Island Records – HighClouds

Petite Meller – Lil’ Love

Matias Calderon — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:47:03 +0000

[su_dropcap style=”simple”]F[/su_dropcap]rench quirky girl Petite Meller won everyone’s heart thanks to the pop hit “Baby Love” and then with “Barbaric“. She has now shared a maxi-single/EP in collaboration with Aussie duo Pnau that contains a new track called “Lil’ Love” alongside some extended version of the song.

Like all of her other tracks, “Lil’ Love” is completely addictive to the point to make you wonder if you started crack or not. Petite perfect understanding of how to create a pop song is rather impressive going from an electro-pop beginning to an amazing chorus that will convince every pop lover to stand and dance.

“Lil’ Love” is out now via Island Records and contains 3 others tracks : two reworks of the track by Pnau and a dub remix that will keep you dancing, like the original version is not enough.

PJ Harvey – The Community Of Hope (Video)

Matias Calderon — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 15:32:03 +0000

[su_dropcap style=”simple”]S[/su_dropcap]he won our hearts thanks to her track “The Wheel” and now our love is growing even more. Taken from her forthcoming album “The Hope Six Demolition Project” due to be released on April 15 via Island Records, PJ Harvey shared the video for the second track from it called “The Community Of Hope“

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Directed by Seamus Murphy, who already directed the video for “The Wheel”, you can follow shots taken in Washington DC. At the end of the video, you can follow a church group rehearsing the chorus until they sing it in front of an entire congregation creating a very powerful and almost cathartic atmosphere around the track. PJ Harvey was recently criticized by DC politicians saying about her that “PJ Harvey is to music what Piers Morgan is to cable news.”

PJ Harvey – The Community of Hope

Matias Calderon — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:25:03 +0000

[su_dropcap style=”simple”]A[/su_dropcap] few weeks ago, PJ Harvey released a first track called “The Wheel” that announced her forthcoming new album “The Hope Six Demolition Project”. Now, on BBC Radio 6 Music, she shared a new track called “The Community of Hope”

“The Hope Six Demolition Project” is due to be released on April 15 via Island Records. You can listen to the new track by scrolling ahead to the 50:39 mark in this link

Listen to “The Wheel” below which is currently number 5 in our Highclouds 30

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Jack Garratt’s “Worry” gets remixed by Anderson .Paak

Arnaud Marty — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:10:25 +0000

[su_dropcap style=”simple”]B[/su_dropcap]ritish singer and songwriter Jack Garratt is definitely an artist to watch this year as he was named as the winner of the Critics’ Choice category at the 2016 Brit Awards, BBC Sound Poll of 2016 and is also listed on MTV‘s Brand New 2016 shortlist. His debut album “Phase”, which was released in February via Island Records, features the track “Worry” which just get a remix treatment by the talented Anderson .Paak.

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The original track, that the multi-instrumentalist co-produced with Carassius Gold, is a soulful and emotional pop ballad. The remixed version let some room at the end to the Californian rapper, singer and drummer who brings a new climax to the track.

Listen to the original track below:

PJ Harvey announces new album and shares “The Wheel”

Matias Calderon — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:30:33 +0000

[su_dropcap style=”simple”]S[/su_dropcap]ince 2011 that we’ve been waiting for this. After her astounding last album “Let England Shake”, PJ Harvey is now back with a new album, a new track, a new tour… We are a little bit overwhelmed with all these news, but we can’t wait ! Let’s sum up the entire news

Last year, the artist started an exhibition in a London Museum where she had sessions open to the public where she could show her experience while traveling with photographer/filmmaker Seamus Murphy. It was named “The Hope Six Demolition Project”. Last fall she debuted 10 songs in London with the same artist. She has now announced the release of her album titled as the project that will be released on April 15 via Island Records. You can see the artwork of the album, the tracklisting and a trailer directed by Seamus Murphy where you can get a peek of “The Community of Hope” and “The Wheel”

01 The Community of Hope
02 The Ministry of Defence
03 A Line in the Sand
04 Chain of Keys
05 River Anacostia
06 Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln
07 The Orange Monkey
08 Medicinals
09 The Ministry of Social Affairs
10 The Wheel
11 Dollar, Dollar

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After this announcement, she shared her tour dates that you can see below :

04 June Barcelona, Spain – Primavera
05 June Paris, France – We Love Green
12 June London, England – Field Day
17-18 June Helsinki, Finland – Sideways
20 June Berlin, Germany – Citadel Music Festival
22 June Zagreb, Croatia – INmusic festival
24-26 June Ewijk, Netherlands – Down the Rabbit Hole
29 June Gdynia, Poland – Open’er Festival
29 June to 02 July Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
02 July Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
03 July Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France – Beauregard Music Festival
07 July Trenčín, Slovakia – Pohoda
11 July Oslo, Norway – Øya Festival
11-13 August Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West

You can now listen to “The Wheel” below in full on Spotify

Petite Meller shares catchy pop anthem “Barbaric”

Matias Calderon — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 11:40:55 +0000

Petite Meller‘s new song, “Barbaric”, is out via Island Records.

Paris-based artist Petite Meller knows how to craft catchy pop songs. You just need a short listen to her latest hit “Baby Love” to get totally hooked. And it looks like she used again her magic recipe with her new single “Barbaric”.

In the previous video clip, Petite Meller was travelling Africa and playing with wild animals. For this new offering, she is having fun in a nursing home, surrounded by a crowd of euphoric old people. Join the fun below.

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