www.musicmurmur.comTumblr (3.0; @musicmurmur)http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/53c943a970acf5b25908080ae842bc04/tumblr_inline_mlvzz380v31qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>With his involvements in <em>Starkid </em>and<em> Glee, </em>and his stint on Broadway in <em>How to Succeed,</em> Darren Criss&#8217; schedule is always a busy one but he somehow makes time to focus on his own music too and that&#8217;s what he&#8217;s focusing on for his summer <em>Listen Up </em>tour!</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/04/listen-up-tour.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48964963888http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48964963888Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:03:10 -0400darren crissstarkidgleelisten up tourmusictoursummer tour<p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/1efceb5d64913d0df17070c3c2fcddb4/tumblr_inline_mlvzq3HQYQ1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>Another musician who doesn&#8217;t let the retirement of their previous groups mean that they&#8217;re taking a break from making music anytime soon, Andrew McMahon&#8217;s debut EP <em>The Pop Underground </em>is set for release on Tuesday, April 30th, and he&#8217;s gearing up quite nicely for it with the advance streaming of &#8220;Synesthesia&#8221; and &#8220;After The Fire&#8221;, the latter of which went up today! </p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/04/after-the-fire.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48964619585http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48964619585Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:58:00 -0400andrew mcmahonafter the fireepthe pop undergroundjacks mannequinsomething corporate<p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/60d2e87cdfa5a0816cd647157a76d25c/tumblr_inline_mlrzghxK0e1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>I was recently given the opportunity to listen and review Lights&#8217; <em>Siberia Acoustic </em>album in advance of its release, though it&#8217;s something I would&#8217;ve gladly done when it came out without being asked to! </p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/04/siberia-acoustic.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48793624039http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48793624039Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:04:00 -0400lightscanadiancanadian singersiberiaacousticMax Kermanadam youngArkellsowl cityCactus In The Valleypeace signPoxleitnersiberia acoustic<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/7c8a30d377dc0d90fe559926bafac168/tumblr_inline_mlrlp8ELTS1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>Describing themselves as a recommendation for fans of A Rocket To The Moon, Artist Vs Poet, and Mayday Parade, Shout London&#8217;s five-song EP verifies that they&#8217;re much more than their influences and that they have a lot to say! </p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/04/shout-london.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48776440094http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48776440094Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:04:28 -0400shout londonTyler WhitingFigure It Outepmusicnew musicmusicmurmur“Without Music To Decorate It, Time Is Just a Bunch of Boring Production Deadlines or Dates by Which Bills Must Be Paid.”<br/><br/> - <em>Frank Zappa (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://musicmorg.tumblr.com/">musicmorg</a>)</em>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48726180907http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48726180907Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:51:12 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/2e095acae636d61b609d415157edb0d3/tumblr_inline_mlpz40yrGa1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>Ellie Goulding&#8217;s music videos always seem to have a penchant for illustrating just how it feels to be in love, and that&#8217;s no different in the new video for her and Calvin Harris&#8217; &#8220;I Need Your Love&#8221;. </p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/04/i-need-your-love.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48705163309http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48705163309Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:03:26 -0400ellieellie gouldingcalvin harrisvideoyoutubei need your lovemusicmusic video<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/a7cbb5a03b5450d9774438fe0cae630b/tumblr_inline_mlotimbMdQ1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>When How To Destroy Angels announced a Monterey date for their first tour, it surprised me, not only because they were playing San Francisco in addition to it, but also despite the area&#8217;s prominence in music history, such as the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, not many current acts schedule shows there (though Mumford &amp; Sons did receive a warm reception on their Monterey stop of the Gentlemen of the Road tour) so I knew this was one I couldn&#8217;t miss.</p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/04/how-to-destroy-angels-at-the-golden-state-theatre.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48666707915http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/48666707915Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:01:22 -0400how to destroy angelshtdagolden state theatremontereydiivtrent reznormariqueenmariqueen maandigtrentnine inch nailsnin<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/132608432cce25226999e75b2e9d1291/tumblr_inline_mge9qbtuRe1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>Inspired by Schoolhouse Rock and the Beatles&#8217; “Yellow Submarine” cartoon, Air&#8217;s video for “Sing Sang Sung”, directed by illustrator/director duo Mrzyk and Moriceau, places the band inside a black circle and sends its on its way through bizarre and wonderful animated landscapes.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/01/wa.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/40156561415http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/40156561415Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:27:06 -0500aircreative music videossing sang sungwacky wednesday<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/79910949f87ffccac0e197f677b21785/tumblr_inline_mga3047Hkj1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>Due to other ventures in their lives and not feeling right continuing it when they can&#8217;t put as much time and effort into it, Snakes &amp; Suits is closing up their online clothing store for good. Before they do, though, they didn&#8217;t want their remaining stock to sit there and collect dust, so they&#8217;re offering everything they have left at steep discounts.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/01/merch-monday.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39962338987http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39962338987Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:13:54 -0500snakes and suitssnakes &amp; suitsmerch mondaymerchsale<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/cc8d6aea7d7f70ea2c1780f6d7e646ca/tumblr_inline_mg8dchbiQh1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>I was pleasantly surprised to read my emails and notice that Eisley followed me on Twitter, given that I hadn&#8217;t written about them until now! Though they&#8217;ve all been considerably busy in their personal lives, with almost every member having started a family or in the process of it, they&#8217;ve managed to find enough time to still make music, separately in their other projects and together as Eisley.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/01/eisley-updates.