Erik Hassle's "Pieces" is one of the finest pop accomplishments of 2009 and will finally be unveiled to the UK and USA in early February. Already a hit in Sweden with his debut single "Hurtful", Erik hopes to grow his fan base with the universal appeal of his gorgeous pop music. Having recently finished a tour with Little Boots and Ellie Goulding, the soul pop quirkster is quickly gaining fa.
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EQ Interview With Erik Hassle - "I never thought that my hair could be something that was interesting! "
Darryl Haynes From Soundgarden - New Video Blogs..."Your Biscuit Loses!"
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What do we have here? It's episode 4 of the "making the album" video blogs from my favourite male artist of all time - Darren Hayes!So let's get into this, my thoughts on part one...Those synthy sounds from 22 to 45 secs sound really sexy. I want to hear more! Such a tease Darren!A 20 piece orchestra?! Wow - looks really challenging and very curious as to how it will sound on a Daz record - .
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Blake Lewis Live - "Heartbreak On Vinyl"
You know, I have never got to see Blake Lewis live yet, so you can imagine my excitement when Blake posted this new clip of him performing (according to him) the likely next single "Heartbreak On Vinyl" at The Roxy. The show looks fun live - you can bet I'd be at the front singing along to every song. Now what do we have to do to lure either the band or the one-man band over to London Town f
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Simon Curtis Announces New Album "8Bit Heart"
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Simon Curtis has announced his plans to launch his free download album "8Bit Heart" once he reaches 8000 Twitter followers, so make sure you are following Simon on Twitter because the faster you follow, the faster we'll have this electro-pop gem in our hands!So what's the album going to be like? Simon had this to say about the album title and forthcoming tunes..."The album is titled "8-Bit He..
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EQTV - Watch French Horn Rebellion's New Video To "Up All Night"
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The French Horn Rebellion need to stop hanging out on street corners. Once again the New York electronic quirk duo have filmed a new UK edit of their video to "Up All Night" which is just as crazy and offbeat as you would expect from them.Apparently their street corner antics are working though,"Up All Night" has received significant radio support from the likes of Radio 1, XFM and BBC 6 Musi.
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First Peak - RebekkaMaria debuts "Oh Solitude" and Drops the "As In"
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Track:Oh Solitude
One of EQs faves is back!Long time readers of EQ know that I love love love the music of RebekkaMaria. Except this time, she's dropped the "As In" and has been crafting a whole new sound for her sophomore album which follows up the ground-breaking electronic debut of "Queen Of France".Click here to watch her first performance of new single "Oh Solitude" over at The Submarine Sessions.Rebekka.
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Getting To Know Daisy Dares You
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Artist:Daisy Dares You
OMG her accent is SOOOO cute.New pop rockette Daisy Dares You continues dominate the hot tip sheet. The young little lady recently put together a little behind the scenes video so that you all can get to know her a little better - in five perfectly packaged little minutes.All I got to say is that I'm glad she got over her Kurt Cobain obsession...or did she - by judging from the picture above,.
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Video Premiere - "Find Me" by Sergey Lazarev
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Long time readers of EQ, already know that I have a teeny obsession/guilty pleasure with the music of Sergey Lazarev. Well guess what - your favourite Russian pop superstar has a new video and you get to hear all about it - lucky you!The premise - well it would seem that Will Smith wasn't the only one left in New York City when the zombie-esque virus took hold in "I Am Legend". Apparently the.
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Lady Gaga Breaks Billboard Record
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Lady Gaga has now become the first artist since the invention of monitored airplay to have four #1 hits from a debut album. With "Paparazzi" going to number on Billboard, it follows "Just Dance", "Poker Face", and "LoveGame" to become the fourth chart-topping single from her massively successful album "The Fame".Can you believe Lady Gaga has sold over four million copies worldwide and the sing...
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And The New Róisín Murphy Single Is "Orally Fixated"
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Track:Orally Fixated
Is it just me or is everyone on pins and needles waiting for the annoucement of Róisín Murphy's new single today or what!!! People have been anxiously tweeting and you can feel the transatlantic excitement ebbing through the interweb.Well the wait is over EQs - the new single is called "Orally Fixated" and you can read about it right now over on Pitchfork who had the exclusive on this hot piec
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EQTV - Watch Editors "Papillon"
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OK a few things. First of all, I'm not a big fan of The Editors at all. They tend to lean on the indie-rock side a little too much for my taste. Secondly - this video isn't very groundbreaking. All I can think of whilst watching it is "Run Lola Run", but it keeps playing on telly over here and I continually find myself throughly enjoy the synthy goodness of the track, so here you go - I'm
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MySpace Discovery - Velvet Code - Free Album Download!
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A-ha fooled ya! I bet you thought this was yet again another Adam Lambert post on EQ...Say hello to Velvet Code - they are an American electro-pop trio with aims on setting the music world on fire. Fans of Soft Cell and manscara should definitely sit up and pay attention! I quite happen to like their tunes "Say You Love Me" and "I'll Follow You" which you can listen to over on their MySpace...
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EQ Interview With Aviv Geffen - "I'm More Punk And Rebel Than Anyone On The Cover Of NME."
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About a year ago, the Israeli rock music scene started to make ripples over here in England with some of the biggest Israeli artists like Aviv Geffen and Ivri Lider garnering new English fans with their distinctive and epic pop/rock sound. Aviv Geffen's music really didn't appeal to me back then, but after listening to the rebel rocker's first self-titled English language album - which was p...
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EQ Live Footage - The Bleach Works Performing "Something About You"
A few weeks ago, EQ hosted the exclusive launch party for the London debut of Christian Burns new band The Bleach Works and today sees the first look at some of the live footage from the night. Check out this video of The Bleach Works performing key electro-rock track "Something About You" which is my favorite song from the band without a doubt - I'm hoping this one gets released as a single.
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Imogen Heap Covers Michael Jackson's "Thriller"
Imogen Heap has put together a stunning version of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" which you just have to listen to - right here, right now. Apparently, according to Immi on Twitter, the songwriter Rod Temperton loved it and got in touch with Immi to hang out. Amazing - I think MJ would be very proud of this re-invention of his one of his greatest hits.
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New Róisín Murphy On Monday!
So yesterday Róisín Murphy's most-lovely press team sent out notices to all us Róisín bloggers about the new single which will be unveiled on Monday.A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of listening to a few of the new tracks and they were beyond amazing - completely different to "Overpowered". One of the tracks has such an deep urban feel that it just might catch the interest of the all-impor
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Free Download - DJ Adamix New Podcast "Tidal Rave"
EQ Live's resident spinster, DJ Adamix has just finished his latest hour long non-stop podcast entitled "Tidal Rave" that you can download for free on his Podcast page. If you've never come to the EQ Live nights but wondered what the music is like in-between the live acts, this podcast is a great example of the type of music DJ Adamix spins.DJ Adamix had this to say about his latest creation....
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