Sie haben Recht! Vor ein paar Tagen noch plaudert The National Frontmann Matt Berninger in einem Interview mit Jam. Dabei erzählt er, dass die Lieder, die gerade für das neue Album entstehen, die besten sind, die The National jeh gemacht haben. Wir können uns dann wohl 2012 auf das mittlerweile sechste Studioalbum der Band freuen, [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Saddle Up , the out-pop debut of Athens, GA's Quiet Hooves combines orchestral textures with jazz rock rhythms, ragtime melodies with baroque and psychedelic pop song structures, resulting in a Vaudevillian pastiche a la Van Dyke Parks's Song Cycle . In a throwback to assembly line record production, singer/songwriter Julian Bozeman handed the tracks over to Javier Morales, who over arranged, recorded, produced and engineered each, alone in his bedroom on a Tascam MKII cassette recorder. Fitting, as the 12 piece live band has recently returned from four nights of support on R. Stevie Moore [...]

It was only a matter of time until Animal Collective played a show at the namesake venue of their seminal album, Merriweather Post Pavillion . Immediately heralded by many as the best work of 2009 despite its early January release, the full-length has since been followed up by the Fall Be Kind EP , a collection of tracks that didn't make the album cut, as well as a soundtrack for the experimental psychedelic film, ODDSAC . Things have recently been quiet on the AnCo front, making this return to the DC-Baltimore [...]

Exploiting Coco's OCD's 1st birthday to collide my two favorite worlds: Music & Film (yes, in that order). My blogger friends picked it up from there and made it happen. Much love. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ _________________________ Jarred Beeler Sydney Blog's Name: Life: Aquatic [...]

Rain rain go away. Never come again ok? Becca Stevens: My Girls (Animal Collective) LCD Soundsystem: Live Alone (Franz Ferdinand) Two Door Cinema Club: Cecelia (Simon & Garfunkel)

Contributed by Erin Routson Dang, I know I'm an adult woman, but this preteen jam was bumping like crazy on the radio in Cleveland this weekend while I was visiting home. Initially I couldn't understand how something so rudimentary could appeal to anyone. The more it played, though, I got sucked in by its infectious bleeps. Now I can't wait til the next Weezy mixtape drops with him freestyling over this beat. This is saccharine, by-the-book pop music sung by 14 year olds, and I love everything about it. Combine this with their [...]

As local music scenes go, our local city of Brighton has always produced a broad selection of bands in large numbers. Hundreds are thought to be operating at any one moment, in what is a relatively small city. Every now and again, we come across a band that shines slightly brighter than all of the others and with :Kinema: you get a blinding glow that's packed with exciting potential. On Monday 14th February they are due to release the new EP, ' My Beautiful Machines ', on the Hot Pockets label. They were kind enough to hand us [...]

Link: www.myspace.com/thefivesmusic For fans of: The Neptunes, Dennis Ferrer, William Orbit, Dr. Luke, N.E.R.D, Bassment Jaxx Releases: Pending Take note: The Fives consists of brothers Carl, Greg, and Rafael Haley and best friend Charlie Platt. It is both a production/songwriting team and an act. Before forming The Fives, each member was a session musician - they have collectively played for Rihanna, Leona Lewis, and [...]
With the rather special news that Animal Collective are curating next years ATP here's Taken By Trees cover of ' My Girls '.
With the rather special news that Animal Collective are curating next years ATP here's Taken By Trees cover of ' My Girls '.
I honestly am at a loss for what to post today. So why not post remixes of everybody's favorite indie-rock darlings - Animal Collective ? There was the ever popular remix that was done by Dave Wrangler of "My Girls" , which admittedly gets played quite often by myself, still. We also had the flip of that, where Animal Collective were on the remix tip. They did justice to French band Phoenix's "Love Like a Sunset" . Well, now I feel like bringing you a little more of the awesomeness. These aren't necessarily [...]

Before I head out for the weekend, I'll leave you with this painfully cute cover of Animal Collective's "My Girls" by Swedish-born Victoria Bergsman, who performs under the moniker Taken by Trees. Hand claps, xylophones, and what sounds like a ukelele? Yes please. MP3: Taken by Trees - "My Boys (Animal Collective Cover)" While you're at it, check out Hatchmatik's super fun remix of "My Girls" as well, though maybe not at the same time as the former cover. It's fun to see how two groups can take one song [...]

"Started living in each others world, I took to you like no other girl" You may have come across a Sydney based band called Tennis . It was full of brothers and cousins and put on some pretty fun filled and whacky shows. I saw them open for Lost Valentinos at the Annandale early last year. Unfortunately, Tennis is no longer (possibly due to hype surrounding Denver based husband/wife due by the same name). So instead we have the same line up going by the name of [...]

Hey guys, As you know, I haven't really been blogging much lately. Sometimes I get so caught up in the internet that I forget to have real life goals, and experience real life joys. It's really tough to be a blogger, because it's like a social responsibility. At this point, I 'can't stop', I can't just decide to stop generating memes. There is a buzz economy that depends on me. Anyways, I have some really awesome developments in my life. I got effing married! Effing sweet, amirite? Hells yeas. [...]

This is a news report story about some bros chilling in their backyard. One bro has a ukulele, and another bro meaningfully sings the lyrics to "My Girls" while some broad kinda plays the bongos. In our modern consumerificated world, it is refreshing to find a group of bros who just want to chill, and escape from trivial concepts like social status. In their backyard, they escape to a world where nothing matters besides bros. Is the ukulele the 'missing piece' of Animal Collective ? Are ukuleles more authentic than [...]
Taken by Trees is the solo project of Victoria Bergsman , former lead singer for the Concretes . Her 2nd album, East of Eden , was released late last year. Victoria's got some big old balls in my book. It takes a little finesse to cover 2009's biggest indie single (Animal Collective's " My Girls ") and spin it into a new song of your own. She succeeds admirably. Check it out. Related articles by Zemanta [...]
La Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra , que tiene base en Brooklyn, Nueva York, hizo un cover sorprendente de la canción "My Girls" de Animal Collective que, si me preguntan, es una de las mejores que tuvo el 2009. Este tema no es un cover común y corriente. Fue estudiando y producido por Gianni Mano y formará parte del próximo disco de la orquesta que se llamará "Keys To The City". Interesante como lograron mantener los ritmos originales y además se encargaron de [...]

Not the best sound quality but great visual of the band down under in Western Australia last month. Check out their recent Brothersport video here. The band also performed at the Meredith Music Festival Down Under with one of our newest favorites The Middle East from Queensland. Dappled Cities - My Girls (Animal_Collective_cover)
Am I the last one to realize the lyrics to this one are not what they initially appear to be? All I could catch on my first go arounds was something about "fancy things," "my girls," and "I just want." (Adobe slats? Could not decipher that one for the life of me.) Apparently the song is actually about a young guy (assumed to be Panda Bear) who just wants a nice house to start a family in. Respectable, no? I think it also touches nicely on the pressures of being a man. The singer, just like his dad [...]