The downward spiral never ends. Looking at the state of current affairs, it's a disastrous week, with scenes we are, shamefully, used to see in Gaza, plus a despicable situation at the Spanish Southern border. Seriously depressing stuff. Luckily (what an incredible contrast), the music week has been stunning, a rare TOP TEN JUKEBOX where tunes just seem to flourish for you to grab. To the usual dose of discoveries (including a jangly gem in German!) a coalition of heavyweights has aligned to the rescue, crowned by the reunion of Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen, a dream come true. Take a break, enjoy the songs, and remember to join us at our Soundcloud page!
We'll run like we're awesome, totally genius...
Showing posts with label Sharon van etten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sharon van etten. Show all posts
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Saturday, March 27, 2021
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 284
After a week of hiatus (couldn't make in time, pretty busy days), here comes our TOP TEN JUKEBOX., the first of Spring. Heavily devoted to new findings (only exception being beloved Sharon Van Etten), eclectic as it's always the interion, but with an evident dominance of female voices and some ethereal, moody vibes (a great dose of folk sounds). An introduction to amazing records from exciting artists & bands, names definetely to keep an eye on it. Take a listen, enjoy, and remember to join us at our Soundcloud page!
Sunday, March 7, 2021
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 282
The first TOP TEN JUKEBOX of March is here, a stunning and pretty diverse collection of tunes. We have the outstanding and unexpected comeback of The Lodger. A cover of a gigantic song from dear Sharon Van Etten. Beloved bands such as Kiwis, Holiday Ghosts or Peel Dream Magazine, with their exciting and own takes of indiepop. And a bunch of discoveries, with a devastating gem (early contender for song of the year?), courtesy of Emily Rodgers. A lot to listen and enjoy, so hurry up!. And remember to join us at our Soundcloud page!
Sunday, June 21, 2020
A Confinement's Soundtrack
WE'RE BACK! After more than three months we have decided to return. It has been a long hiatus, we know. It's not hard to understand the situation has been daunting out there (still is for half of the planet, take care friends) with the pandemic. And, in these circunstancies, we just didn't feel the logic of keep following the madness of new releases. Or, to put it simply, we weren't "in the mood" (that would require a much longer and complex explanation on culture vs consumism). But that doesn't mean we haven't been listening to music. And now that Europe is getting back to this "new normal", we feel the time has arrived to return to form and get back to our humble task of supporting independent labels (now more than ever) and bring you the most exciting music. To begin with, and in order to dust ourselves off after such a long time, here's a special playlist. One that doesn't take into consideration what's new. Just the albums, groups & artists we have been listening the most during this confinement.
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Best Songs of the Year 2019: 25-1
25. Alexandra- RVG24. Red Bull & Hennessy- Jenny Lewis
23. Booksmart- Holiday Ghosts
22. Olympians- Andrew Bird
21. Weird Ways- Strand of Oaks
20. Vagabond- Steve Gunn
19. Old Man- Stella Donnelly
18. The Time We Had- Lachlan Denton & Studio Magic
17. Cattails- Big Thief
16. The Amputees- Tindersticks
15. Norman and Norma- The Divine Comedy
14. Honey- Drugdealer
13. Dylan Thomas- Better Oblivion Community Center
12. In Ceremony- Capitol
11. Bedroom- Hobby Club
10. Holograms- Tiny Ruins
9. Television Screens- Fontaines D.C.
8. Polar Onion- Allah-Las
7. The Barrel- Aldous Harding
6. Seventeen- Sharon Van Etten
5. Head Alone- Julia Jacklin
4. Forever Half Mast- Lucy Dacus
3. All My Happiness is Gone- Purple Mountains
2. One Bird in the Sky- Robert Forster
1. Light Years- The National
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Saturday, October 7, 2017
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 162
We have tried, promise. We have tried not to talk about the TOPIC, but in fact it's quite difficult not to think, feel and breathe "about" this Catalonia-Spain situation... Luckily, we have a temporary antidote... that you can use as much as you can. Yes, of course, we are referring to our new TOP TEN Jukebox! This time we have our beloved Sharon Van Etten 'revisiting' us with her always perfect tunes, but also a Seattle riot grrrl band called Who is she?, an Antipodean touch thanks to Last Leaves or the Swedish band Stars in Coma. An amazing global playlist for this crazy weeks of raising flags and actually doing & saying nothing... Have fun, try to disconnect as much as you can and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud. (Join Us!)
Direct links to 2017 Jukebox playlists
Direct links to 2017 Jukebox playlists
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Saturday, July 8, 2017
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 152
Time to go back to our weekly TOP TEN Jukebox, full of refreshing & summer mood songs. Because, on paper, July is supposed to be an "easy" month in terms of work but, this isn't reality AT ALL. That's why we have thought to bring you a "taste" of what the season should be by mixing the latest collaboration of a most beloved artist, Sharon Van Etten, with new interesting projects like Kidd or Houseplants. Have a nice weekend, relax and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud. (Join Us!)
