Elisa - Ecco che

Elisa has released a new song in Italy and it's climbing the charts and seem to be becoming a rather hit. It's traditional Italian pop, but wrapped in a rock coat. Maybe not the type of music we listen an awfully lot to, but this one has something. It's a decent pop song and has a rather infections vocal melody. 

Deportees - Islands & Shores

Deportees is a Swedish band making its debut in 2004. Now they're back with the lead single from their 4th album, and with that a slightly new sound. "Islands & Shores"(both the name of the single and the album) is a fantastic song sounding like a mix between coldplay and the killers with indie influences -and it's bloody brilliant.

Deportees - Islands & Shores

Video Update: Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know it all

Here's the video for Kelly Clarkson's latest single. The video was directed by Justin Francis.

Kelly Clarksson - Mr. Know it all

Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know it all

Kelly Clarkson is coming back with a bit of a new sound for her. It's still pop/rock, but it's not the same power shouting that she's done with previous hits like "Since you been gone" and "My life would suck without you", but it's still very catchy. I approve and think that this will be a big hit. The song is written by Brian Kennedy, Ester Dean, Brett James, and Dante Jones

Kelly Clarkson - Mr. Know it all

Simple Plan - Jet Lag (feat. Natasha Bedingfield)

It's been quite a while I haven't posted. I was jet lagged from hours of flight, I should say! Well, not really. Been traveling but not jet lagged. But here's a song about jet lag, and here's Simple Plan after a long time.

I like the airport for it's filmed in the airport. Airports have that special feeling--the joy of receiving someone and the pain of bidding farewell. And also, it's a place from where you start a new journey, head toward a new destination with so many dreams and aspirations.

So here it is: Simple Plan featuring Natasha Bedingfield.

Video Update: Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Coldplay has now released the video for their single "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall". The video follows the band playing across various colorful graffiti backdrops. It was filmed at Millennium Mills, near London City Airport.The mills also appear as the setting for a number of other music videos, including "Ask" by The Smiths, "Fluorescent Adolescent" by the Arctic Monkeys and "Take Back the City" by Snow Patrol.

This is what the Rolling Stones had to say about the video:
"Chris Martin has said that the graffiti of the early hip-hop movement in New York City in the Eighties was one of the chief inspirations for the songs on his band's forthcoming fifth album. In the video for "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall," the first video from the still-untitled record, the band fully embraces that influence with animated tags and drawings that mark the walls and ground around them as they rock out in a bombed-out industrial zone. The vibrant, colorful clip is well-suited to the song, which has a shaky, excited energy and the sort of optimistic, romantic lyrics that have made Coldplay one of the world's most crowd-pleasing rock bands."

Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Thomas Ring - Leave a light on

Danish rocker Thomas Ring is treating us to his latest video, "Leave a light on". This is a testament that "proper" musicians can achieve greatness through reality shows such as X-factor.

Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

As Coldplay put it themselves "We're about to play a bunch of summer festivals so it's as good a time as any to put out a new song." And there you have it. The new single is not a new "Viva La Vida", but it's a nice track and I'm sure it's gonna be played on many radio stations all over the world throughout this summer.


Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall

Shontelle - Say Hello To Goodbye

"Say Hello To Goodbye" could just aswell have been a poprock-ballad from the 90's to my ears. But it's still a good song, accompanied by a pretty video. The song was written by Martin Hansen, Layne, Sorvaag and Shontelle after she split with her boyfriend. "Say hello to goodbye, cause it's gone forever. No more try, you and I. Not now, not ever. And I'll get by without you. I'm not going back again. I'm not going to lie to you Cause, that was there and only then" she sings. The track is the third single lift from the Barbados-born singer's album "No Gravity".

Shontelle has said the following about the track "“It’s really a story of acknowledging [that] this ain’t working, it’s the end, and it’s time to say hello to goodbye. I know a lot of people can relate to similar circumstances.”


The video directed by Armen Djerrahian and is quite melancholic. Shontelle happens to run into her ex on a train in the end of the video -watch what happens.

Shontelle - Say Hello To Goodbye

Royseven - We Should Be Lovers

Here's someone from Ireland: Royseven, a six-member band from the Irish capital. Though the band was formed in 2003, they didn't have their first album up until 2006, which was titled "The Art of Insincerity. "

Almost five years later, they are out with their second album "You Say, We Say" in March. Here is the second single from that album "We Should Be Lovers." I should say, quite a catchy song that you'd want to hum along the way.

