<.......With some contending that a cover, no matter how good, is always and only a cover. While others insist a good cover can often be better than the original. Both arguments have merit. A cover is, after all, someone else's work, whether its aped well or badly.....and yet it is true that a good cover can reveal something of a song that perhaps the original missed. I guess I would have ...
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I think we're all justifiably proud of bein' chosen as one of only 1045 MOGgers that Ziplok trusts. What a thrill.But on to the music. Maybe you remember the Concretes, maybe not. Their following in America never rises much above cult status. Their music can be light an' airy or thick an' challenging, but the appeal, for me at least, was the voice of Victoria Bergsman so when she left th...
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Open Fields, the 2007 debut by former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman under the name Taken By Trees, was a pleasing enough indie-folk album. Its largely acoustic guitar and orchestral sound did a good job of showcasing the Swedish singer's distinctive fey vocals, but it did lack that magic ingredient truly great albums need. Bergsman recognised this and....more here.
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The debut album from former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman, who is recording under the name Taken By Trees, Open Field, was released June 18. Victoria Bergsman, now flying solo. Photo by Helena BlomqvistYeah, I know I should have hipped you to this, like, two or three weeks ago. Better late than never.You can check out three of her new songs here:http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseac...
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What two lucky peeps will be peepin from me !!SUMMER BURN '081. Big Star/ Watch The Sunrise2. Einsturzende Neubauten/ Total Eclipse Of The Sun3. The Real Tuesday Weld/ Turn On The Sun Again4. CoCoRosie/ Sunshine5. Billie Holiday/ Summertime6. Stereolab/ I Was A Sunny Rainphase7. Taken By Trees/ Sunshine Lady8. Erasure/ Sunday Girl9. Yeasayer/ Sunrise10. Broken Social Scene/ Looks Just Like The ...
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You are probably familiar with Victoria Bergsman's work by now. As the lead singer of Swedish twee pop group The Concretes her music was an underground treasure. As the female voice on Peter Bjorn and John's smash "Young Folks" she became a household voice (even if you didn't know her name).The Bjorn Yttling-produced (boy that dude's busy) East Of Eden is Bergsman's second album released under
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Former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman is doing it solo. The Swedish crooner has recorded her one-woman debut, Open Field under the alias Taken By Trees. Okay, so Vikki’s not doing it all by herself. Fellow Swedes Bjorn Yttling and John Eriksson (both of Peter, Bjorn and John) contribute to tracks and Electrelane's Verity Susman lended her chops and piano skills on some tracks. The album is.
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You may recognize the vocals on this track, as Taken by Trees's sole member is Victoria Bergsman, the female vocalist on the Peter Bjorn and John hit "Young Folks" and former lead singer of The Concretes. Being a one-woman group with a psuedonym, a la St. Vincent, Taken by Trees opens Bergsman up to a casual- and earthy-feeling (hence the name) world music approach and this Animal Collective co...
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I heard this cover of the Great Panty Dropper of '87 in, of all places, the trailer for the remake of Last House on the Left (Yes. Another fucking remake.). Some Googlin' brought me to the full mp3 at irritatingly named BiBaBiDi (Quick, someone donate to them that "MetalSucks is run by cunts" mp3!). And I [...]
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Ex-singer from The Concretes... nowadays on her own but she's almost too slowgoing and giving me a kind of numb feeling, although this track is such a nice one...
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The last album I added to my Best-of-2008 list was Taken By Trees‘ Open Field, the solo(ish) debut of former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman (you know, the chick who sings on “Young Folks”). Open Field was a haunting, atmospheric album that just sort of crept up on me and found its way into my psyche. I [...]
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I have really been enjoying Victoria Bergsman's aka Taken By Trees's debut album East Of Eden recently. Besides having a lovely Scandinavian voice that lazily croons throughout every track (ahhh!..love) and besides being named after one of my favorite books, the album includes a rather creative take on the decades 9th best song. "My Boys," sticks with the repetition of the original but this ti...
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Taken by TreesEast of Eden(Rough Trade)Releasing: 8 September (US)Victoria Bergsman releases her second album as Taken by Trees. The globe-hopping Swede has worked with the Concretes and Peter...
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Ex-Concrete Victoria Bergsman heads to Pakistan to seek inspiration for her second album as Taken By Trees.
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Rough Trade records have announced details of the sophomore album by Taken By Trees, to be release in September.
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