Saturday, June 17, 2017
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 150
Here we are, suffering the first heat wave of the season (yes, we are still in June, but as the dumbest POTUS ever and his parade of evil, professional ass-suckers say, there's no climate change, right?), and also suffering a crazier than ever political week here (where the dangerous people are the ones that try to kick out a criminal organisation from power instead of that corrupt party)... but here comes a much deserved time out in the form of our new TOP TEN Jukebox! We have reached the 150 playlists mark and we are doing with something that is intrinsic to this Blog: lots of new discoveries, plus the mandatory inclusion of the collaboration of two Blog favourites, Lee Ranaldo joining forces with our beloved Sharon Van Etten. Enjoy, be careful with high temperatures and remember, all songs are available at our Soundcloud. (Join Us!)
Friday, July 22, 2016
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 111
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Discoverer 145: new indie findings
Back with another trio of new proposals in our discoverer series. And again, and it's becoming a very nice tradition, conformed by three amazing female musicians, the best example women rule the indiepop world right now. Always girls to the front!
Mitski. Born in Japan, 25 year-old musician Mitski Miyawaki has moved with her family very frequently around the world, living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia, China and Turkey among other countries before getting settled in New York to study composition at SUNY Purchase. After digital, self-released albums 'Lush' and 'Retired from Sad, New Career in Business' in 2012 and 2013, in 2014 arrived her first proper debut record with ' Bury Me at Make Out Creek' out via Double Double Whammy and Dead Oceans. Now she's back with 'Puberty 2', recorded with the help of her accomplice Patrick Hyland, out since June by Dead Oceans, an album fated to transform Mitski in one of the alternative artists to follow closely. Inventive and sonically rich, risky, brave, tense and meaningful, like summoning the Pixies and St.Vincent's altogether. Among the frontrunners for best album of the year... A must.
Japanese Breakfast. And we end with a very personal story between Eugene, Oregon, and Philadelphia, PA, to meet Michelle Zauner. Singer and guitarist of Philly indie rock quartet Little Big League, in late 2014 she moved back home to the Oregon after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. While she was there, she revamped songs from her previous lo-fi releases (there's a pretty bunch of music you can check at her bandcamp from 2013-2014) under the name Japanese Breakfast in collaboration with musician Ned Eisenberg. The result is 'Psychopomp', a stunning album out now via Yellow K Records, where the mourn of the loss collides with a bursting celebration of love and life enveloped in a collection of arresting tunes, ranging from bright indiepop to hazy shoegaze. Music as the guide for the souls to the afterlife and the comfort of the ones who remain here.
Lucy Dacus. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Lucy Dacus is a ridiculously talented musician for such a young age (just started to count her twenties!). She dropped out film school at Virginia Commonwealth University, worked at a photography lab before deciding to focus solely on music, with first tunes appearing online in 2015 and igniting the buzz on the blogosphere. Debut album 'No Burden', recorded in Nashville in just a couple of days, appeared on February 2016 via EggHunt Records (now reissued by Matador who just signed her to overwhelming response, thanks to her powerful, distinct voice, her witty (and funny, darkly funny) lyrics and her knack for melodies, between rock and folk. Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Courtney Barnett... take her on tour with you!
Mitski. Born in Japan, 25 year-old musician Mitski Miyawaki has moved with her family very frequently around the world, living in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia, China and Turkey among other countries before getting settled in New York to study composition at SUNY Purchase. After digital, self-released albums 'Lush' and 'Retired from Sad, New Career in Business' in 2012 and 2013, in 2014 arrived her first proper debut record with ' Bury Me at Make Out Creek' out via Double Double Whammy and Dead Oceans. Now she's back with 'Puberty 2', recorded with the help of her accomplice Patrick Hyland, out since June by Dead Oceans, an album fated to transform Mitski in one of the alternative artists to follow closely. Inventive and sonically rich, risky, brave, tense and meaningful, like summoning the Pixies and St.Vincent's altogether. Among the frontrunners for best album of the year... A must.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
International Women's Day Playlist!
Today is the International Women's Day, and to celebrate this very special & important we have prepared a playlist with 41 songs created/performed by amazing female artists & female-leaded bands (all Blog favourites). Why 41? Because its the number of years the Day has been held (since 1975, when the United Nations proclaimed it). Of course, many many more superb women have been left out of the playlist. But do not worry, we have every day of any given year to celebrate, as everyday is Women's Day. Thanks for your wisdom, your talents and your songs!
Monday, February 1, 2016
Discoverer 133: new indie findings
Let's travel again to our Antipodes to meet three more talented women and their very diverse music projects at our discoverer series. You can't go wrong going back down under!
Totally Mild. We begin our music trio in Melbourne, Australia. with this quartet leaded by Elizabeth Mitchell. As a matter of fact, Totally Mild originally was her solo and much folkier project, that got an official release with 2013's 'Castanet' cassettte. But then came the change, with the addition of Mitchell's friends, regular contributors and live shows support Zachary Schneider (Full Ugly, The Great Outdoors), Lehmann Smith (Kes Band) plus Ashley Bundang (Zone Out) to the mix, also expanding their sounds to embrace a wider palette delving into indiepop realms. The new incarnation of the band came out with debut album 'Down Time' on May 2015 via Bedroom Suck Records, much to overwhelming praise, being nominated for the Australian Music Prize, among others, and touring extensively throughout Europe, supportin the likes of Real Estate, Best Coast or The Chills. The buzz is very easy to understand. Mitchell's voice is simply irresistible, impossibly sweet, fragile and melancholic. There are celestial harmonies. The guitars chime, jangle, arrest you. The songs make waves and stay with you for a long time. What a cracking band!
