Rjóminn

Elín Helena sendir frá sér lagið Raunsæ Rómantík

Egill Harðar — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:54 +0000

Pönkararnir í Elínu Helenu eru að taka upp plötu um þessar mundir en lagið „Raunsæ rómatík“ af þessari væntanlegu plötu er farið að hljóma á X-inu.

Elín Helena verður að spila á Reykjavík Live Festival næstkomandi Laugardag, þ.e. 19. maí, kl 18:00.

Einnig kemur hljómsveitin fram á Keflavík Music Festival seinna í sumar og hinu margrómaða Eistnaflugi.

Klassart með nýtt lag

Rjóminn — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:16:32 +0000

Systkynasveitin Klassart hefur ekki setið auðum höndum síðan að þeirra önnur breiðskífa Bréf frá París kom út árið 2010. Ekki hefur mikið farið fyrir sveitinni síðasta misserið en þar á undan var varla friður fyrir henni enda var „Gamli grafreiturinn“ líklega eitt vinsælasta lag ársins 2010.

Nú upp á síðkastið hafa safnast mörg ný lög í sarpinn og leggur hljómsveitin drög að næstu plötu. Eftir tvær plötur í rólegri kantinum vendur hljómsveitin kvæði sínu í kross eins og heyrist í fyrsta laginu sem almúgurinn fær að heyra, „Smástirni“.

Lagið er diskó/eurovision ástarsaga sem gerist í geimnum og fæst það í vefverslunum Tónlist.is og gogoyoko.

Reykjavík Music Mess haldin í annað sinn

Rjóminn — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:08:43 +0000

Tónlistarhátíðin Reykjavík Music Mess verður haldin í annað sinn helgina 25. til 27. maí næstkomandi. Hátíðin mun fara fram á Faktorý Bar og Kex Hosteli. Meðal þeirra sem munu koma fram á hátíðinni eru Benni Hemm Hemm, Snorri Helgason, Jarse (FI), My Bubba & Mi (DK), Cheek Mountain Thief (UK/IS), Legend, Úlfur og fleiri.

Miðasala á hátíðina er hafin og fer hún fram á www.midi.is. Athugið að frítt verður inn á þá viðburði sem haldnir verða á Kex Hosteli.

Nýtt frá Just Another Snake Cult

Egill Harðar — Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:13 +0000

Birds Carried Your Song Through the Night er fjórða platan sem Þórir Bogason gefur út sem forsprakki sveitarinnar Just Another Snake Cult. Þessi nýjasta útgáfa er nokkuð ólík því efni sem áður hefur heyrst frá sveitinni og hefur hljómmiklu súrmetinu nú verið skipt út fyrir synthadrifið og draumkennt naumhyggjupopp. Mun Þórir flytja nýja efnið sóló, eins og menn segja, og þá að mestu í Kaliforníuríki Bandaríkjanna en þar elur hann manninn mestan part ársins.

Just Another Snake Cult – Overture

Just Another Snake Cult – Overture

Just Another Snake Cult – Turning Into Mud

Just Another Snake Cult – Turning Into Mud

Nýtt frá Nico Muhly

Rjóminn — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:09:31 +0000

Mánudaginn 21. maí kemur út glænýtt verk eftir Nico Muhly – Drones & Piano.

Það er þó fáanlegt í sérstakri forsölu hjá Bedroom Community og geta áhugasamir nálgast það hér.

Drones & Piano er fyrsta smáskífan af þremur undir heitinu Drones eftir Nico Muhly og jafnframt fyrsta útgáfa hans hjá Bedroom Community síðan I Drink The Air Before Me kom út árið 2010.

Smáskífan inniheldur fimm lög og var tekin upp af Paul Evans í Gróðurhúsinu, hljóðveri Valgeirs Sigurðssonar, sem sá um hljóðblöndun og hljóðjöfnun. Um flutning Drones & Piano sér hinn virti píanóleikari Bruce Brubaker, auk þess sem Nadia Sirota leikur á víólu og Nico sér um auka hljóðdrunur.

