Blog: Walrus Music Blog

Chicory Tip – "Son of My Father" (1972)

Sep 15, 2010, 11:43am Walrus Music Blog
Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father (TOTP 1972)
Check out this catchy tune penned by none other than the "Godfather of Electro", Giorgio Moroder. It was UK band Chicory Tip's only #1 and it featured an early model analog synth! Far out!
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Sufjan Stevens – "Too Much"

Sep 14, 2010, 11:35am Walrus Music Blog
Yes Sufjan Stevens' new music recalls early '00s Radiohead and Postal Service, but that's not a bad thing. Plus, the sound is pretty daring when compared to his previous works. Here is the second track from the upcoming album The Age of Adz and it's filled with tons of things ...
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Artist:Sufjan Stevens
Title:Too Much
Link Text:Sufjan Stevens - Too Much
File Name:02-Too-Much-1.mp3
Year:2010

Sep 13, 2010, 11:09am Walrus Music Blog
Serena-Maneesh and Stereolab collaboration? Why didn't someone think of this sooner? No worries though, because here is the glorious result. A blissed-out Krautrock-y carnival... Grab the limited 12" version, along with a remix from Lindstrom, from 4AD.
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Junip – "Always" (Video)

Sep 10, 2010, 2:50pm Walrus Music Blog
Junip--"Always"
Check out the first video from the debut album Fields by Junip (Jose Gonzalez + friends). I won't give it away, but let's just say that director Andreas Nilsson (The Knife, Fever Ray, MGMT, Yeasayer) does not disappoint.
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Soviet Soviet – "Lokomotiv" (Video)

Sep 8, 2010, 3:28pm Walrus Music Blog
Soviet Soviet - Lokomotiv
Excellent knee-jerking post-punk from new Italian band Soviet Soviet. Look out for their upcoming split with Frank (Just Frank) on Mannequin Records. (via 7" from the Underground)
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Golden Ages – "Everything Will Be Alright" (Video)

Sep 3, 2010, 11:43am Walrus Music Blog
Golden Ages - "Everything Will Be Alright" from Bryan Schlam on Vimeo. A new, cool looking video from Philly bliss-out band Golden Ages. It's all fine and dandy until someone gets smothered at a dance-party or drowned in their own bathtub. Grab the MP3 as well: Golden Ages – "Everything Will Be ...
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Link Text:Golden Ages – "Everything Will Be Alright"
File Name:01-Everything-Will-Be-Alright- 1.mp3

Royksopp – "The Drug" (Video)

Sep 3, 2010, 11:42am Walrus Music Blog
Norwegian electronic duo Royksopp's newest video is far more interesting than it's accompanying song. Teenage girls in air-brushed t-shirts find themselves in a post-apocalyptic wasteland inhabited by mutants. Norway or North Philly? You decide.
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Radiohead Offer Free, High Quality Concert Audio to Fan-Made Film

Sep 2, 2010, 3:11pm Walrus Music Blog
Radiohead Live - Idioteque (Prague DVD)
via The Guardian and The Daily Swarm: "Radiohead have thrown their support behind a fan-made live DVD, providing the hi-fi soundtrack to Czech film-makers' amateur shots. The British band provided audio masters to the makers of Prague DVD, a DIY concert film shot on 23 August 2009... "It's a ...
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Crash Course in Science: Early Synth Wave From Philadelphia

Aug 30, 2010, 3:30pm Walrus Music Blog
Crash Course in Science Cardboard Lamb the music video
Crash Course in Science was a Philly band formed in 1979 by art school classmates Dale Feliciello, Mallory Yago and Michael Zodorozny. After releasing a few experimental electronic 7"s through Rough Trade in the UK, the band shifted into full-on synth-pop mode in 1981 with the release of Signals From ...
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ArpLine – "Fold Up Like A Piece of Paper" (Video)

Aug 25, 2010, 6:15pm Walrus Music Blog
"Fold Up Like A Piece of Paper" from unsigned Brooklyn band ArpLine is a noise-pop anthem hopped-up on cocaine and channels the less goofy elements of '80s bands like Wall of Voodoo and Split Enz with a dose of Industrial. Works for me.
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Trailer For New Jose Gonzalez Biopic

Aug 24, 2010, 11:46am Walrus Music Blog
The Extraordinary Ordinary Life Of José González (Teaser)
"The best stuff is usually an unexpected twist" says José González in the trailer for his equally unexpected biopic The Extraordinary Ordinary Life of José González. As stated on the film's website, "The film revolves around the life and mind of musician José González. Using congenial methods; video diary, surveillance camera, ...
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Watch the Awesome Video For Cee-Lo "F**k You" (NSFW)

