Pittsburgh Net Radio

If You Rescue Me” is from the movie soundtrack “The Science of Sleep”. Love how they turned this dark “Velvet Underground” cover song “After Hours” into a sweet bossa nova cat-rescue song.

The Feeling -Fill My Little World - I like how they make fun-bubble-pop music without sounding like your typical top-40 mix.

Sean Lennon - Wait for Me - From “Friendly Fire”. While he might dread being better known just because John Lennon & Yoko Ono are his parents, his new album is a very unique blend of both of them. The music & lyrics are very Beatle-esque era “Sgt Peppers”, while his voice is sing-a-long like his moms. I like it.. yet, it is freaky!

Powersolo - Cat Nazer - A band from Denmark under the “Crunchy Frog” Label that tried to break ground in the USA a year ago with the College Scene with not much success. I personally like it, is catchy, jumpy… they have other great songs too.

Scary Mansion -Go To Hell - An indie band/girl from New York that I discovered in myspace through a friend. It is dark, folky… very atmospheric. I love it.

Antony and the Johnsons -Hope There’s Someone - Antony is an artist that I discovered thru British radio, and then again in the Music Documentary film “Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man”. Antony’s voice is exquisitely haunting and beautiful…. Like a male counterpart to Bjork.

GuiLLemots -Madeuplovesong#43” - Another band from England. Their music is also unique and their lyrics phenomenal.. very poetic. They were actually one of the finalists for the Mercury Prize in England, the British equivalent to the “Album of the Year” Grammy. Once again a friend introduced me to them in myspace, and I haven’t stop listening to them.

The Zutons -Why Won’t You Give Me Your Love? - I love the Zutons! I saw them live opening for “Muse” over a year now, and their music just blew me away. Is fast, fun….they are pretty big in the UK, but so far haven’t been able to open ground here in America.

The Raveonettes -Vampscratchwhore - This song is a rare bonus that was given on the British EP on the release of their new album last year. You know I love The Raveonettes! I have a bunch of rare Raveonettes songs. I like how this one is fast, cheap, great beat. Hopefully they'll play it on their next tour (when they realease their new album that is almost done)

Junip -Official - This little band is another side project of the multi-faceted Jose Gonzales, who this year toured around promoting not only his album “Veneer” (who I saw perform in Columbus), but also with Zero 7 (from England). I like the atmosphere of this song….. very different from his acoustic work.

Alice Smith - Dream - I love her style, her voice. I discovered her on myspace, and saw her live with Citizen Cope. I love her groviness, ala Eryka Badu and Lauren Hill, yet the way she explores her music with her voice and lyrics reminds me of Sade. I don’t know, but I really like her. Very unique.

Tangerine -The Final Hour - Yeah… Mr Matz (I love Mr. Matz). While I love their regular full-length album, this song from the previous EP is just stunning and one of my favorites (if not my favorite!). I love how the music slides so smoothly along with Tony’s voice on this one… is very sexy!.haha!

Mew -Comforting Sounds - Another band from Denmark. I love this song… is sweet and simple, and yet so grand in its scope. This song was the “tear jerker” for me when I saw them live. Their new album “And The Glass Handed Kites” is awesome!! This is one of those albums you must listen in order from beginning-to-end. It is great, specially when driving the open road!

Alexis Murdoch - Orange Sky - Ok, this guy seems to be pretty big in the adult-contemporary scene, but I discovered him thru a friend on myspace, and well… while I don’t label myself “adult-contemporary-listener” yet, I love this guy’s music. This song is from an earlier ep (and which was featured on the “Garden State” Soundtrack, which then was re-issued much cleaner in his fell-length release. I love this song. So simple, great lyrics. Love it.

Richard Ashcroft - The Direction - by Richard Ashcroft. This song was a bonus-track for the single release of his new album “Break The Night with Colour” last year in England. This song means a lot to me…. it came to me at a pivotal-significant moment in my life last year. Love the lyrics. Love it.