Hér má hlýða á eitt af lögum Drones & Piano:

Leyfðu ljósinu eftir Hildi Guðnadóttur

Rjóminn — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:56 +0000

Platan Leyfðu ljósinu eftir Hildi Guðnadóttur kemur í verslanir föstudaginn 18. maí næstkomandi. Leyfðu ljósinu er tónverk sem tekið var upp í Music Research Centre við Háskólann í York síðastliðin janúar af Tony Myatt. Ekkert var átt við upptökurnar eftir flutninginn. Það er hið virta útgáfufélag Touch sem gefur verkið út. Leyfðu ljósinu er einnig fáanleg á USB lykli (aðeins fáanlegt hjá útgefanda: www.touchshop.org) í fjölrásaútgáfu.

Hildur Guðnadóttir er sellóleikari og tónskáld og er búsett í Berlín. Undanfarin ár hefur hún unnið með allskyns tónskáldum og listamönnum og verið meðlimur í fjölmörgum hljómsveitum. Meðal þeirra eru múm, Stórsveit Nix Nolte, Skúli Sverrisson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Stilluppsteypa, BJ Nilsen og svo framvegis.

Jaðarsöngleikurinn Tickling Death Machine frumsýndur í Iðnó

Rjóminn — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:33:24 +0000

Dansflokkurinn Shalala og hljómsveitirnar Lazyblood og Reykjavík! munu sýna jaðarsöngleikinn Tickling Death Machine í Iðnó föstudaginn 8. júní kl. 21:00. Um er að ræða Íslandsfrumsýningu en áður hefur þessi rómaði jaðarsöngleikur verið sýndur á Listahátíðum í Brussel og Orléans í Frakklandi. Miðasala verður á www.midi.is og hefst miðasala laugardaginn 12. maí næstkomandi.

Tickling Death Machine er samstarfsverkefni tveggja hljómsveita, dansara og fleira góðs fólks. Það er ekki tónleikar, það er ekki dansverk og það er ekki leikhús en á sama tíma er það allt þetta. Það er kannski eins konar andaglas þar sem áhorfendur hverfa á brott með bros á vör og hlýju í hjarta.

Lazyblood – Once upon a time (demo)

Lazyblood – Once upon a time (demo)

Reykjavík! – Cats

Reykjavík! – Cats

Frumburður Kiriyama Family kominn út

Egill Harðar — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:38 +0000

Samnefnd fyrsta plata Kiriyama Family, hins íslenska elektrópopp kvintetts, er komin út og að sjálfsögðu fáanleg á gogogyoko. Record Records gefur út.

Music Alliance Pact : Maí

Egill Harðar — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:48:49 +0000

Þá er komið að maí útgáfu hins alþjóðlega samstarfsverkefnis tónlistarbloggara Music Alliance Pact. Að þessu sinni er það hin efnilega sveit The Lovely Lion sem kemur fram fyrir hönd okkar íslendinga og sem fyrr er hér einnig að finna nýja og ferska tóna frá öllum heimshornum. Hægt er að ná í öll lögin til niðurhals með því að smella hér.

Líkt og áður er allur texti á ensku en það ætti nú ekki að vefjast fyrir lesendum geri ég ráð fyrir.

ARGENTINA: Zonaindie
Prietto Viaja Al Cosmos Con Mariano – Ey, Esa No Es Forma De Decir Adiós
PVACCM is a psychedelic rock duo (Mariano, drums and vocals; Prietto, guitar and vocals) from Buenos Aires. Their first recordings were kind of lo-fi experiments but in the last couple of years they’ve developed a unique sound with melodies and lyrics that grow on you in a melancholic way. This track is their rendition of Leonard Cohen’s classic tune Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye and features on their last album, a 28-song double record that you can purchase from Bandcamp.

Ey, Esa No Es Forma De Decir Adiós

AUSTRIA: Walzerkönig
Mile Me Deaf – Wild At Heart
Mile Me Deaf is one of the other bands Killed By 9V Batteries’ Wolfgang Möstl plays in. And although side-projects – such an unfair name for a 500+ songs oeuvre – are usually a space for weird shit your band mates didn’t agree to, their first album Eat Skull, and especially the first single Wild At Heart, is surprisingly free of noise and distortion. Instead, it creates the last-day-of-summer-holidays feeling you know from Girls and Beach House.

