beats sunday

just some hot beat driven trax that i found this weekend... thought i'd share cause i'm nice like that.

gustavo santaolalla - the wings (theme from brokeback mountain) (gabriel and dresden's organized nature remix) (this is borderline hokey but somehow hot remixers gabriel and dresden make this work)
the knife - marble house (rex the dog remix) (another hot remix by rex the dog for this amazing swedish duo)
fatboy slim - that old pair of jeans (one of the two new recordings from his upcoming greatest hits collection)
clipse feat pharrell williams - mr me too (hot hot dirrrrty minimal groove track!)

eskobar

it's hard to belive that it's been 10 years since three young blokes named Daniel, Frederik and Robert decided to focus on music completely to form a band by the name of eskobar.

with three albums under their belt, the trio have managed to gather a pretty faithful fanbase that have followed them through their various musical stages of pop rock to acoustic to the nice folky americana sound that they've decided to work with for their latest self titled release.

though eskobar have had a run of success throughout europe, the trio have yet to break the elusive US market. hopefully their wonderfully catchy melodies that got me hooked will win over some new fans too.

recorded completely live, the new album eskobar is also the first release under their own imprint Gibulchi Records. though it's now only released in sweden, you can still buy the whole album via itunes or at amazon (though itunes is much cheaper).

check out the video for their current single persona gone missing


also check out a few of my fave tunes from their current album:
eskobar - persona gone missing
eskobar - devil keeps me moving (my fave)
eskobar - whatever this town
eskobar - by your side

nelly furtado

the internet music sites have been going a bit mad with the various leaks of the upcoming nelly furtado album 'loose'.

calling it a full fledged club album, nelly furtado has been collaborating with timbaland, pharrell williams and scott storch on her proposed june release of bootilicious tracks.

personally, i'm enjoying the two singles out now, but the one that i'm totally jammin to is the possible street track "no hay igual". i have to say, it's looking like a hot nelly furtado summer to me!

check out the two videos that world premiered last week on mtv europe and mtv us.

nelly furtado feat timbaland - promiscuous girl


nelly furtado - maneater

nelly furtado - no hay igual

oh and if you wanna check out further info and some hot remixes of her current singles, (i'm a bit fan of gotdoin's remixes) check out the amazing fan site burnin the spotlight.

jolie holland

to truly understand jolie holland you have to see her live. never giving the same performance twice, jolie has been known to walk off stage when she doesn't feel she is proving herself worthy of the music she plays (what an alt country diva!).

but when she does get it right, her thick dreamy voice, matched with pale porcelain skin, creates a magical experience that channels stories from her made up past. blending americana, jazz and folk, jolie holland has slowly created a rabid fanbase over her three album career that includes tom waits, nick cave and billy bragg on her camp.

it's her three albums that speak for this native texan. introspective, classic and beautiful at the same time, get a feel of this amazing talent with some tracks below.

for a brief time, jolie holland's myspace site is offering two tracks from her latest album springtime can kill you

jolie holland - springtime can kill you
jolie holland - crazy dreams

also from her 2nd album escondida
jolie holland - old fashioned morphine

if you like what you hear check out a track from her 1st album catalpa
jolie holland - all the morning birds
there's more on her website.