under the pull of this high tide

Vitalic - Allan Dellon
I think "Flashmob" was a pretty darn good album. I mean Vitalic probably still has some stuff up his sleeve.

Maps - Turning The Mind
Quite unlike Everything Is Shattering and intriguing song too. Took me a good 4 listens for the entire song to soak in. Copious use of the synthesiser lend a mythical air to the song, not helped (for better or for worse) by his semi-muffled voice. After the fourth listen, it reaffirmed my initial feel of this song, that it's pretty laid back and good for a lazy day.

Real Estate - Snow Days
Quaint song led by Martin Courtney's lulling vocals which sound absolutely lovely. But a little niggling point with me was the end, where they just dragged it on with the instrumentation. Cutting it short to about 3:30 would have been so much better, as they could have done the instrumentation part without over-doing it - it was more or less repeating the same thing over and over for about 3-4 times.

life just ain't the same

I wanted to continue my updates on the latest from X Factor UK, but to my extreme disappointment and disgust, Lucie Jones has been booted out. While this is not the latest news (it was out early yesterday), the debate still rages on, as to why Simon chose to let it go to deadlock, which I think was pretty obvious that Lucie would be booted. I won't go into the details, but as a personal protest to Simon Cowell's dastardly act of cowardice (I personally think it's to protect his remaining 3 acts, and as much as I like them, what's this about keeping the horrible twosome in the show, which he claims is a singing competition?), I will stop updating on X Factor UK. And what were the voters thinking!?!?! How could Lucie receive the lowest number of votes? She was one of the most consistent performers, and one of the best each time I might add. Utterly disappointed. It's really bittersweet as well, I mean it's obvious that there's a good crop of contestants remaining in the competition, but how can anyone continue watching, knowing a really good singer has been booted out?

Lucie Jones singing Demi Lovato's This Is Me
A tribute to a fantastic singer who really should have gone all the way to the end, but instead faced early demise in the competition. The irony of what Simon said comments, is so stark to the decision he made on the day of results. If I were Lucie, i'd feel cheated, seeing how Simon actually agreed with Louis that she could be the last female contestant standing (ie. Stacey would be booted out first, seeing how there's only 2 females left). It's hypocritical really. And before this degrades into more ranting, let me give you guys some pretty good songs to listen to.





Maps - Everything Is Shattering
Nothing less is to be expected from Mercury Prize nominee in 2007, losing out to Klaxons. From his latest album "Turning the Mind" released about a month ago, this lush electropop song is fit for the airwaves. The latter part of the song sounds like part of a musical being run through a synthesizer, and you know what, i think this is a very good song to choreograph a dance to.

Anya Marina - Satellite Heart
This is a song off the New Moon soundtrack, and her voice is just beautiful. Totally pulling you into that voice of hers, it's quite a fitting song for the movie as well. Little tidbit: She DJs on one of the San Diego radio station's from monday to saturday, from 9am to 2pm.

Priscilla Ahn - Red Cape
She's got an official music video for this song. I always thought a stop motion video would be real neat for this song.

Thievery Corporation - Amerimacka