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... )

Sorry for the belated wishes; I is very bad, I know. :(

But song to cheer us up! And with new year theme!

Enjoy the hyper cuteness of Mssr. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his friend, Mlle. Zooey Deschanel.

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Zee Avi's unique music styling and vocal tenderness attracted Jack Johson's Brushfire Records to sign her up. Jazzy, mellow and totally perfect to chillax to, Zee Avi's songs are layered in texture and it comes across even in an acoustic performance.

Here, have a taste.

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. )

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Anyone who ever watched footie at a stadium (live or as a telecast) and/or is a hardcore rock music fan would know this iconic STOMP-STOMP-CLAP. I even had Generation Z students who used this song as template for a performance to explain mitosis.

This masterpiece is the brain child of one Dr Brian May, lead guitarist of the quintessential arena rock ( Read more... )

Is it event horizon?

No.

I would not thought that it is possible, but these girls proved me wrong. What a beautiful outcome when you cross over Ben Folds and Dr Dre.

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Fabulous.

Pesawat (which can be translated into airplane / machine) is a Malaysian indie band with an amazing and unique sound.

Go on, have a listen.

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The first album I ever bought was Queen's Greatest Hits II. I fell in love with them since I first heard "I Want to Break Free" way back when I was a wee tadpole. My love for them is strictly music-wise: I could never claim fannish-ness at the level of this guy in the video. His mastery of all Queen trivia is nothing short of fantabulous. *doffs ( Read more... )

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... )

It this was released eons ago, it would have been the anthem of my teenage years.

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Thanks to cherrybina .