Blog: Walrus Music Blog

Laurie Anderson's New Album Homeland

Jun 30, 2010, 12:42pm Walrus Music Blog
Laurie Anderson on the Making of "Homeland"
Laurie Anderson's first album in 10 years, the mesmerizing and politically-charged Homeland has been owning my ipod for the past few days. Once again, the electronic music visionary, who reached beyond the avant-garde and into the mainstream with 1980's Big Science, has created a tour-de-force of modern language, bold social ...
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Baking Cookies, Black Metal Style

Jun 28, 2010, 2:54pm Walrus Music Blog
Black Metal Cookies
Deliciously EVIL.
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E.T. Gets Pornographic in Tobacco's Bizarre New Video for "Super Gum"

Jun 25, 2010, 9:57am Walrus Music Blog
Yes, I'm referring to that E.T. Tobacco's buzzy electronic music is the backdrop to a crude piece of footage featuring everyone's favorite long-fingered friend in extremely NSFW situations. This is just wrong on so many levels, but watch it anyway. You know you want to, sicko.
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The Supremes – "L'Amore Verra"/"You Can't Hurry Love" (Italian Version)

Jun 24, 2010, 4:03pm Walrus Music Blog
Not only did Motown Records release some of the most brilliant and timeless pop music in history during its heyday in the '60s, but chief Barry Gordy also had the foresight to have his artists record versions of their hits in various languages. The compilation Motown Around the World: ...
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Watch Electronic Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen Talk Sounds and Human Evolution

Jun 23, 2010, 3:17pm Walrus Music Blog
Stockhausen on 'sounds', 1972
Groundbreaking composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, one of the earliest to use electronics, gave an interesting lecture entitled "Four Criteria of Electronic Music" at the Oxford Union at Oxford University in 1972. Check out these two excerpts from the lecture where Stockhausen highlights the anatomy of electronic sound (first video) and speaks ...
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This Thursday In Philly: The Live Debut of Sun Airway

Jun 22, 2010, 2:28pm Walrus Music Blog
Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier, the debut album from one of Philly's most promising new bands, Sun Airway, will hopefully see the light of day within the year. For now you can (and should) catch the live premiere of their blissful and layered electronic pop at Johnny Brendas in Philly ...
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Artist:Sun Airway
Title:Put the Days Away
Link Text:Sun Airway - Put the Days Away
File Name:08-Put-the-Days-Away.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sun Airway
Title:Waiting on You
Link Text:Sun Airway - Waiting On You
File Name:05-Waiting-on-You.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Scientists Record The Sounds of the Sun…

Jun 22, 2010, 11:00am Walrus Music Blog
Heavenly solar music
and despite the video's title, it sounds like pure EVIL. This is my new ringtone! "Scientists at Sheffield University in the U.K. have just released what amounts to a recording of what you would hear if you could stand inside the solar corona — the upper layer of the sun's atmosphere ...
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David Bowie – "V-2 Schneider" (1977)

Jun 21, 2010, 4:58pm Walrus Music Blog
David Bowie V-2 Schneider
In reference to the German V-2 rocket and Kraftwerk's Florian Schneider, Bowie and Eno penned this progressive, faux-electronic tune "V-2 Schneider" for Bowie's classic 1977 album Heroes. The ghostly vocal refrain begins as nothing more than a texture, blending in seamlessly with wailing saxophones and a military/motorik beat, but eventually ...
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Video: MGMT Covers The Clean's "Anything Could Happen"

Jun 21, 2010, 4:27pm Walrus Music Blog
The Clean - Anything Could Happen (studio)
MGMT may have released a rather lackluster new album, but one thing is for sure, the guys have good taste. Case in point, this nice live cover of "Anything Could Happen" on radio station CD101 -- originally written and recorded by '80s New Zealand indie giants The Clean. Check ...
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New Song From Blonde Redhead – "Here Sometimes"

Jun 18, 2010, 1:42pm Walrus Music Blog
Here's a new beautifully atmospheric tune from one of the best bands around. {MP3} Blonde Redhead - "Here Sometimes"
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Artist:Blonde Redhead
Title:Here Sometimes
Link Text:Blonde Redhead - Here Sometimes
File Name:heresometimes.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2010

