I told you all about Victoria Bergsman’s cover of Animal Collective’s smashing early ’09 hit “My Girls” about a month ago, when I first published a post about the track. Now, it seems Taken by Trees’ “My Boys” also has a video, albeit a very simple one and a bit counter-intuitive in its theme. It features Victoria strolling gently through a field and … tightroaping. I was expecting something more jumpy and thrilling if a…
I simply adored Victoria Bergsman’s latest single Watch The Waves. The oriental vibe, coupled with her almost effortlessly serene vocals made it simply dazzling. Her sophomore solo release, “East of Eden,” is just weeks away, so I thought you guys would like another listen to Victoria’s beautiful symphonic pop and top notch production. Here’s “My Boys” a very cool spin-off to Animal Collective’s wicked “My Girls.” The tempo is slowed down a few notches, leaving…
I know that I just earlier posted a Memory Cassette feature, but this is just too good to pass by. No, I didn’t misspell the name in the title – it’s just that the elusive rural southern New Jersay native Dayve Hawk likes to release his music under three aliases – Weird Tapes/Memory Cassette/Memory Tapes. Don’t go there, I have no idea either what’s with the Mr. Mysterio persona. He knows his way around a…
One word for Victoria Bergsman’s latest album, recorded under the Taken by Trees moniker: bliss! For her sophomore release, dubbed “East of Eden,” the ex-Concretes (check out our interview with the band) lead singer paired up with talented musician/sound engineer Andreas Soderstrom and traveled to Pakistan to record, filling some of the instruments with the help of some of the local Sufi musicians. Victoria also wanted to enlist some local female vocalists, but this turned…
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