Day 56: Olly Murs feat. Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips A Beat

There's an advantage of travelling by public transport (compared to driving a car). You can actually do something while travelling. Today I've got that advantage and I really like it. I even got time to make a post. I defintely will do this more often, so more good posts from me.

Olly Murs, the runner up of Great Britain's X-factor 2010, is a giant star in the UK but in the Netherlands, we haven't heard a lot from him yet. That is gonna change with the release of his second studio album on November 28 2011: "In Case You Didn't Know". Today's single is from that album. It has been produced in cooperation with the Rizzle Kicks (rap duo from the UK) and has already hit the nr. 1 position in the UK. Now, it's time for the Netherlands.

Good beat, funky, catchy chorus.. Interesting rap by the Rizzle Kicks, nice breaks.. Just a really good song for the radio for this autumn. It makes my heart skip a beat..

Day 56: Lime Cordial - Say It

Goodmorning World. On this beautiful sunny Sunday I present you a fresh song to start your day with. It's from Lime Cordial, a band from Sydney, Australia. From their "mutual love
of all things pop and their desire to create original and exciting music" they started to make music and this is their first single.

I find it fresh, creative and exciting and it really makes some endorphine flowing around. It's good. And you.. ?
I'd recommend: Go out today, enjoy the weather, and talk with people about your dreams, your passion, just say it, say it ... ;-)

Day 55: Kimbra - Good Intent

We all now her from her magnificient contribution to "Somebody that I used to know", together with Gotye, but now Kimbra has her own single as well. It is from her debut album Vows that came out this year. It didn't surprise me that she is from New Zealand and now lives in Melbourne, Australia. As a lot of the musical goodness comes from Australia this year.. Doesn't it.. ;-)

This song is really good. It has a nice jazzy feel, it is groovy, it is exciting and the way that this women uses her voice... Wow.. I AM IMPRESSED. It has been described as a perfect song for a crime movie, and I think it would even better fit to a a James Bond film. I just can not wait to start listening to the rest of the album. Brilliant.

Day 54: Drapht - Rapunzul

And goodness from Australia again. An awesome track from hip hop singer Drapht, who has been making music since the age of 13. His first single was released in 2003 and now, 8 years later he is releasing his fourth studio album called "The life of Riley". This is the first single, which reached the Australian charts already in 2010, but it didn't reached the European continent (or at least me ;-) until now..

This song would fall in the category.. "Driving through a busy city on a sunny day in your cabrio with your sunglasses on and looking at the beautiful people around while bouncing on your seat"..

Enjoy..

Day 53: Ximena Sarinana- Different

From a singer-songwriter from Mexico, which makes music that can be compared with music from Katy Perry and Lily Allen, I present you Different. A song from her new (2nd) album that just came out.

Today a good tune to forget about the crappy weather outside.. The summery tune makes you forget about the rain and the joyfull whistle just stays in your head. A nice, happy song

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Day 52: Sbtrkt - Pharaohs (feat Roses Gabor)

On a rainy Tuesday evening you need a relaxing song that takes you away. From the album titled Sbtrkt from Sbtrkt, a music producer from London:

"SBTRKT is an alias used to support the concept of anonymity. SBTRKT has explained that he'd "rather not talk about myself as a person, and let the music speak for itself. The name SBTRKT is me taking myself away from that whole process."

And this song, how would we call it electro funk, dance-able-lectro ? I would say great track, great video, great singer (as Roses Gabor certainly adds something to the track) and a great feeling. Great

Day 51: Hard Fi - Give It Up

Hard-Fi, an Indie Rock Band from the UK, formed in 2003, released their 3rd album on August 7 after being away for a couple of years. From this album you may have heard the single Good for Nothing, which is a cool song I think.

But from the album I picked something else. The song Give It Up. I just can't stop listening to this. It's special because of the whistle, it rocks (walking beat), the singer has a good voice and when you think that's everything there's bridge, and after that even a acoustic bridge. Wow !!

It just stays in your head. And although this is not the single, I think it is the best song of the album.. A perfect prospect when you know that you'll defintely spend some hours in your car the coming week and that you can listen to this one many times..

Day 50: Dionne Bromfield - Foolin'

So today we celebrate the 50th blogpost on 365 music singles. We made it and now we're going for the next 50 songs. Looking forward to it as there is so much cool new music around that I would love to share with you.

When I heard this song on the radio I immediately thought that they had found some hidden material from a young Amy Whinehouse, which they decided to release just know. So I took my Iphone and waited for Shazam to confirm this.

The outcome surprised me. It was actually not Amy but a really young (only 15 years old) Dionne Bromfield from the UK. Wow, I was really amazed: what a voice, what a song and what a timing to appear in the music industry. After that I found out that she actually is Amy's godchild, what made me even more exciting.

And then came this fact, which actually gave me goosebumps: "On 20 July 2011, while performing at London's Roundhouse with The Wanted, Bromfield was joined on stage by her godmother, Amy Winehouse. This was Winehouse's last public performance before her death on 23 July 2011 at the age of 27"

So when Amy's dead is one of the saddest things in music history of 2011, the rise and shine of Dionne is one of the greatest things. It's almost like Amy has given Dionne her musical soul.. Enjoy !

Day 49: GEM - Call me down to Ohio

Dutch band GEM (Utrecht) was formed in 2003. After being quite succesfull in the Netherlands for a couple of years we didn't hear anything from them for a while. But now they are back and I am glad they are. They have released their new album last weekend on the "Into the great wide open" festival on dutch island Vlieland.

This is the first single of the album and I think it's refreshing, it's funky and it's just really nice to listen too. And even after hearing it many times I don't get bored. We will definitely hear this one on the radio this autumn..

Day 48: Gabe Dixon - Strike

After being the frontman of the Gabe Dixon band, Gabe Dixon (Miami) decided to go solo in 2009. He just released his album One Spark and this the first single from it. I never heard from him before but after listening to the song I became quite enthousiastic:

1. Because the guy has has an amazing voice (reminds me of temper trap) and really know how to keep the attention of the listener

2. The song's groovy and has a rock & roll feel, a soulful beat.. Wow

3. It's just really nice to listen too. It makes me happy

4. the quote "Strike a match and light my heart up……So come on, strike up all my dreams.”

Enjoy

Day 47: Washed Out- Eyes Be Closed

While driving I listened to the second cd of Washed Out (alias of producer Ernest Greene), Within and Without. An amazing cd I would say. I felt totally relaxed and chilled after listening. The songs make you dream away and let you think about all the goodness in your life..

In the media this cd has already been described as : "an ideal laid-back record for this summer" (Plato magazine) and "One of the best soundtracks of the year for a summer sunset" (Kindamusic.net). This record will certainly be in my top 2011 record list.

The single today is the he first song of the record and altough it was released in 2011 it still reminds me of the lounge songs that were made 12-13 years ago. It's slow, dreamy, relaxing, chill, melancholic, nostalgic.. Just listen and let the record take you away.. Enjoy your Sunday.. !!