Okay, so i just discovered this girl a few days ago or so and i'm already in love with her... she is THE next big thing. Florence and the Machine (mainly singer/songwriter Florence Welch but also a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice [Robert Ackroyd, Christopher Lloyd Hayden, Isabella Summers, Tom Monger]) is/are (whatever) pretty new in the bizzz of recording artists and the debut album LUNGS was just released july 6th in the UK where she is from. (it entered the charts on #2 right behind micheal jackson)
Her music is like a very soulful indie/pop/rock mix. Her debut single "Kiss With A Fist" is more rock then pop, her 2nd single "Dog Days Are Over" is very indie/folk and her 3rd one (my fave) called "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" is a mixture of soul, pop and psychedelic-indie-rock. So basically her styles vary.
Releases:
Singles: "Kiss With A Fist" "Dog Days Are Over" "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"
Albums: "Lungs"
EP'S: "A Lot Of Love, A Lot Of Blood"
Photos
VIDEOS
Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up):
Kiss With A Fist:Kiss With A Fist:
Girl With One Eye (Live):Girl With One Eye (Live):
Welcome to a new edition of 'Shoerocker's Choice' were I bring new music to YOU.
This time I'm introducing an artist who is not signed and doesnt even want to be (!) yeah thats right, Julia Nunes is a normal college kid who makes music for fun and she intents to keep it that way. Julias 'Career' started out on YouTube (Username: Jaaaaaaa) where she started to upload videos of herself covering her favourite songs. (And even that wasnt intended, her first video was a cover of 'Survivor' by destinys child, and she only uploaded it because she wanted to win a Ukulele in a contest but the people responded so well that she decided to keep it up.)
But Julia doesnt just do cover songs, no.... she writes and produces her own songs too and she already has two CD's out called 'Left, Right, Wrong' and 'I Wrote These' wich she put out herself (with a little help from her parents)
Now, this girl is not just the cutest girl i have EVER seen, but she is also very talented and just a fun, energetic 'have-a-good-time kinda gal... oh, and shes a godess on the Ukulele, but see for yourself:
okay now, thats enough looking, start listening:
....and now youre thinking 'wow that dude was right, she is awesome...'
yeah.... told you so... :P but seriously, go check her out, its worth it!
thinking is one of the most stressful things i've ever come across and not being able to articulate what i want to say drives me crazy i think i should try and read more books and learn some new words my sister used to read the dictionary i'm going to start with that i'd like to travel i want to see india and the pyramids, a whale and that race with all the bycicles in France i'm not sure about rivers they scare me but i love swimming i'm good at it when i swim i think about numbers, i count the laps when i was younger i saw a house burn down and i walked past it everyday for the next six years derelict black chalky and dangerous i wondered if squatters lived there? still not sure but i know there were not any parties coz they were shit after a while the council got round to tidying up the town making it less offeciencive here and there they say it was a eye sore so they tore it down behind the house there was a wall with a few bits of crappy graffiti and the word cunt written on it in massive letters and now i walk pass that i like sitting in the park and i like walking through it i like taking my dog there and friends and i like being alone i like flowers and simplicity i like compassion and thoughtful gifts i like being able to shout but i wish i could be quiet but when i'm quiet people think i'm sad and usually i am sometimes when i'm at a busy trainstation somewhere big with noisy trains i feel like putting down my bags and shouting out because i have something to say don't you want to share the guilt? don't think just try and sleep!
Dirty streets and dirty deals
Doesnt need thinking about
Nor when you're eating your home-cooked meals but...
Actually it fucking does
The time that it takes is long
And the hurt that it makes is strong
And those eyes that you see are so young
They're so young
The backs of trucks covered in dirt
Dirt from the road from the track
Dirt from the devil himself
I cant see a way of you getting back
Oh, dirty human being
Everyday day after day, day after day
Well, there's no way
You'll get away
And the time that it takes is long
And the hurt that it makes is strong
And those eyes that you see are young
They're so young
These are the dirty deals
These are the dirty deals
These are the dirty dirty dirty dirty deals
And
Home is where the heart is
But I dont see any heart left in you and
It's been, been ripped and sliced and torn
Been kicked and beat and smashed and ...
