Thursday, October 09, 2014

Russia | MACHETE feat. Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club - "Svoboda i lyubov'"

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MACHETE is the solo project of Yaroslav Maliy, which was created in the capital of Russia, Moscow. He has just gathered with the illustrious Cuban group Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club to record "Svoboda i lyubov'". And what a cool pop-rock song it is: a grower, one of those tracks which goes convincing you while the instrumentals go taking everything over!

Norway | Nico & Vinz - "When the day comes"

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Nico & Vinz's "Am I wrong" was one of the first worldwide hits featured in Sounds European!. While this song is still being a huge hit, the band shows us that they have a lot more to offer. Their latest single is "When the day comes", an African-flavoured song which will pump your body to dance!

Italy | Michele Bravi - "In bilico"

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The seventh winner of the Italian version of The X Factor, Michele Bravi, firstly appeared on SE! in January, with his single "La vita e la felicità". Now, he is back, with his new release "In bilico". It's a very beautiful pop ballad.

Germany | Oceana - "Unexpected"

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Oceana was featured some times in our blog already. Here comes one of the last sounds of the European summer: "Unexpected" is an interesting, calm and groovy tune!

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Netherlands | Blaudzun - "Too many hopes for July"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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"

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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.