Tegan & Sara-Closer

Tegan & Sara are two twin sisters from Canada. They have formed their duo in 1995 and since then they have released seven albums already. Indie/pop/alternative with some electronic vibes are the genres they experiment in music. Both of them can write music, sing and play the keboards. Their last album "Heartrob" met massive recognition by the audience. One of the songs is "Closer" and it's about two people trying to reach each other. Here you can read the lyrics and watch the insane music video.

Tegan & Sara-Closer

All I want to get is
A little bit closer
All I wanna know is,
Can you come a little closer?

Here comes the breath before we get a little bit closer
Here comes the rush before we touch, come a little closer

The doors are open, the wind is really blowing
The night sky is changing overhead

It's not just all physical
I'm the type who won't get oh so critical
So let's make things physical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical

All you think of lately
Is getting underneath me
All I dream of lately is how to get you underneath me

Here comes the heat before we meet a little bit closer
Here comes the spark before the dark, come a little closer

The lights are off and the sun is finally setting
The night sky is changing overhead

It's not just all physical
I'm the type who won't get oh so critical
So let's make things physical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical

I want you close, I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical
I want you close, I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical

Here come the dreams of you and me, here come the dreams
Here come the dreams of you and me, here come the dreams

It's not just all physical
I'm the type who won't get oh so critical
So let's make things physical
I won't treat you like you're oh so typical

I want you close, I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical
I want you close, I want you
I won't treat you like you're typical

I won't treat you like you're typical
I won't treat you like you're typical

All I want to get is
A little bit closer
All I want to know is,
Can you come a little closer?

The Lone Bellow-Bleeding Out

There was Zach Williams, an artist performing solo in a small and cute diner in Brooklyn, when he met the other two, Kanene Pipkin and Brian Elmquist, then after practicing a few songs together, Zach decided to form the trio "The Lone Bellow". The real inspiration came after the accident of Zach's wife that left her almost paraplegic. Most of the songs are his writings in a journal. Sadness and melancholy strike with each word. "Bleeding Out" is one song of their debut album. You can read the lyrics and watch the music video here.

The Lone Bellow-Bleeding Out

Even if I was lonely, even if I was broke
Even if all the dogs in the pound let me know
Saying it’s never over, it never ends
Grab my heart and the fire, let us descend
To the darkest of prisons and break their defense
We will rattle the cages, rules will be bent
Oh, remind us our days are all numbered, not spent
And peace, it comes easy, like mist on a ridge

Breathing in, breathing out, the salt in my mouth
Gives me hope that I’ll bleed something worth bleeding out
Breathing in, breathing out, the salt in my mouth
Gives me hope that I’ll bleed something worth bleeding out

Ba-ba-da-da-ba-da-da-ba-da-da-ba-da

All the horoscopes tell us to break all our ties
To our families and loved ones we leave when we fly
To these cities we think we need in our lives
Oh, you Manhattan jungle, you tangle our lives

Breathing in, breathing out, the salt in my mouth
Gives me hope that I’ll bleed something worth bleeding out
Breathing in, breathing out, the salt in my mouth
Gives me hope that I’ll bleed something worth bleeding out

Ba-ba-da-da-ba-da-da-ba-da-da-ba-da

All the buildings, they lean and the smile down on us
And they shout from their rooftops, words we can't trust
Like you’re dead, you are tired, you're ruined, you're dust
Oh, you won't 'mount of nothing, like tanks full of rust
But we scream back at them from below on the street
All in unison we sing, our time's been redeemed
We are all of the beauty that has not been seen
We are full of the color that’s never been dreamed

Where nothing we need ever dies
Where nothing we need ever dies
Where nothing we need ever dies

Breathing in, breathing out, the salt in my mouth
Gives me hope that I’ll bleed something worth bleeding out
Breathing in, breathing out, the salt in my mouth
Gives me hope that I’ll bleed something worth bleeding out

Ba-ba-da-da-ba-da-da-ba-da-da-ba-da...

Coasts - Oceans

It was impossible to find out many details about the "Coasts". I looked in every link and nothing but their hometown: Bristol, their songs: Oceans and Wallow and their names: Chris, Liam, James and David. It is absolutely possible though when you find them to fall in love with them right away. Since, we are in the heart of the summer, "Oceans" is a great choice! You can watch and read the lyrics here.

Coasts - Oceans

We fell in love

Right by the ocean
Made all our plans
Down on the sand

Annotate And from the tips of your fingers
Down to the soles of your feet
A glimmer in your skin
That I can't believe
And take a trip to the sea
Let your hair run, run free
You're a rebel in disguise
Is that the devil in your eyes

Wider smiles than I've ever seen
Your little arms hug your body
This is more than I can take
You're the fruit that I can taste
You only seek what you give away
You'll only speak what you wanna say
You ululate like a warrior
I'll make you shake like your bed girl

This is our garden girl
We live in a fractured world
Willing to be the same
Same as it always was
We're in a rapture girl
We live in a lonely world
Willing to be the same
Same as it always was

U.T.R.B.-Pressure

U.T.R.B. stands for Until The Ribbon Breaks and the man behind that weird title is Pete Lawrie. He used to work under his own name until the moment he decided to change his music horizon. Then, he turned into U.T.R.B. He became a specialist in remixes like Wicked Games by The Weeknd or King and Lionheart by Of Monsters and Men. Today we are going to present probably his second published tune as U.T.R.B. "Pressure". It's a song with twisted meanings, full of metaphors and ironies about a man under pressure. You have to follow the lyrics many times and each time you will be getting a whole different point. You can watch the music video and read the lyrics of "Pressure" here.