Wild At Heart

BRAZIL: Meio Desligado
Leonardo Marques – Linha Do Trem
Nostalgic melodies are the hallmark of Dia e Noite No Mesmo Céu, the debut album of Leonardo Marques. His songs recall a bucolic scenery, romantic and lonely, as we can hear on Linha Do Trem. Leonardo recorded all instruments on his solo work (except drums) in a homely, intimate setting. His music is likely to appeal to fans of Elliott Smith, Clube Da Esquina and Jon Brion.

Linha Do Trem

CANADA: Quick Before It Melts
The Rest – Always On My Mind
The story of The Rest’s new album, SEESAW, will be one of legend. First, their dear friend and producer Dan Achen passed away suddenly just as they started recording. Then, a month away from finishing the record, a hard-drive glitch deleted everything they’d done so far. It took a black box recovery team six months to retrieve it. Now, more than a year later, it’s here. And it’s stunning. The beautifully hazy Always On My Mind just hints at SEESAW’s orchestral brilliance.

Always On My Mind

CHILE: Super 45
Daniel Klauser – Simply Swag
If we had to put all our money on one name from the Chilean dance scene, it would definitively be Daniel Klauser. The young producer skillfully brings together elements from 90s house, ghetto-style hip hop and tribal music, and has so far gathered a considerable amount of positive reviews from local and international media. This track open his Simply Swag EP, which you can download for free from Diamante Records.

Simply Swag

CHINA: Wooozy
Snapline – Sustaining
Beijing-based trio Snapline just released their second album Phenomena through Maybe Mars Records. Their music puts a contemporary Beijing spin on the sounds and ideas produced by the noise and minimalist musicians of the 70s and 80s, especially focusing on the New York scene of that period. They also explore the dark, industrial music coming out of England during that period, especially from bands such as Joy Division and The Cure.

Sustaining

COLOMBIA: El Parlante Amarillo
Like Some Cat From Japan – Johnny Ramone
Like Some Cat From Japan (LSCFJ) take their name from a line in one of David Bowie’s masterpieces, Ziggy Stardust. This electro group from Bogotá have a dance-punk sound that is perfect for the sweaty throng of a nightclub and dancing from dark until dawn.

Johnny Ramone

DENMARK: All Scandinavian
SLOWOLF – See U In My Dreams
This summer Andreas Asingh, one third of lauded electro-pop outfit SMALL, will release his debut as SLOWOLF. Not much is known about the project but he says that black metal, hip hop and dream pop will unite, perhaps for the first time, on the album which will also feature a chorus written by a seven-year-old boy and Raekwon of the Wu-Tang Clan. Here’s the excellent first single See U In My Dreams, a Music Alliance Pact exclusive download.

See U In My Dreams

ENGLAND: The Guardian Music Blog
Sarah Young – Ajambo Si
Sarah Young, noted the Guardian’s New Band of the Day writer, is the queen of moombahton, the genre that fuses Dutch house and reggaeton, soca and dancehall. If anyone is going to cross over and „do a Katy B“, as such a manoeuvre is becoming known, it’s this 22-year-old graduate of the Academy of Contemporary Music turned DJ, producer and all-round moom-bassador. Ajambo Si, the opening track on her new EP, features Lioness and Slick Don and is based on a kuduro rhythm, but to the NBotD writer it sounded „like dubstep meets dancehall or Caribbean grime, like Dizzee if he went to St Lucia on holiday and never came back“

Ajambo Si

FINLAND: Glue
All Will Be Quiet – The First Day Pt. 2
Post-rock band All Will Be Quiet releases its debut album On The First Day this month. It is a concept record about the collapse and rebirth of society with an optimistic view on the how the future will be for mankind. Equally ambitious is The First Day Pt. 2, a grandiose and cinematic instrumental song that opens the second part of the album.

The First Day Pt. 2

FRANCE: Yet You’re Fired
Birkii – Holy War
Birkii brought us the joyful pop song Shade Of Doubt last year on the great Kitsuné Parisien compilation, and then appeared in many mixes and playlists, including Edwin van Cleef’s April mixtape. Now she’s back with Holy War, a catchy synth-pop song from Kitsuné Parisien II that will also be on her debut EP out on June 4, with remixes from Equateur, Pol Rax, Pegase (last month’s MAP artist) and Zemaria.

