Looks like Ellie Goulding. Sounds like Marina and the Diamonds. What else do you need?
Check out “Hey Now” by London Grammar.
Author: BoxSpeaker
“Midnight City” Acoustic Audience Sing-Along with The Knocks
Last night, The Knocks had some technical difficulties in the middle of their set last night during PopScene at the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. While the audience waited, Mr. JPatt (half of the Knocks) played an acoustic version of their cover of M83’s “Midnight City.” He said that since Mandy Lee (the singer in their cover) wasn’t with them, the audience would have to sing.
No one knew the words, but everyone knew the boops.
A couple people behind my friend and me were convinced the first line was “waiting in a car.”
The Hood Internet Remixes “The Hunter” by ON AN ON
The always amazing Hood Internet remixed “The Hunter” by ON AN ON (a current BoxSpeaker favorite).
In usual Hood Internet fashion, they used the “The Hunter,” an indie track, as the base while overlaying it with ProbCause and Mig Mora‘s raps.
If you’re in San Francisco, catch ON AN ON opening for Geographer at the Fillmore on January 31. LA fans can catch them at the Echo on February 1.
Cosmic Kids Remix of Poolside’s “Do You Believe”
Poolside’s “Do You Believe?” is already a fun, disco-inspired track. But Cosmic Kids’ remix turns it into an indie nu-disco track that you can fuck someone in a pool to.
Happy Friday!
Noosa – “Walk on By” and “Fear of Love”
Is Noosa the new Lana Del Rey / Marina and the Diamonds?
Sultry, sensual songstress with heartbreak ballads. Some are electropop – making her the Marina of 2013. Some are slow, piano sad songs – much like Lana.
Chromatics Cover Joy Division / New Order’s “Ceremony”
Chromatics are probably best known for their sultry electropop cover of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.”
Now they’ve taken their electro-sensuality to remake Joy Division‘s last / New Order‘s first single “Ceremony.”
P.S. Both Chromatics tracks are definitely songs to bone to.
“Ghosts” by ON AN ON
I noticed today that ghosts have been a running theme in a lot of the songs I’ve been listening to this season and even this year.
From Ghost Beach’s various songs during the summer and fall to “Seconds” by Ghost Loft to my obsession with “Ghost” by Sr. Sly last month.
“Ghosts” by ON AN ON is another notch on the ghost song bedpost for this year. You can’t listen to this song and not comment on the hurt howling that begin emanating at 52-seconds in behind the lethargic guitar riffs and shoegazer-style drum beats.
CHVRCHES Semi-Week Continues: Ultraista Remix
So let’s continue to make this a CHVRCHES Semi-Week!
Today, the Guardian premiered the CHVRCHES remix of “Gold Dayzz” by Ultraista. (Note: I’ve got an image of the SoundCloud player linking to the Guardian article for now because it doesn’t offer a direct link to the song yet.)
Not gonna lie – definitely a Song to Bone to also!
CHVRCHES took a trip-hop-influenced, bass-filled, semi-jazzy original Gold Dayzz track, sped it up and put their treble-beats touch on it – making it sound somewhat like a dreamy Labyrinth Ear track or anything by Lilofee.
“I Would Die 4 V” by Prince (Covered by CHVRCHES)
(I am pretty sure these feelings are caused by Bruno Mars’s song “Grenade” because it seems so bitter – claiming that the object of his affections – of his self-sacrifices – is the most terrible person ever and here’s Bruno Mars martyring himself, saying he’s the best boyfriend in the world because he would have put his life on the line for that woman that he now hates, so that’s why she shouldn’t have done all those terrible things she supposedly did. Just chill out, man. Also – I’m pretty sure that Bruno Mars was just trying to be like Prince, but… As usual, I digress.)
Anyway, Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U” is an exception to this rule. Because, well, IT’S FUCKING PRINCE.
And this, by the transitive property of equality also means that the CHVRCHES cover (stylized in CHVRCHES style as “I Would Die 4 V”) is also an exception to the rule. Lauren Mayberry‘s higher-pitched vocals combined with her Scottish accent bring a younger, more innocent take on this classic 80s love song.
Also – Not gonna lie, another reason this song (and this cover in particular) is an exception to this rule is that I have a huge celeb crush on the singer, Lauren Mayberry. 😀
UPDATE – June 2013 – A new video was placed into this blog post because the original YouTube video with a recorded version of the cover was taken down.
NEW: “Tear Us Apart” by Ghost Beach
This morning, Ghost Beach released their latest track “Tear Us Apart.”
I know that the genres are technically different, but NYC-based Ghost Beach’s Josh Ocean sings in a slightly hurt moaning way that Blood Orange (AKA: Dev Hynes) ocassionally does but with a more rock-inspired overdrive distortion to those moans. (At least that was one of my initial thoughts on my first listen.)
Other favorites of mine from Ghost Beach are “Miracle” (a song that’s really cute about having a crush) and “Too Young” (a song that’s always really confused me because it seems like it might be about getting involved with someone who’s just the typical “young and naive” but might also be about pedophilia).
P.S. You can download their latest track and a bunch of others on their site: http://www.ghostbeachmusic.com/