The ladies of the Steam Co. love our dogs. Katie lives with pups Diane and Coco, and Alyssa with Ms. Winnie. In addition to her Ms. W., Alyssa has been sitting for her two nieces for the past few days, bringing her doggie total to an unmanageable 3. No matter how much we love them, this week has drawn to a close with the conclusion that more than two woofers in an apartment are just too many, especially for just one gal. To the end of Alyssa's dogsitting days and in honor of the pups we [...]
The Steam Co. gals love a good roadtrip, and luckily so do many of our By Request readers. This mix comes to you courtesy of Steam Co. friend Mackenzie, who is heading from the middle/west to the west coast with her pop next weekend. Enjoy the drive! "Beach Boys - Good Vibrations" "Dirty Gold - California Sunrise" "Local Natives - Sun Hands" "Bright Eyes - Another Travelin' Song" "Joni Mitchell - California" [...]
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Sometimes we're only human. We're busy and sick, and we don't to a request from one of you fine folks. Our apologies - but we are only human. But if you have a request, we're ready to start on it now, so email us (blog@thesteamco.com) and we'll start working on it before life gets in the way. In between thesis writing and coughs. Because sometimes we're human, and we know you are too. "Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything" "Rilo Kiley - I Never" "Sparkle [...]
On Monday it felt like spring, and looking out the window it was worse - it looked like summer. So it only makes sense that it's time for insatiable craving for surf music to kick in. Enter new favorite Oregon Bike Trails. Lo-Fi, very sweet-sounding band out of Santa Monica California, only has a few tracks up on their bandcamp , but they are showing a lot of promise. Check out these two tracks below. "Oregon Bike Trails - Swimsuit" "Oregon Bike Trails - Deep Sea Diver [...]
A few weeks back a Steam Co reader said they were so overjoyed with their new MacBook Pro that it deserved its own mix. But one day you're in - the next day you're out, when it comes to Project Runway, and the world computers, supercomputers and microchips. The day Katie got her iPhone - she was thrilled. While her iPhone still works fine - that was TWO iPhones ago. And Alyssa was thrilled to recieve her MacBook, back in 2007. Now she just dreams of much prettier MacBook Pro. So for those few moments when you are leading [...]
Someone passed along some tracks from The Joy Formidable to me recently - but before I could dive in they started popping up on my favorite blogs, the radio on my sad car stereo, and friends' gchat messages. So if you're not into it yet, maybe it's time that you check them out yourself. "The Joy Formidable - The Magnifying Glass" "The Joy Formidable - Austere" xoxo, alyssa
The Steam Co. is lucky to have some pretty awesome friends (just like you, loyal reader and accidental, happy passer-by!) - and our lady Di is one of those. This acclaimed brow guru (really! check her out in NY Mag's best of NYC here ) takes her fabulous self to the Upper East side each morning, and asked us for some help get her ready for Brooklyn on her subway ride home. Here's to you Di - it's quittin' time: Welcome back to the BK! "Beastie Boys - No Sleep Til' Brooklyn" [...]
It's the weekend of SXSW. Maybe you're there, like Katie, soaking up the good music, having a lonestar and rubbing elbows with other music-lovers. But you might not be there, like Alyssa, who is instead about to run for the border, (literally.) Either way, the requests came in from several Steam Co readers, and their request was epic: GIVE ME SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST they said. And so it was. "Smith Westerns - Perfect in My Mind" "Ellie Goulding - Lights" "Lower Dens - Blue [...]
This week's BY REQUEST comes to us from The Steam Co.'s friend Anthony, who has spent a week in the office having 90's song off's with his co-workers. And winning. Here's to you, dear sir, and to your hopes and dreams of 90's DJ domination. We miss the decade just like you do, and even more than VH1. "The Spice Girls - Wannabe" "Oasis - Wonderwall" "Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit" "P.Diddy and the Family [...]
