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An alphabetical list of great music I found through my fellow Moggers.( Whatever happened to Chucky? )
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The Whitest Boy Alive
Dreams
Play Dreams
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| 1 Burning |  |
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| 8 Figures | |
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AMG Review of Dreams
K. Ross Hoffman
All Music GuideThe Whitest Boy Alive no doubt intend their moniker facetiously, if not a bit self-mockingly, but it's a useful cue in pinpointing their music, which does in fact display many qualities frequently associated with whiteness. Fortunately, unfunkiness is not primary among them. Splitting the unlikely but not insurmountable distance between the hushed acoustic folk-pop of Kings of Convenience, Erlend Řye's previous main concern, and the stylish electronic dance-pop of his solo work, TWBA set their sights on gently grooving indie rock/pop, achieved through essentially non-electronic means (guitar, bass, drums, and the occasional electric piano.) Their grooves may not be particularly soulful, but they're toe-tapping enough, and very smartly performed, with an interlocking crispness that recalls Phoenix or perhaps a much less twitchy version of early Talking Heads. That smoothness and precision -- in rhythmic execution, instrumental tone, lyrical diction, and overall sound -- is, for better or worse, Dreams' most notable feature. Call it sonic purity and aesthetic clarity, or call it smarmy slickness and stuffy sterility; it's a pretty white sound either way you take it. But however polite or uptight it may be, pop music floats or fails on the strength of the songs, which in this case are frustratingly hit or miss. There are a handful of winners here -- the peppy kick-off "Burning," the jumpy quasi-dance-punk of "Fireworks,"the brooding "Done with You" and the sweet, hesitantly self-affirming "Don't Give Up" -- and they are gleaming. Too much of the remainder of the album, though, lags in too-similar, blandly vanilla territory; less white hot than white bread.
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The Whitest Boy Alive
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Don't know this band much but their video by Geoff McFetridge is ROCK!. golden cageAdd to My Profile | More Videos
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let's freaking dance - The Whitest Boy Alive
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German and Norwegian mans from Berlin. Dance music in the sense of ESG, but not _quite_ as simple song structures. Its like electronic music but with guitar bass and drum.band's minimal websitemyspace has some songs to hearIts really wussy music in a good way.articlearticlelast.fm similar artist radio played all this cool euro-sounding electronic music based on these guys as the input.
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one song for rainy day
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this is song is stuck in my head while i'm driving, and today while i was reading my blog stared from my ipod. It simply remind me an old lover
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it's here!
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not the summer this time though, just noticed that it started to snow again. crap. maybe it melts away quickly.. but what has arrived is my 7inch vinyl single from germany!! i bought the whitest boy alives 'burning' single with a '24K' on the b side and it took just two days to ship to finland. how fast is that?? i've been listening to it shamelessly little, but i notived that orlandos voice is...
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