In September will be released Laura Marling's third album! And today she decided to give us this magnificent preview.

Chloë Moretz on Best Coast's new video.

Thanks to a MTV program that line up directors and bands, the star of Kick Ass!Let me in, and also Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly protagnist) will be on Best Coast's new video. It will be produced by Drew Barrymore and the director of the movie Whip it.

Top 15 Indie Youth.

1# Laura Marling

The biggest phenomenon in nowadays folk music. With only 18 years old, Laura had released her first debut album (Alas, I Cannot Swim), which was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. She had started in the band Noah and the Whale and was romantically linked with singer/guitarist Charlie Fink. Fink produced her album but the relationship ended and she stepped out from the band. The well-known folk band, Mumford and Sons whore Laura band, and John Mumford  became her new boyfriend. 

Unfortunately this relatioship had ended too. 

Magical lyrics and a maturity presence, are just two things that we can admire on Marling's talent. Probably we will hear a lot from this girl, once she have everything to be the greatest folk musician of our times.

2# Florence Welch

Needless to say anything. 

She is the Perfection, the Stage Rocker, the One. And only with 24 years old, this pretty girl from London is already one of the biggest names in alternative music along with her band "Machine".

3# Lykke Li

Probably we are all dreaming and she really is just a dream. But the truth is that this 25 years old girl from Sweden is taking the world. With 3 albums released and some EPs, we can say that she's already an indie icon.

4# Chazwick Bundick

The Columbian hipster and king of the chill wave, absolutely amazing (with only 24 years old). Best known by "Toro Y Moi", his one of the betters pruducers of the actuality. After "Causers of this" he had surprise everyone with "Underneath the pine". Two great album in two years, rest us wait for 2012.

5# Robin Pecknold

The Pitchfork sweaty and album of the year for sure, this American boy is on the front of the band Fleet Foxes. And don't get cheat by his look, because he may look like a forty year men but his only 25.

6# James Blake

The electronic boy has came to win. This amazing artist with only 21 years old, is on the top of the European charts and becoming a huge talking theme.

He had just released his first debut album and will be probably one of the betters of 2011. A truly good musician to be followed.


7# Janelle Monáe

The alternative monarc with 25 years old.


8# Jessica Lea Mayfiel

Seriously? Only 21 years old? 
This girl have everything to become a Cat Power. Great lyrics and deep melodies, Jessica makes everyone think twice before fall in love. "I rather die young and be forgotten than grow old still loving you".


9# George Lewis Jr.

Best known by Twin Shadow, had his album produced by Grizzly Bear. There are a better way to start? 

10# Warpaint

Warpaint is an American art rock group from Los Angeles, formed in 2004. The band consists of Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (guitar, vocals), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass, vocals), and Stella Mozgawa (drums, keyboards). The band's membership has also included actress Shannyn Sossamon and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. Warpaint released their debut EP, Exquisite Corpse, in 2009, followed by their full length album, The Fool, released on 25 October 2010.

A mystic band that easily becomes an addiction and where everyone has the same role.

11# Jamie Smith

The electronic flavour from The xx has a name best known by Jamie xx.

12# Bethany Cosentino

The vocalist of the band Best Coast, a 22 years old bomb, who came to bring the garange band music to top again.

13# Lourdes Hernándes

How do you say folk in Spanish? Russian Red (weird).

14# Trevor Powers

Best known by Youth Lagoon.

15# First Aid Kit

The indie cuties.

How to classify something perfect?

Jamie Smith. The promissory British boy known by his work in The xx, his making his own work out from the band.

He had stud in the conceptualized Elliott School (the same where stud members from Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet).

After a great work with Gill Scott-Heron, where he had produced the full album, and all his featuring with artists like Jack Peñate, Florence and the Machine, Adele and Glasser, the electronic boy had released his new single "Far Nearer".
Producing songs with dubstep style, it seems that we could see him and new artists like James Blake, Jamie Woon and Nicolas Jaar at the same room.

You can hear his new track below.

http://soundcloud.com/nmbrs/sets/jamie-xx-far-nearer-nmbrs10

At work...

The new album from the monarc indie band, Grizzly Bear, is being producted. After the amazing Veckatimest, this boys are making a new project, what is a grat new for the music industry and obviously... For the fans.

Causers of this VS Underneath the pine

Chazwick Bundick, the most talked hipster at the moment. In 2010 Bundick released his first album (Causers of this), one of the best albums of the year. With a chill wave style, is the best thing to play and enjoy. Each song is the continue of other, and that is one of the things which make me so addicted.

