This Just Out: Liz On A Date

Aaaand... we're back! Thanks for watching the show today, before I give you links to your new favorite artists there are two shameless plugs I have to make.

First, the girls over at Club Boobytrap were so accommodating to us while we shot that segment. I want you all to go over to their website and download Dans Twilight. If you can't make it out on a Wednesday here in LA you can listen with a body pillow and just imagine. If you're going to Dinah this year Club Boobytrap will be at Club Skirt


Second, this is my shameless plug for my best friend Holly. Her song, "Forest Green Oh Forest Green" is Kcrw's song of the day, with vocals from Ludlow Lions' Brenden Coon, who also co-wrote with Holly, the track was recorded last winter at Stay Gold Studios. Holly Miranda is the lead singer for the Brooklyn based The Jealous Girlfriends, this solo debut was produced by Dave Sitek (Tv On The Radio) and Katrina Ford (Celebration) the album will drop later this year but you can listen to selected tracks over on her myspace page.

Now back to business.

It’s a new year, and the one thing people love making more than resolutions? Predictions!

We’re crossing Atlantic over to South London where 22-year-old Florence Welch is causing a serious ruckus. NME and the BBC have already hopped on board projecting that she will be one of the biggest names in 2009 and I have to agree with them. She performs under the moniker Florence and The Machine, and this is who I am bombarding my friends with right now. This girl is making chorus teachers everywhere feel validated, she sings from the bottom of her diaphragm. She’s like the love child of Kate Bush and Chrissie Hynde her album comes out later this year but you can find some mp3’s floating around on the interwebs I suggest downloading her cover of Beirut’s Postcards From Italy it’s tremendous. And if you’re over in the UK she’s on the NME awards tour.

Florence and the Machine - Postcards From Italy (Beirut Cover)




A little further east our friends in Stockholm Sweden have had a thriving local scene for years, my most recent import from the functional furniture capital of the world are The Sound of Arrows. This is happy pop music people; if you’re tired of listening to that Justice album consider your prayers answered.

The Sound of Arrows - M.A.G.I.C

That is all for me this week, keep checking this blog for other music that might titillate you.