Blog: Walrus Music Blog

Watch Jandek, Mike Watt and BJ Wilson (Drummer of HEALTH) Perform Live in LA

Feb 7, 2011, 12:17pm Walrus Music Blog
Jandek @ UCI Jan 8 2011 "I was just thinking..." acrobatics everyday
Jandek never fails to surprise us. The outsider musician, who claims he is not Jandek, but rather a representative of Corwood Industries, has independently released over 35 albums of difficult and cryptic music since 1978. One never knows what to expect from "Jandek". For example, in 2009 he turned up ...
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Lumerians – "Crazy Horses" (Live Video)

Feb 1, 2011, 6:51pm Walrus Music Blog
Check out this awesomely cosmic performance of The Osmonds' "Crazy Horses" by Lumerians on San Francisco public access program Dance Party Revival.
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Watch the New Documentary On The Late Electronic Composer Milton Babbitt

Feb 1, 2011, 6:51pm Walrus Music Blog
The late Milton Babbitt was a serial composer born in Philadelphia, who went on to revolutionize American music education and later became interested in electronic music. He was hired by RCA in the 1950s as consultant composer to work with their RCA Mark II Synthesizer and produced the seminal, ...
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Rare Dutch Documentary on Old-School Rap Featuring Run-DMC, Doug E. Fresh and Schooly D

Jan 21, 2011, 12:24pm Walrus Music Blog
Check it out above for free. A must watch!
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Times New Viking – "No Room to Live" (Video)

Jan 20, 2011, 4:49pm Walrus Music Blog
Here is a new video from Times New Viking that features animation in the vein of the band's awesome art work. Each frame was printed from real video, then hand drawn, colored, or decorated and put back together. There were nearly 3,000 individual frames, completed by around 40 artists from ...
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On Repeat: Broadcast Singer Trish Keenan's "Mind Bending Motorway Mix"

Jan 17, 2011, 3:05pm Walrus Music Blog
Many musicians were inspired and influenced by the amazing music created by Trish Keenan and Broadcast before her untimely passing. Lucky for us, an amazing mixtape full of obscure, psychedelic gems, which inspired her, has been posted by Joe Muggs of Arts Desk: "A friend in Birmingham who had become good ...
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Artist:hyphen
Title:Trish Keenan Memorial Show Part 1
Link Text:Trish Keenan Memorial Show on WMUH pt. 1
File Name:01 Trish Keenan Memorial Show Part 1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1939
Artist:hyphen
Title:Trish Keenan Memorial Show Part 2
Link Text:Trish Keenan Memorial Show on WMUH pt. 2
File Name:02 Trish Keenan Memorial Show Part 2.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2005

Mister Heavenly – "Mister Heavenly" / "Pineapple Girl" (MP3s)

Jan 17, 2011, 7:11am Walrus Music Blog
What do you get when Honus Honus of Man Man, Nick Thorburn of Islands and Joe Plummer of Modest Mouse decide to make music together? Well, you get this...and this is pretty damn good: {MP3} Mister Heavenly - "Mister Heavenly" {MP3} Mister Heavenly - "Pineapple Girl" Watch out for Mister Heavenly's debut album ...
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Artist:Mister Heavenly
Title:Mister Heavenly
Link Text:Mister Heavenly - Mister Heavenly
File Name:Mister-Heavenly.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Mister Heavenly
Title:Pineapple Girl
Link Text:Mister Heavenly - Pineapple Girl
File Name:Pineapple-Girl.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

RIP Trish Keenan of Broadcast

Jan 14, 2011, 9:33am Walrus Music Blog
Broadcast - Winter Now
It's a sad day for fans, myself included, of the UK electronic group Broadcast. Trish Keenan, the band's enchanting lead singer has passed away. Here is the official statement from their label Warp: "It is with great sadness we announce that Trish Keenan from Broadcast passed away at 9am ...
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Steinski – "Soul Searching" (Sheriff Dupnik's Remix)

Jan 12, 2011, 11:03am Walrus Music Blog
The originator of the "Mash-Up", Steve Stein aka Steinski, recently did an awesome job cutting together "What You Know" by Two Fingers (Amon Tobin and Doubleclick feat. Sway) and statements about the shooting in Tucson made by Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik. Here's what Steinski had to say: "My apologies in ...
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Kurt Vile – "Jesus Fever" (MP3)

