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Regular Girl Celebrity Dreams

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~knightcat 9 0210 (prod. by Mark Ronson) - Wale

Ellie Goulding

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You look at me it's like you hit me with lightning [CONTRACT/EXPAND] Sweet as hell you might close your eyes and possibly guess Lykke Li and Marina & the Diamonds , but Ellie Goulding is as original as a female musician gets. Struggling in this overrated music pool to the verge of overridden music sensibilities, the point is she's getting her message across so remember the name folks. Ellie Goulding is gearing for the release of her debut album and she just released her first music video for single Under The Sheets. S tarry Eyed S leepyhead (Starsmith Remix/ Passionpit Cover) W ish I Stayed (feat. Frankmusik) U nder the Sheets T he Wolves (Bon Iver Cover) B lack and Gold (Sam Sparrow Cover) Myspace/ Last.fm/

But You've Got the Love I Need to See Me Through

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~Federico Erra Y ou've Got the Love (Florence and the Machine Cover)- The xx

My Love Should Be Illegal

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~Tim Walker R evolver - Madonna feat. Lil Wayne

The Pierces

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Make love with the lights on baby, tell me what you see Clear the bed to lie on darlin', make a mess of me [CONTRACT/EXPAND] The Pierces are singer-songwriters sisters Allison and Catherine based in New York City. Former ballerinas turned songstresses, they released their self-titled debut in 2000 with Epic but was met with lukewarm reception. 0pening a week’s worth of shows for Albert Hammond Jr. in November 2006 greeted the girls with much more enthusiastic reception. With a psychedelic indie and folk sound, the sisters are compared over the years to Tori Amos, Sarah McLachlan, Shawn Colvin, the Indigo Girls and Sheryl Crow. When asked how they would want others to describe their music, the girls responded, " like a fever induced, gypsy dream that you have after drinking too much red wine while listening to a cabaret singer in a southern speakeasy that is run by witches ". K ill! Kill! Kill! L ights On B oring B oy in a Rock and Roll Band Official / AOL

MUST DISCOVER ARTISTS VOL. VII

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byebyebeautifool When I walked through the door my wife she lay upon the floor And with tears her eyes did soar, I did not know why Then I looked into her hand and I saw the telegram Said that I was a brave, brave man, but that I was dead As Ive mentioned before, MDA (Must Discover Artists) doesn't make other artists solely featured here any less adept to music or less suitable of acknowledgment per se but only to widen each eargasm experience by delivering what's currently hot and full of buzz out there while filtering sleazy from superior. After 4 reeling months Metaphor brings back to you her well-preserved post as being away from the interweb cause me an overflowing list of news-worthy artists in my desktop. [CONTRACT/EXPAND] Movits! Django guitar, windy street swing; music for both art directors and for your mother. Well-known in Sweden, but unheard of elsewhere, they fold together elements of 1930’s big band swing, roma swing and rhythm & blues, then drop hiphop voca

Lead by the Nose

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fredfree If only it was only me now. This is certainly a rare post as Ive never featured shows and web projects here before. But I'm glad to make an exception as Im fairly late with this discovery. [CONTRACT/EXPAND] I hopped on a KT Tunstall 's video on the youtube recently and it lead me to her sessions with Daryl and John ( Hall & Oates ). Her sessions included of Daryl Hall , John Oates & co. and Tunstall's reworked versions of "Black Horse and A Cherry Tree", "If Only", "Out of Touch", "Kiss on My List" , Bonnie Raitt's "Lets Give Them Something To Talk About" and along others. After an hour of watching these mind-blowing versions around the channel, I proceeded to the root of my moments of insanity which was LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE . How have I not known about this before??!! Basically LIVE FROM DARYL'S HOUSE is Daryl Hall and John Oates ' (pop music duo in 1970s and 1980s) monthly perform

Dont Let Him Kill Your Soul

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I don't beg, I don't borrow, I steal. +/- Fibes, Oh Fibes! - " Love Child " Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn - " Re lator " YACHT (Young Americans Challenging High Technology)- " Psychic City " Macy Gray - " Do Something " Metric - " Twilight Galaxy " All 4 One - " So Much In Love " ...........end.

