Another feel-good song for you as the year comes to a close you get to reflect on all the fortune you've experienced in the past twelve months and the potential that awaits in the coming twelve. Creating indie folk pop is Thao with the Get Down Stay Down , who released their fourth LP, Know Better Learn Faster , this past October. This San Fransisco trio is fronted by Thao Nguyen (yes, TB, an Asian), who has a knack for fashioning infectious pop numbers in both solo and band-based settings. Enjoy. Thao with the [...]
Some of my favorite bands are what I'd call "sleepers;" the ones that put out an album or two and disappeared or have silently compiled a respectable discography without any real widespread acclaim or just release a solid album and, for whatever reason, go largely unnoticed. Although it's early, as their debut LP, Weathervanes , doesn't come out in physical form until March 2010, Freelance Whales haven't really been catching the traction that other bubbling indie acts get. For instance, Washed Out blew up with just two mp3s on his MySpace page back in the [...]
Tuesday, December 22 : KiD CuDi performs "Pursuit of Happiness" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC) Although CuDi's lyrics are nothing too spectacular and we've all seen better technical emceeing ability from other rappers, it's undeniable that the guy knows what he's doing. He puts together memorable melodies, pushes the envelope with his production choices, and knows how to create feel-good music. Saturday, December 20 : Arcade Fire performs songs from Neon Bible [...]
Don't be afraid of the ruthless killing machine , Boy & Bear are here to make you feel safe. The Sydney quartet is currently only ciruculating 2 tracks from their upcoming EP, but damn they're good. Lead singer David Hosking's vocals have the depth of David Gray and the occasional slipperiness of a young Jeff Tweedy . Made up of four former lead singers, Boy & Bear are never lacking in harmony and have the indie pop sensibilities of fellow folk crooners Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver. I'm very excited to see [...]
Combining the Appalachian harmonies of Fleet Foxes with a country twang and sparser instrumentation, Mountain Man is a female trio from Vermont that has gained notoriety for their self-titled debut release this year. One might expect to hear this number from the rocking chaired porch of some backwoods cabin on a day where there's a few red and orange semblances of autumn left but the nip of wind serves as a reminder of winter's imminence. Although they are yet to really reach widespread indie recognition, it's only a matter of time before a portmanteau is coined [...]
A perfectly uplifting song for your post-Christmas doldrums, "Boy Lilikoi" is by Sigur Rós guitarist and vocalist Jónsi . Unlike his post-rock outfit's penchant for Hopelandic, a gibberish version of Icelandic that is utilizes the voice as an instrument rather than a means of delivering lyrics, Jónsi as a solo artist sings in English. However, the watery, ethereal quality to the music that defines Sigur Rós is maintained here, which results in a pop number that boast a distinct post-rock sensibility. Expect this as track number four of Jónsi's upcoming solo debut, Go , which will [...]
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After you have basked in the mind shitting glory of the '97 Glastonbury show, let us give your mind a bit of a rest. Indie club banger and XBOX 360 ad soundtrack, The Big Pink's, "Dominos" will transition you perfectly from a sugar cookie induced Christmas coma to the absurdity of your coming New Years endeavors. Muzjiks is here to help. Muzjiks cares. The Big Pink: "Dominos" Listen Buy [...]
Beginning with a "Nude" -like vocal wash until it explodes into a battery of crashing guitars one minute and forty seconds in, Liars ' "Scissor" comes from the band's upcoming 2010 release, Sisterworld . After this electric eruption, the watery harmonizing returns and the song slows down again for the second verse until, to finish the track off with a bang, the cacophonous array of instruments thundering along returns. This quiet-loud-quiet-loud structuring is perhaps a nod to the innovators of this technique, the Pixies , but regardless of wherever the influences came from, what's for sure [...]
It should've been a disaster. Rain had been falling for days, turning the festival grounds into a muddy mess. The monitors weren't functioning, so the band couldn't hear a thing. Many of the concertgoers had already up and left because of the miserable conditions. But when headliners Radiohead took the Pyramid stage on that Saturday night of June 28, 1997, they gave the music world a concert for the ages. Armed with songs primarily from The Bends and OK Computer , which had been released just some two weeks prior, Thom and the gang delivered what a [...]
You've probably noticed that things have been under construction around here lately, with backgrounds shifting and color schemes switching and just general layout mayhem, but DJ TB and I have settled down now with a new design that we're rather satisfied with. It takes a more minimalist approach so that we can offer a cleaner, more professional looking product. Moreover, there have been several additions that you may notice in the sidebars. Let me take a minute to outline the changes that have been made... in attempt to establish a more minimalist and eye-pleasing look, the [...]
