As well as our Top 100 tunes of the year posts over the past five days, each of the MM contributors have put together their own lists. Kicking us off is Polly Pocket ... This has been the hardest year ever to pick the best of - it has been a cracking year for top tunes but here goes..... 30. Sinead O'Connor – The Wolf Is Getting Married a 29. Two Gallants – Broken Eyes 28. Tame Impala – Elephant [...]
Another crackerjack month of new tunes on MM, all lovingly compiled and packaged up for you in one sweet playlist ready to download. Here are 33 of our favourite tracks from our May postings and 6 new songs too. No need to thank us. Download Virals – Gloria mp3 (from Coming Up With The Sun EP) Shines bright with an insanely hooky vocal and charged guitar riffs, taking cues from the sunny California coast yet retaining a suitably English feel. Download Blasted Canyons – Holy Geometry mp3 (from 2nd [...]
We've already posted about Dubious Ranger's new album Found Recordings From The Panda Valley Mining Company c.1931, and the record was officially released earlier this week. It is a wonderfully diverse and eclectic mix of tunes and influences that never once crowds out or overwhelms the top-notch songwriting that sits proudly at the heart of this album. To celebrate, here is a third track from it, the gloriously mournful and hypnotic 1999 , together with a new video for our favourite track from the album, Sarsaparilla . [...]
To celebrate today’s crop of releases, here are new mp3s from Like Pioneers, Blue Foundation, Kaia Wilson, Still Flyin', Rec Center, Dubious Ranger and Dope Body. Also, vote for your favorite of today’s new releases.
A classical pianist forms a quartet who proves there are uses for kettles beyond the kitchen.
Mondays are for exclusives... First, a premiere from Boston band The Lights Out. About the song by drummer and singer Jesse James: "This song is about an experience I had with a bully growing up. Every day he'd pick on me during the same walk from one class to the another, and one day I [...]
So we exit April, which true to form turned out to be wetter than a Mackerel's handshake. No matter, banish the blues with this scorching mix of some of the best downloads we offered in the month, plus a few new ones to get to know and love too. Download Alexander Tucker - Window Sill mp3 (from Third Mouth) Minimalist string arrangements with electronic manipulations and drones to produce a doom chamber-pop song. Download Amanda Jo Williams – The Bear Eats Me mp3 (from The Bear Eats [...]
Dubious Ranger began as a band name concocted by classical pianist Alexander Eccles. As a band name warrants a band, he took the plunge and formed a peculiar brand of art-rock based in his hometown of San Francisco. Dubious Rangerʼs newest album, Found Recordings From The Panda Valley Mining Company c.1931 , sounds like a blend of Tom Waits and Beck and is a creative collaboration between Alexander and percussionist/ceramicist Gabe Turow. Set in an imaginary mining town, this completely homemade album was made with a tea kettle, [...]
On May 22nd Dubious Ranger, aka classical pianist Alexander Eccles, will release his new album, Found Recordings From The Panda Valley Mining Company c.1931 . As you might expect by the album title, this release is a concept album, set in an imaginary mining town. Eccles created the album using a tea kettle, rusty pipes, a $10 amp, African bells, a broken old piano, upright bass, and an abundance of items thrown against a wall. The result is an album that sounds like a mix of Beck and Tom Waits. Download Dubious Ranger's single, "The [...]
Post-Spazz Fest New for you includes tracks from Dubious Ranger , Father John Misty , Howth , Lux , David Ramos , and Twin Trip . Look for more "new" tomorrow, as we play catch up. Dubious Ranger - " The Mayor " 0n Found Recordings from The Panda Valley Mining Company c. 1931 out 5/22 The art-rock band based out of San Francisco newest album, [...]
Dubious Ranger , we hardly knew ye. The band is scheduled to play their "farewell show" this Friday, January 22nd (8 pm, $8/advance, $10/door, 21+) at the Red Devil Lounge : It is with a tear in our eye and a gryphon on our left shoulder that we announce that Dubious Ranger will be going on indefinite hiatus after this month. It's been a great run, and we are forever thankful for the support and love you've given us over the last three years. Friday's bill will [...]
