Borrowed Music

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Hypnotic - Zella Day

Zella Day has been described as a “happier Lana Del Rey”, and you can see what “they” mean: she’s poppier and more upbeat than LDR, although there is still an underlying quality of sadness to even her most exuberant tunes. She’s got plenty to be happy about – still in her teens, she is one of the most blogged-about artists of the year so far. She’s got a background as a folkie/country girl, growing up in a small ranch town in Arizona with a population of less than 5,000, and if that sounds too fictional to be true, she used to perform Dylan, Presley and Bobby Darin songs in the family-owned Mor Mor Coffee House. Soon, she was writing her own songs – in what will surely become lore, she is said to have come up with an album of self-penned songs by the time she was 13. Even in her latest, studio-polished tracks, you can detect a country-ish twang in her voice, in the same way that, divested of its west-coast sheen, Stevie Nicks’ music would probably reveal a country and western troubadour. - The Guardian www.theguardian.com

Monday, March 16, 2015

Better Than You Left Me - Mickey Guyton

Trending music.

Mickey Guyton (born c. 1984) is an American country music singer. She is signed to Capitol Records Nashville, and has released her debut single "Better Than You Left Me".

Guyton was born c. 1984 in Arlington, Texas. She said that she was inspired to begin a singing career after, at the age of eight, she saw LeAnn Rimes sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the start of a Texas Rangers game. In 2011, Guyton signed with Capitol Records Nashville and recorded an extended play, Unbreakable three years later. Her debut album will be co-produced by Dann Huff and Nathan Chapman.

Guyton wrote her debut single, "Better Than You Left Me", with Jennifer Hanson and Jenn Schott. She debuted the single at the Grand Ole Opry on January 10, 2015, and released both it and the music video two days later.^[3]^[4] Guyton said that the single was inspired by a breakup with a former boyfriend who "came running back to" her after she got the opportunity to sing for the President of the United States.^[5] The song broke the record for most first-week adds by a debut artist's first single in Country Aircheck history.

Taste of Country named the song a "Critic's Pick" from editor Billy Dukes, who called Guyton a "pure country vocalist who relies on talent and strong songwriting before anything else". USA Today's Brian Mansfield also reviewed the single favorably, saying that it "has a soaring melody that reflects its strength of spirit."

The song debuted at number 56 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart dated for the week ending January 24, 2015. An article in The Guardian made note of the song's early success on the charts, particularly due to Guyton being an African American female in a genre dominated by white men. - Wikipedia

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Wait For Life - Emile Haynie ft. Lana Del Rey

Emerging Artist

Emile Haynie (born July 13, 1980) (often credited simply as Emile), is an American music producer from Buffalo, New York. His range of production includes alternative rock, hip hop, indie and pop music. In 2010, Haynie won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for his contributions on Eminem's seventh studio album, Recovery. - Wikipedia

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant (born June 21, 1985), known by her stage name Lana Del Rey and former stage name "Lizzy Grant", is an American singer-songwriter. Del Rey started songwriting at the age of 18 and signed her first recording contract with 5 Points Records in 2007, releasing her first digital album Lana Del Ray in January 2010. Del Rey bought herself out of the contract with 5 Points Records in April 2010. She signed a joint contract with Interscope, Polydor, and Stranger Records in July 2011.

Del Rey released her second studio album Born to Die in January 2012. It debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200, and was the fifth best-selling album of 2012. A remix of its fifth single "Summertime Sadness", produced by Cedric Gervais, became her highest-charting track on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 after peaking at number six in the country. Del Rey released her third extended play Paradise that November; three of its tracks were featured in her short film Tropico, which was premiered in December. Her third studio album Ultraviolence was released in June 2014 and debuted as number one on the Billboard 200. In December 2014, she announced she will be headlining a tour with Courtney Love in Summer 2015.