Check Out The Golden Filter This Saturday @ Kung Fu Necktie

Jun 17, 2010, 10:53am Walrus Music Blog
NYC duo The Golden Filter will be bringing their Moroder-infused disco beats and lush vocals to Kung Fu Necktie this Saturday night and I do recommend that you catch them. Their performance at this year's SXSW Urban Back lot party was one of the highlights for me at the fest. ...
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Artist:The Golden Filter
Title:Hide Me
Link Text:The Golden Filter - Hide Me
File Name:01-Hide-Me.mp3
Year:2010

Watch Broken Social Scene Perform "Texico Bitches" on Jimmy Fallon

Jun 16, 2010, 2:57pm Walrus Music Blog
Broken Social Scene on Fallon
The best song from their new album Forgiveness Rock Record.
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Crocodiles – "Sleep Forever"

Jun 15, 2010, 10:29am Walrus Music Blog
I wasn't crazy about the Crocodiles debut Summer of Hate, but this new shoegaze/pop single, with its cleaner production and tighter songwriting, is giving me a big reason to be excited about these guys. {MP3} Crocodiles - "Sleep Forever"
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Artist:Crocodiles
Title:Sleep Forever
Link Text:Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
File Name:Crocodiles-Sleep-Forever.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps

Neu! – "Crazy" (1986) (Previously Unreleased)

Jun 14, 2010, 1:48pm Walrus Music Blog
Neu!, the 70s/'80s German duo made up of former Kraftwerk members Klaus Dinger (deceased) and Michael Rother, made proto-punk, proto-trance music for a mechanical, yet gritty utopia. Their 3 albums - Neu!, Neu! 2 and Neu! '75 gave birth to the hypnotic "motorik beat" (a simple, repetitive groove that Brian ...
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Watch David Byrne's TED Talk: "How Architecture Helped Music Evolve"

Jun 11, 2010, 2:04pm Walrus Music Blog
In February of this year, former frontman of Talking Heads, David Byrne, issued a very compelling talk for TED.com about the connection between music and architecture throughout history: "As his career grew, David Byrne went from playing CBGB to Carnegie Hall. He asks: Does the venue make the music? ...
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Watch The Roots + Ice Cube Perform "Straight Outta Compton" On Fallon

Jun 11, 2010, 11:43am Walrus Music Blog
Check out this rendition of NWA's classic "Straight Outta Compton" during a commercial break on The Jimmy Fallon Show recently. Sounds great! (via YANP)
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The Stupid Set – "Hello, I Love You" (Doors Cover) (1981)

Jun 8, 2010, 10:19am Walrus Music Blog
the stupid set hello I love you
What would Jim Morrison say? Find out more about Italy's The Stupid Set on 7" From the Underground.
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Wild Nothing – "Chinatown"

Jun 7, 2010, 9:51am Walrus Music Blog
I won't try to use bullshit new genre terms to describe this one from Wild Nothing, the new project by Virginia's Jack Tatum. Instead, I'll just say that this is the kind of song you would want to hear as soon as the rain starts to fall. {MP3} Wild Nothing ...
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Link Text:Wild Nothing - Chinatown
File Name:Wild-Nothing-Chinatown.mp3

Epic Video Clip From '80s Detroit Dance Show "The Scene"

Jun 4, 2010, 12:03pm Walrus Music Blog
Changing Of The Guard
Start your weekend off right with this video clip from '80s Detroit dance show "The Scene", featuring songs from Changing Of The Guard, Master C&J, Santos and Freestyle with their classic "It's Automatic". You just died and went to rollerskating heaven.
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Oval – "Ah!"

Jun 3, 2010, 4:37pm Walrus Music Blog
Markus Popp's laptop project Oval has been dormant for the past 10 years, but this year the master of glitch music is returning to the project with a more musical direction. The mixing of natural and synthetic sounds, this track, from the new EP Oh and future album O, is ...
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Artist:Oval
Title:Ah!
Link Text:Oval - Ah!
File Name:02-Ah-1.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
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