Aug 24, 2010, 10:02am Walrus Music Blog
I am a little late on this rad Cee-Lo (one half of Gnarls Barkley) video featuring beautifully animated type and tons of the F-bomb, but damn it is too good not to post! No wonder it got 1.5 million views in 4 days! The new album The Ladykiller is out Oct. ...
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Appaloosa – "Intimate" (Glass Candy Remix)

Aug 23, 2010, 4:13pm Walrus Music Blog
it's been a while since we last heard or seen any major output from either Appaloosa or Glass Candy, but now the paris/London duo and the Portland duo, respectively, have come together for an stellar remix collaboration, which sounds as electro-disco-tastic as the image above looks. {MP3} Appaloosa - "Intimate" (Glass ...
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Artist:APPALOOSA
Title:01 INTIMATE (GLASS CANDY REMIXXX)
Link Text:Appaloosa - Intimate (Glass Candy Remix)
File Name:01-INTIMATE-GLASS-CANDY-REMIXX X-1.mp3

Watch the Awesome Video For Cee-Lo & 50 Cent's "F**k You" (NSFW)

Aug 23, 2010, 4:12pm Walrus Music Blog
F**K YOU
I am a little late on this rad Cee-Lo (one half of Gnarls Barkley) video featuring beautifully animated type and tons of the F-bomb, but damn it is too good not to post! No wonder it got 1.5 million views in 4 days! The new album The Ladykiller is out Oct. ...
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Raindeer – "Juanita"

Aug 23, 2010, 3:32pm Walrus Music Blog
Here is a sickly sweet tune from new band Raindeer that mixes Elephant 6 and Flaming Lips whimsy with production quality so shiny, you can see yourself in it...smiling. {MP3} Raindeer - "Juanita"
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Artist:Raindeer
Title:Juanita
Link Text:Raindeer - Juanita
File Name:Raindeer_-_Juanita_1.mp3

Bat For Lashes Live Visuals (Video)

Aug 19, 2010, 6:16pm Walrus Music Blog
Check out these awesome animated visuals for a recent Bat For Lashes live performance. They are part of a 20 minute video collaboration for TreatStudios, directed by Robin Bushell and Julia Pott. There needs to be more of this kind of stuff at live shows. (via Kitsune Noir)
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HOW TO: Make Justin Bieber Sound Amazing

Aug 17, 2010, 5:53pm Walrus Music Blog
Simple. Slow down "U Smile" by 800%. Ah, much better. J. BIEBZ - U SMILE 800% SLOWER by Shamantis Jason Pierce eat your heart out. (via Gawker)
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Philly's Sun Airway Signs to Dead Oceans

Aug 16, 2010, 5:58pm Walrus Music Blog
Congrats to Jon and Patrick of Sun Airway for landing a deal with the awesome label Dead Oceans (Bishop Allen, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band)! Their debut album, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, is a must-hear mix of ambient electronics and spacey psychedelia. Get a copy on 10/26 in the ...
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Artist:Here We Go Magic
Title:Casual (Sun Airway remix)
Link Text:Here We Go Magics Casual
File Name:Here We Go Magic - Casual (Sun Airway remix).mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Sun Airway
Title:Oh, Naoko
Link Text:Oh, Naoko
File Name:Sun Airway - Oh, Naoko.mp3
Year:2010

Ann Steel – "My Time" (1979)

Aug 12, 2010, 4:01pm Walrus Music Blog
A quirky favorite of Animal Collective's Avey Tare, this one is a spacey, analogue pop gem written by Italian electronic composer Roberto Cacciapaglia and sung by Ann Steel. {MP3} Ann Steel - "My Time" Read Avey Tare's full post about the tune on Altered Zones.
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Artist:Roberto Cacciapaglia
Title:My Time
Link Text:Ann Steel - My Time
File Name:Ann-Steel-My-Time.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:1979

Review: Hallogallo 2010 (Michael Rother of NEU! and Friends) Live in Philly 8.8.10

Aug 11, 2010, 4:25pm Walrus Music Blog
For those of you who are not familiar with the Krautrock legends, NEU! was formed by Drummer Klaus Dinger and Guitarist Michael Rother in 1971, after they left an early, traditional instrument-based incarnation of Kraftwerk. Their spacey guitars and driving, machine-like rhythm, dubbed "the Motorik beat", served as a blue-print ...
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