Simple Saturday: She Said Save Me...REVISITED!

You may remember way back in July, for our Canada Day Edition, MrFlawedLogic introduced us to this little known band called She Said Save Me. I quickly fell in love with how easy it was to relate to the songs as well as the unique sound and the two albums (The Emerson EP and The Holly Golightly EP) quickly became two of my most listened to albums in my music library.

Now, three months later, here we are again with a new release! I have had the pleasure of getting to know the head honcho of the operation (Joe Vercillo) through modern social networks and I have been blown away by how down to earth and open he is. I probably shouldn't have been so surprised, but what can I say? I have my doubts about the human condition. He and I have had many in-depth conversations about...well, everything, and it has been great.

In getting to know Joe, I also got the special opportunity to be one of the first to know about and hear the new song. When I asked him if there was anything he wanted me to say about the song, he simply asked me to talk about the other young members of the team.

Mary Cassidy is from the same town as I am and is friends with my of my friends. I believe she is a year younger than I and has this amazing voice. She starts out this new song, and really sets the tone for it. Her harmony is beautiful as well. She is a very talented young women. As well, Christine Fleming has done the cover art for the albums, and she does an amazing job. I love the colours, the lines, the images...I just think it is all great. She is also from the local area around my home. I feel very privileged to have come from a county with so much talent.

That being said, here is the new song.

'If We Fall' is a beautiful song from the new album 'Today, Tomorrow...Whenever' (2011). This is the first of five and the only one that has been released as of right now. I'll bring you the rest as they are sent to me. I love the lyrics to this song. I found them very easy to relate to. The song is simple, yet beautifully composed with the various instruments (cello, guitar, vocals, piano). Definitely one of my favourites.

I hope you like the song too, and if you do, just head on over to She Said Save Me's Facebook to download the song for free, as well as the rest of the songs if you have not yet done so.

Thank you again for the continued support, everyone. And sorry, too for our lack of posts in the last month. Life sometimes gets in the way. If you're new, and impressed with what you see, please head on over to our Facebook Page where you will find links to movie reviews and other posts that are on this blog.

Ciao,
K.

Editor's ABC's : The Arkell's, BT, and Cage The Elephant

     I've been hearing some complaints lately, many echoed by myself, I put the word "Daily" in the title back when I had the time to post daily, and for not keeping my promise I apologize. As my apology I present to you oh mighty viewer an idea I may or may not have stolen from one of my fellow publishers, every Friday (time permitting) we'll go through my itunes Library alphabetically and pick an artist that has yet to be featured here as well as recapping the ones that have been. Hold me to it audience, three artists every Friday starting now.

      First off lets go through the artists that have already been featured here on the beats, A-Trak, Abandon All Ships, AC Slater, Ace Reporter, Akron/Family, Al Bizzare, All's Quiet, Armed With Crayons, Asking Alexandria, Attack! Attack!, Audiodax and Azedia.

     Now lets introduce my pick for our premier A-Z series, The Arkells. Hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, The Arkells are quite possibly the best example of Canadian talent, their debut album Jackson Square is one of my all time favorite rock albums and the CD has barely survived all the times its been tracked around the country with me.

   

     Again lets take a trip back in time and link you to all the posts with artists starting with B. BadBadNotGood, Baptized In Blood, Bart B More, Bassjackers, Beheading Machine, Big Chocolate, Blackmill, and Butcher Blades/.

     Unless you've been hiding under the proverbial rock then you've heard of BT, a widely known Grammy nominated electronic producer and composer. I first took notice after hearing a remix of his song Forget Me, then I took a trip over to itunes and purchased his album These Hopeful Machines. BT redefines electronic music, mixing in rock and orchestral themes, and I was hooked at first listen.

     These links are getting tedious, but our previously featured artists are Carridale, Chiddy Bang, Chris Webby, Chrome Sparks, City Delivered, City Lights, Com Truise, Commissioner, and Cyberoptics Dubstep.

     I think we're definately getting into my top 5 favorite artists. Cage The Elephant, there is not a day that could not be improved by their amazing sound or lifted by the shear amount of feeling put into their songs. I was first drawn to them after hearing their song Ain't No Rest For The Wicked on the radio one day, then further when it appeared as the opening track in the game Borderland. Their Self Titled debut album Cage The Elephant is a masterpiece of alternative rock and a battlefield of poetic liscence. This is a must buy, I command it!

     After all those links I'm not sure the hour I spent was worth it, but if you liked todays post give me some feedback on our Facebook page, and please support the artists.

Hipster Humpday 2 : BadBadNotGood + 3 Great Alternative Songs

     Welcome to our second official Hipster Humpday. You're here because you feel that todays music just doesn't quite live up to your standards, and thats good cause it shouldn't. Gone are all the great names from yesteryear and they took the talent with them, or so we thought. Here to instill a new found purpos in your ipod, is BadBadNotGood, a three piece jazz band from Toronto. Also known as the "Odd Trio" these guys met at Humber College and bonded over some very soulful music, jamming all improv like to many a hip hop song. Wait hip hop? Yup their first album you'll be surprised to hear is a mixtape of hip hop put to jazz. Their new album BBNG is available at their bandcamp for the great price of free and is chock full of top notch jazz with the heart of hip hop. I myself rarely listen to jazz but BBNG had me driftin off all day and I can't say I didn't want to go.

