These mixes were posted in January and February 2010, the winter of our discontent. Seriously, the blog was on life support during this time. We're through that storm now. 2010 was such a great year for music, and these early mixes show why. Many of the tracks were available in late 2009, but appeared on 2010 releases. Tracks are from late October through late November 2009 Gapless mix ripped at 256k VBR. Download all tracks in one zip file [...]
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One of the fundamental goals of running a music blog is to introduce people to new music. The primary method of doing this is to highlight new releases, either via up and coming bands that show potential or tried-and-true musical mainstays that generally please the masses. Lost in this growing blogging race are the building blocks that got us to where we are, the albums that sounded like the hot new thing before the hot new thing was even a thing. So, in an effort to spotlight some artists or albums that might not have hit Hype Machine lately, Listen [...]
KID A Released 10 years ago this week (02/10/2000). Intro Kid A is in my humble opinion one of the top 3 albums of all time. The dark brooding but 'optimistic' atmosphere it creates sounds exciting and [...]
++From the inbox: Gainesville natives Morningbell have put out their 4th album titled Sincerely Severely and will be on tour for the next 2 months. (Dates after the jump.) Prince meets Keane as this unusual song grandly spreads its wings before twisting into a bossanova interlude. Morningbell: Hello Dali.mp3 ++Also from the 'box: New video from a New Jersey band I profiled a few weeks back, Steel Train . Their voices seem to be [...]
It's another solid week of shows, but the smart money is on MURS...
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Antimc : free and legal It's Free But It Ain't Cheap album [mp3] Gayngs : "Faded High" [mp3] from Relayted (out May 11th) other Gayngs posts at Largehearted [...]
By my knowledge of roman numerals, we have reached the 99th edition of our Friday Mixtape. This means two things: 1.) You have yet another awesome new mix of the week's best new singles, remixes, and covers and 2.) starting now, I have to start stressing over how I'm going to put together the most epic mixtape ever in celebration of #100. So, enjoy! and then be sure to check back next week. Seriously. By the way, if you'd like to be included in next week's Mixtape, send us an email with your mp3. [...]
My weekly collection of randomly chosen tracks - some new, some less so - is about all I've managed for the past fortnight. Apologies for the relative quietness; all should be livelier as of now. Here's this Monday's quintet: Weird Tapes - The Walking Dead A old song from when Dayve Hawke - a man who is to SOIWT's ear what SOIWT's girlfriend is to SOIWT's... heart - called himself Weird Tapes rather than Memory Tapes . As Weird Tapes , Hawke was a little more techno-based: [...]
It took about three months, but I finally had a chance to mix this... Hoping 14 comes a bit quicker. RIGHT CLICK SAVE ON COVER TO DOWNLOAD Tracks are from late October through late November... This is a gapless mix and it was ripped at 256k VBR. 1. Intro (0:38) - Weak Soul Patch 2. Ambling Alp (3:57) - Yeasayer 3. Whole Hearted Mess (3:03) - Bear in Heaven 4. Warbells (3:00) - Royal Bangs 5. [...]
Gainesville's psychedelic pop masters, Morningbell , have returned yet again. It's hard to believe that this band around for so long and has yet to be signed. Four albums in and it's easy to say that Morningbell are clearly one of the best bands in Gainesville if not in the entire state. They have perfected their craft, their sound, and released a pack of exceptionally adept records. With all that in the bank and the band playing at their best, they've decided to throw a few new things into the formula. Gone from their sound is the [...]
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 [...]
One of my favorite things about writing for this blog alongside the rest of the fellas is that not only am I constantly up to speed on new music, but I also have a built in reality check. That is, there are plenty of times when I hear something, think it is totally rad, and then realize one of my comrades loves it just as much. Moments like that, you know you are on to something. Moments like that are what Morningbell seems perfectly engineered for. As I prepared to write this post today, I popped [...]
Here is the first of Mad Mackerel's best of 2009 lists.We could pretend we're way too cool for lists, that we don't really enjoy them, that they are too subjective, a necessary evil, a waste of time.But that's all bollocks as far as we're concerned.We love making lists and nothing lends itself so well to them as music does, after all its how popular music has been judged for the past sixty years
The baked sweet potato latke recipe featured on eating/sf today is an intriguing, original twist on a popular food that seems to have roots in a ridiculously large number of cultures. According to Wikipedia , latkes, or other direct cultural equivalents, (a.k.a. potato pancakes; a.k.a. boxty; a.k.a. rarakor; a.k.a. draniki) are common to Irish, Polish, Ukranian, Russian, Yiddish, Austrian, German, Czech, Korean, Russian, Indian, Swedish, and Hungarian cuisines. In my mind, that makes 'latke' almost synonymous with 'diversity.' Accordingly, today's pairing is an album by a band that draws from a range of traditions nearly as [...]
It is often said that behind every great man there's a great woman. John had Yoko, Adam had Eve, and Bill had Monica (insert joke about Bill having Monica). Likewise, every great music blog needs its own mix series. Introducing Vinyl & Vodka's very own Vodkast, a collection of songs compiled by Willis and Dan McGrath that will surely leave you three sheets to the wind (let's see how long I can run with this alcohol motif…) Every issue will have a different one with a different cover. By the next issue, we [...]
Morningbell "Marching Off to War" from Sincerely, Severely Buy at iTunes Buy at Amazon Morningbell is a quartet from Gainesville, Florida comprised of a pair of brothers, one of their wives and a drummer that isn't related through blood or legal means. Sincerely, Severely is the group's fourth full-length release. Additional Listening/Viewing: "Stay in the Garden" ( [...]
Let's Not Lose Our Heads by Morningbell from Eric Atria on Vimeo .
Did you notice all that fame around vampires those days ? From the TV show "True Blood" to the book/movie series of Twilight, everything seems to be contaminated by the bat virus ! In the music culture also we have a big "Post-Vampire Weekend" movement, let's have a look to some of the most popular songs at the moment ! Surfer Blood , the name speaks for his own, they are from Florida and they like blood to ! Vampire lovers will appreciate the sequence at 1:08. [...]
Morningbell (Myspace) Hometown: Gainesville, Florida Album: Sincerely, Severely (Buy) Label: Orange Records Morningbell - Marching Off To War Tristeza (Myspace) Hometown: San Diego, California Album: Fate Unfold (Buy) Label: Beter Looking /Wildlife Vinyl Tristeza - Manitas Bookmark It [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Art Museums : "Sculpture Gardens" [mp3] from Rough Frame other Art Museums posts at Largehearted Boy The Delfields : "Golden Trinkets" [mp3] from Twilight Town EP The Delfields : "Dreamy Gleamy" [mp3] from Twilight Town EP other Delfields posts at Largehearted Boy [...]
The Dadada
Listen Before You Buy
we are not a rock band
Stop Okay Go
Crib Notes
largehearted boy
Consequence Of Sound
Some Of It Was True!
The Pop Stereo!
Turntable Kitchen
Citizen Dick
Mad Mackerel's Blog
Vinyl and Vodka
The PhiLL(er)
Streetkiss Music
Rollo & Grady
A-Trak - "Round of Applause" / "Where My Money At" (MP3 Download)
Diplo - "Climax" (MP3 Stream)
Out This Week 2/14
Sleigh Bells: ‘Reign of Terror’ full album stream
Jackback Feat. David Guetta & Nicky Romero – Wild One Two
