Radio 1 - Live Lounge... Ellie Goulding

On Tuesday 23rd February 2010, Ellie Goulding went into Radio 1's Live Lounge and sang a beautiful version of Temper Trap's Sweet Disposition. I can't stop listening to it....
Click here to listen.

I'm listening to... Mt Eden - Sierra Leone

For a while now, I've been listening to Mt Eden - Jesse Cooper, a dubstep producer from New Zealand, and if you haven't been listening to his remixed tracks already, then you definitely should. My favourite is Sierra Leone...enjoy! Click here to listen.

Music... Bon Iver

My sisters introduced me to Bon Iver, an American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's current music project quite a while ago. They told me that I would love all the songs and they were right. I really do.

Justin Vernon released the debut album For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007 independently. It's such an amazing album and I think everyone should give it a listen!

Here's one of my favourites off the album -  Skinny Love.

Thom Yorke...can do no wrong... in my eyes

I absolutely love Thom Yorke... and I absolutely love Hearing Damage, which is used in the Soundtrack to New Moon.

Click here to listen to this fantastic song!

Music... Automatic Loveletter

I'm totally loving American rock band Automatic Loveletter right now.

Click here to listen to the song I've been loving by them called Hush.

Music... Lykke Li

Ever since I heard Lykke Li's cover of my favourite Kings of Leon song, Knocked Up, I’ve been a huge fan! I LOVE the original version, however, Lykke Li's version is also just as beautiful but different.

The 23 year old from Sweden, has such a sweet, angelic voice and has been increasingly popular with indie music fans. She released her first album Youth Novels in the UK on June 9th 2008.

Most recently, she has contributed an amazingly beautiful song for the  Twilight Saga: New Moon  soundtrack. After Lykke Li was asked to contribute she wasn’t sure if she wanted to write a song, however, once she saw an early screening of the film, she wrote Possibility especially for it – and it fits extremely well in one of my most favourite scenes from the film.

I would recommend her album, Youth Novels, to everyone! Buy it now!

New Moon is out in cinemas across the world now (as if you didn’t know!) and the official soundtrack is also available to buy.  

Music... The Raveonettes

Danish rock duo, The Raveonettes, have been making wonderfully beautiful music characterised by two part vocal harmonies and electric guitar for years!

I had my ipod on a random shuffle the other day and With My Eyes Closed came on. It's such a beautiful song and I felt the need to tell you all about it and to listen to it!

Click here, close your eyes, and listen...

Their new album, In and Out of Control is out now! Click here to buy from Amazon.

Music... John Allred

Photograph by Chad Braithwaite

As a fan of new music, I love it when I spontaneously come across a new artist that I love! In this case... I was living in New York and had an urge to listen to U2 - With or Without You ... and I came across a different version instead.

John Allred is a Connecticut-born singer/ songwriter with an amazing voice. I secretly love when bands do covers of songs... but there are some songs I feel shouldn't be covered. I felt this way about With or Without you...that is until I heard John Allred's interpretation!

Have a listen here.

 

Photograph by Chad Braithwaite