Daphne Willis' music is optimistic and easy going, but that's not to say that she doesn't display a wide range of emotions. The Chicago-based frontgirl entertains with her bluesy and often twangy guitar but mixes it up with horns, charisma and sometimes the Cookie Monster...
Give her a good listen and then when her LP What to Say is released (sometime soon, hopefully) go out and buy it.
I always forget that Grey's Anatomy picks really good music. That is, until I "discover" (or rediscover, as I did in this case) a song/artist I love and find out they had songs on the show.
It's really difficult to describe William Fitzsimmons because everything is multifaceted.
His style is similar to Iron and Wine (with the beard) but he's not afraid to mix his mellow folk tunes up with electronic effects. He plays several instruments which he picked up from his blind parents. His soft voice and melodies make it easy to believe his day job as a therapist.
"So This is Goodbye" was released on his most recent album Derivatives (2010). On the same album, Fitzsimmons also included the Pink Ganter remix of the same song. Both are beautiful.
"So This is Goodbye" - William Fitzsimmons
"So This is Goodbye (Pink Ganter Remix)" - William Fitzsimmons
This song has been stuck in my head all day. The Chemical Brothers, one of the original pioneers of dance music (like seriously, up there with Daft Punk), are set to release their seventh studio album, Further next week. "Swoon" is their first single.
I'm going to be completely upfront with everyone: It's not my favorite music video. It's not even my favorite Vampire Weekend video by far, but it's goofy.
The first single off of Kanye West's upcoming Good Ass Job features a sample from, of all things, a British prog rock band by the name of King Crimson. He's been off the scene for a little while, but it's the same old Kanye. Lyrics allude to SNL making fun of him (yeah, he's pissed about that), Austin Powers, and of course his own "Power." Oh yeah, by the way, that's the name of the single!
I personally enjoyed "Month of May" more at fist listen, but both are different enough from each other to appreciate the work. The songs are sure to get people excited for Arcade Fire's upcoming album The Suburbs "sometime this summer."
There's already been an entire post dedicated to Katy Perry's rendition of this same song, so for me to want to put up another post about "Electric Feel" says a lot. It's a "Rap Remix" which just means that there's added lyrics in there, and they definitely add to the piece.
Confession: I kind of really like the new Maine single "Inside of You." It gives me hope for their new album. With a band like the Maine you can make one of two mistakes with a sophomore album:
1. You can write the same catchy, shallow, probably immature (but still fun) crap as what was on your first album. It's not as awesome the second time around. Take, for instance Boys Like Girls and 2009's Love Drunk - not as awesome by a long shot.
2. You can take a risk and reinvent your sound only to end up with something... well, not fantastic. There may always be those hardcore fans a band may maintain, and they may gain respect for taking a risk and flexing some musical creative muscle, but in all honesty if it sucks, the "new" and "maintained" fans won't make much of a difference. For example, consider MGMT, and their (new-ish) sophomore album Congratulations.
THAT SAID, this new single assures me that the Maine boys won't make either of these mistakes!
24-year old Monae is set to release her debut album, and "Tightrope" is her lead off single. I couldn't be more excited for her. The alternative soul artist is truly a performer as evidenced by the music video for the single. Be on the look out for Archandriod on May 18th, or at the summer festival circuit (but unfortunately not at Coachella! :( )
