The Video Playlists

Singer and pianist from Austin, Texas; one who knows well how to convey inward feeling.

Once again a trio

Those who need a refresher course in electronica

The band French Cassettes – a group from San Francisco

Ali Brustofski is a New York singer – her videos, very well filmed, are often set there

This playlist is dedicated to the works of the contemporary classical composer

Cornelia (Cornelia Dahlgren) is a young Swedish singer and master of the remix

As the name might already suggest

A young composer from Adelaide

The Hungarian band Tripes – currently a duo

A new band based somewhere in the Midlands

A young band from Amsterdam, Avant la Lettre – the name’s French, but they perform entirely in English – has been breaking through this year with a number of live performances for Dutch radio and television, and a first album, Belief.

The first of three playlists d’occasion

In Amsterdam there’s a four-piece band

Ørjan Matre is a young composer in Norway

Peter Hollens, of Eugene, Oregon, is a prominent beatboxer

Since the 1980s the Parisian jazz guitarist

Stephen Carmichael (Brisbane, Australia), with his striking performance persona

A striking denizen of the New York underground of thirty years ago

The London singer and songwriter

A short playlist of the compositions of Nikita Quasim

This is a London band

Jonathan Nichol plays the saxophone in Billband, but his solo repertoire

Angélica Negrón is a very active composer in New York

This playlist represents a tribute of sorts

Ilpo Jauhiainen is a cosmopolitan Finn

Soft Riot is a musical project initiated by Jack Duckworth

The repertoire of the gifted amateur organist in Knetzgau

A new Australian duo

Pursuit Grooves (the multitalented Vanese Smith), known on both sides of the Atlantic

Currently pursuing a doctorate in composition and theory

It’s a very witty sort of dance music that Boogie Belgique makes

Nick Pitera can emphasize a vocal passage

Hailing from Geneva, Switzerland, she is

How to sample outmoded or discarded records from near and far

Here in Amsterdam there’s a two-piece band

Stephen Dedalus, a Joycean and a composer

Though the name of the band

Brian Petuch is a young composer in New York

Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets, an Amsterdam DJ duo specializing in house music

Knalpot is an Amsterdam band that embraces sound technology yet eschews

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, but moving about frequently

Soul Keita is one of Nicolas Jaar’s colleagues

Jasmine Thompson, a very young singer in London

Although he’s since moved to Los Angeles, Eli Lieb visits the city in which his musical life began

Today’s encounter with “Love Will Tear Us Apart” was unexpected, and I was struck, but not for the first time, how this song is one of those capable of evoking an entire period even decades later. Then, nearly automatically, I started to hum that other old hit, New Order’s “Bizarre Love Triangle,” which is even more … Continue reading “Bizarre Love Triangle”

Next week, Gossip is coming to Amsterdam

A DJ and electronic musician in Tokyo

Stephen Edwards is a young American composer nearly finished with his studies

The last of the three

A pianist, singer, and – it’s becoming clear – a born presence on stage

A.P.P.L.A.U.S.E. – spelling out the word

A fellow from Kansas who lives in London

This band makes “music for the end of the world,” and though the term

A band from Manchester by way of Huntington Beach

This is a second playlist of Nicolas Jaar’s music

Andi Kristins, from Reykjavik and living in New York, is a singer, songwriter, and electronic musician

One of the most interesting of young composers and musicians in New York

A saxophonist, a composer, and an adept of the computer

With his rough voice and perfect Southern accent in performance

With a conservatory training, in the hands of this Slovakian musician

A tabla player and vocalist from southern India who’s made his home in Paris

Over the last several years, under the moniker

Tona Scherchen is a present-day composer whose name, though not unknown

Here is a playlist of some compositions by another associate

In the music of this graduate of

There are a number of talented a cappella singers

Known for her couture, the English heiress Daphne Guinness is less often recognized for

A trio comprising the Australian Hugo Race and two American counterparts

Gregory Douglass, a singer/songwriter in Burlington, Vermont

A classically-trained euphonium player

This playlist features the music of the band

Craig Yopp is a singer in Sydney who, in some of his covers at least

Together with his friend Adam Cuthbért

A native of Belfast and a resident

Operating in the intermediate zone

Samm Bennett’s path has led from

Luiz Henrique Yudo is a contemporary classical composer

Forestears is a band in Brighton with at least one pun in its name

A composer in Milan, Giovanni Dettori is well-known for

In The Netherlands there’s a DJ who’s in a class all his own

Currently, Lady Gaga is back again on tour in Amsterdam

Jazz in London has been updated by the Portico Quartet

Női Kabát (the term, I’ve learned, means a “woman’s jacket” in Hungarian) is “a dark electronic three piece from London”

Whom by Fire (known earlier as Caleb) is a duo hailing from Southend-on-Sea

Jornt Karel is a musician and singer located in another corner of this country

From Antwerp, Belgium, this singer and songwriter

Here’s a collective playlist that presents some of the music, satire, and humor circulating in one particular corner of downtown New York – the one where Cazwell, Amanda Lepore, and Sherry Vine are to be found (and Peaches too when she’s in town). It includes some of their music, some of their fun self-promotion, and some … Continue reading New York, Downtown: Cazwell, Peaches, Lepore, and Vine

Jennifer Dalby, better known as Jennifer Left

Whether Michael Kiwanuka is letting loose with his band or going solo

Le Peep, an evidently one-off musical collaboration

Though I chanced upon him to begin with on Soundcloud

Andy Lange is a pop musician in Los Angeles; a songwriter, a singer, a musician (several instruments), and a producer all in one, he has single-handedly been creating some very pleasing music over the last few years, recently in conjunction with fellow musicians Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden, and Chester See. This playlist aims to showcase his … Continue reading Andy Lange, Andrew Garcia, Josh Golden, and Chester See

Over the last couple of years, Nicolas Jaar has been turning

The band 17 Hippies was first formed in the mid-nineties in Berlin

The second of three

Hailing from Dallas and currently residing in Nashville

Bill Ryan is a contemporary classical composer, producer, and educator