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New Music: Asleep In The Pews – Evening Hymns

Dec 1st, 2011 Leave a comment

Last week, I was in the mood for something upbeat that I could turn up loud. This week couldn’t be more different – but it’s just as good!

Quiet and soft, a pulling-at-the-heartstrings kind of song, “Asleep In the Pews” is a new release from Evening Hymns from their upcoming album Spectral Dusk (Shuffling Feet Records) which will be out in spring 2012.

Recorded in “the depths of a Canadian winter,” the album features members of The Wooden Sky, Ohbijou, and City and Colour. Evening Hymns are currently touring Europe, playing with Agnes Obel and Timber Timbre, but you can check out “Asleep In the Pews” below.

Website: http://www.eveninghymns.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/eveninghymns
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eveninghymns

Asleep in the Pews by evening hymns

[Thanks to AUX]

New Music: Niki and the Dove

Nov 17th, 2011 1 Comment

“Mystery hangs around this band, both on record and, especially, in person: whether it’s the conspiratorial whispering with each other in Swedish, the conversations punctuated by Malin’s childlike yelps of laughter, or Gustaf’s tangential flights of fancy, it’s like stepping into another world.”

I was definitely in the mood for something upbeat as I scanned the music that popped into my inbox this week. Hence Niki and the Dove. Gustaf Karlöf and Malin Dahlström are a Swedish pop duo who have just released their new EP, ‘The Drummer’ on Mercury Records.

“They make the kind of pop music only Scandinavians seem capable of: all strident and immediate on the one hand but also curiously knotty and multi-layered, with each song marrying lyrical complexity with clattering percussion and joyful dollops of synth.” [The Guardian]

If you check out their music on Soundcloud, I’d suggest starting with Mother Protect and Winterheart. Seriously, don’t they both belong on a soundtrack? Yes. Yes, they do.

I wasn’t sure about a couple of their songs, but have to admit, I fell in love with DJ Ease My Mind when I saw the video (below Mother Protect) — I now want to fling around on ropes all day to funky music!).

Website: www.nikiandthedove.com
Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/nikiandthedove
Myspace: www.myspace.com/nikiandthedove

Shnazzy, New Look for DesireeO.com

Oct 26th, 2011 Leave a comment

I think I did it. After poking around here and there, switching and re-setting things up, I think I’ve finally finished updating my website.

Of course, I’m always fiddling around, so I’m sure it will keep changing…as it always does.

I wanted to still have something with a clean, easy-to-read design that stayed in the background so the art / writing / music would remain the feature. But I also wanted a little more…shnazziness.

So feel free to take a peek around and let me know what you think.

I’m going to be blogging a lot more now that I’ve completed one or two of my other projects, so be sure to follow me on Twitter or Facebook or RSS or… ya know! And, of course, visit the site often and say HELLO!