Oct 23, 2011
Baby trashes bar in Las Palmas
My Daughter had a birthday recently and she wanted to party hard, so I let her - is that bad???
Oct 4, 2011
Indie Covers TeN [2011]
Genre: Indie Pop / Blues / Electronica
Finally I get around to posting a new indie covers mix. The start of a new school year always keeps me from my blog, but today I must forge ahead. This selection of indie covers has been gathering for sometime and is now ready to be released into a full on storm. I hope you enjoy the tenth!
Tracklist:
Cinerama - London
Billie the Vision and the Dancers - Friday I'm in Love
Ben Folds - In Between Days
Al Green - I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Decemberists - Think About Me
Caribou - Sun
The 6th - Human
Liz Phair - Mother's Little Helper
Camera Obscura - Super Trooper
The Postal Service - Against All Odds
Kim Boekbinder - Such Great Heights
MGMT - All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle
The National - Pretty In Pink
Ok Go - The Lovecats
Teenage Fanclub - Between Us
Teenage Fanclub - Here Comes Your Man
Weezer - Valouria
The Kooks - Victoria
Sep 8, 2011
Southern Appalachian Instrumental Music (1957)
Genre: Instrumental Appalachian Music
This album is the result of a folk-song collecting trip made during the Summer of 1956 by Diane Hamilton, Liam Clancy, and Paul Clayton. All of the selections on this recording were recorded in Virginia and North Carolina. Out of considerable instrumental material, these selections were chosen as being most typical and best performed. The instruments represented are the five-string banjo, the guitar, the fiddle, the dulcimer, and the harmonica. These instruments are the ones which have been played for the longest time in the South, end have been handed down traditionally in families.
Aug 21, 2011
Indie Covers Nine (2011)
Genre: Indie Pop, Experimental Rock, Electronica, Folk
No. 9
Tracklist:
Goose Lake - haiti
Astrid Swan - Shady Lane
Flower Orgy - Powderfinger
Weezer - You Might Think
Ceremony - Nimrod's Son
Dale Earnhardt Jr. - God Only Knows
Elizabeth Harper - Pictures of You
Blake Holland - Electric Fell
Swthrt - Indian Summer
Work Drugs - Rolling in the Deep
Havana Lake - Stayin' Alive
Vampire Weekend - Everywhere
Something Meaningful - Nothing Compares 2 U
Elbow - Teardrops
Chromatic Flights - I am a Rock
Her Space Holiday - I'll believe in Anything
Franz Ferdinand - Call Me
Sun Kil Moon - Neverending Math Equations
The Black Keys - Act Nice and Gentle
The Submarines - Waitng for a War
Venice is Sinking - Compass
Jul 25, 2011
The brief History of Acetone: 1993 to 2000
Genre: Slowcore
On its 1993 debut, Cindy (Vernon Yard), Acetone decorated a Velvetsy foundation with icy psychedelia, chunks of garage noise, and a sprinkling of Issac Hayes guitar. But apparently the LA trio found its own concoction unsatisfying, because over subsequent albums, it radically changed the recipe. In fact, its recently released, eponymously titled third album, on Neil Young's vanity label, Vapor, is the musical equivalent of a whispered conversation, a collection of fuzzy pop tunes so elongated that the melodies and chord progressions practically dissipate as they're played. That's not to say Acetone's music isn't memorable; it's just not particularly palpable. The fluid, pulsating bass lines of Richie Lee serve as a skeleton for guitarist Mark Lightcap to stretch a thin skin over, with his light, fragile strumming and chord-changing squeaks. The pair's shy vocals are equally complementary, and Steve Hadley's drumming caresses the other sounds more than it propels them. If you're looking for action this probably won't do it for you, but Acetone's trancey minimalism makes good sense on this bill with the more extrovertedly hypnotic Spiritualized. And as with the headliners, Acetone's music gets a substantial energy boost when performed live. - Peter Margasak
Tracklist:
Full Moon's Summer Journey - July 2011
I used this new iPad app to create this little video (iMotion HD) - 803 pictures taken from my house which is perched up on top of a hill in Southern Quebec; I get a pretty good look of the moon most nights - Now I can share the phases…
Indie Covers Eight (2011) - Pastoral Gangsta Collection
Genre: Indie bands covering some serious hood music and other tuneful ditties
Recently I came across a bunch of rap songs covered by some of the sweetness voice out there, and just had to share. So this compilation's theme sees street music meeting the pastoral in a way that just makes you wanna skip through fields of flowers holding your fully loaded glock.