U.T.R.B.-Pressure

I’ve been knee deep in trouble, trying to stay afloat
Pressure, pressure, noose ’round the throat
Quick storm comin, you better stay indoors
Secrets, secrets, buried in the floor
Oh baby wants a new life, that’s what she might get
Pressure, pressure, a noose ’round my neck
Send me down a rope, lost out to sea
Trouble now coming, coming for me

Maybe in another life, if we get another life
Maybe in that life, I could learn, to love you
Maybe in another time, if there is another time
Maybe in that time, I could learn, to love you

Theres a riot in the town, a wolf at the door
Pressure, pressure, poison at the core
Quick storm coming, God save the queen
…Wake up from your dream
There’s a riot in the town, smoke in your lungs
Pressure, pressure, blocking out the sun
Send me down a rope, lost out to sea
Trouble now coming, coming for me

Maybe in another life, if we get another life
Maybe in that life, I could learn, to love you
Maybe in another time, if there is another time
Maybe in that time, I could learn, to love you

Wyclef Jean-Justice

This time we are not posting this one for the artist, or for the kind of music he makes but for the message he spreads. We think that since we are living under the laws of democracy we should demand Justice. And after the news about Zimmerman and the rise of rasicm attacks, this demand looks even more necessary. Here you can watch the new tribute music video of "Justice" by Wyclef Jean and read the lyrics.

Wyclef Jean-Justice

If you're 17 and you're wearing a hoodie
You're on your phone and you're talking to your Shawty
There's one like you in every city
You know the story
He gonna creep up, from behind,
Have you leave earth before your time
By the time, oh for sure
He gonna say he was so scared
That he shot you up

He could have been the next president
He could have been the next ...
He could have been the next astronaut
So until we can judge this

We won't stop, neighborhood watcher
If you're 17 with a hoodie on, watch out for the neighborhood watcher
If you at the right neighborhood at the wrong time
Neighborhood watcher
This might be your last call to your girlfriend
Neighborhood watcher
Man I fear for you, if you're 17
If you're 17 you should learn the law
Fight with your mind, stronger than arms
Make no mistake, there's one like you
On every block, in every country
Soon as unite, and become one game
Like the bridges and the tunnels if they don't understand
Freedom yeah, for Trayvon

He could have been the next president
He could have been the next ...
He could have been the next astronaut
So until we can judge this

We won't stop, cause the man he killed
He called him a fool
But how ... you gonna come to a gun fight
With no guns to draw
The younging that you ... blood spill
You consider in my family
But ... to the floor, and he didn't pull his ratchet
You need to stop it, neighborhood watcher

If you're 17 with a hoodie on, watch out for the neighborhood watcher
If you at the right neighborhood at the wrong time
Neighborhood watcher
This might be your last call to your girlfriend
When shots fire
Man I fear for you, if you 17, neighborhood watcher
Neighborhood watcher, oh, neighborhood watcher, oh.

Cold War Kids-Lost That Easy

You must be ready for this one! They are dark. They are bold. They have something you want badly. We are talking about the Cold War Kids. The bandname itself is tricky. A few things you must know about them. 1)They are coming from Silverlake,California 2)Their music style is something between Rock,Punk and Soul 3)Their names: Matthew, Nathan, Dann and Maust 4)Their label: Downtown 5)Their music: ORIGINAL.
Today we introduce you "Lost That Easy", a song about a drunk confession. The music video is inspired by an unfinished horror film by the renowned '40s and '50s French director Henri-Georges Clouzot. Read the lyrics and watch the music video of "Lost That Easy" here. 

Cold War Kids-Lost That Easy

A swollen tongue, a plastic gun
Red burn from an orange sun
These oil rigs will crack and run
These palm trees will be chopped to a stump

I've wandered, seen visions, I never could fit in
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy

You imitate, all night stay awake
You study ancient intelligence
It's a lonely life by candlelight
To make believe, you talk to the dead

I've wandered, seen visions, I've gone off the deep end
I'm out there, you'll find me, I never lost that easy

My drunken confession, sick in the bathtub
While you take your make-up off
You take yourself so serious
If we didn't laugh, we're crying all the time

No matter where I've been, I never could fit in
Don't worry where I'll be, I never lost that easy

Alt-J-Taro

What happens when you hit Alt and J on a Mac? You actually type the greek letter delta (Δ). And what does Δ mean? In Maths, it symbolises the change. Now, you have the whole explanation of the bandname but there is also a story. The journey of the band -as it was formed- came to a turning point so they decided to change their style and life AND their name (Alt-J)!  Now about the song. Taro was a war photojournalist in the late 40's/early 50's. She died in her line of work when a tank collided into the side of a car she was riding on. The other important name in this song was Gerda's romantic interest, and colleague, Robert Capa. During the First Indochina War, Capa retreated from his Jeep in a hostile war zone to take pictures. He stepped on a landmine however, which blew apart his left leg. He was taken to a medical station where he died with his camera in his hand. Watch their live performance on KEXP and read the lyrics here. 

Alt-J-Taro

Indochina, Capa jumps Jeep, two feet creep up the road
To photo, to record meat lumps and war,
They advance as does his chance – very yellow white flash.
A violent wrench grips mass, rips light, tears limbs like rags,
Burst so high finally Capa lands,
Mine is a watery pit. Painless with immense distance
From medic from colleague, friend, enemy, foe, him five yards from his leg,
From you Taro.

Do not spray into eyes – I have sprayed you into my eyes.
3:10 pm, Capa pends death, quivers, last rattles, last chokes
All colours and cares glaze to grey, shrivelled and stricken to dots,
Left hand grasps what the body grasps not – le photographe est mort.
3.1415, alive no longer my amour, faded for home May of ‘54
Doors open like arms my love, Painless with a great closeness
To Capa, to Capa Capa dark after nothing, re-united with his leg and with you, Taro.
Do not spray into eyes – I have sprayed you into my eyes.
Hey Taro!