At only 21 years old, Daughter's Elena Tonra and her guitarist boyfriend, Igor Haefeli, have been making a quiet but large splash in the music scene. Using many strange, yet mesmerizing sounds, Elena adds a beautiful touch to what her voice already offers to the world of acoustic folk.
With her opening song, Landfill sets the mood for the rest of her album, His Young Heart. This song, with its strong buildup into an absolutely electric chorus has personally sent chills down my spine and has had me listening to her endlessly on repeat.
Here is a copy of the song Landfill, but you can listen to the rest of the EP, here Daughter - Landfill
And another song from her more recent EP: Daughter - Love
This name you've probably heard before if you listen to Lupe Fiasco or Rihanna or Eminem. Skylar Grey has been catching some attention with her big music collaborations. Lately she's been coming out with some of her own music which sounds pretty catchy, so listen to some of her stuff. Only two singles out with no mention of an album, but here you go.
Still some time away before I get back into this full time, but I thought I'd share another of my favourites. I've put some Kris Menace up on here a while ago, and I should probably do a feature, but maybe another time. In all seriousness, find some of his music if you have time. He keeps it quite simple but I'd still put him near the top of my favourite DJs. This is a remix of Bag Raiders' Shooting Stars. Yeah, and check them out too!
I cant believe I've been away from my blog for the past month and a half. I've been far too detached from my music due in part to a ton of things, but I'll be back soon! For now I'll be posting up some songs on their own until I pick up my own pace and start downloading again. "Dont wanna lose ya!"
Sorry, been a little busy/lazy over the past week. This Momentary, the name of the song, was just Delphic's second single to be released. Having just watched a video that scuba divers captured of the remains of cities drowned by the Japanese tsunami, watching a music video set in a city located near the Chernobyl disaster seemed appropriate.
Featuring three different bands, all from Vancouver, The Peak produced a decent show at the Venue on Monday night. Opening the show, surprisingly on time, was Young Pacific. Despite the fact that they were opening for Guilty About Girls, this group of guys surprisingly had the best performance. Living up to their name, these guys undoubtedly are a group of young, but quite talented guys with plenty of energy. Showing up on stage looking quite excited, they quickly got the crowd started despite the venue being half empty at that point.
Young Pacific - Circles to Squares
Like their sound, their performance was quite fresh, without anything particularly special laid out, except for a couple times when the keyboardist, Djavin Bowen and the bassist, Mike Noble switched instruments with each other. Didn’t realize this would become a tag team match, but awesome otherwise.
What shocked me was Sex With Strangers. Coming out with a Jack Black-like performance, this group of people did nothing short of a surprising set-list which encompassed a multitude of different genres from metal to alternative rock. And did I also mention that the lead singer, Hatch Benedict looked like Jack Black as well? Couldn’t have been a coincidence. Despite the music which sounded much better recorded, Hatch singlehandedly managed to entertain like a madman, at one point bunny ear-ing his synthesizer. Spitting across the stage though, sick but impressing with the distance he managed to cover.
Headlining the show, Guilty About Girls finally came out, but with what seemed like a sub-par performance. Though the band only really consisted of two guys, Jordy Birch and Mark Henning, they showed up with a drummer and a female backup singer who really didn’t do that much but dance slightly awkwardly. With Birch on guitar and Henning on synth, a good question was whether or not either of them were drunk or high, making quite a few blunders and sounding out of tune. Despite all this, Birch and the others did have a great setlist, followed by an encore act of Henning attempting to teach the dance moves for their song, Candy Candy.
Also, just as something worth watching, heres the video for the song, Candy Candy:
Coming from Denmark, The Raveonettes have done a wonderful job of creating an edgy take on rock music. Lined with simple but standout instrumentation, Sharin Foo and Sune Rose Wagner complement this style with beautiful vocals. With their fifth and latest album released just this April, they have been around, having stopped over in Vancouver several times including just last month for a show at Venue.
