The Voxtrot story thus far: released a couple of really promising EPs early on (2005/06), recorded and released a very un-promising full length via Beggarsgroup (2007)... 2009:...drops new single called Trepanation Party which takes a slightly different approach than their previous work. Includes synth (which doesn't sound very good), a more dramatic sound and a pretty great vocal. Vocals were always my favorite part of this band so the song works me... just don't like the keyboard sound. Voxtrot - Trepanation Party Voxtrot - Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives [...]
It's been a while since the last radio remix sesh so there is a bunch of stuff I want to share. These three remixes are pretty great. The U2 remix loses my favorite part of the original though which is kind of weird because I think the rest of the song kind of sucks... this remix improves on the original for sure. U2 - Get On Your Boots (Crookers Remix) Peter Bjorn & John - Lay it Down (The [...]
I know 1901 has been posted everywhere but the song is really great and I want to make sure you've heard it. Love Like a Sunset is one of my favorites from the album; these long sunny songs are right up my alley. Too Young is from the Lost In Translation soundtrack (possible my favorite film ever, def top 5). Phoenix - 1901 Phoenix - Love Like a Sunset [...]
Get this now. Right now this album is my favorite release of 2k9! This is insane music. It's looped and looped and looped again, often building an entire song out of what sounds like just a handful of short clips. It is very difficult to pick a favorite track to play because this is one of the few albums that I think really works better as a whole. These days, a great album , as opposed to a great track is really quite rare. [...]
We used to dream, now we worry about dying. I don't want to worry about dying, I just want to worry about those sunshine girls. Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
We used to dream, now we worry about dying. I don't want to worry about dying, I just want to worry about sunshine & girls. Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire
The new Grizzly Bear album, Veckatimest, leaked on Monday. The quality isn't the best and the band hopes you will wait and base your opinion on the sonically superior version. Me? I couldn't wait. I've already placed my preorder for the vinyl, and I also ordered a poster that is awesome (pictured below, get yours here ). Knife is the song that really got these guys noticed back in 2006; give it a listen and you will get an idea for what this band is about. [...]
Hot off the press I bring you LivingEars Podcast Volume Seven, the first podcast of 2k9 and the blogoverse is already stuffed with some pretty ridiculously great music... Animal Collective, Beirut, Fever Ray, Wavves, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart... the list goes on. Playlist is in the comments. There is a little secret stuffed into this one... LivingEars Podcast Volume Seven (Right Click to Save As or click HERE [...]
Editor's Note: I blog therefore I am. I received a notice from the IFPI which I have posted in the comments. I really have no idea why they would report this post to Blogger. The two mp3's I featured below are widely available on elbo.ws, hype machine, pitchfork etc... This album leaked yesterday but I am not a leak blog. I did not post the full album nor will I ever. I [...]
So I posted that Kanye vid yesterday and wanted to follow up on a couple things... I read that the next Kanye single is going to be Amazing but they were already working on a video for the follow up single which is set to be Welcome to Heartbreak. Since there was another vid making the rounds that used the same technique as the Heartbreak video Kanye felt they needed to drop it now. So they did. Well today I figured out what the 'other video using the same technique' was. It's Chairlift! You might remember [...]
Directed by Nabil from nabil elderkin on Vimeo . Kanye is great.
(Vid via P4K TV ) Titus Andronicus have made a tour video! I'm not exactly sure what the plans are here; there is a one minute trailer version floating around so I'm not sure if this is the entire video or if they are going to be putting out something even more in depth than this. I certainly hope so because this video goes from Denver to San Fran and skips the once-in-a-lifetime-because-I-w as-the-sole-attendee show that I got to witness. I don't remember the band breaking out the vid cam that night though so there probably [...]
Click the pic to get the full view. Something to ponder while you stare at that picture for three minutes and three seconds: Sex Pistols - Bodies
Photo via surfgoth . The band is Wavves, the album is Wavvves and you will probably hate both. I've been into Wavves for a couple of months now and since discovering them (mostly just a him, San Diego's Nathan Williams) I have been able to find at least a couple of new songs each week. The songs are coated with such a thick sludge of distortion that it takes multiple listens to catch what is really happening at the [...]
You might remember our coverage of Lemonade back in Volume Five . The Mashepest mix (done by a 17 year old kid from the UK!) was one of the greatest remixes I heard last year. It seems enough people picked up on the Lemonade craze that their label, True Panther (also home to Girls who had one of my favorite songs of 2k8 with Hellhole Ratrace ), decided to put together a remixtape... and give it away for FREE! Lemonade - Real Slime (Mashepest Remix) [...]
February 20, 2004, Pantages Theatre - Minneapolis, MN M. Ward, fine. Jim James, cool. Conor Oberst, inspired and inspiring. This whole show is pretty good overall, it feels very intimate and personal and the recording is quite nice if a little quiet. Good is good but the Conor Oberst solo stuff is something else, something special, something great. Typically the live versions of the songs from I'm Wide Awake feel like they are missing something because they are, Emmylou Harris. This performance is not [...]
There is a spot for Revolutionary Road running pretty much all over every channel that I quite like. The scenes are very intense and moody and this sparse Nick Drake tune that runs throughout is a great complement. I always wanted to place music for TV and Film. So if you know a guy who knows a guy (or girl)... Nick Drake - Know You might remember a VW commercial from years back (for the Cabrio) that generated a lot of buzz and actually single-handedly [...]
It is important to remember that today’s ‘most connected’ music fans use the internet to judge what are the most relevant+progressive bands/brands. In the musicsphere, there are a few key tastemakers of different scales, and most of them have aligned to tell you that Animal Collective is relevant+progressive+transcend ent. Keep in mind that the most relevant members of culture exist solely on the internet and can only value what is valued on the internet. Which band/meme/topic generates the most blog posts? Which 1 generates the most comments? Which 1 gets the most praise/transcends snark+hype resentment? So I’m [...]
After 6 months of bringing some of the best music of the year it is now time to recognize the top songs that made 2008 great. These are the 10 songs I kept going back to over and over, the 10 songs that have forever made their mark on 2008 and definitely some of the songs I'll be going back to the most throughout 2009. 1. The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer 2. Titus Andronicus - Upon Viewing Brueghel's "Landscape With the Fall of Icarus" [...]
If you follow the site and the podcasts much of this list may not come as a surprise, I've been talking about these bands since we launched and have featured songs from most of these albums in a podcast (or two!). You'd be doing yourself a favor by purchasing any of these albums, Titus and No Age for that young punk in all of us, Okkervil River for those times we need to feel inspired, Sebastien Tellier for when we need to set the mood and The Hold Steady for the aging (slightly!) punk in all of us. [...]
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Noteworthy (Stream): Kanye West – Black Skinhead (SNL Performance)
Watch Fred Armisen’s SNL farewell with Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon, J Mascis, Aimee Mann
Hudson Mohawke collaborates with Kanye West on new single
