Our third installment from our top 100 just keeps getting better by the track. To stop reading our list now would be a sin, so without further ado, here are 20 more tracks you need ... Related posts: Music Under Fire: Top 30 Albums For 2009 Part 1: MUF's Top 100 Songs of 2009 (80-100) Part 2: MUF's Top 100 Songs of 2009 (60-79)
Dipped in Dollars is proud to present our February Mix of the Month , where we ask an up-and-coming artist to present us with a mix/mixtape that will allow us to gain better perspective of their process/show us what we can expect to hear from them in the future. Indian Summer is a little mix I made featuring some of my favorite songs we've been throwing out over these last few months. It doesn't feature any music you'll hear on the upcoming Comanche LP, but it's a solid [...]
NYC fans were in for a special treat last Friday night as Hot Chip performed a last minute show as a part of the MySpace Secret Show Series - their first gig in over a year! The show kicked off at 9:30 following a supporting set by Philadelphia's Free Energy and was broadcast simultaneously on MySpace.com. The electronic quintet played 13 songs and 1 encore, clocking in at nearly 2 hours of absolute dancefloor bliss! The band was in full form with steel drums, disco balls, synthesizers, keyboards, maracas, trumpets, drum machines, guitars and bass in [...]
The winter months having you feeling a bit down? News of the upcoming Jamie Lidell release will put a little pep into even the most frigid of gaits. Hearing of the new release, excitement started to boil up; just how will Lidell follow up the 2007 release Jim, which featured background vocals by Nikka Acosta, and collaborators Beck, Mocky, and Gonzalez? In short, with some of today's most exhilarating artists. After working with Beck and his most recent Record Club recording , Lidell kept the party going with recordings for his own solo-release, [...]
[mp3] Twin Shadow: "Yellow Balloon " [mp3] Twin Shadow: "Castles in the Snow" We've covered Twin Sister , Twin Tiger s, and yes, now - Twin Shadow . We're not doing this to be cheeky here. All three bands are good! Twin Shadow is really just a dude: George Lewis Jr. After a few years spent consuming a ton of Bowie and German electro tracks while playing in multiple bands, Lewis has returned to the states to record for Chris Taylor's label Terrible Records. Sounds [...]
The electro-soul bending wizard has returned with the quickness of lightning. With the help of his calvary (including Beck, Feist, Grizzly Bear Chris Taylor, James Gadson, Daniel Rossen and others) his alchemy of funk, soul, electro and holleration can be heard on this new track "Compass." Much like its predecessors, the soulful vibe have been [...]
Even though the Super Bowl halftime show has been consumed with legacy acts the last few years, 2010's broadcast did give ample airtime to music written after 1985. Granted, it was in ads - but since you have to drop a couple million to get on the air, it's still meaningful. Then again, maybe it just means the down economy affords large corporations less money for licensing fees. Either way, one of the few humorous commercials involved Tracy Morgan getting punched by Stevie Wonder - while Grizzly Bear 's [...]
Q: Did you watch the Super Bowl last night? A) Yes - WHO DAT?! B) Yes - I DO NOT CARE FOR TRACY PORTER AT THE MOMENT. C) I hate football. D) Please stop. If you answered C or D, chances are you missed Grizzly Bear's very first foray into advertising! That's right, "Two Weeks" was used last night in a Volkswagen commercial centered around the time-honored "Slug Bug" game (you see a Volkswagen, you punch your friend and call out the color). Check out the commercial above, and try not to laugh [...]
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A quick break from the regularly scheduled programming... I don't ask for much from you all, dear readers, so I'm going to ask this: go check out the newly revamped JAQK Apparel site. I've worked closely with the JAQK crew since their inception in 2007 in various capacities. These are truly some good dudes with a fresh take on streetwear. Their new site is focused on content generation, with commentary on news and culture and interesting links and videos. After the jump, a few pictures of some of their newest gear, all available [...]
Filed under: News , New Music Genre-bending performer Jamie Lidell has recruited Beck and Feist to appear on his third studio disc, 'Compass,' which is expected on May 18. Also boasting high caliber guests like Wilco 's Pat Sansone and Grizzly Bear 's Chris Taylor, sessions for the disc were an outgrowth of the work he did with Beck last year covering Skip Spence 's 1969 album 'Oar' as part of the Record Club series . "I wrote every [...]
