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Here's a live stream of the Mike Viola concert in Brooklyn on November 4 2011 (feat. Todd Jasko) - thank you Yoshi: theknitbrooklyn on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free There's also a download of this stream - just contact me as usual.

A month ago I started a poll - " Which artists you would like to see performing together again? ". So here are the results: 1st place Jason Falkner & Andy Sturmer & Roger Manning Jr Jellyfish - 80%    Jellyfish   2nd place Bleu & Mike Viola - 28% Bleu Mike Viola   3rd place Justin Currie & Ian Harvie & Andy Alston Del Amitri - 12% Del Amitri So, a conciderable first place for Jellyfish - which is no surprise. It seems as if also a new Bleu/Viola project would be very welcome. Well, Jellyfish and Del Amitri will be unlikely (but you CAN prove me wrong), but maybe Mike Viola with Bleu ?

Ocean Grove is recording their first full length album. And they ask you for your support. At kickstarter.com you can pledge for this project. In return you can get amongst other: the digital album a tour poster a t-shirt white vinyl a day in the studio a photo shoot a private concert Ocean Grove - Music - More Music Videos

Three wonderful songs, great performances and beautiful videos from David Mead - Live from Ivy League Studios:

So here it is: the new record of Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto .  The more successful they got, the more skeptic I was regarding their new records. Viva La Vida was a little highlight after X & Y , which I never liked very much, while Parachutes is still one of my top five records. When the Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall EP came out, I was disappointed. It was like they became the new U2 . So when the full record came out yesterday I listened to it immediately. 01. Mylo Xyloto - The intro - leading to... 02. Hurts Like Heaven - I bet it's the third single. I hope so. It's a good, upbeat song. This has something of the Coldplay I liked. 03. Paradise - Obvious single number two. Better than the first single. 04. Charlie Brown - Still not sure if I like it. 05. Us Against The World - Still not sure if I like it, too. 06. M.M.I.X. - Kind of an interlude to... 07. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall - The first single. It's okay. 08. Major Minus - It's nice...

Five years after The Reminder Leslie Feist is back with a new album. The Reminder was successful for a a surprisingly long time. Here in Germany it was in the Top 100 LP charts for longer than two years. Metals , the new record, is darker and at the first listen partially not as catchy as its forerunner. 1. "The Bad In Each Other" 
2. "Graveyard" 
3. "Caught A Long Wind" 
4. "How Come You Never Go There" 
5. "A Commotion" 
6. "Bittersweet Melodies" 
7. "Anti Pioneer" 
8. "Undiscovered First" 
9. "Cicadas And Gulls" 
10. "Woe Be" 
11. "Comfort Me" 
12. "Get It Wrong, Get It Right"  Highlights: The Bad In Each Other, Graveyard, How Come You Never Go There, Anti Pioneer

I was lucky to get a digital advance copy of Brandon Schott 's new record 13 Satellites . It's surely a very different album than his last one Dandelion . And here's a short review: 01 Annie - A beautiful intro. 02 Early Morning Light - Do I hear The Beatles here (in 1967 - 1970)? Great tune. 03 Full Circle Night - Could be a great radio single. 04 This Is Home - Beautiful balled and lyrics! 05 Flowers Fading - My favorite so far. 06 A Daydream (or A 2AM Serenade) - Nice chorus! 07 Building A Boat 08 Satellite - The song is out for some time already at soundcloud . And it's catchy. Good choice for a first single. 09 Exploding Angel - Again very beatlesque. 10 Louise St. - A short, mostly instrumental song. A little gem. 11 All The Way Down - What a chorus! Already after the first listen it's stuck right in my head! 12 My Love Won't Let Me Down - The last "proper" song on the album.Gorgeous. 13 Fading (Outro) -Well, is t...