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Daily Cover: Lauren Pritchard meets TLC’s “Waterfalls”

04 Sep

Lauren Pritchard takes the TLC classic, “Waterfalls” and adds her own amazing spin on it. I love her voice and style. Lauren is one of my favorite artists/singers to emerge in the past year, and it’s amazing to see her gaining so much well deserved momentum before the release of her debut album, Wasted in Jackson. The album comes out in the UK on the 18th of October. Pre-order your copy already, it’s going to be a keeper.

She’s released several EPs, including The Jackson Sessions which featured my favorite tune, “When The Night Kills The Day” (review of the EP). Next came the Painkillers EP, with the massively catchy and successful “Painkillers” (here’s the music video, live performance is also posted below). She also played at this years iTunes Festival in London, opening for Florence and The Machine. Her iTunes Festival 2010 EP from the show is also available in the UK.

Here’s Lauren’s awesome cover of “Waterfalls”:

And just because I really love this song, here’s a live performance of “Painkillers”:

Lauren is one of the artists I’ve been keeping my eye on for a while (since her Spring Awakening days), and I’m really excited for all her success in the UK with the EPs and gigs, and I’m sure it will continue with her album. She’s planning on releasing her songs in the US after the UK, so America, take note and stay tuned. She’s still touring and playing live shows all the time, (sadly, she had to cancel her show in LA, I was really bummed), if you get a chance to see her, don’t miss out.

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Downloads: Sharon Corr – “Small Town Boy” (Live) and “Jenny’s Chicken” (Live)

04 Sep

I really can’t stop listening to Sharon Corr’s cover of “Small Town Boy”. It’s absolutely fantastic! I had been watching her live performance on Wave 105 non-stop, but Sharon has graciously given us two live downloads… FREE downloads!. The first is a live recording of “Jenny’s Chicken”, a great upbeat traditional Irish tune. The second is another stunning live performance of “Small Town Boy” – and since you can download it, you can add it to your iTunes and put it on repeat for hours… which is what I immediately did. I highly suggest you do the same.

Sharon’s debut album, Dream of You, is released on the 13th of September in the UK. You can pre-order your copy here, and in the US, you can get it as an import here.

And while we’re talking about Sharon, in case you missed it, here is the music video for her current single, “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime”.

I’m really excited about her album and hopefully you are as well.

Sharon sounds amazing in everything I’ve heard so far, and what really impresses me is that so far, the music she’s writing/singing is very true to who she is and has been for the past 15 years with The Corrs. Everything is as I’d expect it to be from Sharon. We know she loves writing and performing, and is doing it because she loves it and for no other reason. She is genuine and I’m really appreciating it, as a huge fan of The Corrs. Once again, Go Sharon!

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New Music Video: Cee Lo Green – “Fuck You!”

02 Sep

Cee Lo’s new single, “FUCK YOU!” is already a massive hit and has received a lot of attention. “FUCK YOU!” (yes, all caps), is the lead single from Cee Lo’s third solo album, The Lady Killer, due on December 7th.

Here is the brand new video for “FUCK YOU!”:

Both the song and video are unique and fantastic. The song is super catchy with it’s potty-mouth lyrics/chorus and it’s suave smooth vocals over the cool doo-wop beat. The video juxtaposes the retro diner with a contemporary feel, and lots of vibrant colors. It’s got just enough cheese and novelty to make it fun and interesting, without mocking itself too much. Now,  “ain’t that some shit!”.

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New Music Video: Sharon Corr – “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime”

01 Sep

At last, the video for Sharon Corr’s current single, “Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime” has arrived. The single will be released on the 3rd of September, and is the second single from her debut album, Dream of You, released the 13th of September. You can pre-order the album through Amazon.co.uk here.

The video was directed by Pedro Castro and was shot in several locations, including Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain. Sharon has shared her interest in one day performing at the palace, and she was granted permission to record scenes for her video there. Here’s what Sharon said about the palace and filming there, “Well, my dream came true this week when I was allowed to shoot my video in the magical Moorish palace. I could feel it’s incredible history flow through me as I walked and performed.”

These beautiful beach scenes were at Balcon de Europa in Nerja, and parts of the video were shot in the town of Frigiliana. My favorite location in the video are the scenes of Sharon on the cliff, in her white dress playing the black piano and also the violin. These scenes were shot  in Maro, Spain. The cliff and sunset are beautiful, as in Sharon.

The video is quite simple, no flash, no cheesy love story, just Sharon singing the beautiful ballad surrounded by beautiful places. A few of the shots and edits are a bit questionable, but that’s if I’m being super picky.  I love the bright vivid colors, especially all the blue hues. I also love that we see Sharon play the piano and the violin, she is super talented and it’s great for those that don’t know her musical background to see it.

The video is simple, classic, romantic and beautiful… all words that can also be used to describe the song and Sharon.

Be sure to pre-order Dream Of You and check out Sharon’s website for more goodies.

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New Music and Video: Mark Ronson and the Business Intl – “The Bike Song”

01 Sep

Mark Ronson debuted the second single from his upcoming album, Record Collection. The song is called “The Bike Song” and features Mark’s band, The Business Intl. The song features vocals by Kyle Falconer, and a verse from a rapper called Spank Rock.

Last month the lead single from the album was released, “Bang, Bang, Bang”, and eventually topped the singles chart at #6. “The Bike Song” will be released on September 19th in the UK, while the album, Record Collection will be released on the 27th.

Here’s the music video for “The Bike Song”:

For me, the song is just alright. It’s got a nice vibe, like an old school beach jam, but it’s missing something, at least for me. It’s not up to far with “Valerie” with Amy Winehouse and “Stop Me” with Daniel Merriweather. I like that Mark Ronson is always changing it up, aside from all the horns, but I’m not sure about this one…. it doesn’t strike me as being a single, definitely an album cut, but not really a single. It may just need to grow on me some more.

What do you all think of “The Bike Song”?

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