paul mccartney - "temporary secretary" (download) A huge departure from the McCartney music that everyone knows. "Temporary Secretary" is an upbeat, weird electronic track that'll get stuck in your head for days. McCartney II is his third solo album, and the first since the formation of Wings in 1971. It was released in 1980, a year before the band's dissolution and while their future lay in limbo. The album is a significant departure for McCartney, as much of the album relies heavily on synthesizers [...]
myron & e (w/ the soul investigators) - "cold game" (download) The Bay Area's Myron & E really have a winner with this one. "Cold Game" pays tribute to the classic soul we all know and love. Backed by Finland's Soul Investigators, Myron & E lay down some smooth, incredibly catchy vocals for you to sing along to. This was recently released by Timmion as a 7", which can be purchased via Dusty Groove here . Seperately, they've worked with my artists from Quannum, Bicasso of Living [...]
logan lynn - "feed me to the wolves" (download) from Logan's bio: "If the Land of Misfit Toys elected a team of cultural ambassadors, Logan Lynn would be its poet laureate. In Portland's pulsating music scene, he occupies a singular position- an emo prophet with a penchant for electronic beats, preaching the Good Word to drug-damaged crybabies. [...]
ned - "soapbopper" (download) Oakland's Ned is a band. A product of the generation of missing identity. The attention deficit generation. Why be stuck with one instrument? Why be pinned on one genre? Ned decides to not decide. Which brings us to the tricky part; how does Ned keep from becoming one big audible disaster? Who knows, but they have managed to create a sound that is completely their own, and even trickier, they've made it listenable. [...]
evil nine (feat. el-p) - "all the cash (glitch mob remix)" (download) myspace buy it
I couldn't resist. Seems like he's been gone as long as this blog. Too funny not to post. via Pigeons & Planes
camden crew - "summer kicks" (download) It's a beautiful, summery day here in San Francisco. Seems fitting to post a track with "summer" in the title. The legendary Camden Crew, from the B-Boy Records collection "The Masterworks".
das racist - "combination pizza hut & taco bell (wallpaper. remix)" (download) Das Racist is a weed edge/hare krishna hard core/art rap/freak folk music duo based in Brooklyn, New York, comprised of Queens-born Himanshu Kumar and San Francisco-born Victor Vazquez. The two met at Bard Art College in Massachusetts, where Victor was Himanshu's resident advisor in a "students of color for social justice" themed freshman year dormitory. The original version of this track made it on Dan Deacon's "10 Poorly [...]
johnny polygon - "that's you" Johnny Polygon grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma attending Booker T. Washington, Central, and Project 12 High Schools (all of which he was kicked out of); Hung out in Woodward and Zink parks all the while practicing his breakdance and rapping skills. Eventually performing at Cain's Ballroom and The Venue and sharing stages with Gabe Real and Jacob Fred Jazz Oddessy. [...]
boy eats drum machine - "demonic with horns" Boy Eats Drum Machine is native Portlander, Jon Ragel . As a turntablist and energetic one-man musical act, Ragel spins breaks and surgically inserts sounds while juggling vocals, percussion, and saxophone. Check out his one-of-a-kind, unique artwork choices for the vinyl version of this release [...]
thee more shallows - "night at the knight school (meanest man contest remix) "
So, as you can probably tell by the lack of posts this week, I'm kind of taking a little "mini vacation". I'm heading out of town today, and I've been pretty busy the last few days. Instead of putting mediocre tracks up just for the sake of putting something up, I've decided to not really post much this week. Things will be back to normal starting on Monday. Thanks for paying attention.
MINUTEMEN minutemen - "vietnam " From allmusic.com: If What Makes a Man Start Fires ? was a remarkable step forward from the Minutemen 's promising debut album, The Punch Line , then Double Nickels on the Dime was a quantum leap into greatness, a sprawling 44-song set that was as impressive as it was ambitious. [...]
KEVIN LEE (SEKSU ROBA) kevin lee live theremin video (qt video) after seeing this live, i had to track down footage to share with people. thanks to kevin, i acquired a dvd of a live performance kevin's band (los angeles-based seksu roba ) did in japan. watching kevin play the theremin is like nothing you've ever seen. [...]
GARY NUMAN gary numan - "metal" alright, i know i posted gary numan here before...well, it was actually tubeway army , so i'm in the clear. i've been listening to this album for years, and it's still just as great as when i first heard it. amazingly, this album was released in 1979! so far ahead of its time. pretty much every song on this [...]
KID 606 kid 606 - "start" from one of his more mellow releases " the soccer girl ep ". the opening track. a calmer kid606 . great packaging as usual.
The Lil' Markie clip is now hosted over at WFMU'S BEWARE OF THE BLOG . Big thanks to Station Manager Ken for hooking up the server space. My little blog couldn't handle such heavy traffic. The full video (in 4 parts) should be up within the next week. Pea recently encoded it, so it's just a matter of time. Thanks to everyone for paying attention. Within 2 days, this clip has been downloaded over 4000 times. It is now available on [...]
So, the Lil' Markie video is down for now. So much traffic that we lost our original host, and the second host exceeded bandwidth. To the best of my knowledge, WFMU's Beware of the Blog (one of the best blogs around), should be hosting it at some point today, so keep checking there. At some point, we may have them host the entire video. Within 2 days, this clip has been downloaded over 4000 times. It is now available on iFILM.com, and the morning radio show "Opie & Anthony" want to [...]
CLOVIS HEALD clovis heald - "slipping" the beautiful opening track from clovis heald 's brand new, hand-made & hand-distributed self-titled cd, filled with 8 moody, catchy and mellow songs. a super-talented guy. look out for a 7" ep from he & i in the coming months.
PLASTIQ PHANTOM plastiq phantom - "fly" from their self-titled debut on imputor? records . i honestly don't know a whole lot about these guys. is it a band? is it one person? i think they're from washington. my friend shaun hipped me to them, but didn't tell me a whole lot, and their website and label website doesn't give much actual information on them. if you know anything, please feel free [...]
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Avicii - "Two Million" (MP3 Download)
