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- [TO DO] New Noise with Savoir Adore & St. Lucia
- The Pierces: Kissing You Goodbye
- The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live This Wednesday
- [VIDEO] Daley: Smoking Gun
- Holy Ghost! + Jessica 6 + Midnight Magic @9:30 Club Review
| [TO DO] New Noise with Savoir Adore & St. Lucia Posted: 29 Nov 2011 09:15 AM PST Thursday night KickKickSnare will be teaming up with the fun-loving music fiends from All Things Go to film their first installment of New Noise at Gibson Guitar’s DC Showroom. KKS fans you are in for one hell of a treat, the two acts for the premiere New Noise are Savoir Adore and KKS favorite St. Lucia. New Noise aims to create a intimate showcase for musicians and fans a like, in an iconic music space here in DC. ATG has asked KickKickSnare to be there to film the whole thing for you. Together with All Things Go we hope to share incredible new music, stunning intimate performances and the whole experiences with fans no matter where you are. Savoir Adore is something completely unique in the world of pop and in the musical hotbed of Brooklyn. They craft their own take on lush and lavish synth pop, that is full of addictive soaring melodies and beats unable to be ignored. They happily sit balanced between indie influences and unstoppable dance beats. Take a listen to their latest single ‘Dreamer’ to get a taste of what is in store for Thursday night. Savoir Adore: ‘Dreamer’ [DOWNLOAD] KickKickSnare favorite St. Lucia has consistently created pop that beautifully warm and a wall of infectious and percussive atmospherics that envelopes you and takes over complete control. The latest from the South African native, a now Brooklyn resident, continues with precisionally crafted sounds and melodies ’We Got It Wrong’ below. St. Lucia: ‘We Got It Wrong’ [DOWNLOAD] If you are in DC Thursday night and are in need of some incredible music and a few drinks from the open bar supplied by Tito’s Vodka and Flying Dog Ale make sure to get your tickets for the event here. It really is a small and intimate venue, so tickets and space will go fast! The night starts at 7pm and everything is wrapped up at a work friendly time of 10pm Savoir Adore Facebook  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Pierces: Kissing You Goodbye Posted: 29 Nov 2011 06:25 AM PST Click here to view the embedded video. The Pierces are the sister duo, of Allison and Catherine Pierce, who were reared in Alabama on a steady diet of Joni Mitchell and Simon & Garfunkel. Though if you judge them on ‘Kissing You Goodbye’ you would be quick to add The Mamas & The Poppas to that list, as this track has the same floating harmonies and folksy, lo-fi feel of the group’s iconic ‘California Dreaming’. The Pierces have been crafting music together for over a decade now, first starting out in Nashville they have found success after much hard work this year in the U.K. ‘Kissing You Goodbye’ is a great bit of bittersweet, moody, guitar filled folk-pop. And who am I trying to fool, their male co-star ain’t so shabby to stare at for a few minutes or so either.
