Suicide Sundaes – stop your grinnin' and drop your linen. Every Sunday electblake and jsully of Earmilk will bring you the weeks dirty servings, and some old favorites through a throwdown-throwback to simpler times. A time when bangers were big, remixes were bigger, the bassline bled, and we didn't care about anything as long as came in kicking and left screaming. To hell with sketchy sunday, we want to shove another dragon down the hole. This week comes in a Neapolitan - We start off with some bangers, a few mashes [...]
It's been a little while since we've talked about Passion Pit, so it's probably time to check in with those Boston boys. They've been busy little worker bees since their debut LP Manners dropped last summer, turning their attention toward some name-building remixes for the likes of Max Tundra, OK Go, and Phoenix. Most recently, they touched up Lady Gaga and Beyonce's "Telephone" as an official remix. Wouldn't have predicted that one a year ago! BUT, I don't really like that remix, so I'm not going to post it here. We have standards, sometimes, sort of. Besides, Crookers [...]
Gotye - Learnalilgivinanlovin' (Passion Pit Remix) This one's such an oxymoron, so uplifting yet makes me want to get down. Gotye - the one man band from Melbourne has had his great track from Like Drawing Blood remixed by those charming boys from Passion Pit. A definite one for your party-play rotation. Download here . "If you're always tryin' to get to the top you don't get to the bottom of nothin' - then you're [...]
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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, [...]
Alright y'all, I'm back writing for Radio Exile and I'm back inventing new columns that I will likely never follow up on. I want to introduce you all to a band that I'm obsessed with. It's name is Oberhofer and it's the brainchild/bedroom recordings of one Brad Oberhofer, a teenager from Tacoma, WA who is currently living in New York. I met Brad through work, where he gave me a CD-R with his demo tape. Since I started to work in the music industry, I've had a lot of people give me, or try to [...]
So many new videos popped up the past couple of weeks for tracks in our Top 100 Songs of 2009, we thought we would make it our theme for this Video Cafe edition. Here are four videos from our Top 100 countdown with the chart number (#) indicated next to the song name. This song may have be remembered most for the TV commercials, but here's the [...]
The guys over at Baeble Music have gradually been stepping up their game in the music video realm, including concert video. The media site seems to be carving out a decent niche by generally focusing on the indie/art rock style of bands. This live video from Passion Pit's Central Park show in September is a solid example: Watch the full concert at baeblemusic.com Related posts: Video: The Disco Biscuits at Fuji Rock 2009 - "Park Avenue" [...]
It took us until February to gather and present what our hearts felt about the music from 2009, but we are ready to open the door to the songs that shaped our year. Our top ... Related posts: Indie Halloween Playlist 2009 Music Under Fire: Top 30 Albums For 2009 New Album Releases For Tuesday 11/10/2009
Here's Passion Pit's alternate video for "Sleepyhead" (first posted yesterday on Coachella forum). It's low-budget, creative and FUN! Thanks to Michael for the tip! Directed by Eli Stonberg.
This is either a new or old video from Passion Pit for their best known song 'Sleepyhead'. Either way its the alternate to their other video for the track. The video features plenty of hands and low-budget shooting for a big who has pretty much hit it big so I'm going to... Click the link to read more
Link: http://stereogum.com/archives/ video/alternate_passion_pit_vi deo__sleepyhead_112141.html Apparently this is a 'rejected' video for Passion Pit 's hit song "Sleepy Head." There are 'tons of rumors going around' as to how it leaked, but it was made in the era before Passion Pit was signed to a major label and got 'a powerful management team.' We can only assume that this video was made/leaked by an earnest artistic videomaker whose concept 'got the shaft' after Passion Pit got 'crazy budgets' and didn't need the pro bono work of video [...]
Been itching for that Lil Wayne "rock" album that probably isn't very rocky at all? Well, it appears it's finally arrived. But I'm not holding my breath til I see it on the shelves. Otherwise it's a pretty dead week. Unless you like The Album Leaf , Blind Man's Colour , Mount Eerie , Passion Pit , Priestess , Rob Zombie or Sole . In which case it's not really a dead week at all. :: The Album Leaf , [...]
It's been a week or so since I wrote anything. Writer's block? Laziness? Nothing to write about? Who knows? I've been sitting on this topic for a few days & now I feel the time is write to truly express my outrage (probably not the right word). Coachella, in case you live in a cave (talking to you Osama), is a 3 day music festival in Indio, California in April every year that highlights some of the most amazing bands & usually showcases new & old alike. This year, however, the lineup is shit. Talk about getting right to the [...]
(Very late, I know.) No Merriweather Post Pavilion , Bitte Orca nor Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix here. Just 10 albums that were on constant rotation in 2009 (and check out the end for my favourite EP). Not necessarily critics' picks. Enjoy. 10. Jenny Owen Youngs - Transmitter Failure Transmitter Failure is by no means the perfect pop record, but it is certainly one of the better [...]
Passion Pit-Sleepyhead from ssarenofun1 on Vimeo. It appears there may have been a predecessor to the awesome offical video for Sleepy Head that helped launch Passion Pit to fame. This video was sent to me by reader Michael, apparently it was leaked on the Coachella forum. It's actually still quite a cool video, though obviously much lower budget than the one that was actually released. Not
One of this blog's readers, Michael Christopher sent me this unofficial video of Passion Pit's Sleepyhead which was leaked on a Coachella forum. Whose to say, they probably did this on their own. There's no doubt that the released one is more fun and unique, but this one's pretty good too. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead Passion Pit - Little Secrets
It's January 31st, and I am pretty sick right now. I have been pushing aside doing write ups for my top albums of 2009. I just haven't been able to find the time. It is late January and I am just getting my list out now. The blurbs would feel forced if I got them out by today, so I decided not to force the issue and to just give you the list without blurbs. 2009 was a pretty good year in music overall. I spent countless hours with these albums making great memories with my friends, and [...]
Jaymo & Andy George from the UK are probably best known for heading-up the nocturnal party machine, MODA , that started about 2 years ago. It's gone from, a few hundred people in a dimly lit bar, to 1600 raging kids in a huge warehouse armed with a Funktion One Soundsystem! These are two youngsters that know how to get the party popin propa! Plus, word has been floating around that these two are the next Kissy Sellout . Management from BBC Radio 1 noticed Jaymo and George had been making some big noise in [...]
Besides being an artist in his own right Wallpaper. has been steadily unleashing original remixes and high quality mash ups over the past couple of years. Having tinkered with artists as diverse as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Passion Pit and Mariah Carrey there is a lot of material to soak up. With that in mind Wallpaper. just unleashed [...]
This Week's Other Releases
Essential Mix - Riva Starr (Feb)
New Releases V2.9
Remix Review