Holy War

GERMANY: Blogpartei
Christian Loeffler – Eleven (feat. Mohna)
There are many subtle things in Christian Loeffler’s debut A Forest which make his music very contemporary – there is swishing, there is rustling, there is clacking, there is tinging. In the pleasantly moody track Eleven, Mohna, singer of former MAP band Me Succeeds, adds another level to Loeffler’s calm but vivid opus.

Eleven (feat. Mohna)

ICELAND: Rjóminn
The Lovely Lion – Into The Forest
Representing the new wave of Icelandic folk-pop revival, The Lovely Lion are ones to watch for the future. Though this young and extremely talented band have only recorded a handful of songs and are still unsigned, their unique approach to songwriting and polished sound is sure to grab the attention of music lovers everywhere.

Into The Forest

INDONESIA: Deathrockstar
AAS – Bonaparte
Raw, lo-fi, angry dark punk from Medan with added passion about world history which lead us to a song about Napoleon Bonaparte.

Bonaparte

IRELAND: Nialler9
Not Squares – Fall Far
Northern Irish electro punks Not Squares have ditched the ultra high-energy in favour of a more restrained dancefloor synth-pop sound for their new single. While Fall Far’s new direction can be compared to the kind of stuff coming out on the Kitsuné label, it must be said that this is a very good look and a surprising one for the band. The best Irish song released in April bar none.

Fall Far

ITALY: Polaroid
The Mojomatics – You Are The Reason For My Trouble
You Are The Reason For My Trouble is the fourth album by The Mojomatics, one the best and coolest garage rock bands around Italy and Europe. The duo from Venice brings into their sound echoes of Rolling Stones, Kinks and Dylan, but what I deeply love about their songs and concerts is their tireless energy.

You Are The Reason For My Trouble

JAPAN: Make Believe Melodies
Wallflower – Cure Your Heart
Indie-pop music never left Japan, as bands trying to sound twee have been popping up since the C86 tape dropped. Yet this year has seen a boom in jangly rock groups, with Osaka outfit Wallflower being one of the catchiest. They take cues from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and even opened for that American band when they came to Japan earlier this year. This song shows they learned well from The Pains, as they nail dreamy indie-pop yearning in just over three minutes.

Cure Your Heart

MALTA: Stagedive Malta
Stolen Creep – Throw Your Heart To The Sea
Stolen Creep is the brainchild of childhood friends Marie Borg Alden (guitars, vocals) and Rebecca Theuma (drums). The band has had many different members, recently settling into the current line-up of Marie, Rebecca and Katryna Storace (guitars, vocals). Following a busy year of writing, rewriting and rehearsals, they chose their favourite songs and retreated to record their first EP, Throw Your Heart To The Sea.

Throw Your Heart To The Sea

MEXICO: Red Bull Panamérika
Andy Mountains – Hoy Me Gusta Mi Peinado
The title of this song, translated into English, is „Today, I Like My Hair“. With the naive viewpoint of early college students, this Mexico City quintet portrait everyday existential nuances with an optimism only an iPod advertisement would reach. But don’t classify Andy Mountains as cheap, feelgood jingle-makers. Their sound thrives in high-brow references that go from Animal Collective to the minimalism of La Monte Young. Give this tune a try and have a good hair day!

Hoy Me Gusta Mi Peinado

PERU: SoTB
Audioley – Same Old
Audioley is a new project by Francois Peglau and Jules Drade, two Peruvian musicians based in London. Audioley started as an experiment, with the duo meeting one night every week to make a song a day. First single Same Old is feelgood electronic pop and comes with a curious and funny video.

Same Old

PORTUGAL: Posso Ouvir Um Disco?
T(h)ree – Starlight
T(h)ree was featured in MAP in February 2011. T(h)ree is not a band but a project which brings together musicians/bands from Portugal and, for this second volume, Philippines and Singapore. In the featured track, we have Stealing Orchestra (Portugal), Maze (Portugal) and The Analog Girl (Singapore) playing together.

