Miss Li

I try to note exactly where I first hear an artist, so I can report that here. Often, it’s another, better blog, or Internet radio, like Indie 103.1 or BBC6. This time, however, I’m stumped. I must’ve received an email with a link to the mp3, ‘cuz I downloaded it to my Blackberry, but now I can’t find the email. That’s the bad news…..the GOOD news is that I love the song.

Miss Li

The song is “Bourgeois Shangri La”, and it’s what I like to call a “djeddieo song”: quirky, gritty, hard to define, and not like much else out there.  I have read that it’s on an iPod commercial, but I don’t recall hearing it there, and other tunes of hers have been featured on “Grey’s Anatomy” and Showtime’s “Weeds”, shows I don’t watch. A Stockholm native, Miss Li is 27 year old Linda Carlsson, and she does tend towards a somewhat retro vibe, but it’s hard to pin down just what period (what period does Tom Waits evoke?) She brings  to mind Ida Maria and Gin Wigmore, and I look forward to adding her to my quirky female vocal compilation discs soon. She’s got a MySpace page, and an older one HERE, and a website, of course. Here’s the song; please tell us what you think.

Flake

Just when you thought all the 2009 year end lists and reviews were over… along comes my lazy ass with Flake, a collection of songs that were in heavy rotation for me in 2009.    Some things I’ve written about, others I haven’t.  Some you may know, some you may not.  Enjoy!

Music Playlist at MixPod.com

djeddieo volume 17 is up!!

…and I found this great new player, which should be in the sidebar to your right. Most of these artists and songs have been blogged about here recently, or at least since volume 16 posted in July (I’ve been busy….I ran the NYC Marathon!) Some notable exceptions……

Eliza Doolittle

Eliza Doolittle is my new fave cute young female vocalist with breathy London accent (you can never have enough of those!) Her EP is now available on iTunes, and of course you should check out her website and MySpace page. “Rollerblades” is my favorite track, but “Skinny Genes” was a close second, with it’s neat use of whistling….somewhat easier to duplicate that PB&J’s “Young Folks” for sure!

The xx

The xx have already morphed from a four piece to a trio, losing  keyboardist Baria Qureshi, who cited exhaustion as her reason for leaving. The band says she will not be replaced, but as long as vocalists Oliver Sim and Romy Madley-Croft remain, I’m a listener. Third member Jamie Smith produced the album. Check the website and MySpace, especially for “Christalized”, my close second choice here.

Datarock

Norwegian duo Datarock are unabashed fans of Talking Heads, and the track I included on 17, “True Stories” has been called “an experimant that shouldn’t have worked”. The lyrics are nothing but Talking Heads song titles, and it works beautifully. Check the MySpace and website for more dirt on them, Fredrik Saroea and Ket III.