Pinterest...

Testing Pinterest today, so I'm not quite sure if there'll be time for any posts today (as if it would make any difference to anyone)...check my profile if you have nothing better to do and please don't hesitate to tell what I've forgotten to "pin"...

Pure as snow...

Dane Kasper Bjørke shares this remix of Bette Davis Eyes ... surprisingly true to the original...

Kim Carnes: Bette Davis Eyes (Kasper Bjørke´s New York Snow Re-Edit) by Kasper Bjørke

And while you're at it ... check out this cool cover of the same track recorded by Oliver North Boy Choir...

Bette Davis Eyes covered by Oliver North Boy Choir by Crunchy Tunes Music

A few empty waves...

Go to SoundCloud (or grab it below) and download a new track from the forthcoming Cats on Fire album All Black Shirts To Me. It's brilliant (the song)...of course it is!
+ A Few Empty Waves

20th Century...

Stream new song 20th Century by Swedish duo This Vision. Nice and catchy electro pop and...well that's pretty much it...

20th Century by Devotion Records

The undefeated...

Heads up to J.A. for this one. Seems like Caspar, who once used to be one half of Champagne Riot, has found himself a new alias and is now creating music as The Undefeated. Not much information available (yet?), but it seems like his working on creating his own songs, so ironically (that’s a quote) his first effort is a remix. However the remix in question is quite a feat, as he’s somehow managed to make the nearly perfect The Catcher In The Rye by Azure Blue sound even more fantastic.

The remix:
Azure Blue vs. The Undefeated - The Catcher In The Rye by foreverundefeated

The original:
+ The Cather In The Rye

Plus a Champagne Riot "oldie":
+ Moonstruck

Lightning...

Check this radio stream of new single Lightning by former A-ha frontman Morten Harket. As it was co-written with Joakim and Martin of Kent I sort of expected it to be fab...not really convinced that it is...

and the Villa Nova...

UPDATED: Earlier this week I was contacted by Kristian of Chorus Grant, who asked if I’d be interested in posting a track from the forthcoming debut album and the Villa Nova as a free download (as well as adding a word or two about the album soon being out). I replied that of course I’d be interested, plus at the same time being thrilled about getting the opportunity to get an advanced listen to a much anticipated album. So yesterday I dedicated some time to listening, but after a few spins I felt that writing a few words about this album would be an almost impossible task. Musically it seems to be heading in every possible direction, shamelessly flirting with a number of genres and yet at the end mysteriously feeling like one complete whole. So I decided to mail the man back asking him to describe the music and when I read his enthusiastic replies (he needed two) I felt a little less puzzled. As he sums it up: “I want to do it all and I’ve promised myself that I’ll be allowed to do that” and for this purpose he’s “invented” the term computer-grunge. Not referring to the Seattle grunge sound, but rather as a way to describe that he thinks of the music as “muddy” which (yes indeed) can find inspiration anywhere from anyone (from The Beatles to The Radio Dept.). But in the same breath he added that he basically feels like a singer-songwriter, who just enjoys creating pop music, which, as simple as it may sound, doesn’t make the whole thing less complex. Add to this that the album has been partly inspired by the above picture of an old (and since long defunct) Bornholmian dancehall and you’ll find plenty on this intriguing and overwhelming album to keep you spellbound for a long time...not sure if the giveaway track Her Face In The Sun represents the album best (being a country-folk singer-songwriter track that will make you start dreaming of tumbleweeds), but then again, I doubt if it is at all possible to pick just one track that will! But grab it while it’s there (will be up for just one week), stream the album teaser as well and hopefully your attention has been caught! Out on Danish iTunes (link will be updated, when the album is available) on Tuesday February 14 (“worldwide” in March) and for now will be a digital only release for now...check out first review of the album (by Gaffa)...

Chorus Grant - Her Face In The Sun
+ Her Face In The Sun (mp3)

Chorus Grant "and the Villa Nova" album teaser

One more album track has been uploaded for streaming:

A Letter From Karen by Chorus Grant

Feels like...

J.A. recommends this cover by Bauer of Fiction Factory’s (Feels Like) Heaven. A more than adequate rendition, though it never really reaches the heights of the original (which 29 years on still sounds fantastic), as I do think that the production is a little “too” polished.

(FEELS LIKE) HEAVEN 2012 by feelslikeheaven2012



And the original:

Summer breeze...

Check out new single Easter Island by hyped Danish act The Eclectic Moniker. Like a much welcomed summer breeze I promise that it will make you dream of sun, beaches, drinks and perhaps (some of us probably will) girls in bikinis...

Tonight...

I probably should know better, but I do expect the concert tonight to be nothing short of fantastic...