Royseven - We Should Be Lovers

Neo - Underground

I should have posted this back in January, but I never got around to it. Shame on me, because it's truly an amazing song(the video is too for that matter).

Neo had a breakthrough last year in Sweden with a sound very reminiscent of Mika. His new song 'Underground' is another matter though. It's like a power/rock-ballad, but in a faster tempo. Well, you'll understand what I mean when you watch the gorgeous video.



Neo - Underground

The Script - If you ever come back

Irish rock/pop band The Script is giving us the video for the third single from their album 'Science & Faith'. The new single is called 'If you ever come back'. And the lyrics is really good on this one. The song is about a guy always leaving his door unlocked if his ex ever decide to return to him. I urge you to listen to the lyrics before throwing this song away(not that there's a reason you should do that in any case because it's a good song, but still)

The Script - If you ever come back

Those Dancing Days - Reaching Forward

Those Dancing Days was a female indiepop band that surfaced in Sweden out of nowhere and got a huge hit with their debut single 'Hitten'(the hit) a couple of years back. Now they've released the video for their latest single 'Reaching Forward'.

Those Dancing Days - Reaching Forward

Video Update: Jena Lee - Mon Ange

Yes yes yes! When I wrote about French-Chilean Jena Lee a while back and her song 'Mon Ange' I thought it was one of those great songs on an album that never would be released as a single, but I'm happy to announce that I was wrong. Here is the video for 'Mon Ange':

Thomas Ring - Break The Silence

Thomas Ring won Danish X-factor 2010. Normally this 31yo is a teacher, but now he's put in everything for a music career. And if you're this talented, why not?
'Break The Silence' is his latest single and is a perfect radio friendly rock song.

Thomas Ring - Break The Silence
 

Gripin - Sen Gidiyorsun

'Sen Gidiyorsun' is nothing less than a rock ballad from the turkish rockband Gripin. At one hand it's a classic power ballad, on another it got traditional Turkish ways of singing and Turkish strings.

Gripin is a medicine name for flu, and the band comes from Istanbul and was established in 1999 and has been on the Turkish rock scene since with several albums and awards behind them.

Gripin - Sen Gidiyorsun

Apollo - Birds Playing Guitar

 Apollo is a Danish act and their 'Birds Playing Guitar' is the exact mix of pop and rock that we love. It reminds us of american bands like Goo Goo Dolls or Train. Have a listen.

Apollo - Birds Playing Guitar

Video Update: Avril Lavigne - What the hell

Avrils new song has been overshadowed by Britney's new song a bit, which is a shame, since although it's not an fantastic orgasmic song, it's a good song and the best we've been given from Avril in a very long time. If you think it sounds a bit like a Kelly Clarkson track, it's not that surprising since the song is penned by Max Martin(and Shellback), who's also written/produced most of Kelly's big hits.

The video is directed by Marcus Raboy has now surfaces online, and just like the song, it's good/alright, but not amazing. Check it out for yourselves.

Avril Lavigne - What the hell

Avril Returns with something that actually sounds decent

Yeah, unbelieveable. After a streak of crappy singles and a music career going nowhere Avril is at it again with a new album and the first single is actually rather good. It's called 'What the hell' and already introducing one of the best lyrics of 2011 as of yet, or what do you say about the line "All my life I've been good, but now I'm thinking -what the hell!".

Avril Lavigne - What the hell

Danish rock

Here's a rock song from Danish band Carpark North. It's their latest single "Burn it" which uses amazing keyboard elements to perfection, not too far off from the kind of music the Turkish band maNga is known for.


This is how they're described on Wikipedia: "Carpark North is a Danish electronic rock band. The band was formed in Aarhus, Denmark on 28 July 1999 by Lau Højen (vocal, guitar), Søren Balsner (bass, synthesisers) and Morten Thorhauge (drums). The name "Carpark North" was created from the electro and rock genres: "Carpark" stands for car parks, edges, roughness, metal - the rock part, and "North" stands for northern lights, stars ethereal electronics."

Carpark North - Burn it