i, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman .. half jack the dresden dolls us regina spektor its a hit [...]
Handclaps in songs, baby. Handclaps in songs. Rilo Kiley - The Frug Viva Voce - From The Devil Himself Lo-Fi-FNK - A. D. T. El Perro Del Mar - I Can't Talk About It Maps & Atlases - Every Place Is A House Give me a moment please, to get over an almost crippling desire to make a really bad pun about my 3rd favourite STI. Okay thanks, I'm ready. Anyway: [...]
I don't watch this show (too much drama for The Duke). But the tunes are always good and kinda cutting edge for a mainstream TV show. It is the new OC when it comes to music in TV shows (read the Stereogum post for more info). Tegan and Sarah ~ Where Does The Good Go Rilo Kiley ~ Portions of Foxes Medeski, Martin & Wood ~ End of the World Party Buy it [...]
Seguimos con pop suavecito, en este caso el grupo del que voy a hablar es Rilo Kiley, compuesto por integrantes de bandas como Postal Service, Bright Eyes y the Elected. Son de Los Ángeles, California, la formación la componen Jenny Lewis (voz y teclado), Blake Sennett (guitarra y voz), Pierre de Reeder (bajo) y Jason Boesel (batería). Como comentaba, sus miembros son músicos experimentados ya que provienen de grupos de bastante relevancia dentro de la escena indie pop americana. Su discografía está compuesta por tres álbumes, el primero de ellos publicado en el año 2001 en el sello [...]
Recently I was browsing through my iTunes library looking for bands that I haven't yet listened to and came across Math and Physics Club. I said to myself, "now that's a silly name. I gotta see what this shit is all about." Good thing I did too - think Belle & Sebastian laced with Kings of Convenience. One thing that stands out about their songs, is the melody isn't always in sync with the vocals - it's not so much a harmony as it is a pleasant counterpoint to smooth [...]
I know I said I was going to have the second part of this Christmas mix up on Wednesday, but I didn't want to overload everyone after those lists that were put up by Pablo and Chandler. Here it is though, and hopefully you enjoy these and use them over the holidays. I don't have much to add really, but I prefer this half as there were some excellent holiday tracks courtesy of some lovely swedes that I came across. This will probably be my last post until after Christmas so we'll see you then and happy [...]
It's been a busy year for Rilo Kiley , although that's more as a result of Blake Sennett and Jason Boesel's efforts with the Elected , and Jenny Lewis ' forays into soul with the Watson Twins. The band members are definitely a well-connected bunch; any indie kid worth his laptop has probably heard Jenny's efforts with the Postal Service . Fittingly, Ben Gibbard guests on Rabbit Fur 's "Handle With Care," along Conor Oberst and M. Ward . Of particular esoteric significance is the appearance of [...]
Well I think I might have topped myself in the Christmas misery stakes with this one. Despite the small respite of The Young Republic song yesterday, we're back to the more depressing Christmas songs today. This really isn't a deliberate thing on my part, it just seems that most of my Christmas music falls into that category. If there's one word to describe this song, it's cold. It seems odd that a song can sound cold, but boy, this song sure manages it. Largely just a basic backing and Jenny gently lamenting on how [...]
Why exactly they chose to honor themselves after the iconic designcouple Ray & Charles Eames I don't know. Well, at least their music points towards the 50's, and they play this irrestistible girl-fronted indie-pop with an edge. The music is indie-twee pop ...yeah, well it's sugarcoated alright, but catchy and innoncent as a college school girl and maybe as naughty. Their style reminds me of The Pipettes , Tilly & The Wall and that of Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley . It's girl-fronted pop and doesn't harm a bug, but leaves you happy [...]
Wow, only 3 more Manic Mondays (including this one) for the year! Enjoy these: Bright Eyes - Easy Lucky Free (Hot Chip remix) Zero 7 - Throw It All Away (feat. Sia) Rilo Kiley - Science vs Romance Queen - The Show Most Go On Antony & The Johnsons - The Lake Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield
Pet Shop Boys... Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind The Decemberists... The Decemberists Live on NPR's Concert Series. Rilo Kiley... Rilo Kiley - Elliot Smith Tribute (Live 11.03.03 @ Henry Fonda Theater, LA) [via] [...]
Since it is Black Friday, you can official start listening to Holiday Music. Below is the much request repost of my Xmas in July mix. I have attempted a zip file of all the tracks. With any luck, if you want the whole kit-and-caboodle, it'll work for you. Just a heads up, look for two more Holiday Music Mixes in the near future. (I assembled this last year) 1 ~ Ed Harcourt: In The Bleak Midwinter 2 ~ The Arcade Fire: [...]
I don't know about the rest of you, but where I'm from Guitar Hero is absolutely massive. The second edition came out last week and everyone on my dorm floor has been playing it nonstop. If you've never played before, I'm not going to go into the details, but basically you pick up a plastic guitar and use hand eye coordination and rhythm skills to rock out to songs like "Ziggy Stardust", "Freebird" and "Sweet Child of Mine." (Read tons more about it here ). Pretty awesome, even you're not into classic rock or metal [...]
Pulling out the school excuse. I probably won't be able to post for a while; apologies. Instead I've compiled a few songs I've been listening to lately whilst been (so called) studying. It includes songs from new albums/eps of Voxtrot , Psapp and The Blood Arm plus others. Been meaning to make posts about them sooner or later so I guess I'll add them all in one post to make it easier. Enjoy! Psapp Tricycle Voxtrot Trouble (the [...]
I appreciate when artists use nontraditional sounds/instruments in music. Trumpets are used everywhere now and accordions and banjos have been growing steadily with popularity but while those instruments are all good, why hasn't there been a bagpipe revival yet? I made a post about the world needing more bagpipes last year and nothing seemed to happen, and now I think it's time to bring the discussion back into the limelight. It could be my Scottish ancestry but I'm under the impression that bagpipes rock, so to all of the Sufjans and Meloys of the world, [...]
I know, I know, I've been incredibly slack in updating this place of late. When I started this thing, I always swore to myself that I wouldn't be one of those bloggers who often disappears for big gaps and then suddenly pops up again with some lame excuse for not posting stuff. Unfortunately, that's where we are though. I'd like to think these are somewhat reasonable excuses though. Partly I've been working an absolute ton lately, which eats into my time. Secondly, the host I use for the majority of my mp3s has been having [...]
Snow Patrol became a little More Adventurous ? As much as I should love Snow Patrol for writing arguably good pop tunes I just can't help but be unimpressed by the predictability of the arrangements. When Rilo Kiley appear to take on the same style why does it sound better to me? Is it because I fancy Jenny Lewis? Probably. Maybe you can figure it out... Snow Patrol - Wow [ buy Final Straw ] Rilo Kiley - [...]
Editor's Note: This post was written by Sam Small. He is the drummer for Baltimore's Faster Faster Harder Harder . I had never listened to any of Don Caballero 's other releases, so when a friend gave me their new album I didn't know quite what to expect. After hearing a few bars of their music, I quickly got over the lack of lyrics. This group lives in odd-meter and repetition and their drummer is fantastic. I like [...]
So I've been pretty slack in posting here of late. This is because I'm simply not finding the time of late, between work giving me more hours (this is actually a good thing) and a ton of other things that I've currently got going on. For the indefinite future, posting will probably down to something like three or four posts a week or something. I'll write when I get time and have something to share. Tonight though, we've got a pretty lazy post. There's no stunning new music here, no tiny band you should be [...]
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