Nadia Reid. Jump to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, to meet the many wonderful talents of this young artist (just in her middle twenties) that statess began her music career around 2012, although if you check her bandcamp you'll find out an EP titled 'Letters I Wrote and Never Sent', released in October 2011. Whatever the case, in November 2015 we, poor Europeans, finally got able to enjoy her debut album 'Listen To Formation, Look For The Signs', out on Spunk! Records, which saw the light of day a year before in her part of the world. A standout album, Reid not only possesses a voice that immediately demands your attention, full, assured, warm, but her surprisingly honest and mature take on Americana and folk is richer, enduring and affecting in a way that looks eye-to-eye with extraordinary and well-established artists like Gillian Welch, Laura Marling or my beloved Sharon Van Etten. Immense debut.
Fazerdaze. And we end in Auckland, NZ. to meet the even younger Amelia Murray and her haunting dreampop music. Born in Wellington, Amelia relocated to Auckland in 2012 to study music and began her homemade bedroom project, that acquired the form of a debut, self-titled and self-released EP in October 2014. Love from local radios and Internet arrived, with live shows following, on which Murray assembles a full band, with supporting slots for Luna and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. This past December she offered a digital glimpse of the forthcoming first album with the lovely song 'Little Uneasy'. The latest gem to add to a small collection of tunes enveloped in haze, but always letting the sun reach you through the reverb and occasional fuzz. Warm, intimate, comforting yet mysterious. Expectations couldn't be higher.
Totally Mild. We begin our music trio in Melbourne, Australia. with this quartet leaded by Elizabeth Mitchell. As a matter of fact, Totally Mild originally was her solo and much folkier project, that got an official release with 2013's 'Castanet' cassettte. But then came the change, with the addition of Mitchell's friends, regular contributors and live shows support Zachary Schneider (Full Ugly, The Great Outdoors), Lehmann Smith (Kes Band) plus Ashley Bundang (Zone Out) to the mix, also expanding their sounds to embrace a wider palette delving into indiepop realms. The new incarnation of the band came out with debut album 'Down Time' on May 2015 via Bedroom Suck Records, much to overwhelming praise, being nominated for the Australian Music Prize, among others, and touring extensively throughout Europe, supportin the likes of Real Estate, Best Coast or The Chills. The buzz is very easy to understand. Mitchell's voice is simply irresistible, impossibly sweet, fragile and melancholic. There are celestial harmonies. The guitars chime, jangle, arrest you. The songs make waves and stay with you for a long time. What a cracking band! 
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Best EPs of the Year 2015
15. High & Vibrate- The Persian Leaps
14. CRUSHED- PONY
13. Lemonseeds- Morels
12. Dregs- Tuff Love
11. Headcase- Day Wave
10. Nevski- Nevski
9. When you need me the most- Alpaca Sports
8. Montaña, guía y milagros- Victoria Ford
7. Seconds- Seconds*
6. Bodyheat- Bodyheat
5. Murder Shoes - Murder Shoes
4. I don't want to let you down - Sharon Van Etten
3. Roygbiv- Flyying Colours
2. Over Easy - Diet Cig
1. Wild- Young Romance
*(Technically not an EP but a split LP with band Joya, but considering both bands have six songs, and the release consists of two separate EPs, each with their own artwork, we included Seconds on the list)
*(Technically not an EP but a split LP with band Joya, but considering both bands have six songs, and the release consists of two separate EPs, each with their own artwork, we included Seconds on the list)
Want to check the best EPs of 2014? Click here
Or the ones selected in 2013? Click here
And 2012? Click here
The "Records List" coming shortly!
Or the ones selected in 2013? Click here
And 2012? Click here
The "Records List" coming shortly!
Friday, July 17, 2015
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 62
Middle July, the excruciating heatwave doesn't go away and decisions are just around the corner. So, it's time to propose you another fantastic and diverse TOP TEN playlist, gathering wonderful returns like The Stammer and Major Leagues mind blowing tunes, our beloved The School and Sharon Van Etten, plus our trademark new findings. As usual, it's also available at our Soundcloud blog page, so please join us! Direct links to 2015 Jukebox playlists
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Saturday, June 13, 2015
The Bloodbuzzed Jukebox Week 58
A week of important decisions and some big changes ahead, but we found some time to prepare our TOP TEN playlist. You can enjoy the last songs of blog regulars like our beloved Sharon Van Etten or the new tune from Widowspeak. And, as mandatory, several exciting new discoveries like, just naming two, Bad Bad Hats and Angelic Milk, that we are sure you're going to love! Remember, this is also available at our Soundcloud blog page, please join us!Direct links to 2015 Jukebox playlists
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