Musings

MyPet – Pays to Know

nishajl — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:47:50 +0000

I’ve been keeping this one to myself until now…but figured as it’s been a while since I posted SOHN I might as well go big or go home… If everything this band releases is a good as this, I think they’re going to be HUGE. In the way AlunaGeorge are now huge, Dan Croll is … Read more

SOHN – The Wheel

nishajl — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:40:51 +0000

Listening to this for possibly the 5th time today, this time on SoundCloud, my gaze drifts to the window and it’s snowing again… Lost in the synthy, distorted vocal motif and the sad story in the lyrical melody, it’s a perfect reflection of how I feel about the snow – bleak yet beautiful. His haunting … Read more

Balthazar – The Oldest of Sisters

nishajl — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:27:10 +0000

First blog post of 2013…is a track from Belgian indie-pop five-piece, Balthazar and their new album, Rats: Balthazar – The Oldest of Sisters You could almost hear the vocal on top of a massive UK indie rock riff in places – like Muse, or Arctic Monkeys – but the song intros with an acoustic guitar and … Read more

Cheryl Cole – Call My Name

nishajl — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:54:31 +0000

It wouldn’t be a fair representation of my musical year if I let 2012 close without posting this song. It appears in my top 10 tracks by plays over the last 12 months on last.fm – though the chart says I’ve only scrobbled it 8 times (that can’t be right, can it?). I heard it … Read more

Tracks of 2012

nishajl — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:03:42 +0000

Right – deliberations complete, I have my tracks of 2012 in a Spotify playlist and it’s ready for posting. I’m so glad I didn’t put this up 3 weeks ago when I was planning to as I’ve changed my mind several times since then. Some of them have just shuffled in the rankings, but some have … Read more