As you may recall, the other day, DJ TB posted up some great news that Radiohead will officially be heading back to the studio in January for work on LP8. Today, I found a Rolling Stone interview with Ed O'Brien, who seems to be the fans' biggest ally in terms of finding out information regarding the band's In Rainbows followup. Dated December 21st, the article contains a handful of informative bits, including... "In terms of the band, we feel way more empowered in terms of our art and what we're doing. We [...]
A shout out to friend of Muzjiks, The Colored Commentator. "Just Begun" looks to be the first leaked track from Reflection Eternal's second LP, Revolutions Per Minute . The breezy horn sample and the impenetrable flow of MC Talib Kweli is something we've come to expect from the all-star duo. Look out for the new LP in February 2010. Reflection Eternal: "Just Begun" Buy Reflection Eternal's Train of Thought UPDATE: Thanks from a [...]
Boasting echo-laden singing with occasional harmonies in the vein of Grizzly Bear , a Daniel Howie -style vocal overdrive in the chorus, and a "The Funeral" -esque guitar line that crescendos into the chorus and diminishes for the verses, today's Song of the Day comes from a solo side project of Jonathan Visger of the My Old Kentucky Blog darlings, Mason Proper . According to Visger's Twitter , this track was something he " spontaneously decided to quietly release," which is a good [...]
Scottish eletronic music duo Boards of Canada have been consistently releasing psychedelic, ambient soundscapes since the mid-1980s and have influenced virtually any act that utilizes electronics (yes, including Radiohead). Taking three years to make, 2005's The Campfire Headphase is a meticulously-crafted album that contains today's Song of the Day, the dreamy "Dayvan Cowboy." Accompanying this otherworldly piece is its appropriately surreal music video, which compiles footage of military figure Joe Kittinger's famous parachute jump from 19.5 miles above the earth and surfer Laird Hamilton's masterful handling of the waves. Enjoy both the video and the mp3 [...]
If you recall, I did a post a while back about Miami Horror 's "Sometimes," the beat used in Mike Posner 's "You Don't Have to Leave." Well, the other day when I had my iPod on shuffle, what I thought was "One Foot Out the Door," the title track intro to Posner's most recent mixtape, turned out to be The xx 's "Intro" to their self-titled debut. Not having listened to The xx in quite some time, the fact that Posner had used the beat of this London quartet of [...]
Blending two of the biggest dance tracks of this generation is DJ Immuzikation . By mashing up MGMT 's "Time to Pretend" and Daft Punk 's "One More Time," Immuzikation effectively creates the perfect storm of party music. Occasionally, DJs put together mashups and manipulate the original songs so much that their original charm is lost; here, the strength of "Time to Pretend" and "One More Time" are allowed to function rather unadulterated, which is why the mashup works so well. So check below for a link to a definite contender for your [...]
2009 was the year of Animal Collective . Bookending the final year of this decade with two phenomenal releases in Merriweather Post Pavilion and Fall Be Kind , the band is clearly functioning at a creative peak. Now, at the end of the year, the band is more or less the unanimous pick for every end-of-year top 10 list of albums and singles with tracks like "My Girls" and "What Would I Want? Sky" populating the latter. To better understand the origins of the standout track of December's Fall Be Kind release, here's [...]
I figured I'd post a Song of the Day that acknowledges in some capacity the holiday season, although I warn you, this is not what you'd expect... Put together in a Give Up by the Postal Service kind of fashion, Rip the Jacker by underground rapper Canibus began as a cappellas of him rapping and then were sent away to Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind (of Jedi Mind Tricks fame) to be coupled with Stoupe's incredible beats. Widely considered one of Canibus's [...]
We're bringin' it all the way back to 1971 for today's Song of the Day, the year when Led Zeppelin released IV , Jim Morrison was taken from us far too soon, Lennon's "Imagine" tore up the charts, and Tupac Shakur was born. As legend has it, the guitar solo on this track was inspired by a LSD-tripping George Clinton imploring Funkadelic guitarist Eddie Hazel to play the first half of the song like his mother had just died and the second half as if he had just discovered [...]
Playing archetypal indie rock with a folk tinge, matt pond PA of Philadelphia creates music that is very much in the same mode as Wilco , Ted Leo and the Pharmacists , and Blind Pilot . At the helm is frontman Matt Pond who adds a distinct sincerity to each song with his impassioned—albeit rather rough-around-the-edges—croon . From the band's 2005 release, Several Arrows Later , is "So Much Trouble," an upbeat tune that combines these characteristic vocals with gravity-inducing strings, autumnal lyrics, [...]
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