The Sounds

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You know its hurts so bad just like I knew that it would, But I'd do it again, do it again if I could. This is another band Ive been meaning to bring up even before the mini-hiatus of this blog. The Sounds is a Swedish New Wave band with influences of punk and pop/Synth-pop. They somehow reminds me of The Clicks in retrospect with bands also such as Roxette and Ace of Base . +/- The Sounds is about to release their new album "Crossing the Rubicon" this 2nd of June. They are set also to play series headlining No Doubt as part of the latter's Summer Tour 2009. Proceed to their page for additional details. 4 Songs and a Fight (Crossing the Rubicon) No One Sleeps When Im Awake (Crossing the Rubicon) My Lo ver (Crossing the Rubicon) Rock and Roll (Living in America) Tony the Beat (Dying to Say This to You) Painted by Num bers (Dying to Say This to You) website / /myspace // last.fm In some manner their songs have formula that got enough drums and bass along w

Scintillate.

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Bechabesna And it's all I live for The air I breathe So it's all the same to me +/- Anya Marina - " All The Same To Me " Anya Marina - " Clean and Sob er " Julian Perretta - " Ride My St ar " Adele - " Right as Ra in " Arrested Development - " Mr. Wenda ll " The Carpenters - " Mr. Postm an " ...........end.

Gossip Girl Music Season 2 Episodes 15-25

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As a continuation to the first part..., +/- 15: Gone With The Will F ranz Ferdinand - "No You Girls" Th e Faint - "Mirror Error" 16: You've Got Yale! Greycoats- "Watchman, What is Left Of The Night?" Dan Crey Trio- "If You Could See Me Now" W e Fell To Earth- "The Double" Cold War Kids- "Mexican Dogs" P.O.D.- If You Could See Me Now" Cold War Kids -"Against Privacy" 17: Carnal Knowledge Li ght FM - "Black Magic Marker" wi ll.i.am - "It's a New Day" Do es It Offend You, Yeah? - "With a Heavy Heart (I Regret to Inform You)" The Dandy Warhols - "Mission Control" Je ssica Lea Mayfield - "Kiss Me Again" Br ighton, MA - "Bet You Never Thought" 18: The Age of Dissonance Ra zorlight - "North London Trash" Th e New Monarchs - "Kiss Me At the Gate" Si ouxsie and The Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden" 19: The Grandfather MG MT - &

America

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Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air? Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care? Someone told me that rock stars can sing anything. America for example does that exquisitely. Back when the rock revolution was just given birth in the pop culture, and new wave or heavy metal music was a mother's version of evil, America became popular with their light/folk take on rock music. America is best known for their songs, “A Horse With No Name” and “Sister Golden Hair". Not really a favorite of critics (remember The Beatles?), but they somehow crawled their way and still continually doing so with their exceptionally successful and commercially selling singles and albums. +/- This is coming from somebody who was born two decades after so you really don't have to believe me. You know how it goes, listen and decide. Just a reminder, vinyls and cds would be more convenient if ever you'll like them. S ister Golden Hair V entura Highway A H o

A Message

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The clock keeps ticking and my thoughts are streaming. These five months have been excessively busy for me and it was not a no-brainer if I should continue tending this blog. In the first place, I never intended for this blog to be as updated as possible. Honestly, I think I put up this as a form of a creative release and a way of looking for people who appreciate music the way I do. So, for the next weeks, months and hopefully years, yours truly will post only random entries and feature bands or singers that necessarily wouldn't be up-to-date with the current music fiasco. One thing's for sure, craptastic sound would be generally filtered as entries would be minimize. I wouldnt necessary promote bands or labels and Metaphor might become my own personal journal. Now I know this isn't any good news but be sure to check out other amazing blogs if you like to stick around to a more all-around and active blog such as Popsense , Persona Sauna , Pretty Much Amazing , TSURURADIO ,

