David Bowie: Where Are We Now?

David Bowie chose his 66th birthday to release both a new song and video, greatly whetting our appetite for his first album in a decade.  'The Next Day' drops in March.


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The video incorporates footage of Berlin where Bowie recorded the albums 'Low', "Heroes' and 'Lodger' in the late 1970s; it was directed by American multimedia and installation artist Tony Oursler.

Darkness Falls: The Void + Hey

Ina Lindgreen, bass/guitar and Josephine Philip, vocals/keyboard founded Danish duo Darkness Falls in 2009 after meeting as members of an all female ska band.

Following the March 2011 release of four-track EP 'Darkness Falls", a debut full-length 'Alive in Us" dropped in December 2011; the album was produced by Anders Trentemøller with whom Philip has previously worked with.

2012 was busy with gigs in Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, and Bolivia.   More shows are planned for 2013.


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Both of the striking videos were shot by Danish director Katja Boom.

http://katjaboom.com/

The Nightfly: Lights + Girls + Every Room

Three songs of mine, recorded in 2006 and 2007 in Los Angeles.  ["Lights" features my vocals.  More details plus lyrics on YouTube.]

Happy New Year to everyone!

Love & Peace
S.J.Z. aka The Nightfly

12 Of My Favorite Music Videos Of 2012

It's almost impossible for me to pick favorites, but here goes, in random order:  12 of my favorite music videos posted on The Nightfly  music blog in 2012.  Fortunately the songs are as sublime as the videos.

Tracey Thorn: Joy + The Making of 'Tinsel and Light'

Recently turned 50, North London resident Tracey Thorn, formerly of Everything but the Girl has been busy raising three children with EBTG partner Ben Watt whom she married in 2009.  The duo has not released a studio album since 1999, but both Thorn and Watt have done numerous solo projects and collaborations in the years since then.

Thorn's fourth solo recording 'Tinsel and Light' is a Christmas album that has her deftly avoiding the usual holiday schmaltz by offering interpretations of personal favorites by Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, The White Stripes, Ron Sexsmith, Scritti Politti, Sufjan Stevens, and more.  The 12-song collection also offers two original compositions: the title track and "Joy".

The music video for "Joy" was shot in Lille, France and was directed by Edward Bishop and Ben Watt.


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www.traceythorn.com/

The Presets: Ghosts

The Presets released their third studio album 'Pacifica' in September, toured the U.S. in October, and have six shows coming up in their native Australia between late December (Rhythms and Vine Festival) and mid-February.

'Ghosts' is the second of three singles off the album so far.  The superbly edited video was shot by 23-year-old Los Angeles based writer/director Abteen Bagheri.


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http://vimeo.com/abteen

Mø: Pilgrim + Maiden

Copenhagen based recording and visual artist Karen Marie Ørsted aka Mø was signed to Sony on the basis of "Maiden" and "Pilgrim".  Both of these outstanding tracks will be part of her full-length debut to be released next year.  The album will be produced by No Wav., i.e. Ronni Vindahl of Boom Clap Bachelors, Robin Hannibal of Quadron, and Bjørn Nielsen.

The videos were created by Anne Sofie Skaaring.

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