Starlight

PUERTO RICO: Puerto Rico Indie
Harry Rag – Tiny Painting
Harry Rag is the solo project of Kristian Prieto (Coleco, Alegría Rampante), who wanted to figure out just how many sounds and moods he could generate with his acoustic guitar. Prieto has released seven ‘web albums’ under the Harry Rag name, all recorded in his bedroom straight to a four-track, each one expanding on his guitar experiments and polishing up his sound. Tiny Painting is a great recent example of his prowess as a young musician and is taken from his latest album, The Ghastly Adventures Of Ghost Goat.

Tiny Painting

ROMANIA: Babylon Noise
Jazzadezz – Fairy
Jazzadezz is a dream pop/new wave band formed by Alin Zabrauteanu (synths, guitar, production) and Dezdemona Mihaescu (vocals). For their 2010 debut album Inimani Mal, Calin Torsan (Domnisoara Pogany and NU & Apa Neagră) joined the band playing clarinet, recorder and caval. In 2012, another two members were added, Alex Stanciu on guitar (also in Domnisoara Pogany) and drummer Eduard Gabia, a renowned choreographer and contemporary artist. The second album, Panta Rhei, was released last month and experiments in new areas such as ambient, post-rock and trip-hop.

Fairy

RUSSIA: Big Echo
2muchachos – Striwi Kri4at
Striwi Kri4at is a beautiful instrumental piece from romantic dream pop band 2muchachos, who released their Vesnywki!! EP last month, a perfect soundtrack for spring.

Striwi Kri4at

SCOTLAND: The Pop Cop
Julia And The Doogans – Down The Line
Julia Doogan has everything you’d want from a pop singer – a genuinely distinguishable voice, a breakable heart, just the right amount of melancholy, and lyrics that are honest but not mushy. MAP exclusive free download Down The Line is taken from Julia And The Doogans’ achingly graceful new five-track Diamonds EP (buy on Bandcamp), and shows off the talents of Julia and her lush band to near perfection.

Down The Line

SINGAPORE: I’m Waking Up To…
Sze Kiat – Once In A While
No man is an island, yet one gets the sense that the musical ideas that transpire in Sze Kiat’s mind were born from the stillness of time. There’s an unhurried approach to his songwriting and an intimacy that evokes a strain that could only come from a sort of crying out from some terrifying or forsaken place. Featuring traditional Chinese stringed instruments such as the erhu and the zhongruan, the sparse instrumentation serves as the background to Sze Kiat’s simple yet emotive lyrics.

Once In A While

SOUTH AFRICA: Musical Mover & Shaker!
Nate Maingard – The Open Space
Nate Maingard is an indie-folk singer-songwriter from Cape Town whose music often brings the likes of Damien Rice, Coldplay and Jack Johnson to mind. His voice has been compared to Thom Yorke and Ben Gibbard, and his easy style and sense of melody shine through on The Open Space with a passionate undertone throughout.

The Open Space

SOUTH KOREA: Korean Indie
E9 – My Little Flutter
E9, short for Edward Nine, wish to combine the pureness of Edward Scissorhands with the rampage of Nine Inch Nails. Their sound is influenced by groups like Placebo and Muse, while their lyrics tell fairy tales. The band has been around for several years and are preparing to release their first EP. My Little Flutter is a perfect sample of E9′s mixture of grunge, punk and Britpop with electronic sounds.

My Little Flutter

SPAIN: Musikorner
Boreals – Luciérnagas
Boreals are probably younger than any of you beloved MAP readers but that doesn’t mean they don’t know what they’re doing. And what they do is deliver a fine mixture of cosmic post-rock (clearly influenced by Explosions In The Sky) embellished with clouds of synths that makes their sound epic and heart-touching, just as post-rock should. Luciérnagas, one of their most atmospheric tracks, is taken from their second EP, Grecia, released through Barcelona-based label Irregular, home of former MAP acts Lasers and The Suicide Of Western Culture.

Luciérnagas

SWEDEN: Swedesplease
Skatan – Control
The new record from Skatan is out on May 23 and is called Seven Trees. The first single, Control, features a little more eclectic instrumentation than in the past and Simone Andersson Wingfors’ voice is less processed and more immediate, resulting in a song that hits all the right chords.