Everyone's favourite Brooklyn four-piece with a name inspired a by a bear have provided one of their songs to be used in an ad during the most-watched moment in American television of the year. The song is probably Grizzly Bear's catchiest song, 'Two Weeks'. The song was... Click the link to read more
I'm not really sure there is another television event where the commercials get more hype than the actual main attraction, save for the Super Bowl of course. Although I feel like the humorous and memorable commercials aren't as frequent as they used to be, there are always a few clever surprises each year. Most knew Arcade Fire licensed "Wake Up" to the NFL, and boy-oh-boy did they ever overuse it last night, with proceeds from the song going to Haitian relief efforts. However, I didn't know (though none of us should be surprised) that [...]
It was hard not to notice the prominence of indie bands featured in this year's Super Bowl commercials. We had heard that NFL licensed Wake Up from Arcade Fire and that all proceeds would go to help Partners in Health in their Haitian relief efforts. But we were surprised to find Arcade Fire's song used as the NFL anthem, with several versions playing throughout the game. Then to hear Grizzly Bear [...]
Watch the full commercial below. Be sure to catch Grizzly Bear @ Coachella. MP3: Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader
I am so goddamn proud. Plus, Tracy Morgan! And Stevie Wonder! I hope the Grizz can afford a pool for Yellow House now. Dudes deserve it.
The hit band Grizzly Bear's hit song "Two Weeks" features a piano jingle that was 'perfectly crafted' to be utilized in a powerful marketing campaign. Volkswagen purchased the rights to this hit song, trying to inspire mainstream middle america to buy Jettas instead of Toyotas and Hondas. Tracy Morgan also makes this video 'more bloggable.' He seems to be giving a ride to popular blind piano man Stevie Wonder. Is the Jetta now known as 'The Grizzly Bear Mobile'? Did Grizzly Bear 'sell out' or [...]
Sigur Rós frontman, Jónsi, will be releasing his solo album, Go later this spring. If you recall, back in December, Jónsi gave away the gorgeous first single from Go , " Boy Lilikoi ", which you can still download if you follow that link. The sunny and lively musical arrangements on Go are credited to Nico Muhly, who worked with Grizzly Bear on the gorgeous arrangements on Veckatimest; he is also responsible for the arrangements on Antony & The Johnsons' The Crying Light . Jónsi and Nico's brainchildren are a dream [...]
por Livio Vilela Quando eu propus para toda equipe do Bloody Pop a idéia fazer essas mixtapes e escrever sobre esses discos da década passada, nunca achei que fosse tão difícil escolher só dois ou três álbuns e, principalmente, só uma dúzia de músicas. Por isso, como sou the boss of this shit , me permito quebrar a regra e fazer uma MIXTAPE DUPLA E COM BONUS TRACK. 12 + 12 + 1 = 25 músicas! AE! E não é uma simples mixtape, é uma Mimimixtape . 24/5 [...]
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Toronto - This is going to be a fairly lazy review, I will probably pull a Jamie Foxx and name drop a bunch of things here, hoping somehow that in the process, a review will somehow percolate subconsciously in your head and you'll come away from the article thinking this was a good review. Local Natives are a 5 piece band from Los Angeles, California. I thought Local Natives in California were known as Mexicans. HAHA. Maybe that's a sensitive issue, I am not sure. Anyways, they have an album coming out on February 16th, [...]
Grizzly Bear - Shift (acappella cover)
Grizzly Bear live at Good Records
Grizzly Bear backstage freestyle
Grizzly Bear live at Good Records
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Naoko Ito Sharon Van Etten - “Love More” New music from the woman who recorded my favourite song of 2009. It's [...]More about Beach House
Spoon's new album Transference comes out next week and this is the b-side to the lead single. It's a pudgy little track with broken glasses and sloppy, [...]More about Spoon
I believe he’s is too humble and shy to admit it, since it don’t need more attention than it already gets, but it was EMPT’s first [...]More about Kid Cudi
While we’re still busy moving the site over to self-hosted, I wanted to quickly share a few recently released tunes that I’ve currently got on on high [...]More about Gorillaz
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