Nina Persson started out her singing career with The Cardigans, purveying sweet bubblegum pop music that hid a dark core, telling stories more relevant to Brothers Grimm than Disney sweetness. Kinda like sucking a lime candy and then you hit the super sour melty centre. Their first huge hit made me think about what it's like to hit acid just before ( Read more... )

This song was very popular when I was in primary school. Even as a callow child I recognise the redolent emotions in the lyrics and how evocatively it was sung.

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( Lyrics and translation below cut. )

Yuna is a young singer-songwriter who crosses genres effortlessly. Her bossa nova inspired hit, Dan Sebenarnya, won her first runner up at the Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL) in 2009. This song was her offering for the AJL 2010 and the vid was lifted off the movie Ayat-ayat Cinta. The naked sincerity of her voice lent an amazing texture to the song, ( Read more... )

It has been ages since I listened to something new that automatically made tears spring to my eyes. Go ahead and listen here to the magic woven by Ballake Sissoko and Vincent Segal. Their work is a blend of classical and ethnic in a way that I have never heard before.

Listen and be enchanted.

Sometimes a song invades my brain so thoroughly that I will play it over and over until I am completely saturated with it.  This time around it's Florence + The Machine's Drumming Song.

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This is from the Mombasa scene in Inception! *swoons*

Ganked from the lovely ilovetakahana .

So visceral! So delicious! My heart is hammering while listening to this. What a wonderful way to recollect the movie that plunged me into a new fandom and made me so many new friends!

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This bit is the dream collapsing track. OMG I have *goosebumps.* To witness this live ( Read more... )

I am always in awe of people who sing beautifully live. So many artists sound fabulous on radio but the moment you hear them in a live session, the illusion is shattered and you lose enjoyment of their work.

Not so with Grizzly Bear. The bell-like tonality, the smooth and delicate pitching and utter melodiousness is captivating.

*wallows in auditory ( Read more... )

I am planning a fanmix tribute to the brothers Winchester and all the players in the series, but I suck at graphics and my PC is still out of commission. So many songs to choose from; SPN is a very thematic show which makes song choices a boon and a bane. Many people have contributed their fanmixes in the community; enriching the musical ( Read more... )

This is about one of the cutest video clip I have seen in ages. Josh Ritter writes cute, prosaic songs that makes one grin.

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A man who writes a song about how a mummy falls in love with an archaeologist surely is an artist to watch for.

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Kathleen is a wonderful song of love and passion; definitely a song to make you melt.

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I think that Amy Winehouse have gotten a pretty bad rap. Yeah, she boozes, snorts, what-have-you but darn it, it's her body and she can do what she wants with it. Just as long as she keeps churning out lovely stuff like this.

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I have nothing against chemical-lubricated bursts of creativity from my auditory artists. Just look at what happened to ( Read more... )