It's just a routine, just something
Just something that you do every day
There's no hope of getting away
Home is where the heart is
But I dont see any heart left in you and
COuldnt be, not really, not after what you've been through
So, what's left? What does the world see?
You're just a piece of dirt where a heart used to be
I understand
Your need to switch the roles around
And despise me for the
Fact that we didn't last
And I'll be your punching bag
If you'll stay in my past.
I understand
To want to have a mature dialogue
Is too much to ask
and I'll be your one regret
If you'll stay in my past.
I understand
You delude yourself, and sleep with
A different guy
Each night in order to recover fast
And I'll let you cheapen sex
If you'll stay in my past.
I understand
That we can never speak again
And your resentment towards me
Will last
And I will let you forget me
If you'll stay in my past.
I understand
That you will one day love again
And that it's selfish of me to
want to ask
If you can only live off the
memory off me.
I know in the beginning I said that Shoerocker’s Choice is going to be an monthly journal but I have decided to break with that because it is like everyday I find new artists who I want to feature or I think of artists that I already know who totally have to be featured, so I’m just going to do a shoerocker’s choice journal whenever the f**k I want! =P
So, the Band I’m featuring this time is called "ALPHABEAT". I first heard of them a few days ago, so I don’t really know that much about them =P well, the first song i heard of them is called "Fascination" and i totally loved it! It’s an upbeat, fun, crazy, party pop song. I am totally addicted to it! I instantly bought their self titled debut album on iTunes ( the german iTunes store, don’t know if it’s available in the american store (yet) ). The album is just like the single, fun and fresh and funky and just perfect for spring time. The band is from Denmark btw. And they dropped their first single that was called "Fantastic 6" in ‘07.
That’s right Buzznet people it is the beginning of the month which means there is another issue of Shoerocker’s Choice expected, so here it is; this month I am featuring my FAVORITE (german) BAND: BEATSTEAKS!!!
Kay, so the beatsteaks where like the first rock band I listened to when I was younger I started listen to them when I was like nine or ten years old mostly because my big sister was very much into them and she kinda wanted to listen to "the good stuff" so that’s basically how I got into rock music... my first concert was also a beatsteaks concert and I have seen them live sooo many times, I srsly lost track... because they’re just the best live band EVER and im not just saying that you know I mean it the just make you feel so great and they just rock! =P
Members:
Vocals, Guitar - Arnim Teutoburg-weiß
Guitar - Bernd Kurtzke
Guitar - Peter Baumann
Bass - Torsten Scholz
Drums - Thomas Götz
Discography:
1997 - 48/49 (Album)
1998 - Knaaack EP
1999 - Launched (Album)
2002 - Wohnzimmer Ep
2002 - Summer (Single)
2002 - Living Targets (Album)
2002 - Let Me In (Single)
2004 - Hand In Hand (Single)
2004 - Smack Smash (Album)
2004 - I Don’t Care As Long As You Sing (Single)
2004 - Hello Joe (Single)
2005 - B-Site (DVD)
2007 - Jane Became Insane (Single)
2007 - Limbo Messiah (Album)
2007 - Cut Off The Top (Single)
2007 - Demons Galore (Single)
2007 - Meantime (Single)
2007 - Demons Galore (DVD)
2008 - Kanonen Auf Spatzen (DVD)
And as always im gonna post some videos, so please check them out, I promise you wont regret it, and if you like them just give me your AIM name and I can send you some songs cause I want everybody to loooove them as much as I do! ENJOY! :
"Hand In Hand" Live@ Rock Am Ring 2007
"Hello Joe" Live in Milan
"Summer" Live@ Rock Am Ring 2007
"Monster" Live@ Rock Am Ring 2007
hope you liked them, if you did, please tell me if you didn't tell me anyways (and please tell me why!!!)
kay, i am allway super jealous of like everyone on buzznet because of their photography (f. example: kassady, sandee, sara, seb...) and i know i could take beautiful and just awesome pictures too you know, i just dont have the right eqipment... so i was thinking i totally have to get a new camera and thats where you guys come in handy... =) can you recommend any cameras too me? for examole the ones you use???? id be sooo thankful=) ok, thaaaanks allready for reading this xoxo-marc
Favorite Band: Panic At The Disco (i think its because the pretty. odd. release is so exciting for me, srsly, i cant wait for that little package to arrive!)