Depeche Mode Upcoming New Album

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Depeche Mode, one of the longest-lived, most successful and influential bands to have emerged from the New Wave era just announce details for their upcoming new album, Sounds Of The Universe and its tracklisting as well. +/- Tracklisting: 1.In Chains 2.Hole To Feed 3.Wrong 4.Fragile Tension 5.Little Soul 6.In Sympathy 7.Peace 8.Come Back 9.Spacewalker 10.Perfect 11.Miles Away'/'The Truth Is 12.Jezebel' 13.Corrupt This 12th studio album release is slated for April 20 and will be preceded by a single, Wrong on April 6. Déjà vu again. Strangelove Website // Myspace // Last.fm

The Ting Tings- That's Not My Name New Music Video

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Are you calling me darling? That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings +/- Website // Myspace

Lykke Li- Tonight Music Video

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Watch my back so i'll make sure You're right behind me as before Yesterday the night before tomorrow To night by Lykke Li +/- Website // Myspace

Sufjan Stevens- You Are The Blood

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This track is included in the Dark Was The Night compilation. Along with the other tracks in the ace compilation, You Are The Blood is a cover (Castanets). Laden with thumping electronic beats and hypnotic lyrical intones in between, this 10-minute song is not your usual Sufjan Stevens piece. If you want to listen to other tracks, just visit Dark Was The Night myspace . As mentioned before, each track will be release/stream for a day. Get a move on. Y ou Are The Blood by Sufjan Stevens Website // Myspace

New Lily Allen Its Not Me, Its You Tracks

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All she wants is a boyfriend She gets one-night stands He Wasn't There 22 Kabul Shit Fag Hag Straight to Hell I dont want to spoil Its Not Me, Its You but alas five great tracks are available for download right now. These songs remind me why I hold on so much to Lily Allen . Basing on the new leaks, Its Not Me, Its You is a definitive album on my list. Be sure to watch its release on Feb 9. Website // Myspace

The Rakes' New Album

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Another inbox love here (I should spend more time on my inbox, perhaps). We didnt have no where to go Waiting for the daylight to begin Singer, save our secular souls How can you have hope with no God? +/- The Rakes are a four piece indie rock band hailing from London. Releasing their debut album Capture/Release in 2005, The Rakes were the talk of the Reading and Leeds Festival after joining forces with Indie elites such as Bloc Party and Maxïmo Park in the NME Tent. The Rakes acquires that "sonsie" sound coupled with humorous lyrics. As well as famous for their fashion sense, this band also is associated with their songs capturing the working life, mundane routines and escapism. W e Danced Together T he World Was a Mess but His Hair Was Perfect The Rakes will release their third album 'KLANG' on March 23. The first single, The Light From Your Mac is a stumper. Tracklist: 1.You're In It 2.That's The Reason 3.The Loneliness Of The Outdoor Smoker 4.Bitchin'

Dave Wrangler- Black & Tan DJ Mix + TVOTR Refits

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Mr. Dave Wrangler dropped this mix to my inbox... +/- A big thank you to everyone who reviewed and/or posted my Animal Collective - My Girls Remix - it's everywhere! haha For you DJ's out there, I've included the 320K version of the track that was on my Byte.FM DJ mix. I had posted the mix from the radio show on my website- then decided to just put up the full, unedited mix of the "Black & Tan DJ Mix." Black & Tan DJ Mix Tracklist: 1. Notorious B.I.G. vs. Peter Bjorn & John - Party & Bullshit (Dave Wrangler Remix) 2. Nas - I Can (Dave Wrangler Remix) 3. Pharcyde vs Ghostland Observatory - Passin' Me By (Dave Wrangler Remix) 4. Notorious B.I.G. Vs. Ghostland Observatory - Nasty Boy (Dave Wrangler Remix) 5. Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (Hot Chip Remix) 6. Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong 7. TV on the Radio - Golden Age 8. Kid Sister feat. David Banner - Family Reunion 9. The Astroids Galaxy Tour - Around The Bend 10.Pase Rock - So Fuckin&

