Been a while world

I know, I know, I've been quite a bad blogger, but! today we start anew! As of the past couple of days I have discovered the great music of french artist Nouvelle Vague, and by discovering her, I have discovered another band called Bitter Sweet. I'm becoming quite a big fan of this french-esque jazzy stuff.

I hope to start posting more soon,
Sorry world!

Dirty Laundry - Bitter Sweet

There has probably been a time in the past year or so where you have walked into a club and heard "Patron on Ice" in about every hip-hop track played by the DJ. Chances are, one of those songs was T.I's Whatever you like. Anya Marina has thrown an interesting acoustic twist on this gangster fresh song (I lied, it really isn't that gangster fresh at all).
In other news! Me and my friend Kate will be recording our first episode of Dancing Strudel Radio, which i will provide the link for once it is up.
In the meantime though, check out my other buddies blog, who also hosts a radio show at UNF at Freezer Jams
Anya Marina - Whatever You Like (T.I. Cover)

Splendid Weather

Today I came across two new tracks from a band, whom I've been very into since they first were adding friends on myspace back in 2006. The Band is Rue Royale, made up Husband and Wife duo Brookln and Ruth Dekker. I have had the pleasure of seeing them twice in their founding town of chicago at both the Beat Kitchen and my personal favorite venue ( not just because i worked for them) Schubas Tavern. Brookln and Ruth have a beautiful sound to their voices as they combine highs and lows of their vocals and their light sounding songs. The band started with just the two of them, an acoustic guitar, a single bass drum and some shakers. And occasionally if your lucky, you can see them playing with friends of theirs who may provide piano parts to the songs, and sometimes even a drumset. This small assortment of instruments creates a beautiful experience for the listener though that definitely makes one recognize this band out of the rest. Sadly though for us chicagoans, They left chicago to explore new musical horizons in the EU. Although they have gone to another continent, their music will forever stay with their fans, who will follow them throughout their journey.

With that....

I give you the two free tracks they have posted for the winter. Be sure to check out their myspace, and if you happen to be in Europe, check out their tour!

Snow on Snow (The Bleak Midwinter) - Rue Royale
What Next Dear One - Rue Royale
Rue Royale Myspace

just would like to mention

Although this is un-music related, I just finished watching an amazing B&W french film titled Le Petit Soldat, and all I have to say is that Anna Karina is one of the most beautiful actresses I have ever seen in my life.

Goodnight world

Me at the Valentines Day Party, Pre-Computer Accident

It's tuesday! And in the music world that means NEW ALBUMS!!!! Thanks to The Blisslist I have discovered that today Metric has released a acoustic album titled Plug In Plug Ou featuring some awesome songs from their most recent album Fantasies. Yet, unfortunately I have found out today that I am low on funds! Sooo, I must save every penny! (Ok maybe not EVERY PENNY). I definitely recommend going to check out that album though.

In other news though, due to me not blogging so much I completely forgot to mention that on October 13th, Land of Talk released their new EP titled Fun and Laughter. The songs in the new EP are a little more down tempo then those in their past album Some are Lakes, but lead singer Eliabeth Powell's voice is equally awesome. It contains 4 songs and even 3 videos I believe? I received the album in the mail, but I cannot put it in my disk drive or it will eat the CD alive. Why may it eat my cd's you ask? I DJ'd a Valentines Day party at my friends apartment and someone bumped into the table with my computer on it, proceeding to having their drink flying in the air, which then led to my computer being covered in some fruity type of alcoholic beverage.... not a happy night. Luckily! my less than a year old Macbook Pro, still holds well to this day, and works fine...minus the disk drive....

So enough of my talk, go out and enjoy this new track from Land of Talk titled "May You Never"

Land of Talk - May You Never
Purchase Fun and Laughter here!
Purchase the Metric Album here!