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| The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live This Wednesday Posted: 28 Nov 2011 06:52 PM PST It would be a good story if my “come to” music were a light bulb in my head or a whispering divine wind. But my story is like any other…at least at first. My grandfather played music at family gatherings and I sat with my face six inches from the mandolin. I played recital after recital, with my father dutifully in attendance and cheering me on. I collected cassette tapes from daily trips to Sam Goody as if they were the candy other children fed on so heavily. But then I grew up…and hit 12. In that seminal pre-teen year, two things happened: I got my first, game-changing Casio keyboard, and I heard “Groove is in the Heart,” from Deee-lite’s World Clique album. I could have been like any other kid, palling around on my new keys till something else caught my eye, but instead, Deee-Lite’s album ensured that my little keyboard changed everything. I picked apart every key choice and tonal change. I learned that slide whistles can accompany body rolls and vocal snippets are instruments in their own right. Music became more than just a casual hit on the charts; it grew to encompass an essential part of my DNA. And at the heart of it all for me was Deee-Lite and the rest of the dance and electronic field. In the 20 years since, that field has continued to grow and change the face of music. Dance and electronic artists set the world on fire with their global vocabulary focused on movement and sound rather than language. They became the first to maximize the nature of the digital world, including different engineering techniques. And they pushed the conception of what it means to be “mainstream,” bringing meat dresses and Swedish pop to everyone between Nevada and North Carolina. Dance and electronic music and artists have exploded because, in these innovative engagements, they have not just been a part of the conversation, they have led it. And this year, as GRAMMY’s first official electronic and dance blogger, I am proud to participate in that conversation at a time when the field is strong and vibrant. It has the most diverse and successful composition: from Lady Gaga to La Roux, Daft Punk to Donna Summer, Madonna to Cher–men and women are vying to produce music that moves the hips and challenges the mind. This year, they have done just that. And while no one at the Recording Academy is dropping any hints about what might be in store for this year’s awards, I can tell you the white-knuckled experience will begin on November 30 when we all hear the nominees together. I hope you’ll be online to share in that experience and talk about it together and in the months that follow. I know I will, proud and privileged to be the official GRAMMY dance and electronic music blogger. Stay tuned. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2011 03:17 PM PST Click here to view the embedded video. Daley, the 23 year-old Mancunian (translation for those outside the U.K., he hails from Manchester), first captured my attention when Gorillaz selected him to be the voice of their incredible track ‘Doncamatic’. Daley has a distinctive voice that can bounce from lofty falsetto to hefty tenor with ease, this is not an easy to come by skill and sets him apart from nearly all other R&B singers out there. With his signature chunky frames, and flaming red coiffe Daley stands out visually as much as he does vocally. More incredible than his voice and style is that he is offering his debut EP, Those Who Wait, for free download over at his site . Daley is definitely someone to keep a very close ear on. Check out the equally incredible video for the Gorillaz track ‘Doncamatic’ after the jump…I am always a sucker for a Titanic cameo! Click here to view the embedded video. |
| Holy Ghost! + Jessica 6 + Midnight Magic @9:30 Club Review Posted: 28 Nov 2011 09:07 AM PST Holy Ghost! rolled into DC with a troop of musicians ready to kick start the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and they definitely started the weekend off with one big bang! I have been to more shows than one should admit to at 9:30 Club, and, aside from Yelle, I cannot think of an act who had the crowd worked up into such a high energy, disco-dancey, fervor as Holy Ghost! Though, the really unexpected treat was the two opening acts, they, along with DJ Eli Escobar, were the perfect primer to get everyone into the mood to dance and just have a fun night. I will be very honest here everyone, I had never heard of Midnight Magic and Jessica 6 had yet to do anything to win me over, but by the time Holy Ghost! took the changed that had all changed! The instant Midnight Magic appeared on stage I was surprised to see three, yes three, brass musicians on stage, two trumpets and a trombone. At this point the crowd was still a bit sparse, and easing into their night of music, this all changed when leader singer Tiffany Roth took the stage. She was captivating and energetic with a voice and personality that filled the entire club. By their first song I was transported from 9:30 Club to a New Orleans blues house to be seduced by blaring horns, funky guitars, and a curvy vivacious red-headed siren. (Those who know me, know all too well my weakness for those of the ginger persuasion.) Midnight Magic was the spark that ignited the crowd for the night. MP3: Beam Me Up by Midnight Magic If Midnight Magic was the spark, Jessica 6‘s Nomi was the stick of dynamite in stilettos that sent the crowd is a raging fire ball of energy. Nomi is completely captivating and undeniably sexy. Slick synths combined with funky guitar and Nomi’s alluring sex appeal instantly changed my entire view of Jessica 6, I am now whole-heartedly a big fan. There was no better way to start off my long holiday weekend, than with the party Holy Ghost! brought to 9:30 Club. Holy Ghost! Facebook |
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