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39885610808http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39885610808Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:00:07 -0500eisleyupdatessherri dupree-bemisstacy kingchauntelle dupree d'agostino<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6444b347ee9e5c6ed027258d132c261c/tumblr_inline_mg6qmi3cRi1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>By no means a new artist, with fourteen studio albums spanning a thirty-year range, Jane Siberry was a recent discovery of mine and one that I was glad to make later rather than never! </span><span>Without even delving into her music itself, her approach to releasing it and providing to her fans sets her apart from most artists, offering her entire discography on her official website in FLAC and MP3 formats, either for $9.99 per full album, naming your own custom price for the full album, or downloading it for free as Siberry&#8217;s “gift from Jane” option in which she encourages those who download for free to pay it forward and share her music with others.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/jane-siberry.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39804212794http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39804212794Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:50:57 -0500jane siberryfree musicmusic downloads<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/38f3c2fa20f97d8368cade1074a9102b/tumblr_inline_mg6qdlVLGM1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>Trails and Ways proves that politics and bossa nova, which appear to contradict each other on the surface, have much more in common than you might think and just when you get lost in the dreamy haze of their music, the lyrics cut through and anchor it all back down, though not at all in an unpleasant way.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2013/01/trails-and-ways.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39804007404http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/39804007404Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:48:23 -0500trails and waysbossanovadream popsambamusic<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/23a72b7b41dcb1a934e066c572969bc2/tumblr_inline_mflo5fpP9b1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p>Merry Christmas from MusicMurmur! I&#8217;m sorry I haven&#8217;t been around too much lately, I had my wisdom teeth removed last week so between that and the last-minute preprations for Christmas, it didn&#8217;t leave a lot of time for blogging!</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/merry-christmas.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38804038344http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38804038344Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:50:22 -0500merry christmasxmasmusicshe and himchristmas daychristmas<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/4aeb25cd7642793cedde9c56c487ee7a/tumblr_inline_mf97cfeoPl1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>A nonprofit organization that caters to and understands the unique challenges that blind or otherwise visually impaired people face in show business, while also providing business smarts and opportunities to promote their strengths, Visionary Media gathered up its roster of talented musicians for a stupendous Christmas compilation: <em>New Songs for the Holidays.</em></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/new-songs-for-the-holidays.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38268381046http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38268381046Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:21:06 -0500blindvisually impairedchristmas musicfree musicnew songs for the holidaysvisionary mediamusicianschristmas compilationnonprofitmusicfree music download<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/460b9b667da79ebfaadb93fad65883f6/tumblr_inline_mf9765zkUi1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>If you&#8217;re looking for some last-minute gifts for the musicians in your life, Musician&#8217;s Friend has you covered! Their Doorbuster Deals sale, which ends on the 20^th, offers a wide selectin of products, including instruments and their corresponding gear at steep discounts, ranging from 20% to 85% off depending on the particular item.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/m-1.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38267577286http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38267577286Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:11:14 -0500musicians frienddoorbuster dealschristmaschristmas giftsdiscountsalemusicmusical instrumentsmusic gear<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/d1faf6559b2826a18a47371af7965ef2/tumblr_inline_mf96tdoRkM1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p>I&#8217;m a consistent fan of Bebe Rexha&#8217;s takes on other artists&#8217; songs (like <a href="http://soundcloud.com/beberexhamusic/video-games-lana-del-rey-cover" title="her cover" target="_self">her cover</a> of Lana Del Rey&#8217;s &#8220;Video Games&#8221;) and she&#8217;s hit the mark once again with her mashup of Rihanna&#8217;s &#8220;Diamonds&#8221; and M83&#8217;s &#8220;Midnight City&#8221;, singing the former&#8217;s lyrics above an instrumental track of the latter.</p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/diamonds-in-the-midnight.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38267180281http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38267180281Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:06:19 -0500bebebebe rexhalana del reyvideo gamesrihannadiamondsm83midnight citymashupdiamonds in the midnightmusicnew music<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/2fef7d5be06ba15f14cd55591e5e897f/tumblr_inline_mf96obM00r1r9wby0.png"/></p> <p><span>After hunkering down in the studio for some time, The Airborne Toxic Event has announced the fruits of their labor, that the album is finished and will be released sometine in spring 2013, and a short run of tour dates too.</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/the-airborne-toxic-event-spring-2013-tour-dates.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38266663586http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38266663586Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:59:58 -0500the airborne toxic eventour datestourmusicspring tour<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/098adca78c93eea88db1b3f6708bd931/tumblr_inline_mf96fdugWy1r9wby0.png"/></p> <p><span>A music video I can&#8217;t get enough of and keep returning to is Delta Goodrem&#8217;s “Dancing With A Broken Heart”. </span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/dancing-with-a-broken-heart.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38266388815http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/38266388815Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:56:30 -0500musicdeltadelta goodremdancing with a broken heartmusic videoyoutubenew music<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mexat11f4B1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>I have the utmost respect for fan-created music videos of any kind, when everyday people prove themselves just as good as the professionals and can perfectly match lyrics and emotions of songs to the clips they&#8217;re working with, and SinyCatarina&#8217;s “Creating Something Beautiful” anime music video is a shining example.</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/w.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/37789222257http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/37789222257Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:58:28 -0500sinycatarinacreating something beautifulanime music videoamvneedtobreathesomething beautifulstudio ghiblimusic video<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mevkryxiAZ1r9wby0.jpg"/></p> <p><span>A week in advance of the release of their <em>Dogs Eating Dogs </em>EP, blink-182 has made “Boxing Day”, the first of five new songs, available for streaming.</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.musicmurmur.com/blog/2012/12/boxing-day.html">Read the rest here!</a></p>http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/37719071604http://musicmurmur.tumblr.com/post/37719071604Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:38:40 -0500boxing daydogs eating dogsdogs eating dogs epnew musicmusicepblink-182blinkblink 182tom delongemark hoppustravis barker