LHASA: Sad news. Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: “Lhasa de Sela, the singer whose warm, lilting music embraced a variety of folk traditions, died January 1 after a lengthy bout with breast cancer. She was 37 years old and lived in Montreal. Her nomadic childhood infused her music with an appreciation for Mexican and…
OLD SONG, NEW TAKE: Jazz is my favorite genre of music, and the one I know best — although I rarely write about it on this blog. This is my first true jazz post on Their Bated Breath, so you know this one’s a ringer. I know all the hardcore jazz fans still cringe at…
Ceci G is an unsigned musician from New York City who performs and sings everything on her seven-song EP “The Sleep”. It’s an apropos title, because her best songs tend to feel like that state of awaking from a dream. Her songs include a lot of synthesizer, and even the use of a telephone busy-signal…
CHARMED, I’M SURE: The Papercuts’ song “White Are the Waves” is awash in lush synth-strings that roll over a stuttered tom beat, fuzzy guitar and fever-dream vocals. Jason Quever, the lead singer, does an intricate job of half-whispering over the instrumentation in just the right way — to produce a hypnotically-seductive popish pillow-song. Its delicate…
SWEDISH EXPERIMENTAL POP: Fredrik have a new sophomore release coming out this month called Trilogi. This Swedish band released the track “Locked in a Basement” (click to play) a few months ago and now they have a second song called “Vinterbarn.” Apparently, it’s a Swedish word for winter children — those born in the cold…
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