I am (if you are)...

Check this rather funny video by Murder Mystery for their track I Am (If You Are). The band's EP Problems containing 6 tracks and 15 minutes worth of gorgeous indie pop will be digitally available on January 16.



Murder Mystery - I Am (If You Are) 

Enjoy...

My initial reaction when I saw this was; can my favorite remixer improve on a song that is ridiculously close to being perfect? Not quite sure if he could, but need to give it a few more spins (streams)...

Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (RAC Mix) by RAC

Simple song...

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock under living in a cage, you should know by now that The Shins premiered a new song the other day. So I’m not pretending this to be some sort of “breaking new” post, but instead rather a “yet another blogger posting the same shit as everyone else” kind of post. However as a blogger I do believe (at least I think I read that somewhere ages ago) that it’s important to voice your opinion from time to time. Also even though, your opinion can be summed up in one word; fantastic. Or perhaps maybe two words; bloody fantastic. So basically what I’m trying to say here is; the new song by The Shins is bloody fantastic and by no means just a “simple song”. Period!

Simple Song by the shins

Love or fate...

Check this new track by Greek quartet Personal. Vocals are fine and the tune is pretty catchy, but they probably need to change something radically, unless they forever want to be labeled "White Lies light".
+ Love or Fate

In case you missed out on it when I posted it last year; Check the video for first single Prayer as well and the White Lies comparison becomes even more evident!

Voice...

Voice sucks. Plain and simple. I cannot emphasize enough how seriously I hate those "become famous overnight" TV programs. But as much as I hate to admit it, Voice does have its few bright moments. Some of the songs performed by the contestants have been pretty OK and have saved me for some hard work and introduced my oldest daughter (she's 9 years old) to a string of new songs and artists (yesterday she asked if I could put some songs by The Raveonettes on her iPod touch). Finally these two performances by the four coaches are absolutely smashing; no matter the surroundings!

Nothing will grow...

Check out new single Nothing Will Grow by Little Jungles. It's incredibly cool (the lazy way of saying that I'm not quite sure how to describe it, but it's really infectious and I really, really like it)...trust me! Watch/stream it below or download it via bandcamp (name your price).


Little Jungles - Nothing Will Grow from MKN on Vimeo.

Nothing Will Grow by Little Jungles

From the mailbox...

As written a few days ago; no New Year's resolutions, but it's my intention that I will try to check out more of the stuff arriving in the mailbox this year than I managed to last year. Since I've made these kinds of posts several times before, you ought to know exactly what you're getting. Some great music (at least I hope you think so as well) and next to no writing...

+ The Minor Leagues - Ghost Maps
New album out on January 31.

+ Elika - No One Gets Lost
According to Ulrich Schnauss, Elika is "an incredibly exciting, radical fusion of shoegaze and electronica elements".

+ The Denzels - Black Girls
Energetic and catchy! Do check out the second track Rae Rae from the Easy Tiger EP.

Stick around...who knows what will pop up (in this post or in one or more new posts), as there are still a billion emails or so left to go through...

I don't believe my eyes...

Check this new track by Greek pop/rock act The Finger. Not ground-breaking in any way, but boy they sure know how to write seriously infectious songs! A debut album is on the way!

The Finger - I Don't Believe My Eyes by the finger band

Zzz...

Still tired. Work still sucks. So there's really nothing new to tell. Enjoying some old favorites from previous years, while trying to get myself going and get some work done. Not easy. One of the tracks included in today's playlist is Beatrice in the other World by Crushed Stars from the wonderful album Convalescing In Braille. Not sure if I'm allowed to post it for streaming, but since it's one of the most beautiful tracks I know and an absolutely perfect fit for today's mood, I've decided that I'm going to post it anyway. So please don't shoot me; just tell me to remove it...OK?

Crushed Stars - Beatrice in the Other World

Bonus info: New album will be out on March 6 and this new track has been made available for streaming.

Brighter Now by Crushed Stars

2012...

Here we go; the first post of the New Year. For a couple of minutes I was thinking of simply reposting last year’s post, because it basically says what I want to say (again). Summed up that is:

a) Work sucks
b) No New Year’s resolutions but...
c) I will try to keep this blog alive for another year
d) I will try to stop whining
e) Work sucks

Happy New Year and hope a few of you will stick around for 2012!