Favorite Rock Album: Ramones - Brain Drain (i love the ramones and Brain Drain is my fav ramones album, its really awesome)
Favorite Pop Album: OneRepublic - Dreaming Out Loud (i actually wasnt gonna get it because i didnt like apologize but a friend of mine had it and said it was ok, so i gave it a try and i gotta say they've got some catchy songs)
Favorite Solo Artist: Chris Garneau ( it was a hard race between him and my beloved Kate Nash but obviously he won im sooo in love with "music for tourists". btw: he looks like a total geek on this picture and i think thats adorable=P)
Favorite Movie: Juno (i dont think i have to say way, its just really great, you laugh, you cry and ellen page is brilliant)
Favorite Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal (AWWWW!)
favorite Actress: Ellen Page ( her work is just so amazing, i mean i loooved her in "Mouth to Mouth", "Hard Candy", "Juno" and "The Tracey Fragments" ... she is really talented... and i think X-men 3 was just an accident!)
Favourite TvShow: Grey's Anatomy (Yupp, its still greys... im so glad that they start airing again in april!)
Favorite Buzznetter: Its My LITTLE MISS ROBOT! cause i can talk to her about anything and i can be thirteen with her and shes the coolest and she rocks!
kay, i just watched a movie with some of my friends and now i'm gonna tell you how i feel about it ( i know normally i don't do that kind of stuff, but i fell really weird right now and im in need of telling you about it... besides, i was online anyways!)
0h, and the movie we saw was "The Tracey Fragments" starring Ellen Page
ok, i'm not giving you a recap or something cause it would take me too long, and to be honest, im kinda tired =P so, here i go:
THIS IS MY EMOTIONAL STATE RIGHT NOW: i feel very depressed and sad, and i feel like i want to cry but i cant because im emotionally overstrained.... its a weird feeling and i never want to feel like this again, dont get me wrong, the movie is great, awesome editing, great music and Ellen Page (whom i love) is briliant as allways, but this movie just left me with a pain... it was especially hard for me because traceys little brother sonny, who gets lost, looks sooo much like my little brother kai (age ten) and i love him more then anything and seeing how tracey is searching for her little brother so desperately (...) hurt.
ok, guys, i found this article on the internet, and now im going over, and over it.... is it true??? what do you think???
here's the article:
Add Jake Gyllenhaal to the growing list of celebrities recently outed by former Hollywood publicist JJ. According to an unnamed source, the Zodiac star has been canoodling with male BF Chris Fischer (Pictured Below) for years; a romance that ultimately led to his split with recent robbery victim Kirsten Dunst. Jake, who was most recently romantically linked to actress Reese Witherspoon, is reportedly expecting a baby with his baby, via surrogate mother, in September.
“Jake Gyllenhaal has been dating the same guy for years. Last year Jake and his bf were arrested and brought into the West Hollywood station after the sheriffs office was called after catching Jake and his bf having sex in an SUV behind the restaurant Chin Chins in LA. Both were later released.
Jake has been dating this guy for years, even before he broke up with Kirsten Dunst. Kirsten Dunst found out about his bf and confronted him at Chateau Marmont. The confrontation was loud and they broke up right there. News of their break-up followed a few days later. Jake and his bf are currently expecting a baby through a surrogate. They used a company based in Westwood, CA. The baby is due in September.”
