Month: May 2008

  • Bitter:Sweet – Trouble

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    Loving this new release from Bitter:Sweet and looking forward to their sophomore effort called, “Drama”. It’s easy to hear why so many music supervisors place Bitter:Sweet music in to TV show’s such as Grey’s Anatomy, Moonlight, and Lipstick Jungle to name a few.

    Bio from last.fm:

    Bitter:Sweet is an electronic/trip-hop duo with jazz-like qualities from Los Angeles. The band is comprised of Shana Halligan, who provides vocals and lyrics and composes the songs, and Kiran Shahani, who produces and composes the songs. They are often compared to, or appeal to, fans of Zero 7, Morcheeba, Björk, Portishead, Everything But the Girl, and Serge Gainsbourg. Recently, they have been listed on the Top 10 on the iTunes Store electronic chart and have been placed on radio station KCRW’s Top 5 Most Requested CD for the week of March 20, 2006 [1]. Additionally, they have been featured on the soundtrack of The Devil Wears Prada, in Episode 2 (“I Am a Tree”) of Season 3 of Grey’s Anatomy, in the movies Because I Said So and Shoot ‘Em Up, in a Zune advertisement, and also placed on MSN’s list for “Ones to Watch” [2].

    The duo was formed when Halligan answered an ad listed on Craig’s List for a singer posted by Shahani, who had previously founded the Supreme Beings of Leisure. Their 11-track debut album, The Mating Game, was released April 4, 2006 under Quango Music Group and has been reviewed and recognized by several magazine publications, such as Urb and People [3] [4] The song was featured on a commercial for the winery, Korbel.

    In summer of 2007, Bitter:Sweet released The Remix Game, featuring reworked versions of tracks from The Mating Game by reknown producers such as Thievery Corporation, Fort Knox Five, and Skeewiff. These tracks were previously available only on vinyl, or unreleased.

    Bitter:Sweet – Trouble

  • Merz – Postcard From a Dark Star

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    Great mellow track with minimal elecrtronic elements off set by a great vocal performance.

    taken from www.thesixtyone.com:

    “Merz aka Conrad Lambert has a life as unorthodox as his music. He began his travels at 18, after his schooling in West Yorkshire, and has made friends in 48 countries. His parents live in Mongolia, his grandmother was born in Babylon (Long Island that is). He’s currently settled in Bristol, where, distanced from the industry, he writes his curious music.” NME

    “A maverick with three decades of cultural exploring behind him, Conrad Lambert is a post-pop auteur with a distinctive croaky voice and oodles of left-field ideas.” UNCUT

    “In the airbrushed teen market, he might be deemed no oil painting, but to the trained eye he resembles Vincint Van Gogh. Lend him your ears.” EVENING STANDARD.

    1 “merz makes unique, untainted music that’s a hurricane of fresh air” cd of the week, The Independent.

    2 “a master of modern folk” i-D magazine.

    3 “merz sounds like nobody else in the world and the world would be alright if it listened to nobody else. We absolutely love him.” Coldplay

    4 “merz is passionate music with heart for a musically sophisticated audience” Pure Magazine

    5 “what makes merz great are his songs – earnest, poetic pleas that impact a sense of hope and well being” Flipside

    6 “merz’s debut should be cherished….it will leave you bewitched” cd of the week, The Guardian.

    7 “Already critically acclaimed as Britains answer to Beck, Merz is actually more tortured and less ironic… a breathless, confident vocal. Extraordinary and original…” (5/5) Heat

    8 “he’s living in cloud cuckoo land” The Sun

    Myspace dossing about can be found here: www.myspace.com/merzuk

    Merz – Postcard From a Dark Star

  • Ghosthustler – Only Me To Trust

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    80’s esque synth lines and a booty shake rhythm make this track.   Ghosthustler is from Dentron, Texas and produces some get up and dance tracks.   However, recently one member from the group has left (Alan Paloma), but Ghosthustler lives on and promises the following:

    “With respect to Alan’s decision to leave the band, we’ve axed all the songs with his vocals. Don’t fret though!!! Look forward to our new single that will blow up on the scene in about 2 weeks. -Ghosthustler” (taken from their myspace page)

    Ghosthustler – Only Me To Trust