The BBC has just named Dan Black one of fifteen artists to keep an eye on in the new year. Dan’s strength comes from his vocals, and his nonchalant manner in messing up genres and making them his own. Here is he’s first official single from his forthcoming album due early next year.
Video for “Yours”:
Video for “Hypntz”
Take some Peter Gabriel-esque vocals, mix in some old school Speak and Spell computer speak, and catchy bassline and you got the track from Gotye titled, “Thanks For Your Time”. Love the break down in the middle of the track — wait for it around the 2:31 mark — in a word, brilliant!
Gotye hails from a city I’ve actually had the pleasure of visiting (there aren’t alot, hence why I’m pointing this out), Bruges which is located in Belgium. However, Gotye (aka Wouter DeBacker) now resided in Melbourne, Australia. I bring this to your attention, since you can hear the influcense of such citys in his music. You can find this track as well as many others from his 2006 release, “Like Drawing Blood”.
Album link:
Like Drawing Blood
From their forth coming album, “Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future”, due out in January, comes a romantic moment courtesy of 60’s inspired duo known as The Bird and The Bee. Great production and wonderfully sweet vocals as always from Inara George.
If you drop by their myspace page, you can glimpse of several tracks from , “Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future”.
The Bird and The Bee – My Love
Track list from Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future:
1 Fanfare
2 My Love
3 Diamond Dave
4 What’s in the middle
5 Ray Gun
6 Love Letter To Japan
7 Meteor
8 Baby
9 Phil
10 Polite Dance Song
11 You’re A Cad
12 Witch
13 Birthday
14 Lifespan of A Fly