     I figured I should make some of the Wednesday articles the same format as Tuesday, so stick around for three amazing tracks that have been floating me this week. Miami Horror, Reptar and Handsome Furs.

Miami Horror - Holidays Ft. Alan Palomo

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Reptar - Stuck In My Id

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Handsome Furs - Repatriated

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     Thanks again for stopping in, hopefully I've shown you some of the amazing talent that's hiding just around the corner these days. If you like it or not, head on over to our Facbook page to stay updated about this and our other blog and to just be a better person. Also big ups to Gabe for letting me know about BBNG and a huge thanks to the publishers of the Burning Ear for not having me killed for stealing so much music.

Toxic Tuesday 22 : Bass From Above + 3 Great Electronic Tracks

     Last Thursday marked the release of a long awaited treat. A thirty three track compilation album presented by Subsynthesis, a bass oriented blog which I was attracted to by the first volume last March. The awesome part about the albums is that all proceeds go to charity, and its already raised over a thousand dollars for Japan. I'm completely amazed by the sheer amount of top notch artists featured, Protohype, Love & Light, Nit Grit, Slim Thugz, Project Aspect, and more. This is the real deal, Bass From Above, name your price and start the dubsteppah!

     If you can stuff anymore electro into that head of yours you'll want to hit the tracks below, three tracks that have been floating around my playlists this week.

Calvin Harris - Flashback (Millions Like Us Remix)

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3LAU - Dubsex

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Bart B More, Drop The Lime and AC Slater - The Bass

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     Thanks for tuning in for another post and apologies for the lack of a post yesterday. Please take the time to check out Subsynthesis and the Bass From Above volumes, and please if you can donate as all proceeds go to a great cause. Click on the links above for amazing music and other great sites to search, please (I implore you) take three seconds and click like on our Facebook page (seriously three seconds). Hope everyone had a great Tuesday and stay tuned for more.

September 2011 Playlist

September 2011 Playlist Track Listing (Download)

1. You Make Me -- Cobra Starship (feat. Sabi)

2. Fade Into Darkness (Vocal Edit) --Avicii

3. Do You Wanna Dance (Henry Blank vs. Way & Beyond Remix) --Dj Zkydriver

4. Forever (Hook N Sling Mix) --Wolfgang Gartner (feat Will.I.Am)

5. Save The Edge Of Glory (Djs From Mars Club Remix) -- Swedish House Mafia Vs. Lady Gaga

6. Someone Like You (Jonathan Gering Remix) -- Adele

7. Beautiful People (Phuckheads Remix) -- Chris Brown and Benny Benassi

8. Good Life (Robert DWNTWN Remix) -- OneRepublic

9. On the Floor (Salt & Fire Remix) -JLO

10. Dirty Dancer (Remix) (ft. Lil Wayne, Usher & Nayer) -- Enrique Iglesias

I Know its been forever since I've posted but since school started I have had more than my share of work to do. Its a challenge to keep up with AP Calculus, AP English, & AP Biology while making these playlists. Thankfully though I had some time this weekend.

Rainy Day Tunes: Joel Strauss

I finally managed to post something on time. I'm doing this in lieu of doing my readings and organizing my time as I should, but hey, sometimes you need a break.

This past Saturday (I can't believe that's almost a week ago now...), I went to a small concert nearby. First up was the young man that I am writing about for you today. He's a student at the university I attend, and just a little earlier this evening I could hear him in a room a floor down and across the hall from mine singing and playing his guitar, which is always a nice atmospheric touch to my studying.

Joel Strauss is what I would call a unique artist. He is not so "outgoing" and "sociable" as one may assume a musician would be, but neither he is reserved and quiet. I think it's quite a great balance actually. On top of it all, he's a genuinely nice person and an amazing artist (I mean musically...I have never seen any other art form from him, so I wouldn't count it out, but that's not my focus, haha). I was blown away by his lyrics and his sound when I heard him live, and I feel honoured to be at a school with such a talented person.

I had C. listen to some of the songs last night, and I really liked the way that he described the first song, "Beyond my Flesh and Bone." He said, "It has a nice feeling to it...melancholy but hopeful." I think that's the way that a lot of his songs come across. Some of them are very catchy, and often keep my mind captive for hours on end.

I do not have a current video for you to listen to straight from this page, so I decided to just leave it out altogether, rather than using an outdated video, but if you go to his Bandcamp site, then you can listen to all of the tracks on this album and if you like it enough or just feel so inclined, you can purchase the album there as well. Purchase it. Listen to it. Love it! I think it's worth it. So common! Support the artist this time, please! :)

Joel's Bandcamp
Joel's Facebook

Thanks for the support everyone! Keep on checking in here for more great music! Remember you can check us out on Facebook too!

Ciao,

K.