TRANSLATON : WE'RE IN FRANCE, BITCHES. This week, the Steam Co.'s friend Sam is visiting another Steam Co. friend, Pete, in Brest, France. Holla! They need some kickin' tunes to get them through the weekend. Boys, salut! "Pomegranaates - Between Two Dreams" "Alfa Rococo - Chasser le malheur" "Sufjan Stevens - He Woke Me Up Again" "Cults - Go Outside" "The Promise Ring [...]
Sometimes its TGIF, and other times it's thank fucking god. It's finally Friday, the respite from whatever hell we've dealt with since Monday. Chris, our by request requester this week, is totally fed up with his week, so here is to Friday: the time when we get take off the work clothes, put on our party pants, and have a fucking drink. "Generationals - Trust" "Cut Copy - Take Me Over" "Kym Mazelle - Young Hearts" "Marina & The Diamonds - [...]
This sleepy, lovely, mellow, calm-inducing track found my internets and climbed my playlist. Though I don't know a lot yet about Chloe Makes Music, or it's contributor, Christopher Chu - if her album ends up being this good, it will surely be a winner. Take a listen to the track below. "Chloe Makes Music feat. Christopher Chu - The Duel" xoxo, alyssa
The new song from Foster the People has me really excited. It's the first song of 2011 that I want to listen to on repeat. It's off the band's first, self-titled EP - with hopefully a full-length on the way soon. Best yet, they recently released an accompanying video which is equally as carefree. Enjoy both below. "Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks" xoxo, alyssa
James Blake has been popping up all over the place - and there is a reason, apparently the dude is fucking awesome. Cheers James Blake and your awesomeness! Recently, he covered the Joni Mitchell tune, "A Case Of You" and it's awesomeness was out of control. It's time for you to take a listen, and then check out the amazing original. "James Blake - A Case Of You (Joni Mitchell cover)" "Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You" xoxo, alyssa
Happy Valentine's Day. Deal with it. It's not the time to wallow about being alone if your single, it's the time of year to appreciate love in all it's forms, from all it's people. Eat a heart-shaped cookie today, give a friend a hug, or a loved one a kiss, and enjoy the love. And here is a mix about hearts skipping beats. I hope yours finds a reason to skip a beat today too. "Allo Darlin' - My Heart is a Drummer" "The XX - Heart Skipped A Beat" [...]
La Sera, aka Katy Goodman of the Vivian Girls, is stealing my heart with her lo-fi poppy and low-key slow jams off her new self-titled release. It's definitely a departure from the Vivian Girls style - and totally up my alley. Check out Devils Hearts Grow Gold below. "La Sera - Devils Hearts Grow Gold" xoxo, alyssa
What are you doing this Sunday? Brunking and then finding your way to a big screen somewhere in your respective cities to watch some excellent live music performances? Us too! There will be winners and losers, and some folks that weren't even nominated. But at the end of the night, we'll all be talking about the winners. So here is a mix of who we think should be the winners - and songs that are about winning. WIN. "Cee Lo - Fuck You" "Earth Girl Helen Brown - Hit After Hit" [...]
I heard of this band a while ago, but didn't check them out. Why not? I don't know, probably because I'm pretty foolish. (But please don't say that I'm foolish to my face, especially when I'm wearing that chicken costume.) I finally came to my senses and picked up their newest album, Wild Go and it was worth every penny and more. Take a listen to two tracks off their album, and then go do the smart thing - pick up a copy of your own. "Dark Dark Dark - Daydreaming" [...]
I don't know if you heard, but Katie went to Europe or some shit, and I've been slugging around the west during its darkest months. But now that the holidays are over, we've made our resolutions and are back to our working/studious/inventing selves, it's time to give new birth (though the birth image seems a little disgusting in this reference) to the by-request mix. We hope that means you'll bring new requests to the table too. While we do know how to get that 1/4 life crisis mix out, and we have the break up mix down to [...]
This video - a VW ad scheduled to run during the Super Bowl, has won my heart over. It's just too CUTE. ( For more Super Bowl ads you can look here .) So check it out below, and then enjoy this Made In the Dark track from back in 2008. "Hot Chip - Shake A Fist" xoxo, alyssa
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