Blog: The Color Awesome!

We've been hinting on what we're excited about in 2012, And Seattle's Stephanie is right at the top of the list.  Tomorrow night at Neumo's will be another chance to believe the deserved hype around these guys.  They'll be playing songs from their upcoming One Glove mini-album, produced by another fellow on the bill, the [...]

Thanks to our friend Christian, this was the first piece of media I payed attention to today.  It's Gondry-esque and will surely slap a smile on your face.  I've always been a fan of Cornelius from Japan.  In the heydaze of Stereolab and St. Etienne Cornelius fit in nicely with his quirky, boundary stretching pop [...]

David Bowie is THE ultimate icon.  He didn't split from a famous band to to further his name, no one discovered him, the guy just landed here.  Hurray for talented alien life!  Happy Birthday, Starman. This video was finally unearthed in late December.  It was recorded on a Wednesday, and aired on a Thursday in [...]

I was so excited to find a prerelease of The new Twilight Sad CD yesterday in my inbox. I'm loving their evolving sound, especially the 802s Factory-esque synths. I'm hoping Phil might right up a full album review soon, but in the meantime, you'll find a link to my favorite track, "Another Bed" after the [...]

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If I were moving to a remote island and I could have only one source of new music, I'd choose Criznittle's Indie/Rock Playlist. Here's the track listing and torrent links to the current Indie/Rock Playlist: January 2012. If we had interns, we'd have them toll away the hours by linking each of the band names [...]

The Go-Go's were my first favorite band.  I was nuts about Beauty and the Beat and I drove my Mom crazy with it.  My first favorite band soon lead into my first pop music magazine, first poster in bedroom, first concert, etc.  My room, including my ceiling was top to bottom, left to right Go-Go's.  [...]

So there was this thing on facebook today where I was asked to find out the number one song from the week I was born.  I already knew the answer, because it's ALWAYS been a song related to my birthdate.  My parents had pretty decent taste in music, and I've always credited our drives to [...]

We've tried them, and have to admit it - year end lists kind of suck. But then, we have a blog and we feel like we should at least try to recap the year, hopefully with a nod to the future. It's easy to gush about our favorite things, but hard to have to rank [...]

While we wait to see what Scissor Sisters have hiding up their hemline (their new album explodes in February,) here's a crazy video I can't make any sense of.  That's not to say it's bad - this track is bangin' and completely different from their usual ABBA meets Elton John jams.  This is quite a [...]

It's January 2nd, and I've already been treated to a few new tracks (more later.)  But this one is a belated Christmas gift!  My personal album favorite from last year is Destroyer's Kaputt.  Its production value sounded like a Prefab Sprout or Tears For Fears record; something from the mid-802s.  And not only does Dan [...]

Merry Christmas! We've made it to Christmas Day here on our own version of the Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. I was wondering what I might come up with for our final day. I [...]

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. O Tannenbaum - Wooden Shjips

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Moon Duo - Silver Bells

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. I'll Be Home For Christmas - Bob Dylan Gruff and grumbly, I really love Dylan's bluesy take on this Christmas classic. Ic ouldn't [...]

Here's the December 17th installment of the Sirius XMU Download 15 playlist. Jake Fogelnest picks 'em and plays 'em, and I find 'em and post 'em. A match made in heaven. Sorry for the lack of links this week. Christmas has me quite busy... We also keep a complete Download 15 Archive. Full track list [...]

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Sleigh Ride - Suggs Everybody needs a bit of ska in their Christmas mix! Here's a bright and bubbly version of Sleigh Ride [...]

We'll likely be posting our own best of lists for 2011, but I thought it would be great to pick off the 2011 best of lists with Criznittle's "Indie/Rock Playlist: Best Of 2011." Enjoy! Indie/Rock Playlist: Best Of 2011 Torrent Download: http://www.demonoid.me/files/d ownload/2810540/00854232143 Various Artists - Indie/Rock Playlist: Best Of (2011)----------------------- Artist...............: Various ArtistsAlbum................: Indie/Rock Playlist: [...]

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Christmas Don't Be Late - Catwalk Been a long, long time- almost a whole year, in fact- since we've heard a single jangly [...]

• Catwalk - Catwalk_-_Christmas_Dont_Be_Late_Alvin__the_Chipmunks_Cover.mp3

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. White Nights - Golden Filter Here is a twinkling cover of Psychic TV’s creepy ’80s Christmas lullaby “White Nights,” which cribs some of [...]

Here's our own version of an Indie Advent Calendar. I love Christmas music and I love covers, so our 2011 The Color Awesome Advent Calendar will give you 25 yummy Christmas covers. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Death Cab for Cutie