Del Rey's music has been noted for its cinematic sound and its references to various aspects of pop culture, particularly that of the1950s and 1960s Americana. The singer has described herself as a "gangsta Nancy Sinatra". Musically, she draws influence from what she deems to be the masters of each genre, including Elvis Presley, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Nirvana, Eminem,Bruce Springsteen, and Britney Spears, as well as from poetry and film noir.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Satellite - Mew

Mew is a Danish alternative rock band, consisting of Jonas Bjerre (lead vocals), Bo Madsen (guitar), Johan Wohlert (bass) and Silas Utke Graae Jørgensen (drums). Johan Wohlert left the band in 2006 before the birth of his first child, but made a return in 2013 while the band were in the studio, before making his first live appearances since his departure in 2014. - Wikipedia

Friday, February 6, 2015

Hooray for Earth - Racy

A band doesn’t have to be legendary, or even great, to be definitive. Case in point: Hooray For Earth. If you consider “alt synth-rock” to be a thing—and you should—any given release from the Brooklyn band could be considered state of the art. In the three-year stretch between their first EP and 2011’s True Loves, their aesthetic evolved from a less polychromatic rendering ofMGMT’s Mario Paint symphonies to a parallel of the percussive, vaguely mystic electro-pop streamlining of Animal Collective and Yeasayer. Three years later, Racyreflects where we’re currently at; this type of band no longer has any pretense of being “indie rock” in anything but a nominal sense. Racy is big, it’s bold, and positions its creators closer to "pop", only to reveal them as a pop band by context rather than nature. - excerpt from a review on http://pitchfork.com/

Saturday, January 31, 2015

COCOON - CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN

Second posting of video from Catfish and the Bottlemen. I think they are going to be heard from a lot more in the future.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Looking Too Closely - Fink

Fink, aka Fin Greenall, is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer and DJ, born in Cornwall and currently based in Berlinand London. From 1997–2003 he recorded electronic music and DJ'd internationally, releasing in 2000 his debut album Fresh Produce on Ninja Tune. Since the 2006 release of his album Biscuits for Breakfast, the name Fink has also referred to the recording and touring trio fronted by Greenall himself, completed by Guy Whittaker (bass) and Tim Thornton (drums). Well known for the 2007 song "This is the Thing" and the 2011 album Perfect Darkness. Greenall's skills as a songwriter have created a demand for his talents among fellow artists. Most recently he has written in collaboration with John Legend, Banks, Ximena Sarinana and Professor Green. With Amy Winehouse he co-wrote the song "Half Time", which appears on Winehouse's posthumous collection Lioness: Hidden Treasures. In 2012 Fink collaborated and performed with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, resulting in the live album Fink Meets The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Fink is currently signed to his own label, R'COUP'D Records, a subsidiary of Ninja Tune. In 2014, he released the album Hard Believer, his most successful album to date, charting in a great number of European Albums Charts. - Wikipedia

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Levitation - Marz Leon

Couldn't really find any background information for this artist. So, a true emerging artist!

Monday, January 26, 2015

Say Something - Karen Harding

Karen Harding is a British singer known for her appearances on Eurovision: Your Country Needs You and The X Factor. She will release her debut single, "Say Something", in 2015. Harding's influences include R&B, pop and soul artists such as Mariah Carey,Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Lisa Stansfield, as well as dance acts Craig David and Madison Avenue. - Wikipedia

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Hold My Hand - Jess Glynne

Jessica Hannah "Jess" Glynne (born 20 October 1989) is an English singer-songwriter signed to Atlantic Records UK.^[4] She is best known for featuring on Clean Bandit's single "Rather Be" and Route 94's "My Love", both of which reached number one on theUK Singles Chart in 2014. Her debut single, "Right Here", reached the top ten. - Wikipedia

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Something Big - Shawn Mendes

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian musician. Since the release of his self-titled The Shawn Mendes EP and his debut single "Life of the Party", he has been gaining mainstream success as a singer-songwriter and touring artist. Wikipedia