This is really late blogging on my part, and I truly apologize, but I have a few musicians/tracks in my head that I meant to write about forever ago but never got around to it. I think that the boat has most likely left the port on reporting these, but I figured it couldn't hurt to post- just in case.
Asobi Seksu. Simplistic
shoegazing twee
electro-
synth indie-pop that's rising to the occasion after dumping a few band members and becoming a duo. The latest album
Hush was released in mid-February and the textured atmospheric tracks are gaining popularity in all corners of the world. It's like an odd blend of The Bird & The Bee and
Ladyhawke through a dreamy filter.
Ida Maria is a Norwegian rock musician whose album came out last year. I was first introduced to this song by a couple of my friends a few months ago- they absolutely loved the song, which was intriguing simply because they aren't really into indie music, and they urged me to post it. Alas, somehow it got swept up under all the other music and I never got around to mentioning it. Of course, since then, it's been played on the indie radio stations like crazy, talked about on major
pop culture blogs, and really just becoming an overall "song you gotta hear." So hear you go.
(I'm sorry)
K'naan. Okay, I already mentioned this on twitter a few weeks ago, but I cannot stop listening to this song. Maybe its the
kickin lyrics, fun chorus, or the simple reminder that Adam Levine desperately wishes he was the lost Bee Gee, but it's going to be the
earworm of the mainstream radio stations this summer, mark my words.
K'naan is a Somali-Canadian
musician whose debut album was released in 2004 and has finally started to make some well-deserved noise with his latest 2009
Troubadour.
Ok so this song is incredibly cheesy, but I can't help liking K'naan's new track "Wavin' Flag (Celebration Remix)" and thinking that it is indeed perfect for the 2010 FIFA World Cup that is taking place in South Africa - it's got patriotism, happiness, strength all as themes, plus it has clear African influences. And let's face it: sports fans can get incredibly sentimental, so a sentimental song is fitting. Coca Cola has selected the song as their theme song for the 2010 World Cup at least - I don't know if that makes it the official theme song or what (I know Ricky Martin's "Cup of Life" was the official World Cup song in 1998). Anyway, listen and enjoy.
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