Fiveng - "Easy" (The Longest video) from Jamie Harley on Vimeo . I've been playing Fiveng for a while now and he just released a video for one of his newer songs. I think "Jonah" is still the jam for me but "Easy" is nice as well. Fiveng - Jonah Fiveng - Jonah (Star Slinger Remix) Tweet
LCD Soundsystem "Home" from FUNWUNCE on Vimeo . "Home" is one of my very favorite tracks from "This Is Happening." Recently the line "This is the trick, forget a terrible year" has really been resonating with me. You grow up thinking that every year is going to be better than the last until finally you have a bad one and realize that you're not that lucky. That line sort of encapsulates the feelings I've had lately. I spent about 6 weeks sick with various ailments, SLC had a short summer, I'll probably [...]
One of the things I like about this drag micro-genre is that it is really still being defined. I guess like all genres there is deviation but when I listen to Salem, Creep, Balam Acab or †‡† I don't really hear the same things going on. It ranges from super aggressive (almost gabba-y, i.e. †‡†, Salem) to really quite pretty (i.e. Balam Acab, Salem) even if it does have a lurking darkness to it. Gospels are a NYC band that fit into the lighter side of drag (which by the way I think is the version I prefer). It's almost ambient [...]
One of the more aggressive artists in the drag micro-genre, †‡†, has created a brand new mix for LivingEars (and current it is! Kanye's Runaway anyone?). You may recall my initial impression of †‡† which mostly centered around the name and the headaches something like that creates. I had a nice discussion with †‡† about this and I think it was enlightening for both of us. He never realized how difficult it is for people to discuss the project or that the difficulty typing it means no royalties (when someone like me plays it on the radio [...]
Andrew Cedermark (ex Titus Andronicus guitar player) has a new album out called Moon Deluxe. Here is the video to announce that release. I interviewed Cedermark back when LivingEars was at blogspot (RIP!) but unfortunately I lost the transcription and most everything else that was taken down along with the interview. I'm a big fan of this guy's music ( #40 !) and am happy he is putting out an album finally. Andrew Cedermark - Moon Deluxe Tweet
Twin Shadow's "Forget" has quickly become one of my favorite albums of the year. I think my favorite track is "I Can't Wait," but "Castles in the Snow," "Yellow Balloon" and "Forget" are also really strong contenders. There's a strong new wave influence here (the album was produced by Grizzly Bear's Chris Taylor) but that might put Twin Shadow in a box that's just too narrow for the strength of the songwriting and its variety. Just last Friday it was announced he had signed with 4AD. Twin Shadow - I Can't Wait Twin [...]
Devlin - Brainwashed (Salem remix) by Island Records UK Lots of triggered vocals, slowed down of course... still on the hip hop side of things after that These New Puritans remix (which I still like quite a lot). < via > Tweet
Not too many of these tracks are shareable so I recommend checking out the archive... some fun sets in here. Tune into UtahFM every Saturday night 9-10:30 MDT to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show at your convenience for the next two weeks right here . UtahFM is looking for a few good men & women to host shows. If you think you are interesting and others think you are interesting and you have an interesting idea for a show... do something [...]
One of my favorite songs of the year... I've been playing this a lot lately up again Keep Shelly in Athens and Hard Mix. Give it a whirl... Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters Hard Mix - Memories Keep Shelly in Athens - a tear in my i Magic Places - Digital Lightspeed Tweet
Snow And Taxis from Gold Panda on Vimeo . If you like Baths you are going to (and likely already do) love Gold Panda. Here are two from his debut full length "Lucky Shiner" Gold Panda - Snow & Taxis Gold Panda - Same Dream China Here are two from his tour only cdr "Unreleased Medical Journal" Gold Panda - Rush Job Gold Panda - Pt-80 And here are two remixes from [...]
I somehow failed to write this up last week so here it is, a week late... Tune into UtahFM every Saturday night 9-10:30 MDT to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show at your convenience for the next two weeks right here . UtahFM is looking for a few good men & women to host shows. If you think you are interesting and others think you are interesting and you have an interesting idea for a show... do something about it and contact [...]
Imagine you have just a few hours to spend at MoMA, you get there and are subjected to this ridiculous bullshit. This is what happens when you surround yourself with people who do nothing but kiss your ass. You end up thinking everything you do is great. It's the same thing that happened to Eddie Murphy. You start with "Raw" and end up with "Meet Dave," "Daddy Day Care" and "Norbit." At least in Eddie's case you have to make the decision to see those films. Yoko is subjecting innocent art fans to her ridiculous arrogance. This is possibly the [...]
It's kind of wild to think about how much time goes into making a video like this when it will really only be watched by probably 1,000-5,000 fans. Chalk that up to few media outlets still playing videos and our cultures obsession with the latest (anything 3 days old is actually considered old nowadays). This is a really great track that totally stands up on its own but the video provides even more depth to this balance of dark and light. Tweet
Reuse Recycle Remix is a feature where I take remixes that for one reason or another didn't earn their own post or didn't make it on LivingEars Radio. It's been four months since I did this last and this is only a portion of what I had collected for this. I'll likely do another post in a couple of weeks to cover some of the others worth mentioning. Nelly Furtado- Promiscuous (Flying Lotus Remix) LCD Soundsystem- Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix) Balam Acab- See Birds (Coyote [...]
Tune into UtahFM every Saturday night 9-10:30 MDT to catch me spinning (digitally) the latest and greatest... You can listen to a replay of the show at your convenience for the next two weeks right here . UtahFM is looking for a few good men & women to host shows. If you think you are interesting and others think you are interesting and you have an interesting idea for a show... do something about it and contact me. LivingEars Radio 08.21.10 Playlist [...]
Living Ears
No Church In The Wild
CHROMATICS "THESE STREETS WILL NEVER LOOK THE SAME"
Nas - Daughters
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Avicii – Two Million
Yellow Magic Orchestra edit from Chrome Canyon
Beck – I Just Started Hating Some People Today
H&M Lookbook Mujer y Hombre Otoño 2012.
