Last week, So You Think You Can Dance finalist Melanie danced solo to Angus & Julia Stone's cover of "You're The One That I Want" from the musical Grease. As a result, the track sold more than 4,800 copies this week, and both the 'Big Jet Plane EP' (which the cover initially appeared on) and the band's award-winninn sophomore album Down The Way landed on the Billboard Folk Chart this week. Check out the solo performance above.
Additionally, Nylon Magazine premiered a heart-breaking animated video today by the Aussie brother/sister duo for the track "I'm Not Yours Anymore" from Down The Way. See the original post from Nylon here,and check out the video on YouTube below.
Singer/songwriter Jay Brannan has resurfaced on Canada's iTunes charts thanks to the prominent use of his original track "Beautifully" (the only original track from Jay's cover album, In Living Cover) during Montreal contestant Sebastian Mersch's audition for So You Think You Can Dance (Canada). Watch the clip HERE. The track and full album have both shot to #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts. In Living Cover also appears at #107 on the Top 200 Overall albums, with the track sitting at #154 overall. Look for Brannan to appear on the iTunes Canada homepage in the "What's Hot" section shortly.
Check out Jay's latest official music video for stand-out track "Can't Have It All" from his last album of originals GoddamnedHERE. The video has garnered nearly 400,000 views between Nettwerk's YouTube channel and Jay's own channel.
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"Easy Come Easy Go" is the first single from New Wild Everywhere and easily the most upbeat and up-tempo track to ever come from Toronto indie folk/rock darlings Great Lake Swimmers. Out April 3, New Wild Everywhere is the follow up to 2009's critically acclaimed, Juno and Polaris-prize nominated album Lost Channels. Their fifth album in just under a decade, this new collection of 12 tracks reveals a depth and maturity previously only hinted at by lead singer and songwriter Tony Dekker.