As far as a video from a music soundtrack goes, “Breath of Life” is a pretty good one. The video features exciting visuals from the movie Snow White and the Huntsman and black-and-white footage of Florence Welch singing her heart out in the studio backed by a choir.
Twenty-year old Brandon Dutka is a new hip hop artist from Vancouver, B.C,. His first mixtape Call of the Wild features productions from Omito and Montana Morris.
I’m always happy to highlight local talent, so when I heard from Brandon, I was so very eager to write about him. Here’s his answers to my five questions!
Carrie Underwood‘s newest record Blown Away (released May 1, 2012) starts with a bang but quickly fizzles.
“Good Girl”, the stunning rock-country first single, is immediately followed by the title track, a well-layered, epic song that is sure to fire up the Hot AC and Country charts. The third song, “Two Black Cadillacs”, is another anthemic country track that helps put the album to a great start.
Alanis Morissette’s new single “Guardian” is a nice track that would have easily fit in with the Canadian pop star’s last album Flavors of Entanglement. There’s something very ethereal about the song, although it sounds too similar to her previous work. It is a nice track though, and I can’t wait to hear her album when it comes out later this year.
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I still think “Big Hoops” is a ridiculously catchy Urban track, but the video is just a mess. The interesting images of First Nations and the pop of different colours get lost because of the super fast pace and the cheap-looking last scene.
Good thing Nelly shot three versions of this video — version #1 is a big miss.
In an interview with Popjustice in 2011, Marina and the Diamonds revealed that Electra Heart is “the antithesis of everything” that she stands for. She explained that she created the album’s concept around a person who “stands for the corrupt side of [the] American ideology.”
She added, “My worst fear — that’s anyone’s worst fear — is losing myself and becoming a vacuous person. And that happens a lot when you’re very ambitious.”
Poetic, for sure, but reading that quote, I couldn’t help but wonder if this indie sweetheart was taking herself too seriously.
