Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Netherlands | Blaudzun - "Too many hopes for July"

RECENT

Blaudzun appeard on Sounds European! last February when he released "Promises of no man's land". And now he has released another fantastic single: "Too many hopes for July" is an intense indie rock song including some folk elements.

Germany | Tonbandgerät - "Alles geht"

RECENT

Sounds European! continues highlighting the best songs presented on this year's Bundesvision Song Contest. Now, it's time to remeet Tonbandgerät, which had already been shown here with their cool "Auf drei" the past November. On the German contest, they represented the state of Schleswig-Holstein with the entertaining "Alles geht", and ended with the fifth place.

Finland | Sunrise Avenue - "You can never be ready"

BRAND NEW

We've already talked about Sunrise Avenue last year, when they released "Lifesaver". Well, here comes another single by this great Finnish band. We're talking about "You can never be ready", and it is as epic a rock track as they have us used to!

United Kingdom | Superfood - "Mood bomb"

BRAND NEW

Time to meet the band Superfood, coming to us from the English Midlands. They have just released the single "Mood bomb", which presents a raw kind of rock which is very rare to find nowadays – but is great when we do!

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Belarus | Vladislav Kurasov - "Ya bolen toboy"

BRAND NEW

New rising star from Belarus. Vladislav Kurasov was born in 1995 in the Belarusian city of Brest. He was a finalist of the second season of The X Factor Ukraine. This took him to participate of a second reality show, called Star Ring (which consisted of a competition among the Ukrainian versions of The X Factor's and Got Talent's seasons finalists), which he ended up as the winner. Now, the "super champion" has released "Ya bolen toboy", a great deep song which displays his unique voice style.

Norway | Sval - "Fasitsvar"

BRAND NEW

Here comes one more very young talent, this time hailing from Norway. Sval was the winner of the Melodi Grand Prix Junior in 2011 with "Trenger deg", and since then she has developed a quite cool music career. Her latest single is "Fasitsvar", a very charming pop song.

Russia | Yura Magomaev - "Nezachem"

BRAND NEW

Yura Magomaev is a Russian singer who was born in 1979 in the city of Murmansk. His new single "Nezachem" is a very cool soft rock track. Quite enjoyable!

Germany | Nico Suave feat. Flo Mega - "Gedicht"

BRAND NEW

More Bundesvision in our way! Born in Menden, Nico Suave gathered with rapper Flo Mega in "Gedicht", a soothing indie pop track finely completed with some rapping verses. All in all, a very good way to start our Tuesday!

Monday, October 06, 2014

The Charts Day #66 (part 2)

CHARTS

George Ezra was already featured with the success of "Budapest" some months ago. Well, his latest single, "Blame it on me", is also a big chart success: he's #7 in the United Kingdom this week!

The Charts Day #66 (part 1)

CHARTS

Gabriel Rios was born in Puerto Rico in 1978, but he has lived his youth in Ghent, Belgium. Yet, currently, he is living in Brooklyn. With such a mixture of different countries and cultures, it should not surprise us to see his single "Gold" being #3 in Norway!