The Lady Sails

Some time ago I posted a link to the last.fm page of The Winter Revolution who had released all there music on last.fm for free.

Since then, as pointed out in the comments (thanks!) and on my last.fm shoutbox, they have renamed themselves The Lady Sails and released some more tracks.

I started playing the first track and thought it was quite good, having been slightly disappointed with their offerings in their previous incarnation as The Winter Revolution.  And then I realised what it was that I didn’t like.

I don’t know whether it’s the actual vocals or the production, but in my opinion there is something wrong with the vocals. Somehow they don’t seem to fit quite. The music is great, but something seems wrong as soon as the lyrics kick-in. As I said, it could be production, which is what it sounds like. It sounds as if the music calls for James Mercer, Colin Meloy, Ben Gibbard, or some other unusual vocalists.

Incidentally, they released an updated version of the album having redone the vocals on one of their songs, Autumn Grace.

All this is opinion as usual, so see what you think. It’s pleasant indie stuff, and worth a listen either way. Say what you think in the comments!

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Editors Playlist at Last.fm

Editors have done a playlist for Last.fm, which you can listen to here. There aren’t any full tracks (although I suspect for at least some of them if you look them up on last.fm you can find full versions).

Just listening to it now, and personally I’m not sure that there’s much that matches my taste (surprising considering I practically worship Editors). Still, anything like this is worth having a listen to.

Editors – Editors Playlist – Music at Last.fm

[EDIT] Just listened to it a bit more, and there are some full length Editors tracks in there as well, so definitely worth a listen!

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last.fm Announces Free Music

last.fm has announced a new feature whereby you can listen to any track the whole way through up to three times for free.

last.fm team - you legends.

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Mega-Rant: Pandora to cut off UK listeners

BBC NEWS | Technology | Pandora to cut off UK listeners

Once again, congratulations must go to the British music industry for successfully screwing-over (sorry, there’s no politer phrase) the consumers.

In the e-mail sent to all those reaching Pandora via a UK net address, Mr Westergren said efforts to negotiate an “economically workable license fee” had proved “impossible”.

The rates demanded per track by UK licensing authorities were too high to support, he wrote.

Wow. That’s a new one. The music industry (by which, like everyone else, I mean everyone except the artists who get paid very little) trying to squeeze so much money out of people that they give up and nobody can listen.

Get your act together. You’re selling to people something which they enjoy and provokes emotions, not office equipment. They want music, the artists want to give them music. Let them without thinking about your wallet for once.

[As a side note, Rob is a great supporter of last.fm, whose free radio let him discover Interpol and Death Cab for Cutie, both of which he has subsequently bought albums of.]

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Last.fm and iPods

Very quick post here. Glad to see that the last.fm software now supports iPods! When you connect an iPod, it will actually sync your iPod plays with your last.fm profile without any hacking around and java programs! Werhay!

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Last.fm Playlist #1

Since I have barely anything to do, I’ve updated my Last.fm playlist, which you can listen to on the sidebar (it lets you hear full length tracks on shuffle). I thought I’d probably better write a little about the playlist and make my excuses/give my reasons. This is a long post, but if people want more changing playlists let me know in the comments. (more…)

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