Basia Bulat is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in London, Ontario. Her debut album, Oh My Darling, was released in 2007. Her second album, Heart Of My Own, released in January 2010. She appeared in the September edition of Now! Magazine. She also appeared on the LOLA 2007 line-up, using her lush instrumental back-ups to accompany [...]
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Laura Veirs is an American singer-songwriter. She grew up in Colorado, where she often spent summers camping with her family, which gave her much of her song-writing inspiration. She recently transplanted to Portland, Oregon from Seattle, Washington. Veirs has said that she didn’t seriously listen to music until she was in her 20s; instead, she [...]
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Anais Nin described life as a process of becoming, a combination of states people have to go through. For her, people fail when they elect a state and remain in it, resulting in a kind of death. fanshaw, the musical persona of Olivia Fetherstonhaugh, has managed to cheat this kind of death in her brief [...]
Monday, March 8, 2010
I know most of you that are into indie probably have already heard of them, as they have been on everything from the show Veronica Mars to the movie Sweet November. This is post is for those who have heard them, liked them, and just never knew their name. Tegan Quin and Sara Quin (born [...]
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Taken by Trees is the latest project for artist Victoria Bergsman from Stockholm, Sweden. Bergsman was singer-songwriter for The Concretes for eleven years before deciding to leave the band in July 2006. The debut album Open Field was recorded in six days; it’s packed with stark, delicate pop melodies. Victoria has the sort of voice [...]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
This is probably the oldest Twee band I know to exist, and stumbled across it recently while looking for bands similar to Best Friends Forever. I saw them live last night and they are just so good. Anyhow, best friends forever doesn’t have their music on grooveshark, so I decided to post something similar. Go [...]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
This album is worth picking up for the song Black Ice alone. Yes, I posted another cute indie album after posting a Twee album, so what? Soft and loud. Sweet and sour. Boys and girls. Together and broken… Sometimes violins, sometimes orgasms. Ohbijou plays music to swell your heart. Ohbijou is… Casey Mecija, Jenn Mecija, [...]
Monday, February 22, 2010
I know this is a short album, but it seems to have been gaining some attention and I couldn’t find another full album of theirs to post. Cassette Kids have been causing a ruckus on the Sydney scene since winning the Unearthed Sydney 2008 Big Day Out Competition. With their unique sound that sits somewhere [...]
Sunday, February 21, 2010
I was looking through some Alternative to post and came across this singer; she kind of rocks. Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Yeovil, United Kingdom and raised in nearby Corscombe (Dorset), is an English singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist under the name PJ Harvey, but she began her career [...]
Friday, February 19, 2010
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981 in Hell’s Kitchen, New York), better known as Alicia Keys, is a Grammy award winning American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, composer, pianist, poet and actress. Keys is a world renowned artist who has sold over 35 million albums worldwide and won numerous awards, including twelve Grammy Awards, seventeen [...]
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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