She’s the voice for Chase & Status’ hit ‘Time’, and now Delilah’s done a re-working of Chaka Khan’s ‘Aint Nobody’ and it’s nothing short of amazing. So excited about this one. Check out here.
Category: Music
Free Download: Ansiktet ‘X (Cocotaxi Remix)’
If you don’t know much about Ansiktet then visit my post about them here. This is a ska remix of a Swedish soul track. I know it’s a random thing to blog about, but it’s a really good sound, so download it!
New Music: Daniel Haaksman
Forget the fact that Autumn couldn’t come soon enough this year (in the UK anyway)- this will warm your soul and get your feet itching. Check out here.
Hear Amy Winehouse talk about her duet with Tony Bennett
Oh Amy, I miss you so! What’s gearing up to be ‘the’ posthumous Amy Winehouse single (and rightfully so), out on the 14th September with all proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse Foundation.
Yesterday, Amy’s father Mitch Winehouse announced via Twitter that, “The launch of Amy’s foundation 14th September. We will turn our grief into positive action”.
Spector
I’m nearing to 1000 blog posts on Alfitude, and I must confess I don’t remember all the bands I feature. Which I guess is a good thing, because it shows how much good music is out there. I set out writing this particular post as a ‘New Music’ segment, until I realised that I had already featured these guys some time ago.
That’s never happened before, so I suppose Spector are my new obsession.
I’m really liking Spector. You get the feeling that they’re going to get very big very soon. This is the future of rock and roll! Check out here.
New Music: The Strange Familiar
“I’ll never belt it like Janis Joplin, And I’ll never kiss Katy Perry, I may never sing a duet with Gaga, And I’ll never be as cool as The Black Keys. I can’t be something I’m not, But I’m just fine Being Me.” Check out here.
New Music: Washington
I love this. Born in Papua New Guinea, Megan Washington has gone platinum in her Australian homeland. Now residing in New York, she has played the likes of SXSW and sold out shows at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen. Freshly signed to Mercury, Washington will be heading back to the UK this autumn for her biggest tour to date. Check out here.
A decade ago today one of the world’s biggest singles was released…
Ten years ago today a single was released in Australia which which would not only become one of the biggest selling singles of the 21st Century, but change the landscape of popular music forever more and send a home-grown girl from Melbourne soaring to a whole new stratosphere of globe conquering proportions…
Bananas + Champagne = Swedish electro
Heard of Dada Life? You might have already- they’ve been around for a bit. I can see this track making them bigger than before though. Their trademark shows involve lots of bananas and champagne, which can only be fun. Ah, those Swedes. Check out here.
New Music: Elsie
Blondie inspired disco rock with catchy guitar hooks, thumping beats and a distinctive vocal. Championed by the likes of Jim Lowe (Stereophonics) who also produced the album, Par Westerlund (The Wanted, The Saturdays), Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith/ Foreigner) and Ian Barter (Amy Winehouse). I personally think the video montage thing is mighty cheesy but if you like the song you can download a free copy on her Facebook here.
New Music: DSL
Rizlab announce Bestival line-up
RizLab have announced their full Bestival line-up which includes Frankie Knuckles, SBTRKT, Mylo, Erol Alkan, Greg Wilson and Black Devil Disco Club amongst many others across the three days.
Additionally, further details of Friendly Fires’ RizLab project have been revealed including full details of the collaborations between Friendly Fires and SBTRKT, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and LONE, plus the release of a video of the artists at work in the studio and in discussion about the project. Find out more here.
Rick Mereki: Move Learn Eat
This is just a set of videos I stumbled across, I don’t really know much about them but they moved me so I thought I’d share. .. “3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food … into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films…” Check out here.
New Music: Casey Veggies
This guy’s experiments with different instruments mixed into hip hop makes me see him as a new Kanye West ever so slightly. It’s good. Check out here.
It’s the song where she swears a lot… ‘Loca People (WTF)’
This is already huge across Europe (27 million views on YouTube) and it gets it’s UK release later this month. It’ll no doubt be a big hit. She says the F word a lot in it. Check out here.
So who’s going home with a Mercury?
We’ll find out on BBC2 in the UK from 10pm tonight with the highly annoying Lauren Laverne (or ‘1995’ as I like to call her). If you do a Google Image search for the awards, PJ Harvey seems to be the most googled artist today, but it’s anyone’s game.
UPDATE: PJ Harvey won.
First Watch: Justice ‘Audio, Video, Disco’
Justice are back! This is from their upcoming album, out in October. I’ve been throwing myself into French electro this year a lot, specially Ed Banger stuff. Exciting.
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New Music: Worship
A mix of deep, dirty techno sounds with big drums from the UK. Check out here.