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LOFT965.COM CHART: WEEK 8 OF 2012

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LOFT965.COM CHART: WEEK 3 OF 2012

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  • 1. Next To Me – Emeli Sande
  • 2. If You Really Do – Bic Runga
  • 3. Blue Jeans – Lana Del Rey
  • 4. The End – Sibylle Baier
  • 5. Explanations – Selah Sue
  • 6. Sing You Home – Xenia
  • 7. Love You So – Delilah
  • 8. ¿Which Side Are You On? – Ani DiFranco
  • 9. This Girl’s Prepared For War – Bic Runga
  • 10. Diet Mountain Dew – Lana Del Rey

LOFT965.COM CHART: WEEK 2 OF 2012

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  • 1. If You Really Do – Bic Runga
  • 2. Love You So – Delilah
  • 3. Sonic Armada (A Trip To The Moon) – Air
  • 4. J – Ani DiFranco
  • 5. ¿Which Side Are You On? – Ani DiFranco
  • 6. Best Friends, Right? – Amy Winehouse
  • 7. Concrete Waves – Kendra Morris
  • 8. This Girl’s Prepared For War – Bic Runga
  • 9. Where Have U Been – Rihanna
  • 10. Born To Die – Lana Del Rey

Sexy Track: “¿Which Side Are You On?” by Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco could be one of the most prolific artists in the music world today, however, even as she is on her seventeenth full-length album right now, she has not covered many songs. She is an original and has an influx of songs that can fill up many albums. But, when something is as pertinent as this song, Ani takes the chance, but with her own twist. DiFranco took this old labour union folk song penned in activism by coal miner’s wife Florence Reece and built on it, changed the lyrics to make them timely for this era and gave it a great rock edge. Even if the tracks starts with a banjo interlude (provided by the legendary Pete Seeger), it manages to get to a loud angle once it kicks in.  A great tune to have around during an election year. So, “¿Which Side Are You On?”

LOFT965.COM CHART: WEEK 1 OF 2012

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Ani DiFranco’s album “¿Which Side Are You On?” has leaked!

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This could be one of the best days of 2011! Ani DiFranco’s seventeenth (Yes, 17th!) studio album has been released to the public and made its way online. This marks the longest hiatus Ani DiFranco has taken in her prolific career. This one is called ¿Which Side Are You On?. We are already on the 3rd track and loving every bit. Of course we spend a lot of time on YouTube scavenging live sets, so we know some of the songs. But, we could already tell she is concentrating on the melodic side of this more on this one. Click here to visit an unaffiliated website to investigate the leak. As Ani DiFranco would say: “Unauthorized reproduction, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing.”

Ani DiFranco performs “Do Re Mi” with Melissa Ferrick

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We are so excited for the new album Which Side Are You On? It’s been way too long of a hiatus from a prolific artist like Ani DiFranco. We love everything she has ever done and have high hopes for this one. If you ain’t got the Do Re Mi, you better go back to your beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.

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Ani DiFranco performs “¿Which Side Are You On?” with Melissa Ferrick

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We can’t tell you how beautiful 2012 will be just because Ani DiFranco’s new album, which had the longest hiatus precede it, is coming out on the 17th of January 2012. This is a cover, but Ani changed the lyrics a little bit  to fit the time. We love is some Ani. “A little socialism, don’t scare us one bit.” – gotta love it.

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Exclusive: 5 Questions With Loft965.com: Ane Brun

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1. Greetings from Kuwait! Loft965.com picked your album It All Starts With One as an “Album to look forward to in 2011.” How do you feel about that and what do you think this year holds for you? 

I’m very proud and happy to hear that! I hope that as many people as possible will hear this album, because I’m very happy with it. I’m going to do my best to spread my music around the world. 

 

 

2. The first single “Do You Remember?” is a different sound from your other singles. What inspired this direction and what’s behind the song? 

The demo for this song is me playing a bass line on one string of a guitar. It’s a kind of melancholic love folk song, and this rhythm was already there in the bass line. But we decided to make it bigger, and we invited 3 drummers to the studio. I felt like making a production where you just can’t stand still. I hope everyone wants to move to it. 

 

 

3. You recently toured with Ani DiFranco, whom we love here at Loft965.com, how did you find the experience and should we look forward to more collaborations in the future? 

Ani DiFranco is a very lovely woman, and I’m a big fan of hers. She was my main inspiration when I first started playing guitar 12 years ago. I loved doing the gigs with her, and playing for her audience, and I hope that I can do it again in the future. 

 

 

4. What will be the next single from It All Starts With One and why did you choose it?

We chose “Worship” as the next single from the album. I love José Gonzales’ voice and I love this recording. It’s a bit hypnotizing.

 

 

5. We love quotes, what is your favorite quote or motto?

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” 

― Nelson Mandela

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