Jan 10, 2011, 12:33pm Walrus Music Blog
Here's the newest one from Philly's Kurt Vile. It's a track from his upcoming Matador release, Smoke Ring For My Halo. Brilliant as usual... {MP3} Kurt Vile - "Jesus Fever"
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Artist:Kurt Vile
Title:Jesus Fever 192
Link Text:Kurt Vile - Jesus Fever
File Name:02-Jesus-Fever-192.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Watch The Knife Perform "Pass This On" on Swedish Talk Show

Jan 10, 2011, 12:33pm Walrus Music Blog
The Knife - Pass this on("Live" Sen Kväll Med Luuk)
This 2003 performance by The Knife essentially recreates their 2003 music video for "Pass This On", but is no less provocative and just as awesome. This band seriously needs to make another record. (via DM)
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Video: Split Enz – "Give it a Whirl" (1979)

Jan 5, 2011, 5:23pm Walrus Music Blog
Split Enz - Give It A Whirl
Here's a VHS capture of a relatively underrated NZ band Split Enz and their song "Give it a Whirl". The song is brilliant and the video feels like some sort of bizarre Hawaiian acid trip.
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Video: Surfer Blood Interviewed at Art in the Age

Jan 5, 2011, 6:26am Walrus Music Blog
I caught up with Surfer Blood recently when they stopped by the Art in the Age store in Philly. We had a fun time discussing their music, time travel, our founding fathers and the brand's spirits ROOT and SNAP.
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Video: Kate Bush – "December Will Be Magic Again" (1979 Xmas Special)

Dec 25, 2010, 10:56am Walrus Music Blog
Kate Bush - December Will Be Magic Again (1979 Xmas Special)
Merry Xmas from The Walrus and the amazing Kate Bush.
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Video: Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" Set to Animation (1979)

Dec 19, 2010, 10:39pm Walrus Music Blog
Kraftwerk
via DM: Often incorrectly identified as a promo video for the 1974 release of Kraftwerk's "Autobahn" album, this animated head trip by Roger Mainwood was actually made in 1979 and neither Kraftwerk or their record label had anything to do with the making of the film. A head trip ...
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Sun Airway – "Oh, Naoko" (New Acoustic Version) (Video)

Dec 13, 2010, 4:25pm Walrus Music Blog
Amazing, via Yours Truly: Originally recorded in Jon Barthmus' basement, "Oh, Naoko," the lead track from their Dead Oceans debut, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, is a dream-pop plea to the fragile beauty in Haruki Murakami's Norwegian Wood. The atmospheric, pillow-top electronics were a fitting bed for the ...
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The Innovative C60 Music Player Prototype (Video)

Dec 13, 2010, 11:37am Walrus Music Blog
Here's an interesting prototype from IDEO called The C60 Music Player, which brings physicality back to the experience of listening to music. The device is based on a concept from Martin Bone and Kara Johnson's book, I Miss My Pencil. I want one.
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The Meanest Boys – "Strangest Things" (MP3)

Dec 8, 2010, 11:03am Walrus Music Blog
If you like that California lo-fi and on the cheap pop music that's fun to smoke weed to, this one from The Meanest Boys is for you. {MP3} The Meanest Boys - "Strangest Things" (via Altered Zones)
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Artist:The Meanest Boys
Title:Strangest Things
Link Text:The Meanest Boys - Strangest Things
File Name:Strangest_Things.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2010

Nightlands – "Suzerain" (Video)

Dec 6, 2010, 5:20pm Walrus Music Blog
The debut video from Philly's Nightlands (Dave Hartley of War on Drugs) combines his lush, electronic sounds with footage from the '70s curated by yvynyl. Fits nicely.
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Arc in Round EP Release Party Tomorrow at JB's / Warpaint Froiday at Making Time (MP3s)

Dec 1, 2010, 5:56pm Walrus Music Blog
If you live in the area, be sure to head over to Johnny Brenda's for some local music action tomorrow night at the Arc in Round Record Release Party w/ Arc in Round, Golden Ages, Tadoma and Pink Skull supporting (That is, if you are not seeing Peter Hook of ...
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Artist:Arc In Round
Title:Spirit
Link Text:Arc in Round - Spirit
File Name:02-Spirit.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Golden Ages
Title:Africa (Toto Cover)
Link Text:Golden Ages - Africa (Toto Cover)
File Name:01-Africa-Toto-Cover-1.mp3
Year:2010
Artist:Warpaint
Title:Undertow
Link Text:Warpaint - Undertow
File Name:01-Undertow-1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010
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