February 2012 - mffm's Monthly Recommendations

A last.fm mirror of mffm's mainly Alternative / Rock / Pop music blog with recently discovered artists and tracks (artists I already play) - my Columbus day. 
Mixed Tape (MT) Playlists:
20 myVideos
February 2012

Newly discovered Artists:

1. Atom Smash / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Alternative / Pop / Rock
   Origin: USA, Miami, Florida
   Album: Love Is In The Missile (2010)
   Tracks: Erase Those Days, Bianca♥
   
2. Caligola / Facebook / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Pop / Rock
   Origin: Sweden, Stockholm
   Comment: Björn Dixgard and Gustav Noren of Mando Diao
   Album: Forgive Forget
   Tracks: Forgive Forget
   
3. Chesh / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Grunge / Pop / Rock
   Origin: USA, Los Angeles, California
   Album: The Neighbor
   Tracks: All That's Gone♥
4. Chris Medina / Facebook / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Pop
   Origin: USA, Chicago, Illinois
   Album: What Are Words
   Tracks: What Are Words
   
5. Crosswired / MySapce / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Alternative / Christian / Rock
   Origin: USA, LaGrande, Oregon
   Album: Outside Looking In
   Tracks: Favorite Mystery
   
6. David Pfeffer / Facebook / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Pop / Rock
   Origin: Germany, Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia
   Album: I Mind
   Tracks: Riot In My Veins♥
   
   Album: I'm Here
   Tracks: I'm Here
   
7. Earlyrise / MySapce / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Rock
   Origin: Israel, Tel-Aviv
   Album: What If
   Tracks: Goodbye
   
8. Farewell, My Love / Facebook / MySapce / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Power Pop / Rock
   Origin: USA, Phoenix, Arizona
   Album: A Dance You Won't Forget
   Tracks: A Dance You Won't Forget
   
9. Idol Allstars 2010 / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Pop / Rock
   Origin: Sweden
   Comment: Amongst others: Jay Smith
   Album: All I Need Is You
   Tracks: All I Need Is You♥
   
10. Jay Smith / Facebook / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    Genre: Rock
    Origin: Sweden, Helsingborg
    Comment: These tracks remain brilliant even as cover versions! See Von Benzo in the 2H2011 journal December section
    Album: Jay Smith
    Tracks: Dreaming People, Here Without You♥, Wherever You Will Go♥
    
11. Lo-Pro / MySpace / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    Genre: Rock
    Origin: USA, Los Angeles, California
    Album: The Beautiful Sounds Of Revenge
    Tracks: Alive
    
12. Logan / MySpace / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    Genre: Classic Rock / Grunge / Rock
    Origin: UK, Glasgow, Scotland
    Album: The Great Unknown
    Tracks: Save Me
    
13. Ravenscode / MySpace / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    See ➤ November 2012, March 2013
    Genre: Alternative / Rock
    Origin: Canada, Windsor/Toronto, Ontario
    Tracks: District of Broken Hope, Where Were You, Your WordsAlbum: EP
    Tracks: Breaking Point♥
    
14. Roman Lob / ESC 2012 / Facebook / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    Genre: Pop / Rock
    Origin: Germany, Neustadt/Wied, Rhineland-Palatinate
    Comment: German ESC 2012 contestant performing 'Standing Still' in Baku
    ESC 2012
    Album: Alone
    Tracks: Alone
    Album: Conflicted
    Tracks: Conflicted
    Album: Standing Still
    Tracks: Standing Still♥
    
15. Shawn McDonald / MySpace / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    Genre: Alternative / Christian
    Origin: USA, Seattle, Washington
    Album: Closer
    Tracks: Closer
    
16. The Sixpounder / MySpace / YouTube
    ✇ Library
    Genre: Metal / Rock
    Origin: Poland, Wroclaw
    Album: Going To Hell? Permission Granted!
    Tracks: A Heart Beat
    

Newly discovered Tracks:

1. Breaking Benjamin / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   See ➤ June 2006, January 2010
   Genre: Alternative / Metal / Rock
   Origin: USA, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
   Album: Shallow Bay: The Best Of Breaking Benjamin (2011)
   Tracks: Better Days, Who Wants To Live Forever
   
2. Daughtry / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   See ➤ January 2007, January 2010, October 2011, January 2013
   Genre: Alternative / Rock
   Origin: USA, McLeansville, North Carolina
   Album: Break The Spell (2011)
   Tracks: Everything But Me, Losing My Mind, Spaceship, We're Not Gonna Fall, Crazy
   
3. Evanescence / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   Genre: Rock / Gothic / Alternative
   Origin: USA, New York City, New York
   Album: Evanescence
   Tracks: My Heart Is Broken
   
4. Faktion / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   See ➤ March 2009
   Genre: Rock
   Origin: USA, Denton, Texas
   Tracks: Dead to MeAlbum: Faktion (2006)
   Tracks: Distance♥, Who am I
   
5. Sent By Ravens / MySpace / YouTube
   ✇ Library
   See ➤ May 2010
   Genre: Progressive / Rock
   Origin: USA, Columbia, South Carolina
   Album: Mean What You Say (2012)
   Tracks: Best in Me, However Long It Takes♥, Learn from the Night♥, Mean What You Say♥