Week # 24 - 02/09/2010

I know, I know, I am late getting this out, yet again. But where I am it is still technically Tuesday, with about 25 mins to spare.  ((I got a job this week, so I am kinda all over the place and I have to get a new routine down, so you might have to bare with me for a week or two till things get settled. Sorry))

This week I have a band that was recently in Atlanta and at 99x for a Live X recording. I watched some of the recorded footage from the event and really just feel in love with these guys and I hope you do too. The band Civil Twilight, is made up of Steven and Andrew McKeller and Richard Wouterswho, who are from South Africa and have been playing music together since they were teenagers. With influences by the likes of U2, The Verve, Muse, and Radiohead, these three guys weave their magic to create a sound that is inspired by British and American music with an atmospheric soundscape that is lush, feverish and exotic.

Please check out the links I have posted for you, but also check out these guys website:  http://civiltwilightband.com/. They have every song streaming for you to listen to as you tour around the site. So basically you get to hear the whole album before you buy it!!!! So once you have a listen and decided that you just gotta have it, you can get the album for $7.99 at both iTunes and Amazon MP3.  And I defiantly recommend that you do go ahead and get the album, it is GREAT!

Hope you enjoy! See you next week.

A~

Civil Twilight - Letters From The Sky



Civil Twilight - Quiet In My Town

Week # 23 - 02/02/2010

Happy Groundhog Day!

This week I have a redhead siren songstress by the name of Florence Welch, she is Florence and the Machine. If you are a fan of Rilo Kiley, Tori Amos, and maybe even Feist, then you will really like the sound from this artist. I've spent the better part of the morning listening to her album and trying to figure out which songs I wanted to share with you. It was a hard choice, there are so many that I like. If you do like what you hear, Amazon MP3 does have the album for $7.99, not much of a discount, but it is a little less than iTunes.

I've been trying to come up with a way to describe the music Welch writes, but I can't come up with a better way of saying it then she does, so the following is from her website where she is talking about her music:

"I want my music to sound like throwing yourself out of a tree, or off a tall building, or as if you’re being sucked down into the ocean and you can’t breathe.  It’s something overwhelming and all-encompassing that fills you up, and you’re either going to explode with it, or you’re just going to disappear.” Florence writes her best songs when she’s drunk or has a hangover, because that’s when the freedom, the feral music comes, creating itself wildly from the fragments gathered in her notebooks and in her head. “You’re lucid,” she explains, “but you’re not really there. You’re floating through your own thoughts, and you can pick out what you need. I like those weird connections in the universe. I feel that life’s like a consistent acid trip, those times when things keep coming back.” Florence herself is a mass of contradictions: she’s tough yet she’s terrified, a bundle of nerves and passion, of darkness and pure joy. “I feel things quite intensely, which is why the music has to be so intense. I’m either really sad or really happy, I’m tired or completely manic. That’s when I’m at my most creative, but it’s also dangerous for me. I feel I could write some good songs, or break some hearts. Or tables. Or glasses.”

Hope you've enjoyed this week NMT. Let me know what you think.

Florence and the Machine - Between Two Lungs


Florence and The Machine - Cosmic Love

Week # 22 - 01/26/2010

For this weeks NMT I have an offering from The Temper Trap, a quartet out of Australia, and The Script, a trio out of Ireland. Check out the songs, let me know what you think.

The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition

Break Even - The Script

Week # 21 - 01/19/2010

Ok, I am slackin' this week, many of you know why, so I am stealing music from someone else as the post this week instead of researching someone on my own.

Shawn posted this video on her page mid to late last week. I'm really diggin' the sound from this group Neon Trees.


Like her, I will tell you not to really pay attention to the corny ass video but just listen to the song. The group has an EP out now and will have a full length album out March 23. And if you are interested they also have a PodCast on iTunes documenting their journey in making the up-coming album. I personally haven't check it out yet, but I will be later in the week. And here is the link to their web site, once loaded it will play a few of their songs so you can get more of a feel for their sound.  Fame Is Dead


Neon Trees - Animal


Neon Trees - Sins of My Youth

Week # 20 - 01/12/2010

This week I have a group by the name of Broken Bells. The two song I have featured by them are on their upcoming self titles album due out March 9th. They have a great alternative, indie rock, electronica sound. So check them out.

Also I have a video from Vampire Weekend. Their newest album is out today.

Broken Bells - The High Road



Broken Bells - Vaporize



So a few months back I featured Vampire Weekend as a band to check out. Well they just released their newest album today entitled "Contra" and I have a selection from that Album for you to check out. If you enjoyed this group when I first posted them I defiantly recommend checking out their latest release.

Vampire Weekend - Cousins

Week # 19 - 01/05/2010

As you know I got the chance to see The Avett Brothers in concert this past weekend. It was an amazing show!!! The guys had two opening groups that were extremely good. This week I am featuring one of these groups. Please check out the selections I have posted by LANGHORN SLIM. Let me know what you think.

Langhorne Slim - In the Midnight


Langhorne Slim - I Love You, But Goodbye

Happy New Years!

Hey guys!!! I hope everyone had a great New Years. I spent New Years Eve with a friend just hanging out and then I spent my New Years day watching the Rose Bowl Parade, eating the traditional NY's feast of pork, black eyed peas, collard greens, apple sauce and corn bread. Then I finished off the day at the Fox working the Avett Brothers Concert. It was soooo sooooo good!!!!! I enjoyed both of their opening acts and will be featuring them in the weeks to come on here.

I know I have been MIA for the past few weeks. But it has been crazy with the holiday's and I have been house/pet sitting this past week as well. Next week I will be starting back so please be sure to tune in.

Hope you have a great weekend. And everyone has a happy and prosperous New Year.

A~