Click + Listen #68 : LESLIE CHEUNG

Sam Hui 許冠傑 & Leslie Cheung 张国荣 - Silence is Golden 沉默是金

A great Cantonese song with meaningful lyrics.

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Click + Listen #67 : RAINBOW CHAN

RAINBOW CHAN

Sydney, Australia
Record labels : Silo Arts & Records

Facebook / Soundcloud / Bandcamp / her Youtube / Twitter


Rainbow Chan - Fruit (official music video)
At the beginning of the video, a man says in Cantonese "Excuse me, are there five pineapples ?"

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Click + Listen #66 : THE BLACK SKIRTS

THE BLACK SKIRTS / 검정치마 (KOR)

Seoul, South Korea
Record label : Highgrnd since January 2016

Blog / Facebook / Instagram / Soundcloud / Youtube


검정치마 / The Black Skirts - Hollywood (official video)

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Click + Listen #65 : MISOPHONE

MISOPHONE (UK)

Carlisle and Bristol, UK

Record labels : Kning Disk (Swedish), Another Record (French), Lirico (Japanese)

Facebook / Twitter

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Click + Listen #64 : CARS & TRAINS

CARS & TRAINS (US)

Portland, Oregon
Record label : Fake Four Inc (full profile)

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Bandcamp / Soundcloud  / Instagram / Tumblr / Vimeo / Youtube

Cars & Trains - I Know Someone Who Can't Recognize (official music video)

Cars & Trains is the project of the Portland, Oregon based multi-​instru​mental​ist one-man band Tom Filepp.

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Click + Listen #63 : HYUKOH

HYUKOH / 혁오 (KOR)

Seoul, South Korea

Record label : HIGHGRND since July 2015, Artist Management Company DRDR/두루두루AMC
 (previously at Cashmier Records)

Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Tumblr / Soundcloud

Hyukoh - Wi Ing Wi Ing /위잉위잉 (official music video) Lyrics

(video produced by VISUALS FROM, director Jinsoo Chung)

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Click + Listen #62 : FROMM

FROMM / 프롬

Seoul, South Korea
Record label : Mirrorball Music

Facebook / Twitter / Bandcamp / Youtube / Instagram

Fromm / 프롬 - Under The Daylight Moon / 낮달 (official music video)

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Click + Listen #61 : THE PAPER KITES

THE PAPER KITES (AU)
From Melbourne, Australia

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Tumblr / Soundcloud / Youtube / Wikipedia
Record labels : Wonderlick Recording Company, Nettwerk Records
Discography


The Paper Kites - Young (official music video)

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Click + Listen #60 : TAKAGI MASAKATSU

TAKAGI MASAKATSU / 高木 正勝 (JAP)

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr / Youtube / Soundcloud

Video about him in 2007

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Click + Listen #59 : MARI PERSEN

MARI PERSEN (NORWAY)

Bandcamp
"Norwegian singer/violinist mixes film-noir moods with modern beats and Disney choir"

I'm mentioning the Mari Persen born in 1977, not the other Mari (Boine) Persen born in 1956.

This is her debut album "Mari Persen" released in 2009 :

"Film noir - pop - easy listening - jazz - modern beats with string arrangements performed and written by Mari."

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Click + Listen #58 : SUNKYEOL

SUNKYEOL / 선결 (KOR)

Soundcloud / Bandcamp / Tumblr / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube
Korean independant record label : Electric Muse
"헤드폰용 음악" (it litterally means "headphones music")

I randomly discovered Sunkyeol with their song "I'll Write When I'm There" :

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Click + Listen #57 : JANG KIHA AND THE FACES

JANG* KIHA AND THE FACES / 장기하와 얼굴들

From South Korea

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube

*It's sometimes written "Jang" or "Chang".

I like their creative and low-budget yet simple video for their song "A Twosome", featuring the hands of the members :

Jang Kiha and The Faces - A Twosome / 그렇고 그런 사이
Also on Vimeo.

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Click + Listen #56 : ZEE AVI

ZEE AVI

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Youtube / Youtube VEVO

From Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Zee Avi - Bitter Heart (official video)

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Click + Listen #55 : KACEY JOHANSING

KACEY JOHANSING (US)

From San Francisco, US

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Tumblr / Bandcamp / Soundcloud / Youtube

Kacey Johansing @ Chasing The Moon 01.30.10

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Click + Listen #54 : MR LITTLE JEANS

MR. LITTLE JEANS

From Norway, now in Los Angeles, US

Facebook / Twitter / Soundcloud / Vimeo / Youtube / Spotify / Deezer

Mr. Little Jeans - Runaway (official video)

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Click + Listen #53 : KISHI BASHI

KISHI BASHI (US)

From Norfolk, VA, US

Website / Facebook / Twitter / Bandcamp / Youtube


Kishi Bashi - Bright Whites (official video)

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Click + Listen #52 : HEXICON

HEXICON (UK)

From London, UK
Faebook / Bandcamp


Hexicon - Something Strange Beneath The Stars

The album "The Blossoms Sighs" by Hexicon is one of my favorite albums. I discovered this London band under Haircut Records at the same time as their fellow-label band Tigercats.

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Click + Listen #51 : SLEEPING IN AIRPORTS

SLEEPING IN AIRPORTS (FIN)
From Helsinki, Finland
Facebook / Soundcloud

"Länsiväylä"

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Click + Listen #50 : TINY BIRDS

TINY BIRDS (UK)

From London, UK
Facebook / Twitter / Bandcamp / Soundcloud

Song "The Photographs That You Took" (August 2011)

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Click + Listen #49 : ELAINE LACHICA

ELAINE LACHICA (US)
From Brooklyn, NYC, US
Website / Facebook / Twitter / Bandcamp

"Hailing from Brooklyn, Elaine Lachica's LP 'I think I can see the ocean' lies somewhere between dream pop, indie rock and shoegaze. Featuring 'Rapture', 'Clearing', and 'Tumbleweed', the album contains florid passages and intricate vocal arrangements which often stand in contrast to guitars that churn in dissonant counterpoint. Produced by Kieran Kelly (Will Stratton) and Elaine Lachica and featuring Rob Moose (Bon Iver)."

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