I have heard that you met someone

I have heard that she's all I was not

And I hear that you are safe now, I wake up with the idea every day

And I hear that she is the rightful

Yes they say that you really mean it

And I hate that I love you

And I love you so much that I hate myself

And I am ashamed to ask and I am ashamed to cry

My heart is yours to destroy, let your friends know

And I am ashamed to say that you are left in me

Laugh about it, because then I might be the

How could you drop when she said, I love you, I love you so much that I hate myself

My friends say: 'Wake up

And stop thinking about it "

But what do they do? Now is anyone but me closer

Life before I could, inside and out

I could have had it so forever

But I fell for you and you deserved a nomination for the role you played

There will always be a place for you somewhere

You can close your eyes and never feel lonely

And all would be well now

They have been waiting for this

And I hate that I love you

And I love you so much that I hate myself

Once upon a time, there was a feast

And I went with someone because he reminded you

But then came the dawn, I rose, went out the door

And I went through the early morning

The pure, early morning

And I did not know why I did so

Oh, I did not know why

let go

"Our music is dope"

just finished reading two jj interviews.

vlad is hurt. see Warmer Climes.
first at all, i give credit for vlad for posting mixtapes.
as a enthusiastic music fan, i'm just so happy to know what my favourite musicians (see? i'm not using heroes. " take no heroes, only inspirations") are listening. especially those musicians who are mysterious. and i want to be friends with them! but i know i can't. but it's okay. i can live with that. i'm perfectly happy to just sit back and enjoy the pure joy of music in the little corner of mine.

it's true, jj no° 3 ain't as splendid as jj no° 2. but we can't blame jj for that. if they want to put out an album like this, it's their own choice. we,  consumers can choose to take it or leave it. anyway,  i'm not here to compliant. i'm just so happy to hear any of their new music. still, i hope jj no° 4 will be double as good as  jj no° 2.

also saw this interview.
this interview resolved some of my clouds of wonder about the band. still they don't give away too much of what they do, or why they do. it is the way it is. an interesting read for fans of jj. btw, they mentioned they have grand plans for future live performance, damn, i'm dying to see it.

pure shores

jj n° 3

Elin's singing is the sound of heaven. 
jj's music is the pure joy.
They don't make greatest albums of all time.
They make the music that you listen to over and over again.

jj n° 2.1

fuckin' A! I got jj n° 2.1!!!!!!

here you go, my world is sincerely yours

I wish I have this song...

2009 Albums

My Top 20s of 2009

The Antlers
Hospice

Tracks: Sylvia, Kettering, Two

saddest album of the year!

The Big Pink
A Brief History Of Love
Tracks: Crystal Visions, Too Young To Love, Dominos, Velvet

the band is hyped
nevertheless, the album is good
and got some awesome tracks

Camera Obscura 
My Maudlin Career
Tracks: French Navy, The Sweetest Thing, My Maudlin Career

this is also a sentimental album
bitterness lurking in the sweet melodies

Doves 
Kingdom of Rust
Tracks: Jetstream, Kingdom Of Rust, Winter Hill

this album just flows....
through the sound of electronics and guitars
simply great!

Emmy The Great 
First Love
Tracks: We Almost Had A Baby, The Easter Parade, MIA, City Song

this is a personal favourite
i really love the album!

Fever Ray
Fever Ray
Tracks: If I Had A Heart, When I Grow Up, Keep The Streets Empty For Me

for few months i constantly listen to this album when i'm out on the bus or walking, especially at night

God Help The Girl  
God Help The Girl
Tracks: Come Monday Night, God Help The Girl, A Down And Dusky Blonde

her voice is beautiful
the songs are so twee
how could i not love it?

jj  
jj n° 2
Tracks: things will never be the same again, from africa to málaga, masterplan

best indie pop album of the year!

Julie Doiron 
I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Tracks: Consolation Prize, Spill Yer Lungs, Nice to Come Home, Glad to Be Alive

i'm glad to be alive because i have music

Kings of Convenience 
Declaration of Dependence
Tracks: Boat Behind

this album is not as good as the ones before, however still enjoying the harmony of two soft voices and the beautiful guitar sounds

 

Lake Heartbeat 
Trust In Numbers
Tracks: Mystery, Pipedream, Southbound, Blue Planet

perfect pop sound for summer!

