Audio Drums

Crackling vinyl always gets me, and this track has a wonderful sample with that old friendly sound.

last.fm bio:

The Russian Futurists are a Canadian indie-pop band based in Toronto. Their music has been defined as lo-fi and indie-electronica. Although The Russian Futurists initially had only one member, Matthew Adam Hart, the band was later enlarged. The band debuted in 2000 with The Method of Modern Love, which was praised by music stars such as Graham Coxon and Peter Buck. In 2004 the band toured in the U.S., Canada and Spain.

Russian Futurists - Still Life

Off Greg Weeks 2001 release, “Awake Like Sleep” is this very personal and slightly disturbing tale of pain. Think Elliot Smith with a Moog and Mellotron.

Last.fm Bio:

Greg Weeks is a singer-songwriter. His music has been described as folk, acoustic, psychedelic and experimental. He is now a member of Espers, a neo-psychedelic folk band from Philadelphia.

His song “Made” was featured in the “Pink” adicolor video, which was directed by Charlie White.

Greg Weeks - Made

Lryics

“Made”

A silence a sway/
A gesture a wild sashay/
Can make your today/
And then take it all away/
They made us this way/
For what they can never say/
Sent us on our way/
It’s useless to make them pay/

Holding ground

“Just live for today”/
‘Least that’s what they try and say/
They say “Pay, pay, pay/
And we’ll take your pain away/

Holding ground

So much for today/
So much for the days of May/
So much is passe/
Please just make it fade away/

Great indie rock from these boys (aka Longwave) from New York, who have a special ability of making very emotionally charged indie rock.  Reminds me at times of Death Cab for Cutie.

last.fm bio:

Since 1999, Longwave has been one of the New York City’s leading exports. After the success of Endsongs , their 2000 independent release, the band signed with RCA Records and began work with producer Dave Fridmann, known for his efforts with the Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. The resulting album, The Strangest Things, led to critical raves and tours across all parts of this earth with the likes of The Strokes and The Vines. Longwave followed up on the success of The Strangest Things by entering the studio in 2004 with famed producer John Leckie, whose work with Radiohead and Pink Floyd endeared him to the critical taste of the band, and There’s a Fire was released in 2005. With a return to the studio planned for late 2007, Longwave finds itself on the list of indispensable listening for the first part of this millennium. Expect them to stay there.

Longwave - Sirens in the Deep

Fans of Crowded House and Bishop Allen will surely fall for “Sunny Day Sets Fire”, with their brand of indie psychedelic pop.

myspace bio:

Sunny Day Sets Fire have five members, hailing from four countries with three singles under their belt in the past two years; all leading up to one very anticipated debut album.

Multi-instrumentalists Mauro and Onyee met while working as ushers at a London repertoire cinema. The two shared a vision of theatre, art and music and when Mauro began writing a collection of ambitious sunshine psych songs, mutual friend Max was asked to join the group. The founding members of Sunny Day Sets Fire (the name came simply from an internet band name generator) began experimenting with every possible trick to realise the impossible task of performing music written for a small orchestra. Over the next two years, the original members released a succession of singles across Europe, the US and Australia and saw the incremental additions of Ed (bass) and Matthew (drums). Collectively hailing from Italy, Hong Kong, Sardinia, England and Canada; Sunny Day Sets Fire built a nest in East London and began working on their debut album, Summer Palace, throughout 2007.

The band will be touring throughout Europe and the US in 2008, supporting the release of Summer Palace, as well as the upcoming Stranger remix EP featuring remixes by the likes of CSS, Diplo and the Cool Kids. It’s enough to make you burn your passport and declare yourself a converted citizen of the world.

Sunny Day Sets Fire - Wilderness

Feeling like a some what lost acoustic track from The Beatles White Album, this track from Hallelujah hovers and glides like a paper airplane on gorgeous fall day. This track was originally released back in 1971 on their album titled, “Hallelujah Babe”.

Hallelujah was made up of :
Paul Vincent - guitars, vocals
Keith Forsey - drums, vocals
Pete “Funk” Wood - keyboards
Rick Kemp - bass

Hallalujah - The Winter Song

Here’s a unquie mix of dub, reggae, and indie pop with a great chorus, so be sure to stick around for the infectious chorus at the 1:09 mark.

Daniel Morones

Description:
music influenced by pop and not so pop music - Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Sting, Sublime, The Goo Goo Dolls, M Ward

Webpage:
http://www.danielmoronesmusic.com

Daniel Morones - All I Know

Beautiful track from Scarlett Johannson’s debut album called “Anywhere I Lay My Head”. This track was originally recorded by Tom Waits and can be found on his 1988 album “Big Time“.

from wiki:

Anywhere I Lay My Head is the debut studio album by actress Scarlett Johansson, released through Atco/Rhino Records on May 20, 2008. Dave Sitek (of TV on the Radio) produced the album, and David Bowie contributed to two tracks, “Falling Down” and “Fannin Street.” Anywhere I Lay My Head features four songs written by Tom Waits, six songs written by Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan and one original composition, “Song for Jo.”[1] The album has received very mixed reviews, as epitomized by a 2/10 in The Times and an 8/10 in NME.[2]

Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down (ft. David Bowie)