i saw Stars yesterday for their first ever show in SEAsia, and they are AWESOME.the sound could have been slightly better, but other than that they really put on a show - this is the first and probably the last time i'll see the Esplanade stage decked up like a rose garden, and the band members constantly tossed stalks of roses and petals into the audience (i really want to know.. do they do that
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Posts by evocative
this is how you start a new year.
you are my sunshine.
I just got Copeland's new album You Are My Sunshine - only on my second listen-through but I've got high hopes for it. So far, loving the lush instrumentation and of course, Aaron Marsh's beautiful voice. The songs are in the same vein as Eat Sleep Repeat, but I think YAMS might actually top it.
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when i lose my sleep its you i miss
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for this year's Mosaic Music Fest i went for Sondre Lerche and the Faces Down..and it was FANTASTIC. far far cry frm Yo La Tengo last yr. he managed to get our usually stuffy audience up on our feet and dancing away to Phantom Punch.. and singing along to Sleep on Needles (which was totally awesome even though i was surrounded by older folks who clearly didnt know the lyrics to his songs..) and he
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this might almost be considered blasphemous..
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but I really don't like Radiohead.Which is a waste because I really want to like them, but I've tried and tried and I still can't get into them. i love Fake Plastic Trees and Black Star like the next person, but I just cannot stand Thom Yorke's voice- it's just too nasal for me.Its almost ridiculous because I've just heard In Rainbows. I liked it.. until Thom starts singing. :((
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razzle dazzle rose
long overdue first post! anyhow, i'm really excited by the artists coming for the mosaic music festival! i REALLY want to go for rachael yamagata and yo la tengo. and maybe jose gonzalez. then besides them there's tristan prettyman and rickie lee jones and album leaf.. amazing. that they're all coming to singapore. this looks to be a good concert year esp with muse and eric clapton this mth too :)
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