Drake- Unstoppable Remix Prod. by Diplo

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U nstoppable Remix prod. by Diplo (ft. Santogold & Lil' Wayne) by Drake Myspace //

Animal Collective and Remixes/Mash-ups

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I don't mean to seem like I care about material things like a social status I just want four walls and adobe slabs for my girls +/- I am yet to listen to Merriweather Post Pavilion therefore I cannot wager others impressions on Animal Collective. The album had emerge before Christmas 2008 to the world, so unless you're an absolute skeptic and nonconformist listener or just sheds away from popular fads, its really impossible not to be influence by opinions and reviews stating what a "masterpiece" this album is. Hopefully, I can generate my own and catch up with the huss and buzz soon. Below are remixes floating on the blogosphere and on my inbox. There is not really that many to choose from. Perhaps the DJ's are afraid to touch MPP? Anyhow, remixes like these have been known to jumpstart careers of enthusiast DJs. What are they waiting for? Your Love, My Girls (Frankie Knuckles Mashup/Remix) My Girls (Dave Wrangler Remix) My Girls (Mexicans with Guns Remix) BONUS:

Ben Gibbard & Feist = Train Song (Dark Was The Night)

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Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and Feist lend their voices for Vashti Bunyan's "Train Song" which is included to Dark Was The Night , a charity compilation produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National with 32 exclusive tracks from some indie royalty. +/- Some of these royalties are Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut, The National, Arcade Fire, Iron and Wine, Blonde Redhead and ya-da-ya-da. Each track of the compilation will be release for a day from January 15 through February 1 on the artists and Dark Was the Night’s Myspace . If all songs are as close as being soothing, unpredictable or even decent as this cover, then this compilation is a sure treat for indie lovers. It doesn't hurt either to spare a few bucks for good intentions. T rain Song (Vashti Bunyan cover) by Feist & Ben Gibbard Tracklist: DISC ONE: 1. “Knotty Pine” - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne 2. “Cello Song” - The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez 3. “Train Song” - Feist and Ben Gibbard 4

Kutiman

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Kutiman draws influences from afro-beat, psychedelic rock, funk and reggae but in different way than most disciples of Fela and Mr.Brown have done before him. +/- An impulsive writer and artist, Kutiman tries not to be intelligent with his pieces. Now you may wonder what this means. He plays according to what he feels in that moment, shedding all inhibitons and letting art blend itself together. The result is a spirited and texturally rich mix of psychedelic soul and Afro-funk, with slippery grooves and snapping beats. His music is not for everybody but if youre in for a genre-swapping listening, Kutiman is a must for your playlist. N o Groove Where I Come From (feat. Elran Dekel) T rumpet Woman (feat. Karolina) Music Is Ruling My World Myspace // Amazon

Hold Time

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This picture says a lot of things, I like it. I'm a big fan of She & Him . Zooey is just downright pasty. And Ward, well, plays guitar and does his thing. +/- M. Ward will be releasing his album, Hold Time this February 17th. Never Had Nobody Like You , with backing vocals of Zooey Deschanel is available for download via Merge Records. Pre-order here . Hold Time Track Listing 1. For Beginners 2. Never Had Nobody Like You 3. Jailbird 4. Hold Time 5. Rave On 6. To Save Me 7. One Hundred Million Years 8. Stars Of Leo 9. Fisher Of Men 10. Oh Lonesome Me 11. Epistemology 12. Blake's View 13. Shangri-La 14. Outro Official Website // Myspace // Merge Records