here's the sound i like

news, photos and videos of musicians and bands I love. Some bias towards female musicians.

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I'm trying to reduce the number of my tumblrs, so I'll post about the sound I like over here. Thanks for following!

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This is good!

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Gigwise session: Emika performs 'Sleep With My Enemies'

<3

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Femme - Double Trouble Not bad at all!

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Hopefully I’ll see them tonight at the Cameo show.

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I've been in love with Lauren Pritchard's voice since I saw Spring Awakening on Broadway and I'm happy that she goes new ways musically with her first song after a long break.

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Austra - Olympia Review

For the most part the record’s faster beat and pulsing bass is woven less obtrusively into the whole. Olympia offers a more ornate and complex upgrade on Feel It Break’s straight ahead electropop that also makes room for the on-record debut of backing vocalists Tasseomancy – their fey chanting and odd little interjections add a greater sense of theatre than before, marginally legitimising those Kate Bush comparisons.

I still need to get used to having the Lightman sisters singing in almost every song.

[nydmusic]

Her performance was full of energy from start to finish and she mingled in with her fans before and after the show to sign copies of Dva after injecting some humour into the proceedings when technical hitches threatened to scupper the beginning of the set.

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Emika, happy after her London show. It also proves that in real life she's crying far less often than in her videos.

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I love 80s flashbacks and this is an excellent one from the Brooklyn band Lexelle.

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Emika moves in various incarnations through her new video for "Centuries". Love it! And her new album Dva is out today

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Lorde - Tennis Court. Good song, good voice.

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Chromatics - Red Car

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As usual, I agree in all points.

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On Dva (Czech for the number two), her sophomore album, she harnesses some of the power of post-dubsteap á la James Blake or Jamie Woon (as on 'Mouth To Mouth'), but she also imbues her icy electronica with more pop noises ('Sing To Me') and a healthy dose of classical sounds ('Dem Worlds'). There's a heady trance feel; there's a rave aspect that begs exploration. There are times that the electronics are so skewed and serrated, it's almost reminiscent of the Green Wing soundtrack, like on 'Searching'. She ably escapes the confines of a dying genre by producing something far more unique.

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Review: Emika - Dva | NBHAP

Dva is an album that is melancholic and dark. At the same time it is an album that shows that EMIKA is able to do. She can make you dance and get lost in thoughts at the same time.

[nydmusic]

Excellent new Austra song.