3 posts tagged “female”
Unrelated to the late, great Mclusky is this lady, Angela McCluskey from an altogether different school of Amy Winehouse, Duffy and a zillion other white female soul singers. I knew nothing of her until a few minutes ago when I googled to find out who did the lovely 30 second ditty on a new Wilkinson Sword Quattro women's bikini razer advert. Obviously I was only googling this purely for the music... erm... So turns out this miss Angela apparently wrote the song "Your Style" purely for the advert, chances are 30 seconds is all there is of it. Alas... Still, here's another of her songs that lasts a little longer.
- Chris"just spent how much on video games?!?"topher.
Update: From a YouTube posting:
painintheass66: "hi ...there is no name for the song..its just a 30 second piece written specially for the commercial...its not available..but i hear they want us to do a longer version...which i would love to try...
ps im the singer...angela mccluskey....wicked commercial innit xx "
- Chris"just spent how much on video games?!?"topher.
Update: From a YouTube posting:
painintheass66: "hi ...there is no name for the song..its just a 30 second piece written specially for the commercial...its not available..but i hear they want us to do a longer version...which i would love to try...
ps im the singer...angela mccluskey....wicked commercial innit xx "
Australia? Decent music? Australia's the HOME of decent music! As proven here today by Lecia, my second favourite guitarist behind Julz Parker. I actually found her through Julz who probably played with her at some point; I heard this one song Fly and went and bought the whole EP off the back of it. If you like any of this, I suggest you do the same as it's only $10 from CD Baby. But first I feel I must convince ye...
Lecia plays a kinda funky country gothic rock, and there's not a song on the EP (her only release to date) that I don't love. Bear with Fly for the first couple minutes, it goes on a bit but picks right up halfway through, and starts sounding like the Manics crossed with a decent singer (sorry James-Dean). If that doesn't convince you, below is some more of her performance skills; a montage of clips from various shows. Which is even better when you consider that apparently the rest of the band only learnt the tunes the day before or something, and Lecia seems to thing it's not so great :oO Please watch, it don't last long, then go comment on her MyFace explaining how wrong she is to doubt her own skills. And finally, emigrate to Oz for some gigs around Queensland later this month.
- Christopher
Lecia plays a kinda funky country gothic rock, and there's not a song on the EP (her only release to date) that I don't love. Bear with Fly for the first couple minutes, it goes on a bit but picks right up halfway through, and starts sounding like the Manics crossed with a decent singer (sorry James-Dean). If that doesn't convince you, below is some more of her performance skills; a montage of clips from various shows. Which is even better when you consider that apparently the rest of the band only learnt the tunes the day before or something, and Lecia seems to thing it's not so great :oO Please watch, it don't last long, then go comment on her MyFace explaining how wrong she is to doubt her own skills. And finally, emigrate to Oz for some gigs around Queensland later this month.
Laura Gibson assures us -- and we believe -- that everything will be okay
Written for WeHeartMusic by Gus // e-mail
It's easy to fall in love with Laura Gibson by reading her biography alone; she was the high-jump champion in her home state of Oregon -- home to a dazzling, myriad assortment of indie gods and goddesses -- and went to college on a math scholarship. What's not to love?
And all that before you even pick up her debut album, If You Come To Greet Me. From the immediate delicacy of the album's opening song ("This is not the end," she near whispers over a soft, wintry strumming of chords) to her strong-willed, emotional persistence on "Hands in Pockets," you know Laura Gibson is going to crawl into your heart and stay there.
But let's talk a minute about that opening track. It's obvious that Ms. Gibson draws on that font of inspiration so many artists do -- being, of course, love and the loss thereof. However, unlike her counterparts, she manages to take the pain of heartbreak and turn it into a brilliant, shining moment of heart-wrenching optimism. It's inspiring to listen to. To hear such a soft and fragile voice like Laura Gibson's on this song announce to everyone that despite it all, "this is not the end," is empowering. When she says it, you believe her. In this day and age, with the world the way it is, we need more Laura Gibsons. We need more people telling us everyone will be alright.
And Ms. Gibson's is an easy pill to swallow; lovely, down-home vocals laid over intricate tracks of steel guitars, horn sections, pianos, and the singer-songwriter's good friend the acoustic guitar make this an album steeped in years and years of down-home living. And with the help of M. Ward and Decemberists production guru Adam Selzer, this album is a dense, wintry jewel.
If You Come To Greet Me, Laura's debut album, was released November 17, 2006 on HUSH records.
