Hey all! Hope you are enjoying Memorial Day weekend! It's supposed to be nice where I live and I hope that it is nice where you live! Enjoy this countdown. I think that if you're looking for punchy, you're going to find it in the first 3 or 4 intros. Just a little tip! See you next week for a Flashback Countdown! We'll count down the top 10 from the first week of June 2001. Here's this week's countdown: Countdown #105 ***Featuring*** The Black Keys fun. [...]

The pandemonium and mass confusion that accompanies the opening of a music festival, let alone one such as Sasquatch Music Festival where you park in a semi-organized fashion in random fields next to tents and cows, is akin to very few other experiences in a lifetime. The herding, the terror in the eyes of lost souls, the cattle brands... Well, there might as well be cattle brands because, let's face it, as much as we all enjoy a multitude of bands playing incredible music in one of the world's most stunning outdoor venues, organizing ourselves on a mass scale just [...]
5 shows in 6 days. So it's not technically a week straight of concerts but anybody that goes to lots of shows consecutively knows it can be draining and exhausting...and all you're doing is listening to music. So that's what I'll be doing. I figured I should highlight some of the music that I'm going to see in Denver this upcoming week. I might also be bragging a little bit about all the bands I get to see. Tonight is Horse Feathers, a great folk band from Portland. Here's their song Belly of June . [...]
On May 25th the 11th year of Sasquatch! Music festival kicked off. As with last year the first day of the festival started a bit later in the day but unlike last year the acts that played today were... Read the rest on Speakerboxxx.com

photo by Gerrit Feenstra For those of us out here at the Gorge, Memorial Weekend has started. Camping grounds are packed full of tents and cars are blowing their speakers on pump up tunes. Waiting in massive lines exchanging tickets for wristbands, we got to meet new friends and share our love for the bands we are excited to see. Inching closer and closer to opening time, the anticipation builds and excitement fills the air. It's no secret that Sasquatch! is a massive communal experience, but every year, the same joy of sharing those ecstatic feelings [...]

If you're lucky enough to be a part of the sold out 2012 Sasquatch! music festival, there are a couple of things you need to know and understand. Firstly, analyze and decide on the schedule. There will be conflicts with regards to which artists you want to see and when. You'll be able to find out schedules from the guides at the various booths, but plan ahead and get to the front of the stage by quickly checking below. You can catch performances which are happening simultaneously, but make [...]

After taking its sweet time last year, summer has struck back with a vengeance. At least here in the midwest, 90+ degree temperatures and clear, sunny skies are quickly becoming the norm. Of course, with the changing of the seasons not only comes trips to the beach and increased slushie sales but exuberant, feel-good summer jams. As is our tradition here at Music For Ants, we're providing a mix that will hopefully soundtrack some of your 2012 summer memories. Download below or take a listen at Spotify . Enjoy! MP3 Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built [...]
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and as the world comes to an end i'll be here to hold your hand ♫ Of Monsters and Men - King and Lionheart (Dzeko + Torres Streesh Bootleg) However you feel about the Icelandic indie folk stylings of Of Monsters And Men you would have to be frozen in ice to not get a little groovy to this remix. The pixie-like vocals pair brilliantly with the big buildup and give the dance beat a refreshing lightness. Perfect for your next rave in a sprite-infested flower patch.
Even though I'm adjusting to my new schedule at my new job and that's making it hard to do my other normal postings, I have enough experience making these podcasts that I can do them in one sitting if I put my mind to it. I should have a new laptop sometime this summer and I think that's going to mean a renaissance for this blog. I will have email submissions, my external hard drive, and my recording location all in one place. It's going to be killer. So. I made you a countdown. Hope you [...]
Posted in General Clickable Play-This-List Something For The Weekend How about a seriously feel good tune for this Friday's Weekend Tunage? 'Little Talks' seems to be the perfect song for today. I've been whistling this all week long, it's the first song I've been playing when I wake up every morning and I can't help but leave the house with a giant grin on [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Arcade Fire, Of Monsters and Men, Fredrik Song: Alcoholic Faith Mission - Running With Insanity [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Berlin Festival , which takes places in Tempelhof Airport and the Arena Berlin September 7th and 8th just announced a few more acts. New additions are Canadian sensation Grimes , Icelandic rockers Of Monsters and Men , Scottish electro-pop band Django Django , London synth-rock artist Clock Opera , Swedish electronic mystery group iamamiwhoami and House duo Dada Life . Festival weekend tickets are available on Berlin Festival website priced €81,40.
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Welcome to the party. There will be no parking on the dance floor, so get your backs up off the wall and dance, come on. For more jams or by any of these artists use the 'tags' links at the bottom of the post! Follow @JoelAlbers on Twitter for updates on remixes, dubstep and all things Nurdy. For events follow @Lights3Music ♫ [Exclusive] Zander Bleck - Temptation (SICK INDIVIDUALS Remix) / Holy mother loving baby Skrillex, this mix is LARGE. Do yourself a favor- [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive Sneak Attack Media It's hard not to get all mystical about Iceland . After all, it's the land of unpronounceable volcanoes like Eyjafjallajökull , and magical pixie musicians like Bjork and Sigur Ros . It's also home to fast-rising Icelandic folk-pop outfit Of Monsters and Men , a six-piece who are more than comfortable embracing the arcane. To [...]

I make it a point to keep my mom up on new music. I send her songs I think she'll like, force her to listen to new stuff I know she won't like (she still isn't convinced that Kanye is a genius), make her CDs to listen to in her car, and endlessly talk to her about music that I'm pretty sure she's not interested in. She is a good mom. She listens. If left to her own devices, I always imagine that my mom would listen to nothing but Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Nelly's Country [...]
Yes it's true. I don't always knock countdowns out in one sitting. Usually it's more like two. Sometimes three sittings. This time it was three, but the third very nearly didn't happen at all! Thank goodness I have a routine where I look at the blogs before I go to bed (is that what people will do instead of "reading the paper" in 20 years? Is it actually what people mostly do now?) and that jarred the idea that I publish on Sunday mornings! But here it is in all it's glory. 103. Countdown [...]
Photo Credit: Dustin Cohen Allow me to introduce you to Elle King, a fabulous new singer/songwriter that's definitely worth your attention. A brand new RCA Records recording artist, Elle King is set to release her debut EP June 12th on Fat Possum Records, featuring the stunning new single, "Playing For Keeps." Check it out BELOW. Having already been showcased as an "Artist to

Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men keep making bigger and bigger waves as they wash across the U.S., following the release of their smash debut, My Head Is an Animal . On Tuesday night, they made their U.S. television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . Watch the entire episode here and the band's performance of "Little Talks" here: And, Sasquatchers, be sure to get to the Gorge Amphitheater early on Memorial Day weekend, as Of Monsters and Men will be performing on Friday, May 25, [...]

Impressionar um apresentador que vê grandes bandas em seu palco diariamente e, apenas um dia antes, havia conferido um show dos lendários Beach Boys , requer muita qualidade. Ainda mais se você é membro de uma banda independente, novata, que está estreiando no circuito do horário nobre da TV dos EUA. Se depender do entusiasmo de Jimmy Fallon com seus convidados, os islandeses do of Monsters and Men , eles conseguiram essa tarefa árdua. Apresentando o single adorável Little Talks , o grupo de Indie Folk chegou com toda sua aura hippie e seu som [...]