Jackplug Blog Posts

February 6, 2010 / Uncategorized

Sometimes you stumble upon something on the interwebs and think: “wow, this could be huge”. The Clock The Storm is one of those things. These guys have some kind of feel about them, like they have played at all the…

Read the PostSchizophrenia

February 2, 2010 / Uncategorized

Music by Susanne Sundfør from Norway is something to take your time for. She’s mostly influenced by jazz and classical music, and names such as Jeff Buckley and Ane Brun. Listen to her latest song ‘The Brothel’ and you’ll get…

Read the PostSundfør Sound.

February 2, 2010 / Uncategorized

Röyksopp is giving away away music, free of charge. No introduction needed for this duo from Norway. It has been a while since the album ‘Junior’ was released early last year. Now they are breaking the silence by giving away…

Read the PostRöyksopp cleans up the attic.

January 31, 2010 / Uncategorized

The internet is packed with artists trying to hype themselves. Try browsing today’s popular songs on Soundcloud. Most of what you get is made with laptops, beatboxes and a whole lot of social networking. (Anything acoustic is rare.) It took…

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January 28, 2010 / Uncategorized

There’s some kind of trend in music these days. And it seems it hit the mainstream hard as of last year: elektronic/analog beats with dreamy, indie vocals. The use of this combination was first noticed by part of the public…

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January 27, 2010 / Uncategorized

May be the Biggest thing that happened to Soundcloud this week: The Hype Machine is now spotting embedded Soundcloud players. Hypem’s Zoya Feldman already told about it earlier, now it finally happened. This makes The Cloud Player and Soundcloud a…

Read the PostYou have the right to hear arms.

January 19, 2010 / Uncategorized

We’ve all been properly introduced to the mash-up phenomenon by now. That one song that is actually two or more songs but blended into one recording (and hopefully well done). People like Girl Talk or 2 Many DJs pushed the…

Read the PostPussy and the Mouse.

January 14, 2010 / Uncategorized

South African Paul Stubbs was born in New York, while his parents were in exile during the final years of apartheid. He returned to the country he calls home in 1991. At the age of fourteen he started writing rap…

Read the PostTop of the South.