Alex Winston - Velvet Elvis

Alex Winston has been blowing up the blogosphere and everything she's put out so far has been worthy of listening to. We have yet to see a debut album, but when it's finally announced you can expect to hear a lot about it. For now, she has given us plenty of tunes over the past few months to tide us over. Of course leave it to Franky at Listen Before You Buy to get the new tracks to our ears.
  Alex Winston - Velvet Elvis by AlexWinstonOfficial
  Alex Winston - Fire Ant by ListenBeforeYouBuy

Quarterly Roundup - Lovely Ladies

The first three months of 2011 have been incredible. There is so much out there that I'm still getting into some bands who released music in January. In order to manage the onslaught of music, I'll be doing quarterly roundups breaking them up between a few posts to provide reminders of what has passed us by. This first post is just a taste of what is to come next week where I'll be stuffing your faces with some of the best music I've heard over the past three months.

One of the things I loved so much about these early months were the outrageously strong and wonderful albums from indie/dance/pop ladies. I would never usually segregate lists by the sexes, I am just doing this to point out some terrific albums that happen to fall into one genre, all of which are worth owning.

Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes [BUY]

Perhaps the most anticipated of all the ones on this list, it was no let down. It was haunting, dark, and a solid album start to finish.

Lykke Li - Love Out of Lust

Oh Land - Oh Land [BUY]

This album is the perfect contrast to Lykke Li. If Lykke Li is dark, Oh Land is light. This album wasn't as much pop as I expected it to be, it's wavering on that line of breaking out into mainstream or being destined to be remixed hundreds of times as club songs. But it was still inviting, fun, and made me want to dance.

Oh Land - Perfection

Yelle - Safari Disco Club [BUY]

Yelle continues to put out infectious french electro-pop. I ate this one right up, loving every moment. (Out March 29th)

Yelle - Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix)

Those Dancing Days - Daydreams & Nightmares [BUY]

This one was released with much less fan fare than the previously mentioned albums and while it's not quite as good as their last album, there are still quite a few songs of theirs that I'm putting on my playlists.

Those Dancing Days - I'll Be Yours (Visions of Trees Remix)
Those Dancing Days - Keep Me In Your Pocket

Alex Winston - Sister Wife (mini LP) [BUY]

Between the 6 songs on this and the 4 covers she gave away for free, Alex Winston made an impressive start for herself with her unique voice. I love this Locomotive song.
Alex Winston - Locomotive 
Alex Winston - Locomotive (Jaybird remix)








Links have been removed due to DMCA notice, since they didn't tell me what song was a violation (I had legit permission for each song however) I had to remove them all, sorry. You can stream the post here.

Alex Winston - Basement Covers

Alex Winston has a lovely collection of covers available for a free download on HeavyRoc Music. Her quirky and lovable voice is all it takes for her to own these songs, which she really did record in her basement. It's a great little afternoon treat to have stumbled across (although I do believe I'm a little late here) and I highly suggest downloading the five covers of artists Francis & The Lights, Rolling Stones, Jack Penate, Teddy Bears and this Mumford and Sons one. She will be in Boston next week with Stereo Telescope opening at Brighton Music Hall on the 8th. Definitely a concert worth seeing.

Alex Winston - The Cave (Mumford & Sons Cover)