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Watch: Lily Allen Does Her Pop — Reggae Hit, ‘Smile’

by on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9:23 am EDT in Arts & Entertainment, Music

I understand this song was a hit in the UK/Europe, and as a result Lily Allen is pretty big there.  For some reason it didn’t happen here, and therefore most Americans aren’t too familiar with Allen or this song.

The song ‘Smile’ from her album Alright, Still has got a great melody — pop / reggae-tinged — should have been a huge hit here in America, and even on mainstream radio.  Here is is the video of ‘Smile’ — Enjoy!:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxDrVUrSvI[/youtube]

Lily Allen’s hit single ‘Smile’ or its full-length album, Alright, Still, can be downloaded here:  Lily Allen - Alright, Still - Smile

Watch: Tuomo “Don’t take it too hard” – BEST SONG OF 2008!

by on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm EDT in Arts & Entertainment, Music

This is my favorite song from 2008. In fact, it’s one of my favorite tunes written in the new century.

This talent, Tuomo, is largely unknown, and I believe he’s still unsigned.  For those of you in the American Music Industry, he’s hiding out in Finland. FIND HIM, AND SIGN HIM!

This song stands up to anything Stevie Wonder has ever written, and Stevie is an absolute favorite of mine.  This video was filmed in Tokyo.

Enjoy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut8xTgw7zr4[/youtube]

 

Get Tuomo’s single “Don’t Take it Too Hard,” or the full length CD, My Thing, here: Tuomo - My Thing - Don't Take It Too Hard


Watch: Colin Newman’s latest Band, Githead, perform “Drop”

by on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 9:32 pm EDT in Arts & Entertainment, Music

For those of you who followed the band, Wire, back in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as Newman’s solo efforts in the 80s, you’ll love his latest band, Githead.  Here they are performing an acidic-trip, house-hop number entitled “Drop”.  Very catchy:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gnLYtmacbo[/youtube]

 

The Githead single, “Drop,” or the full length album, Art Pop, can be downloaded here: Githead - Art Pop - Drop

Watch: Bon Iver “Skinny Love” on David Letterman

by on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 2:32 pm EDT in Arts & Entertainment, Music

My sister just tipped me off on this band, Bon Iver.  For those of you in the ‘know’ I’m sure you’re sayin’, “Hey, that song’s been out nearly a year!  Get with the program!” 🙂  Point taken.  Anyways, for those of you who are also just a step behind the times, here’s a great song […]

People Who Died: Jim Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009)

by on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8:30 pm EDT in Arts & Entertainment, Music

Alex Williams of the New York Times did a nice writeup on the life and final years of the great downtown writer, poet, and musician, Jim Carroll. On Carroll’s latest work: He (Carroll) was trying to finish his first novel, tentatively titled “The Petting Zoo,” an ambitious book about an art-world prodigy of the 1980s, […]