Control

SWITZERLAND: 78s
Baba Shrimps – Angel
This five-piece from Zurich play impulsive pop music with a blend of country and rock. Baba Shrimps will release a new record at the end of 2012, but to shorten the waiting time they have dropped a live version of a new, unreleased song called Angel.

Angel

TURKEY: WEARTBEAT
Solardip – Leap Of Faith
With their French electro/indie-influenced sound, Solardip is one of the few live acts of their genre in the country. In a short time, these three Istanbul youngsters have attracted a big audience. Debut album Future Now came out in March through Remoov Records after the release of the spectacular single and sexy video of Dance Like Wolves.

Leap Of Faith

UNITED STATES: I Guess I’m Floating
Nicole Miglis – Stay Small
There’s no hiding my affection for Gainesville’s Hundred Waters, one of 2012′s best new bands. Just as bewilderingly complete, elegant and worth exploring is the solo work of their frontwoman, Nicole Miglis. Stay Small is from her debut self-titled EP, which you can download for free here.

Stay Small

VENEZUELA: Música y Más
Ulises Hadjis – Donde Va
Ulises Hadjis is a young artist from Maracaibo. Despite his fledgling career, he already has two albums and a Latin Grammy as a music producer to his name. His second record, Cosas Perdidas, was released last month. In his own words, it is „an honest collection of songs“ and shows more maturity in his lyrics and compositions than its predecessor, Presente.

Donde Va

Reykjavík Live Festival

Rjóminn — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:19:13 +0000

Reykjavík Live hátíðin verður haldin á Gamla Gauknum, Glaumbar, Prikinu & Frú Berglaugu. Lifandi og fjölbreytt dagskrá öll kvöld ásamt sérstökum tilboðum og fríðindum.

Reykjavík Live er vegleg tónlistarhátíð með það markmið að fagna sumrinu með frábærum tónlistaratriðum og gefa gestum tækifæri á að upplifa nýja og ferska strauma í bland við nokkra af vinsælustu tónlistarmönnum landsins. Yfir 50 innlend og erlend atriði munu stíga á stokk.

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Erlent tónaflóð

Egill Harðar — Fri, 11 May 2012 11:43:32 +0000

Þá er komið að því að fjalla aðeins um erlenda tónlist sem Rjómanum hefur borist undanfarið. Þetta er nú mikið til tónlist sem, þrátt fyrir að vera afar áheyrileg, nær sjaldnast að fljóta upp á yfirborðið og því um að gera að gef’enni gaum. Hver veit nema einhver af þessum ágætu listamönnum nái almennri hylli? Aldrei að vita. Þið heyrðuð þá allavega fyrst hér á Rjómanum.

Wintersleep – Nothing Is Anything (Without You)
Sennilega besta lagið af þeim sem fá að hljóma í þessari færslu að mínu mati. Lagið verður að finna á væntanlegri plötu sveitarinnar Hello Mum sem kemur út þann 12. júní næstkomandi.

Lux – The Window
Seattle band sem hljómar, eins og einn gagnrýnandinn orðaði það, „…eins og My Bloody Valentine að ráðast á The Ravonettes með eldgömlum synthesizer„. Nokkuð viðeigandi finnst mér.

Emil & Friends – Polish Girl (Neon Indian Cover)
Enn meira synth-eitthvað og í þetta skiptið frá Brooklyn. Alls ekki verra en það sem hljómar hér að ofan.

Tango In The Attic – Mona Lisa Overdrive
Viðkunnanlegt og örlítið fössí indie rokk frá Skotlandi. Alltaf hægt að treysta á að skoskurinn skili af sér einhverju bitastæðu á hverju ári.

Sick Figures – No Comfort
Forvitnilegt dúó hér á ferð sem flytur einhvað sem þeir kalla „saloonrock“ en það mun vera bræðingur af pönki, kabarett tónlist, þjóðlagatónlist og blús. Sannarlega eitthvað til að kanna nánar.

Matthew de Zoete – The Good Life
Mjúkt, hlýlegt og kósí popplag sem festist nokkuð áreynslulaust í toppstykkinu og ómar þar í nokkurn tíma að hlustun lokinni. Það er nú ekki hægt að byðja um mikið meira af góðu popplagi nú til dags.

