New Music: Matthew Kilford

Putting on Matthew Kilford's song "Zurich" feels like a movie starts in your head. In my head I walk through the door on the front of his album cover and into a room where the light falls in from the side and the window is open to a late summer evening. It's something very comforting, beautiful and peaceful about it. At the same time your heart and head catches that there is a little undertone of something a bit more sad underneath it all.

Kilford's guitar playing is just wonderful and spins around like some kind of nice little machine in the background, and I mean machine in a nice way. I am not sure exactly what kind of machine it is, but I think it is made of silver and is quite elegant and pleasant. In short, great guitar playing.

But most of all, what caught my ear, was this brilliant voice. It has it's own very clear beautiful, emotional and sweet tone, but also remind me of such great men as Simon and Garfunkel, Jeff Buckley (when he's calm, Jeff that is) and last, but not least Andy Yorke, brother of the more famous Thom. And when I tell you that Matthew also is from Oxford,it shouldn't be surprising as all good things to seam to come from there these days, at least Oxfordshire. Sorry, I apparently don't know my English shires :)There is someone else he also very much remind me of in the singing department, but I am totally unable to pin point it right now. But it's someone I really like, so a compliment.

Don't let this chance pass you, good people. Let's make this man get the fame he deserves. Why don't you start with the one on the bottom of this post. It has an truly great contrast between the verses and the refrain. I think we need to see this man live in Norway soon too.

And I haven't even gotten far enough to listen to the lyrics for real yet, but enough to know that it's beautiful. For me that is a bit like unwrapping a gift slowly.

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New Music: Spring Offensive

As I said last week, all good things seam to come from Oxford these days, and here is another example. If my Last.fm related artists radios keeps giving me such great stuff again and again, I think I might be addicted to "the Oxford-sound".

Spring Offensive is one of those bands who just made me go "Wow, this is great stuff" over and over again to my poor boyfriend. I just had to tell someone. The vocals are great, the way the guitars lines line up with each other is just beautiful. The bass and drums makes me want to get on my feet and groove to the beat in songs like "A Let Down". Over all there is just a great intensity in everything they do, that make me sit up in my chair and listen every time they randomly comes over my stereo. That intensity also comes through in the videos and seeing the videos for "Every coin" and "A Let Down" really did it for me. I want to see these guys live now! Apparently they are famous for one of the most touring bands in Britain, maybe they will jump on a ferry and go to Norway one of these days! If you look at the last clip of this blog post, you understand why. Great stuff.

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New Music: The Winchell Riots

Sometimes it seams like all the good music in the world comes from one great place. And the last few days it's been all Oxford for me. First of all with the great Radiohead of course, but then I also remembered that other favourites of mine Youthmovies are also from Oxford. I was sad to read that Youthmovies have decided to split up, but at the same time I found a remix they had done and of course had to listen to the band that they had remixed. And oh hey ho and hallo!! hehe. I am in love with The Winchell Riots, maybe I won't be in a few days or tomorrow, but the first impression is just over the moon, and that is very seldom that I will say that! It in many ways remind me of some kind of Radiohead light, it has that great vocal and the great guitars and the fantastic rhythm and vibe. Oh yes, I love this.

I will come back with more detailed descriptions later, if I keep loving them as much as this and that is very likely :) But for now, I give you these links:
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And here are tons of clips from YouTube, I am still exploring myself. But so far I have loved every note. So let's enjoy!