Lylloo is seventeen and French. My knowledge of the language–which after seven years of classes was pretty okay for a while–has deteriorated to the point where I honestly can’t tell whether she’s Yelle-ish day-glo hipster electro-pop, or whether this is essentially Radio Eurodisney. Either way, I kind of love Mon Tel, her new single, which debuted at #14 on the French charts this week. The video, which seems to have been made for eight dollars, is nevertheless pretty neato:
Lylloo’s previous single, Di Dou Dam, is also pretty darn good, once you get past the brief intro, which sounds like a frightening variation on Kleenex-LiLiPUT/Book Of Love’s Die Matrosen: (more…)
I had trouble sleeping last night, and I ended up blogging about Mpho again (this time on my other blog, where I hadn’t gotten around to mentioning her yet.) That led me to Wikipedia Martha and the Muffins’ Echo Beach again, because I couldn’t remember what year that song came out, and that in turn led me to this, a 2005 list of the 50 most essential pieces of Canadian music. The list was chosen by industry types and then ranked by listeners. And oh my God, if #2 isn’t, um, a big pile of #2.
1. Ian and Sylvia, “Four Strong Winds”
2. Barenaked Ladies, “If I Had $1000000″
3. Neil Young, “Heart of Gold”
4. Stan Rogers, “Northwest Passage”
5. The Guess Who, “American Woman” (more…)
