LISTEN: Pomplamoose good-ness!

found them on youtube!



Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/pomplamoosemusic

their videosongs are awesome! such a cute couple =)

check out my outfit blog: http://www.whatanniewears.com/

LISTEN: The XX

why is that so few good bands want to come to Vancouver?

well, Metric is coming but they are sold out already. I don't know if I will still be here for The Dø in September so I'm too afraid to buy tickets now!



and of course I already missed The xx. Dammit!

The xx are a three-piece band from London, England, formed in 2005. So far, 4 singles and 1 studio album have been released.

The xx on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thexx

LISTEN: Shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo Sugar Town

i'm obsessed with this song at the moment. it was originally sang by nancy sinatra =)

I got some troubles but they won't last
I'm gonna lay right down here in the grass
And pretty soon all my troubles will pass
'cause I'm in shoo-shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo-shoo
Shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo Sugar Town

I never had a dog that liked me some
Never had a friend or wanted one
So I just lay back and laugh at the sun
'cause I'm in shoo-shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo-shoo
Shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo Sugar Town

Yesterday it rained in Tennessee
I heard it also rained in Tallahassee
But not a drop fell on little old me
'cause I was in shoo-shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo-shoo
Shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo Sugar Town

If I had a million dollars or ten
I'd give to ya, world, and then
You'd go away and let me spend
My life in shoo-shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo-shoo
Shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo, shoo-shoo Sugar Town
la-la-la-la

LISTEN: Just You and Me

Zee Avi - Just You and Me

i adore her and this lovely song of hers =)

LISTEN: manchester orchestra

okay dudes, go listen to this song right here (preferably with your eyes closed, they don't have an official video yet and i can't find a music file for the song so do bare with the video)! do it, do it now! take my word you won't regret it.



wasn't it amazing? i thought that was wonderful too. told you you wouldn't regret it! i always always love it when my ipod shuffles and plays me this song.

here (links to youtube video "golden ticket") is another one of theirs with a sick video. foking brilliant!



another amazing song called i can barely breath. sorry no embed.

manchester orchestra is from atlanta, georgia. i heard one of their songs on cbc radio 1 last year and was blown away. they are coming to vancouver in may and i'm ecstatic! weeeeeeeee!

manchester orchestra myspace page

LISTEN: white lies

Here's a hot new band from West London for you guys and dolls.



White Lies' debut album "To Lose My Life" was released earlier this year and reached no.1 on the UK Album Chart. BBC has also picked them as one of the "Artists to Watch in 2009".

To lose my life.



Most of their videos are blocked on youtube, there are lots of other songs to check out, make damn sure you do!

White Lies Myspace page

LISTEN: placebo weeeeee!

i don't know why i have not yet talked about placebo. they are one of my favourite rock bands ever. and probably the most interesting.



i love the fact that the three major members all have different sexual orientation. Olsdal is homosexual, Hewitt is heterosexual (though he did leave the band last year), and Molko is bisexual. the only member they're missing now is a pansexual on percussion lol.

anyways onto the tunes.

i love pure morning. awesome lyrics!



the bitter end.



i love this performance of every you every me they did at the reading festival.



so they are not as active in the recent years, receiving less positive coverage from the music press, but i heard they have a new full length album coming out in 2009, which is totally exciting.

go to their myspace site to check out more tunes.

LISTEN: priscilla ahn

a lovely lovely song by priscilla ahn. she is so stunningly beautiful it's not even funny. i love her voice and the way she sings.



here is another one of hers. she is incredibly amazing here.

LISTEN: the foals

i'm listening to foals again!!



they are from oxford, england, where i lived and worked for a year! their first full length album came out just before i left oxford to come home. brad scored anthea a copy of their cd from this dj at a club. he was drunk at the time of course. what did you think?

cassius

earlier this year, they were high on everybody's list of bands to watch in 2008, but the hype did seem to die down soon after. i will admit that you may get tired of their tunes pretty quickly because of the repetitiveness of the lyrics and the similar concept used in many of their songs. not to mention the whiny vocals. however, as the members have claimed, they are different from all the other bands from oxford. at least the "sounding spacey" bit.

although not one of their big hits, this here is my favourite from them =D

two steps twice

foals official website
foals on myspace
foals on wiki

LISTEN: bright eyes is not your average band

You write such pretty words,
But life's no storybook.
Love's an excuse to get hurt.
And to hurt.
Do you like to hurt?
I do, I do.
Then hurt me,
Then hurt me,
Then hurt me...

- conor oberst (singer-songwriter/guitarist of bright eyes)

a lovely song by bright eyes.



conor oberst is a genius. coolest dude ever.

LISTEN: the killers' day & age

the killers' third album "day & age" is out. woop! everyone go get a copy!

"human" was the first single from the new album.



"tranquilize" was a collaboration with lou reed and was released in 2007.



and i like this one =)



their new album's awesome and all, just one complain though why the heck does the uk get it one day sooner than we do? that's so freaking unfair, they are americans (well not that i'm american but you know what i mean).

anyways i just got a copy and can't wait to listen to it.

and who says i'm against mainstream huh?