Pinback rose from the terrible ashes of two of San Diego's most celebrated bands, Three Mile Pilot and Thingy/Heavy Vegetable . Zack Smith and Rob Crowe combined their disparate skills to create an indie super group par-excellence. Pinback works so well because of Smith's power to infuse Crowe's normally frivolous pocket songs with development and compassion on songs like Crutch . Rob Crowe and Zack Smith of Pavement While recording their eponymous debut album, [...]
Pinback rose from the terrible ashes of two of San Diego's most celebrated bands, Three Mile Pilot and Thingy/Heavy Vegetable . Zack Smith and Rob Crowe combined their disparate skills to create an indie super group par-excellence. Pinback works so well because of Smith's power to infuse Crowe's normally frivolous pocket songs with development and compassion on songs like Crutch . Rob Crowe and Zack Smith of Pavement While recording their eponymous debut album, [...]
Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitar great, picks out the melody of the beautiful Kahn/Jones song I'll See You in My Dreams . Fluid movements fill the spaces, flying off the swinging rhythm guitars. Django bends each note, wringing every ounce of meaning from it. I'll See You in My Dreams Listening to this song, a huge hit in the 20's, brings you back to another world. It's been played by the best musicians, and Django certainly fits the bill. The war to end all wars is over, Jazz is [...]
Django Reinhardt, the gypsy guitar great, picks out the melody of the beautiful Kahn/Jones song I'll See You in My Dreams . Fluid movements fill the spaces, flying off the swinging rhythm guitars. Django bends each note, wringing every ounce of meaning from it. I'll See You in My Dreams Listening to this song, a huge hit in the 20's, brings you back to another world. It's been played by the best musicians, and Django certainly fits the bill. The war to end all wars is over, Jazz is [...]
The First Annual Hip Hop & Peacebuilding Festival is the brainchild of Stacy Willyard, is a George Mason University grad student at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. The event is designed to bring together artists, diplomats, intellectuals & peacemakers from the US, Africa & the Middle East to increase understanding and awareness of political and social turmoil. The conference will focus on the role hip hop can play in empowering youth to speak out, organize and act to secure more peaceful future outcomes. [...]
The First Annual Hip Hop & Peacebuilding Festival is the brainchild of Stacy Willyard, is a George Mason University grad student at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution. The event is designed to bring together artists, diplomats, intellectuals & peacemakers from the US, Africa & the Middle East to increase understanding and awareness of political and social turmoil. The conference will focus on the role hip hop can play in empowering youth to speak out, organize and act to secure more peaceful future outcomes. [...]
Pavement's swan song, Terror Twilight , reveals a muscular, mature band strutting a decade of indie cool without batting an eyelash. Speak, See, Remember is a Jekyll and Hyde romp. The first section is a jazzy number, pushed along by Mark Ibold's walking upright bass and rippling guitar textures. Stephen Malkmus, lead singer of Pavement The second section of Speak, See, Remember explodes with full electric destruction. A landslide of sound is unleashed as Stephen [...]
Pavement's swan song, Terror Twilight , reveals a muscular, mature band strutting a decade of indie cool without batting an eyelash. Speak, See, Remember is a Jekyll and Hyde romp. The first section is a jazzy number, pushed along by Mark Ibold's walking upright bass and rippling guitar textures. Stephen Malkmus, lead singer of Pavement The second section of Speak, See, Remember explodes with full electric destruction. A landslide of sound is unleashed as Stephen [...]
Two basses twist together, playing out a deep, low groove. Chimes are heard in the distance. Up come the drums. Oh, Contorted Face of Mercury , what secrets do you hold? You twist back upon yourself, with grace and elegance. A snake stalks its prey, prepares to strike. Taughtly coiled, all energy and wicked intelligence. The Roots of Orchis hint at the knowledge of good and evil, with a poison that seeps into your system, slowly drags you down into its melodic embrace. You are drawn to the drums [...]
Two basses twist together, playing out a deep, low groove. Chimes are heard in the distance. Up come the drums. Oh, Contorted Face of Mercury , what secrets do you hold? You twist back upon yourself, with grace and elegance. A snake stalks its prey, prepares to strike. Taughtly coiled, all energy and wicked intelligence. The Roots of Orchis hint at the knowledge of good and evil, with a poison that seeps into your system, slowly drags you down into its melodic embrace. You are drawn to the drums [...]
Roxy Music lead that glimmering wave of 80's world-beat synth pop, that, for a brief, brief moment seemed set to change the timbre of music for eternity. Listening to Roxy Music , it comes as no surprise that Brian Eno - soundscape architect and Talking Heads/U2/Coldplay collaborator - was a founding member. Avalon is the final album Roxy Music recorded. It remains a brilliant, thickly layered exuberance, bursting with acoustic peals and electric shivers. Avalon is best known for the hit More Than This , [...]