Happy Holidays from Musical Pairings @ eating/sf! For us, like many others, the arrival of the winter holidays means spending some time traveling. At the time of posting, Kasey and I are in flight from San Francisco on our way to Ohio to celebrate Christmas with my family. And when I have to spend time traveling in a car, plane, train or boat, I find that music makes the time go by a little easier. So with that in mind, I put together Musical Pairings @ eating/sf's "the december mix." Chock full of delicious new [...]
So it's official. Like "Shaft, the Dukes of Hazzard and Darkwing Duck" before us, Musical Pairings @ eating/sf has its own theme song. And it feels good. I mean, just having an official theme song feels really, really good. The fact that the song is actually good makes it feel ever better. So how did this happen? Burgeoning San Francisco indie-rockers Dubious Ranger are to blame. They have devised a "brilliant plan to sell out with such extreme forcefulness that it will make Gene Simmons shrug and walk away." So what [...]
In addition to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass , this weekend also features the kickoff of a noteworthy Bay Area music series. The Deli SF and Gibson present the Stone Foxes Rock n' Roll Spectacle , featuring local band the Stone Foxes and a variety of other Bay Area bands of the classic rock and roll variety, and taking after the 1968 Rolling Stones Rock n' Roll Circus . This series starts this Saturday, October 3rd, and will occur every Saturday in October at the Hotel Utah. More information, schedule, and lineup after [...]
Dark Dark Dark visit Daytrotter, Sufjan plays new songs at the 400 Bar & to Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie release new music video.
Thunder Power is releasing a split EP with London's Alessi's Ark titled Friend Ships. Thunder Power is a six-piece Omaha, Nebraska, indie pop band featuring the infectious vocals of Kacynna Tompsett and excellent background musicians that compliment her perfectly. The band's first release, Love Yourself, was an excellent album featuring one of our favorite songs on 2008, Casanova. Trust me...the more you listen to Kacynna's vocals, the more you'll find yourself liking her. Blood Water [...]
The integration of humor and satire into music can be an incredibly complex process. By coming across as humorous or self-depreciatingly witty, an artist tends to imply a sort of nonchalant demeanor that can either benefit their music or prove to be the chief detriment that drags them down. Emotional depth can be presented in any form of art, but the stylistic diversity present within music causes the attempt to integrate humor to be more intricate and complex than usual. Musical humorists often look toward the direction of Frank Zappa for a proper influence, as he remains one of the [...]
1. Miss Kittin & The Hacker - "Electronic City"2. Chris Cornell - "Scream" acoustic (zshare file)3. Freeland Cope - "Under Control"4. The Forcefield Kids - "Little Miss Star"5. Josh Reichman - "Agoraphobia"6. Middle Class Rut - "Busy Bein' Born"7. Jarvis Cocker - "Angela"8. Modernage - "Creatures"9. Dubious Ranger - "Weapon"10. Hill Country Revue - "Alice Mae"**BONUS**Black Moth Super Rainbow - "
Jeez, when you have a ton of music sent to you by some very talented people, where do you start? Seems these fine folks just want you to hear their music and really don't care about anyone having legal issues with it. That's not only pretty cool but a big relief, because if this blog has to go from music to cooking or gardening I'm in deep shit. • • • • First up is a band called Basement Band. A couple of buddies-Jeff Malinowski (guitar, vocals) and John Durgee (drums, vocals)-loaded [...]
Art Brut - Art Brut Vs. Satan Art Brut is back with their 3rd album, and it was produced by the legendary Frank Black. I posted about the leadoff track a few months ago . Pitchy gave it a 7.7 so apparently they still got plenty of fuel left in their tank. [mp3] : Art Brut - DC Comics And Chocolate Milkshake Brakes - Touchdown Brakes are [...]
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