I love this boy. There's something sexy about a boy who knows his way around an instrument like Brett Dennen knows his way around a guitar. His voice is unique, but I never tire of it. I wish he looked like his voice. Does that make sense?
War Child and Invisible Children are organizations that are dedicated to making the world a better place by investing in the children that are affected by the horrors of war. Both were founded by filmmakers exposed to and exposing the traumatizing events that occur in areas with conflict. War Child is based in the UK, Canada and Holland and Invisible Children in the United States with a Europe tour coming up.
Explore their sites, donate, get involved and check out any events in your area. On Oct. 19th there will be a showing of "The Rescue" in the the UNM Student Union Building at 6.
Promo video for War Child UK that coincidentally features some fantastic artsits:
Think about this figure: According to UNICEF, in 2008 alone 10 million children were traumatized by war.
I can't remember the last time I was this stoked for a debut album.
I just bought Pixie Lott's Turn It Up and it has been WELL worth it. At the tender age of 18, Lott possesses vocal talent far beyond her years. Like Adele, Amy Winehouse, Duffy, and Natasha Beddingfield, Pixie seems to be mesmerized by the American soul era and it's evident in her music (including motown, as you can see in "Boys and Girls"). My concern, however, is that she'll be thrown carelessly into this category of British female artists. She's so distinctive and savvy, you just know this isn't the last you've heard of Pixie Lott.
Oh, and did I mention? She topped the UK charts this week with "Boys and Girls"! (At least on BBC's Radio 1, the Official UK Charts, however claim "Run This Town" took the top spot and "Boys and Girls" no where to be seen. I trust Radio 1.)
"Boys and Girls (Album Version)" - Pixie Lott
Also, out of the RIDICULOUS number of "Use Somebody" covers, Pixie's has to be my favorite. Not on the album, but again, well worth the listen :)
Just amazing. Sit back and allow this song to assault your ears. If Florence were to compose a symphony, this piece would be the overture AND climax. It's THAT big
"Drumming Song" - Florence + the Machine
Almighty sound, indeed.
Two awesome R&B tracks you should know about: Esmee Denters and LeToya. Denters is a Dutch singer who got her start on YouTube doing covers of Beyonce, Mariah Carey and the like. Justin Timberlake "discovered" her and brought her into Interscope. Although, her album has been released in the Netherlands, we may never get a release here in the states. So enjoy this:
"Outta Here" - Esmee Denters
LeToya Luckett, or just LeToya is one of the founding members of Destiny's Child, but let's be honest who really knows about anyone other than Beyonce, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland? In any case, she's out for blood with this new single, "She Ain't Got Shit on Me"
So I bought music from this band on iTunes which tells you two things:
1. I couldn't find it anywhere else, and 2. I really, really (really) liked it.
Oh, and you have to listen to it all the way through :D
And in case you missed the tweets (follow at www.twitter.com/MusicSequitur), Iron Man 2 comes out in May 2010 (!!) and Leona Lewis' new single "Happy" leaked this weekend and it's well worth a listen if you can find any sound bytes still standing.
Remi Nicole has caught a lot of flack for doing a couple of gigs with Amy Winehouse. But as the lady Nicole herself puts it, she is "no longer working as Amys friend, due to the credit crunch she had to let me go as she could no longer afford to employ me and so now i have taken the brave jump in to the world of music."
Check out this lovely single released this past week:
The new Boys Like Girls album Love Drunk includes a ballad featuring Taylor Swift.
Also, the Boys didn't include "Kill Me in a Record Shop" on the tracklist, which is a shame. Heavy Heart, the EP on which "Record Shop" was released, also included a fantastic cover of Frou Frou's "Let Go."
