Yeah that's right, Laneway Festival is returning to Singapore. It's happening at Fort Canning again, and we have 14 acts this time, running the gamut from rock to folk to pop and shoegaze.
Here's the full line-up:
Anna Calvi
Austra
Cults
Feist
Girls
Laura Marling
M83
The Drums
The Horrors
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Toro Y Moi
Twin Shadow
Wu Lyf
Yuck
Public sales start on November 28. Tickets are at $135. For more information, head on over to the official site.
Is it love, lust or infatuation? Lykke Li goes on a relentless pursuit of a man in this video, running in her bare feet through the snow while the dark tune looms in the background. Amazing song, kick-ass video. I love the part where she shoots an icy, cold glare at the viewer.
Feist: "1234"
Here's the song that sold a million iPods and brought Leslie Feist to the rest of the world.
OK Go: "White Knuckles"
I really dig the music videos from OK Go, and here's one where I pretty much like the song as well.
Labrador's latest signing is a precocious talent from Stockholm, Sweden. Amanda Mair, all of 16, was picked up by the label when they discovered her by chance in 2010. Her second single "Doubt" just popped today, and I am absolutely smitten by the song, and really impressed by her level of maturity. "Doubt" is a smart tune, achingly modern with a dose of girlish charm mixed into the fold.
Her debut single "House", on the other hand, starts off as a piano-driven song before it culminates in an emotive, triumphant pop song. I absolutely can't wait to hear her album.
Anti-folk pioneer Jeffrey Lewis returns with A Turn In The Dream-Songs. On "Cult Boyfriend", the first track off the album, Lewis' wit and dry humour shine through. It's cute to hear the man poke fun of himself.
This is a guest post by Lauri Kranz of Snow & Voices, the dreamy LA-based duo who released their third album Anything That Moves in 2010.
Lauri talks about the song that has inspired her the most. In her own words: "It’s just one song but, a killer."
"Famous Blue Raincoat" By Leonard Cohen
This is not going to be perfect. It is difficult to put into words sometimes the things that hit us the hardest, unless you are Leonard Cohen. "Famous Blue Raincoat" is one of my favorite songs of all time, a song to break your heart by. Leonard Cohen’s voice is darkly beautiful. His words expose the foibles of us all, turning our mistakes and blunders into a great symphony. I heard this song again after a long absence while driving in Los Angeles on one of the few rainy days that we have here. I heard the opening chords and pulled the car over up high on Mulholland. I wanted no distractions. I was in the hands of a master. There is a great comfort in existing in this other world, even if for just five minutes and seven seconds.
I urge you to listen. Try shutting the lights down and lie very still. Put this song on the speakers and see if it doesn’t fill a space inside of you.
Someone told me recently that no one in their twenties even knows this song exists. I hope they are wrong. I needed this song when I was twenty just as much as I need it now. I take it with me wherever I go.
I love nothing better than watching Florence Welch dance. So it's great to see the epic new video for "Shake It Out" in all its Technicolor glory. "Shake It Out" is the first single off Florence and the Machine's new album Ceremonials, which will be released in the UK at the end of October.
Last winter, Canadian band The Rest were a few weeks away from completing their album Seesaw when a hard disk glitch wiped out their recordings. Luckily for them, they managed to salvage the album a few months down the road. The band is looking forward to releasing Seesaw early 2012, and in the interim they have launched a double A-side that's available for free at Bandcamp until Halloween.
The Heavy Dream is Canadian Dave King's latest musical venture. His album Under the Golden Sun is the product of over a year's worth of recording, with help from Pat Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense), Paul Linklater and James Strachan. The 7" single featuring the title track is available for free on Bandcamp until the album is released in October.