Roxy Music lead that glimmering wave of 80's world-beat synth pop, that, for a brief, brief moment seemed set to change the timbre of music for eternity. Listening to Roxy Music , it comes as no surprise that Brian Eno - soundscape architect and Talking Heads/U2/Coldplay collaborator - was a founding member. Avalon is the final album Roxy Music recorded. It remains a brilliant, thickly layered exuberance, bursting with acoustic peals and electric shivers. Avalon is best known for the hit More Than This , [...]
A big, sluggish alternative rock song full of chunky chords, Candy lets Martin Sexton's overpowering voice... overpower. Sexton's range, from low to high, vibratto, falsetto, and a bunch of other latin words, sends shivers every time I hear them. Candy is one of the many highlights from Sexton's album The American . Sexton is more than a powerful singer, though, he is a master story teller. Hey little jail bait Tell me a story Let me bum a smoke and we can chat a while I only need a moment One moment [...]
A big, sluggish alternative rock song full of chunky chords, Candy lets Martin Sexton's overpowering voice... overpower. Sexton's range, from low to high, vibratto, falsetto, and a bunch of other latin words, sends shivers every time I hear them. Candy is one of the many highlights from Sexton's album The American . Sexton is more than a powerful singer, though, he is a master story teller. Hey little jail bait Tell me a story Let me bum a smoke and we can chat a while I only need a moment One moment [...]
Here's a Romantic Mix of Downtempo Lounge Music for Valentine's Day with a strong Brazilian flavor. Let's call it something special for the ladies. Download these songs and press play. You're sure to have an enjoyable night. Valentine's Day Romantic Downtempo Music Mix right click to "save as" Thunderball "Solar" Phoenix "Definitive Breaks" Lemon Jelly "Stay With You" Basement Jaxx "If I Ever Recover" [...]
Here's a Romantic Mix of Downtempo Lounge Music for Valentine's Day with a strong Brazilian flavor. Let's call it something special for the ladies. Download these songs and press play. You're sure to have an enjoyable night. Valentine's Day Romantic Downtempo Music Mix right click to "save as" Thunderball "Solar" Phoenix "Definitive Breaks" Lemon Jelly "Stay With You" Basement Jaxx "If I Ever Recover" [...]
This recording of Cocaine Blues by Blind Reverend Gary Davis , sounds like it's gonna fall apart under the crush of all the cobwebs and dust. But the Reverend's brilliant, sparkling finger picking provides the momentum to keep the edifice intact. Despite his backwoods birth in 1896, Davis' unique guitar technique was a huge influence on the folk and blues revival of the 60's, and can be heard in The Grateful Dead , Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen . Cocaine Blues [...]
This recording of Cocaine Blues by Blind Reverend Gary Davis , sounds like it's gonna fall apart under the crush of all the cobwebs and dust. But the Reverend's brilliant, sparkling finger picking provides the momentum to keep the edifice intact. Despite his backwoods birth in 1896, Davis' unique guitar technique was a huge influence on the folk and blues revival of the 60's, and can be heard in The Grateful Dead , Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen . Cocaine Blues [...]
Emcee/DJ/Producer/Musician/Art ist Edan is a master of musical collage. His second LP, Beauty & The Beat is a rich psychedelic tapestry, punctuated with soundgems pilfered as readily from 60's and 70's rock & roll as from funk and rap. Combine this with blistering lyrical imagery steeped in hip hop history and a humorous, even humbling, dose of self aggrandizing and you have yourself one the best albums of 2005. Shedding the silliness that permeated earlier release Primitive Plus (which is still a damn good album), Edan comes into his own. [...]
Emcee/DJ/Producer/Musician/Art ist Edan is a master of musical collage. His second LP, Beauty & The Beat is a rich psychedelic tapestry, punctuated with soundgems pilfered as readily from 60's and 70's rock & roll as from funk and rap. Combine this with blistering lyrical imagery steeped in hip hop history and a humorous, even humbling, dose of self aggrandizing and you have yourself one the best albums of 2005. Shedding the silliness that permeated earlier release Primitive Plus (which is still a damn good album), Edan comes into his own. [...]
The Oxhorn Music Mix
Lana Del Rey - Without You (Kill Paris Remix) [Dubstep]
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My Funny Valentines
Miike Snow - “Paddling Out” Jacques Lu Cont Remix (MP3 Stream)
Iron & Wine and Patty Griffin
