The Kills are one of my favorite bands, a duo consisting of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince. They are best described as being grunge rock, and I was absolutely stoked to be able to see them live this year. I love Alison Mosshart's voice, she makes every song sound so amazing. She also recently(ish) formed The Dead Weather with three other famous rockers, most notably, Jack White, formerly of The White Stripes.
Just the other day on the TV show, Sons of Anarchy, a wonderful cover performed by Alison Mosshart & The Forest Rangers was featured. They covered Loius Armstrong's What A Wonderful World, and did an awesome job. While I would have liked them to have transformed the song and made it more grungy or rocky, Alison's voice sounds great singing the song. Take a listen below
While I try stick to posting about Aussie music here on the blog, I couldn't help but share this great new song with you guys. Los Campesinos! are a 7-piece indie pop band from England that I have been in love with for quite some time now. They are really poppy and upbeat, and have recently released the first single from their album due out on the 14th of November. Although the album is titled Hello Sadness, this song will definitely not leave you feeling sad at all. With a very catchy chorus, and charm that I have not been able to resist, this is definitely one of my favourite songs of the year so far. Watch the accompanying video below .
Alice SpaceDoll... Now that's a strange name. But man am I digging that voice and that spaced out ambient music. This electro producer/singer has a total of 2 EPs and her recent debut album, and I am liking them all. Actually I'm really loving them. Alice's debut album, Sunships & Starseeds, follows with the idea that she is actually from the Sun and has been reincarnated on Earth. Whacky I know, but who doesn't like a bit of quirkiness? Especially with great music to back it up.
You can buy the album over here. The whole album has a really great vibe, with the standout being Alice's mesmerising vocals. I will be listening to these tracks for quite some time! You can stream the album below, but make sure you grab the album if you like it, its pretty cheap, and well worth it
If you were really diggging those tracks we talked about a while back from Chris Taylor's (Grizzly Bear) side project CANT, then you can listen to the entire album now trough Transdreamer Records. It's definitely worth a listen, especially if you plan on going to Southbound or Falls Festival as CANT is on the bill. If you like the stuff make sure you grab yourself a copy.
We have given Shontay Snow some love on this blog, I think shes got an amazing voice and can see her doing some big things. Just the other day at Fremantle (Mojos Bar) she released her debut EP, and unfortunately I couldn't go. You can find out more about Shontay here, and get some details on her new EP. She played a couple new songs on the night, with one song, Artificial Love not being included on her EP, but it was recorded, and you can watch it below. The song is not perfectly recorded, but you can definitely here how great it is despite that.
