Engineering Manager | Trail Runner | Stockholm, Sweden
There have been several highly unpleasant experiences pouncing on me these past weeks, most of which were totally out of my control to avoid. Also - all hail Monday - they still seem steadily coming.
To make matters different this time is the fact that I know precisely what could instantly evaporate all my worries. However, if I achieve or not this said nirvana is also out of my hands (and - for now - reach).
Regardless: I will never let it go.
Go Radio is a pop-punk band from Tallahassee, Florida. They have one free download track on Last.fm, Any Other Heart. Turns out, this song was featured in Lastfmdiscover.com's acoustic session:
Although former Mayday Parade vocalist Jason Lancaster was looking for some much needed time off and to get away from the daily grind of being in a band, he wasn't idle very long. Jason was soon putting together and fronting Go Radio. Just after the release of the debut album Lucky Street, Jason along with Alex Reed, Matt "Burns" Poulos and Steven Kopacz stopped by for a Last.fm Discover session. Start by lsitening to the heart-wrenching story that Jason has never really told in detail behind the song "Any Other Heart".....then witness the rest of the session at Lastfmdiscover.com
They are also found on MySpace.
Aosbi Seksu could probably run for the Best Named Award: アソビ・セクスtranslates to 'sex for fun'. They were introduced to me by my EU Law professor Johannes back in Japan (visiting from Germany). I almost missed their new shoegaze / dreampop album Fluorescence released in February 2011 off of which Trails is a free download:
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's iconic Nevermind SPIN magazine asked contemporary artists to cover the album's tracks in their original order. What's even better is that the whole shebang is free to download in exchange for an email address. The SPIN website also offers some band interviews on the subject.
Not much is shared about this band (guy) and I don't speak French to understand their (his) Facebook page. Nevertheless I find their (his) electronic music quite funny. Their (his) whole EP is free to listen & download on Last.fm and Soundcloud.
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This is quite a mixture of genres, mainly dark acoustic sounds with a touch of classical. What really makes it interesting is the French vocals. After all, Life's Decay is a Paris-based duo offering several tracks as free downloads on Last.fm.
I got Inksterna (2007) in the radio but also liked Emerance (2009):
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She is a classically trained cellist producing her own albums while composing music for TV, film and ballet. Her instumental ambient-chillout melodies set a mellow atmosphere. Zoë Keating has one free track available on Last.fm, Exurgency, however the leading track from One Cello x 16: Natoma is also available to listen to in full.
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Neil Gaiman seems to appreciate her as well.
Also, if you like cello, don't forget to check out 2CELLOS and Misi Várnagy.