I think its bullshit.... just some bloggers skandal-horny fantasy.... but srsly now, what do you guys think?? xo-marc
i just saw this video, and i gotta say im.... i dont know im sad and pissed and confuesed.. ach, see for yourself if you havent yet:
this is a really important thing... i am gay too, and when i was 15 i got beaten up all the time because of that fact. but the worst thing is that at somepoint you start to hate yourself for what happens, because you cannot change it... i cried soooo many times, night after night after night because i was so confused, it was all soo new and there i was being punished for being something i cant change for being gay, for being me. now i accepted myself just the way i am, but being gay is still not getting any easier... people like to think that gays choose to be gay but that is not the fact! and people think of gays as this weird, different, perverds,... but we are NORMAL PEOPLE.... life is hard enough as it is, stop the hate! kids need to be educated and told, that gay people are normel people just like anyone else... i have so much more to say, but this comment would be waaay too long, and i cant gather my thoughts right now... im really upset right now.... anyways
oh, and i took this from jilly's page! (jillypeppa.buzznet.com)
ok, women in music are as succsessful in the musicbizzz as they can be (Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Kate Nash...etc.) but what about german chicks?????? here are some examples of the good, the bad and the ugly... =)
THE GOOD:
Stefanie Heizmann - "My Man Is A Mean Man"
Nena - "99 Luftballons" (1982)
Jennifer Rostock - "Kopf Oder Zahl"
Maya Saban - "Hautnah"
THE BAD:
Lafee - "Virus"
Cascada - "What Hurts The Most"
No Angles - "Disappear"
kay, now see, that were the good and the bad.... i promised to also present the ugly but.... it was just way too(oooo) ugly to show you, and i bet buzznet would have kicked me off for doing that so... =) (FEEDBACK ON THE MUSIC PLEASE!!!)
Alright, Buzznet boys and girls, your looking at the second "Artist Of The Month" journal called "Shoerocker’s Choice" by me, Marc. This months featured band is(ssss): BLOC PARTY! (Hell Yeahhh!!!) This band is definitely in my All-Time-Top5... When I first heard their debut single "Little Thoughts" I was totally hooked... their kinda’ unusual-, but still catchy sound, Kele’s awesome(!!!) voice and their thoughtful, deep and impressive lyrics just flashed me... I was on three of their concerts yet and seriously, they just blow you away... Their first Album "Silent Alarm" is really good, but their second Album is just.... ... ... UNBELIEVABLE AWESOME!!! no, seriously now, it rocks "derbst" =) when I first heard the drums set in at the beginning of "Hunting For Witches" I totally freaked out... and not to forget my favorite song of all: "Kreuzberg" awwwwwwww!... sooo beautiful... and the guitar solo in "Uniform"... och, I just love them=)
Kay Buzznet boys and girls, last week Bree suggested that I could do some kind of "music journal" like: "Artist Of The Week" or something and I was like: "yeah, sounds good...." and so I thought about that, but after a while I thought about changing it into "Song Of The Week" but I wasn’t feeling that too much, so I decided to stick to the first idea... but then I thought hey! What if I can’t come up with a new artist every week???... and so (and I’m about to make my point now) I changed into "Artist Of The Month" (!!!) And besides, I think it’ll be a little more special if people have to wait a whole month until I post the next journal instead of just a week. =) sooo... here it comes, the very first Artist Of The Month journal!!!! (I called it "Shoerocker’s Choice)
I had thousands and thousands of names of artists going through my head, but after hours and hours of thinking and thinking=) I finally decided which one to pick: THE COLD WAR KIDS! A band that is very, very special to me. I looove their sound and especially the sound of Nathan Willetts voice. I don’t know why but they sound like a band from another century, very "old school" I don’t know how famous they are in America, but if you don’t know them yet, you definitely should get to know them... they rock!
Band members:
Nathan Willett - Vocals, Piano
Matt Maust - Bass
Jonnie Russell - Guitar
Matt Aveiro - Drums
Discography:
2005 - Mulberry Street EP
2005 - With Our Wallets EP
2006 - We Used To Vacation EP
2006 - Benefit At The District EP
2007 - Robbers & Cowards (Album)
2007 - Hang Me Up To Dry (Single)
And here are some vids to show you how AWESOME they are, enjoy! :
I Can't See You Anymore... Where Are You? I Need To Know That You Are Here... Did You Leave Me? Did Someone Take You AwayFrom Me? Please Say Smething... I Need To Know... I MissYou, ...Will You Be Back? -No, No You Won't... I'm Crying, I'm Crying And I Can't Stop... I'm Crying Because Of You...
