlying theme of collections, varieties and curiosities?) Apparently that's also the sound the band chose in their earlier years - they have released 4 records so far. As I said, they're not brand-new, so there's plenty to discover. At least for me - they're big in Belgium. Wherever that is.
Have you ever checked out WatchListenTell on Youtube? If not, do so straightaway. The channel has 'only' uploaded a mere 32 videos so far, but all of them are well worth watching - taking live music onto the street once again. A range of artists, mostly somewhat connected to indie music, are asked to do an acoustic set in some odd place - disused railway tracks, parks, homes, houseboats...the sound is excellent, the look of the films, too. I'm not good at describing visuals, but they use a mellow retro design which whizzes you into summer no matter how sad the music might be. A perfect blend of sound and visuals.
I just figured this is somehow related to the name of our blog - a collection of curiosities, and - taadaaa- now I have finally made the connection: Absynthe Minded, a Belgian band, have one of their songs recorded with WLT. It's called Envoi . And it is pure beauty. Sooo I got interested and checked out their other stuff, that is their self titled 2009 album, only to find out that every single song that I have been listening to is unexpectedly different from the last, varying from jazz, piano sounds and rock'n roll tunes to strange slow tracks such as 'Moodswing, Baby', and klezmer and/or gypsy sounds like on 'Fortress Europe'. (BTW: Did you notice the underlying theme of collections, varieties and curiosities?) Apparently that's also the sound the band chose in their earlier years - they have released 4 records so far. As I said, they're not brand-new, so there's plenty to discover. At least for me - they're big in Belgium. Wherever that is.
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