Morrissey 
Years Of Refusal
Tracks: It's Not Your Birthday Anymore, That's How People Grow Up

this is a depressing album
many songs really make sense to me during my time of depression

The Legends 
Over And Over
Tracks: You Won, Seconds Away, Recife, Always The Same

fuzzy and noisy
this is my thing, noise
if the album has a theme, it'll be a much greater album

The Mary Onettes
Islands
Tracks: Puzzles, Dare, Whatever Saves Me

a very good follow-up
still drown in the darkness of 80s sound
still writes excellent pop songs

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
Tracks: Contender, Young Adult Friction, The Tenure Itch, Stay Alive

best shoegaze album of the year!

Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Tracks: 1901, Lisztomania, Fences, Girlfriend

like YYYs, they've added some electronic sound which is cool
overall album is not as good as the last one, to me at least

Röyksopp
Junior
Tracks: The Girl And The Robot, Vision One, This Must Be It

they're not chill-out anymore
they're now dancefloor superstars
but i still love them

The xx  
xx
Tracks: Intro, VCR, Crystalised, Islands, Shelter

i like the simplicity and modesty
most of all, i love their addictive sound
i found myself listening to them almost all the time

Yeah Yeah Yeahs 
It's Blitz!
Tracks: Zero, Soft Shell, Hysteric, Little Shadow, Runaway

i like the acoustic versions a lot
this is really a mature album
and heaps of great songs~

VA - Dark Was The Night
Tracks: Train Song, Deep Blue Sea, So Far Around The Bend, With A Girl Like You, Gentle Hour, Another Saturday, Lua
easily the best compilation of the year!


Others

A Shoreline Dream - Recollections Of Memory

A Sunny Day in Glasgow - Ashes Grammar

Adam Franklin - Spent Bullets

Alaska Halloween - Champagne Downtown

Asobi Seksu - Acoustic at Olympic Studios

Bad Lieutenant - Never Cry Another Tear

Balmorhea - All is Wild All is Silent

Bat for Lashes - Two Suns

CFCF - Continent

Cold Cave - Love Comes Close

Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe

Epic45 - In All The Empty Houses

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Gliss - Devotion Implosion

Golden Silvers - True Romance

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Through The Devil Softly

The Horrors - Primary Colours

Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young

Lotus Plaza - The Floodlight Collective

M. Ward - Hold Time

Noah And The Whale - The First Days Of Spring

Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Break Up

Piano Magic - Ovations

Project:KOMAKINO - The Struggle For Utopia

The Raveonettes - In And Out Of Control

Regina Spektor - Far

Ryan Driver - Feeler Of Pure Joy

The Sleepover Disaster - Hover

Sonic Youth - The Eternal

The Sounds - Crossing The Rubicon

Sugarplum Fairies - Chinese Leftovers

Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

The Temper Trap - Conditions

The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead

VA - Kitsune Tabloid By Phoenix

VA - (500) Days Of Summer OST

VA - Adventureland OST

VA - The Boat That Rocked OST

VA - Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!

White Lies - To Lose My Life

The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules

Wry - She Science

Zee Avi - Zee Avi

JJ - Baby

The weirdest thing about covers is that any artists' cover is presumably just what they hear when they listen to the original. So just imagine that when Swedish artist jj heard this song, she heard the whistful, gorgeous song above, and decided that it is actually about a "baby." That's amazing, but too bad she cut out the Marty McFly reference at about 0:38 in the original. (via Prefixmag)


by the way, the video is directed by Marcus Söderlund

Things Will Never Be The Same Again

Warmer Climes - is this a jj's blog?

Sincerely Swedish Synthpop

I recently discovered Sincerely Yours' new band, jj. Fucking great!

They sound so "sincerely yours", which means awesome.

It's really hard to define genres these days.

So, I put together some songs that are alike.

They are all from Sweden, synthesized I think.

I love this music...

1. The Tough Alliance - Leg 1

2. jj - from africa to málaga

3. Air France - No Excuses

4. Boat Club - Memories

5. Most Valuable Players - You're All I Can Think Of

6. Tribeca - Black

7. The Radio Dept. - This Past Week

8. The Honeydrips - Fall From A Height

9. The Tough Alliance - 25 Years and Runnin'

10. The Legends - Play It For Today

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

12. Club 8 - Missing You

13. jj - masterplan