Great covers: Jim O'Rourke - Viva Forever

Wow... can't belive that I haven't heard this man before. I have always liked this Spice girls song and the beautiful video has even driven me to tears sometimes, but I also love this cover. It has that great laid back feel of another good old favorite of mine the genius Elliott Smith. I have to listen more to mr. O'Rourke. Just wish it was more of him on Spotify. I get all my music from there these days. Hope I am not missing out on to much.. On the other hand, I am also finding so much good stuff.. :)

Here it is:

The new Imogen Heap album!

This is so beautiful it makes me cry!! What a musician, what a composer and last but not least, what a producer!! ENJOY!

Lily Allen - 22

I saw this video by chance on MTV the other day and Lily has really captured the feeling of being a young woman today I think. I at least know I feel/have felt like a lot of this song! What do you think?

New single and video: Imogen Heap - First Train Home and Canvas

Oh, if you haven't seen this yet: Imogen Heap has just released a single and a video for two of the song that are on her soon upcoming album. The album "Ellipse" is to be released on the 25. August, and it will be very exciting to hear the final result. I have been a huge fan of her video diary on YouTube and cried when I saw the final episode when she was done. She just strikes something good in me, that one. I like the person and the music. I also wanna be her.. hehe. I was actually also so lucky as to be chosen to be part of a bio that was written about her earlier this year. He he.. No, I am not her secret grandmother. She asked all her fans to write things about her on twitter and then some was selected to form a promo/biography thing that was sent out to press, pr etc. The cool thing is that also everyone was mentioned in references, so it says that I said that very sentence. Lovely. Good project. Also fans helped her make the album art and the whole story of her video diarys will apparently be on a dvd. Can't wait..! Hm.. I listen to the new Thom Yorke song now and expected to hear Imogens voice after the first few bars and there suddenly was Thom.. wow.. That would be an interesting duo in the studio.. They know how to sing and also really know their gadgets :D

First Train Home


Canvas

Imogen Heap - Canvas

New Thom Yorke song/Mark Mulcahy cover with brother

Thanks to "Rock it out!" blog on YouTube I found out about this one. It's indeed a new Thom Yorke song. Or really it's a cover by Thom Yorke of a song of Mark Mulcahy. I must honestly say that this guy has slipped right passed me, because I have never heard about him before. I have to read up on this. Apparently though, when a guy get a tribute album like this with all kinds of famous artists, he must be a good guy. The album is out to support him since he's wife died and left him alone with their twins of 3 years old. (And after taking care of twin babies for three days this week I can honestly say that I understand why he need all the support that he can).
The Thom York cover sound very much like him. The really interesting part for me, as a fan though, is that his brother is actually doing the background vocals on this one. Wow, it would be very interesting if they could do more stuff together. Two great voices there. I think the other brother need to be brought even more into the lime light too..

Here is a link to the song.
Here is more about the cd.