The Secret Love Parade – Mary Looking Ready
Enda þetta á þessari fínu plötu frá Hollensku chillwave sveitinni The Secret Love Parade. Fullt af grípandi lögum umvöfnum í 80′s fortíðarljóma, hljóðgerflum og töff gítarriffum á köflum. Plata sem vinnur á með hverri hlustun.

Two Toucans

Egill Harðar — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:13:01 +0000

Vinir okkar hjá hinu frábæra tónlistarbloggi Topp 5 á Föstudegi fjölluðu nýverið um áhugavert íslenskt systkyna dúó sem kallast Two Toucans en þau flytja vel fágað elektrónískt R&B. Munu þau hafa verið starfandi í tæpt ár og sent frá sér ein þrjú lög og hljómar eitt þeirra, lagið „Shame“, hér að neðan.

Áhugasamir geta nálgast meira efni með Two Toucans á Soundcloud síðu sveitarinnar og einnig á Facebook síðu þeirra.

Dathi – Dark days

Egill Harðar — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:58:41 +0000

Dathi (Daði Jónsson) er tónlistarmaður frá Dalvík sem semur óþægilega dimma akústik tónlist þar sem dökkar hliðar lífsins er aðal umfangsefnið. Sumt er án efa uppgjör en annað hvernig lífið kemur honum fyrir sjónir í dag og er óhætt að segja að það séu engar hamingju nótur slegnar í tónlistinni hjá Dathi. Sumir syngja um björtu hliðar lífsins en það verður einhver að taka upp hanskann fyrir dökku hliðunum og það gerir Dathi og á mjög hreinskilinn og opinskáan hátt.

Dathi er búinn að gefa ú 2 plötur. Sú fyrri heitir Self Portrait og kom út 2010 en sú seinni Dark Days sem kom út í fyrra.

Dathi – Dark Days

Dathi – Dark Days

Dathi – Bitter Sweet Tears

Dathi – Bitter Sweet Tears

Nýtt lag frá Gabríel

Rjóminn — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:43:57 +0000

Út er komið annað lagið sem grímuklæddi tónlistarmaðurinn Gabríel sendir frá sér, en hann hefur slegið rækilega í gegn að undanförnu með fyrsta lagi sínu „Stjörnuhröp“.

Í þetta sinn fékk Gabríel til liðs við sig söngvarann Unnstein Manuel Stefánsson úr einni vinsælustu hljómsveit landsins, Retro Stefsson, og enn á ný rapparann Opee, fyrrum meðlim Quarashi, en saman gera þeir “Sólskin” að sannkölluðum sumarhittara.

Við gerð lagsins var öllu tjaldað til, en hljómjöfnun var í höndum hins virta Chris Athens, sem hefur m.a. hljómjafnað plötur fyrir stórstjörnur á borð við Usher, Coldplay, Beastie Boys, AC/DC, Johnny Cash, The Notorious B.I.G, Nas, Erykah Badu, P. Diddy og svo mætti lengi telja.

Gabríel er þegar farinn að huga að sínu þriðja lagi auk þess að vera með fleiri járn í eldinum, en hann er til að mynda í hóp fyrstu sveita sem staðfestar hafa verið á Airwaves í haust.

Gabríel Feat. Opee & Unnsteinn Manuel – Sólskin

Gabríel Feat. Opee & Unnsteinn Manuel – Sólskin

Nýtt myndband og plata með Joe Dubius

Egill Harðar — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:30 +0000

Andri Már Sigurðsson, eða Joe Dubius eins og hann kallar sig, hefur sent frá sér sólóplötuna Rainy Day in the Park. Andri er meðlimur hinnar mögnuðu skagfyrsku sveitar Contalgen Funeral. Búið er að gera myndband við lagið „One horse town“ en það skaut og klippti Stefán Friðrik Friðriksson.

Platan fæst í Skagfirðingabúð og verður eftir helgi til sölu syðra, í 12 tónum og hjá Smekkleysu.

Joe Dubius er nú á leið til Frakklands, um miðjan mánuðinn þar sem hann mun ferðast um og koma fram á tónleikum.