The second one (Underneath the pine), was released this year and received a great critic by Pitchfork. In my opinion is not so good as "COT", but is also a good album. In this project, the singer wanted to explore new instruments and grow as artist. That's why he was so blessed by music lovers.

My favorite song from him is below and it's just perfect. I'm sure everyone will like a lot.

"At that precise moment, this passionate pastiche of timeless pop becomes a classic all its own."

These were the words said by Pitchfork about Beyoncé's new single. The truth is that in pop music, a queen like Beyoncé still sells making good music.

Brilliant.

Beirut's new record, a "must listen" track.

A truly masterpiece.

The latest work from the best jazz artist at the main days. With deep and intensity melodies like "Short And Sweet", and amazing songs like "Little Fly". 

Preparing myself to go out listening the divine Cat Power.

Some thoughts are too deep to be told in English.

No final acabamos sempre por voltar ao mesmo ponto de partida. Desejamos o que não podemos ter olhando de forma indiferente ao que nos dá valor. Somos controlados pelo desconhecido enquanto andamos cegos pelo que nos é familiar.

Será sempre um paradoxo infinito, onde nos inserimos como se de uma droga se tratasse.

Procuramos de forma frenética algo que nos complete. Vivendo a nossa vida em função de algo ilusório.

Felicidade. Estabilidade. Amor. Três elementos criados com vista à destruição do ser humano.

Poderíamos ser felizes no meio em que estamos inseridos. Sentir estabilidade durante as demais horas de sossego total. Nutrir amor-próprio, capaz de saciar qualquer carência pessoal. No entanto, negligenciamos tal poder interior. Mais uma vez acreditando que o vazio criado dentro de nós, será preenchido por algo exterior ao nosso ser. Um erro cometido constantemente, sem qualquer tipo de aprendizagem adquirida.

E assim acabamos por criar um mundo injusto, sem nos apercebermos que essa injustiça tem início na nossa natureza.

Regina Spektor's male version.

Rufus Wainwright, his an amazing singer, songwriter and compositor. In the last year Rufus released his latest album "All days are nights: Songs for Lulu", a great work, with one of the songs written for his sister Martha Wainwright (also singer).
One big artist, too needful for any ITunes library.

Indie music has a new Crystal.

A Spanish band that remind us of "The Naked and Famous". With the first album "Star of love", this band is promising a great career.

I was missing my bubbly.

In this afternoon, during my facebook checks, pitchfork reviews and like always hearing my ITunes library, suddenly gave me a big desire to ear this album again. After my two weeks addiction with Oh Land, I never heard her again, and today I felt a big necessity to. And is what I'm doing at this moment, for the ones who don't know her, I really recommend this album.

Did you ever saw "500 hundred days of Summer"? Or "Yes man"? If you did, you probably know her.

Her name is Zooey Deschanel, known by her movie career, this girl also have a band. The project names She & Him, with all the songs written by Zoeey (She) and produced by M Ward (Him).

Tomorrow I'm back to Lisbon.

Lisbon, one of the 2010 best albums and the marvelous city where I'll be tomorrow.

When there's talent, maturity and knowledge, the perfect song comes with the perfect video.

Erykah Badu, nowadays most influential jazz, soul and R&B singer had just released a new single from her last album "New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)". The soul goddess had put to practice the maturity and experience gained in all this years of work. Totally deserves to be seen and I'm sure that you won't regret. 

You can find the link below and see Badu’s latest work.

http://vimeo.com/24219888

Pop is turning alternative.

Today we can see Pitchfork talking about the pop Queen's new album. The rename site of music, one of the most influential online magazines in the world, talks about the featuring between Beyoncé and André 3000.

It's not the first time that we see pop artists coming with alternative influences. Furthermore, the alternative bands are becoming more and more successful, selling more albums and receiving all the big music awards. Facing this reality, the pop singers see the alternative tracks as a good way to reach the top and at the same time, a good way to make high quality music instead of just plastic singles to sell. 

The rappers whore the first giving up to alternative world, joining rename artist and big producers just like Kanye West did, making one of the most talked albums of 2010, considered the best by Pitchfork and with the collaboration of artists like Bon Iver.  

Heartland VS A Swedish Love Story

Today I'm going to talk about the Canadian indie pop singer Owen Pallett. His a composer, vocalist, violinist and keyboardist. 

In 2010 he released one LP (Heartland) and one EP (A Swedish Love Story), two great works. The "Heartland" is an intensity album, where we can drawn into his wicked style and be transported to an all different dimension. Perfect to play in an alternative place, to think, to wonder, to hear.

In "A Swedish Love Story" we can find him with a brand new energy, he bring us electric songs with a lot of little  effects and frenetic melodies. 

I can't say which is my favorite, they are both perfects and able to let everyone addicted. Pallett was known by his past stage name "Final Fantasy", but he got to let this alter-ego behind when the creators of the game said that he couldn't use the name. 

I'm sure you'll all love this amazing artist.

Big discography, big band, big new album.

Boris, the band with the longest discography ever, just added one more album to their big amount of works. This one comes with two cds. The first (Attention please), bring as some electro influences. The other (Heavy rocks), is the return to past albums. As we can see for the name, it's a little more heavy than the first one. Attention please has the best critics of this new project and truly deserves it.

There are something more wicked than French music?

The French music will always bring us that weirdness and class that we love. This is one perfect example. The singer Julien Doré had just send his newest single, and I bet that will be quickly to reach the France top.

The new mysterious band.

This new band is also a couple, formed by Brian Oblivion (guitar and vocal) and Madeline Follin (vocal). A new band from America which is surprising everyone all over the globe and letting us wishing a long relationship to this two great artists.

Lily Allen's indie clone.

Bat For Lashes (Natasha Khan), a singer with a small discography but a needfull one.

"Pala" the new album from Friendly Fires.

Well-known by their wicked style, the British alternative band got back to work with their newest album "Pala". Pitchfork gave them 7.4 points and they probably deserve it. It's already available in iTunes so what you’re waiting for?

Mount Wittenberg Orca. More than a simple EP.

What would happen if Dirty Projectors joined with Björk? The answer is this powerful project released in 2010. After a big work with Anthony and The Johnsons, the alternative goddess bring us more reasons to love her. And we send this love back letting her blown us away!

In Portugal this year.

The summer festival (Paredes de Coura), bring to every alternative lover the perfect poster. This is one of the great bands that we will be able to see there. You can also count with:
Marina & The Diamonds;
Deerhunter;
Two Door Cinema Club;
Crystal Castles;
Twin Shadow;
And much more.

Bethany Cosentino under the mtv spotlights.

The Best Coast vocalist was the choice for MTV Exit latest work, leaving everyone speechless with this masterpiece.

The Sigur Rós followers.

The indie pop band who had surrender everyone after songs like "Skinny fingers", have a new album. The name is "Confetti", and did not received the best feedback from pitchfork. However, is an album to be heard.

For the electronic fans, Junior Boys are back this year.

Here is the newest single from this marvelous duo. The album "It's all good" will be available only on 13 june.
It's almost there fans!

Youth Lagoon

Trevor Powers (stage name "Youth Lagoon"). The promising boy who had just surprised everyone, with an album that will probably be on pitchfork top 50 albums of 2011.

Some bands make their own list.

Sonic Youth, the kings of alternative rock.

The first song.

Why not one of my favorite hidden tracks?
I leave you with the song "Little Red" from Kate Nash, a adorable way of make music.

The List.

In this very new blog, I've decided to start with "The List". A list of indie/alternative artists and bands, wich are to needful for everyone who loves music.

Owen Pallett (Don't stop);
Regina Spektor (Hero);
Kate Nash (You where so far away);
Rufus Wainwright (Poses);
Laura Marling (Blackberry Stone);
Radiohead (No surprises);
Sigur Rós (Samskeyti);
The Smiths (There is a light that never goes out)
Oh Land (Lean);
Lykke Li (Dance dance dance);
Florence and The Machine (Between two lungs);
Cults (Abducted);
The xx (Heart skipped a bit);
Joanna Newsom (Sprout and the bean);
Marina and The Diamonds (I'm not a robot);
Twin Shadow (Tyrant Destroyed);
Adele (Daydreamer);
Angus and Julia Stone (Big jet plaine);
Animal Collective (My girls);
Panda Bear (Tomboy);
Grizzly Bear (Knife);
Beach House (Norway);
Best Coast (Crazy);
Cass Mccombs (You saved my life);
Dirty Projectors (Stillness is the move);
Tune-Yards (Powa);
Toro Y Moi (Talamak);
Cat Power (Where is my love);
Gnarls Barkley (ST. Elsewhere);
Corinne Bailey Rae (I'd do it all again);
Esperanza Spalding (Little Fly);
Erykah Badu (On & On);
Eliza Doolitle (Rollerblades);
Russian Red (Cigarretes);
Evelyn Evelyn (Evelyn Evelyn);
Beach Boys (God only knows);
Janelle Monáe (Faster);
Robyn (Don't f* tell me what to do);
Roisin Murphy (Overpowered);
MGMT (Kids);
Twin Sister (All around and away we go);
Telepopmusic (Love can damage your healt);
Silversun Pickups (Lazy eye);
Warpaint (Undertow);