Playlist:
The Wedding Present - Box Elder
Nina Gordon - Straight Out of Compton
Ben Folds - Bitches Ain't Shit
Total Warr - Jamie
Computer Magic - Just Like Starting Over
Violent Femmes - Do you really want to hurt me?
The Gourds - Gin and Juice
Giant Sand - Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rock Plaza Central - Sexy Back
The Kooks - Crazy
Dr. Dog - Heart It Races
Mumford and Sons - Cousins
Ace Reporter - I'm the Man who Loves You
Sameblod - Dance Dance Dance
Dale Earnhardt Jr. - God Only Knows
Astrid Swan - Shady Lane
Walk a Thin Line - Atlas Sound
I'll Believe in Anything - Her Space Holiday
Larrikin Love - A Horse with No Name
Jul 24, 2011
Bedhead / The New Year : 1993 - 2008
Genre: Slowcore / lo-fi guitar mastery
The Kadane brothers' musical timeline is like the stock market, seemlingly forever growing yet the working classes suffer the brunt of the misery due to the lack of connecting with Bedhead and The New Year. Their music has a longeviety but only to a small demographic; the blue blood of music… not meaning the "creme-best," rather that limited audiences have had the exposure. Songs grow on and in you, ever so slowly to peaks of joy with guitar interplay, the solid drum pound and understated poetry… Excellent history.
This mix is a taster… Enjoy.
This subtle, delightful and lovingly crafted album will doubtlessly be revered by those lucky few who have been following the Kadane brothers throughout their quiet but increasingly remarkable musical careers. - Pop Matters
The songs begin as reflective, melancholy odes and transform themselves into chiming cathedrals of sound. - Los Angeles Times
Jul 15, 2011
TeArs arE iN yOUr EyEs • 2011
Genre: Indie Pop/Folk, Electronica, Singer-Songerwriter
A friend of mine planted a seed recently… A series of somber singles from some of today's most awesome artists. Here's to tears of sadness, happiness, coldness, hotness, painess, and blindness. Tears are here to stay!
Tracklist:
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark
Beck - Lost Cause
The Shins - New Slang
Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day
Her Space Holiday - Sleepy California
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Pinback - Boo
Doveman - The Best Thing
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Face Like Summer
Postdata - Drift
House of Wolves - Flight
The American Analog Set - Born on The Cusp
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Red House Painters - New Jersey
Bon Iver - Skinny Love
Beirut - Nantes
Antony and the Johnsons - You Are My Sister
Cashier No. 9 - 6%
Belle and Sebastian - This Is Just A Modern Rock Song
Peasant - Hard Times
Tindersticks - Sweet Memory
Kossoy Sisters - In The Pines
Joanna Newsom - Does Not Suffice
Adem - Tears Are In Your Eyes
Jul 6, 2011
Mathemagic - II (2011)
Bandcamp / MySpace
Mathemagic is the collaboration of brothers Evan and Dylan Euteneier from Guelph Ontario. They capture the feeling of the summer using their warm, dazed guitar riffs, barely-there synths, and blissed out harmonies. The songs draw inspiration from The Beach Boys to Animal Collective and contemporaries such as Washed Out, Friend, and Toro Y Moi. The brothers initially worked on separate projects until coming together as a band last summer. PBR
Jul 5, 2011
Indie Covers Seven [2011]
Genre: Lots of Sunny Indie Goodness
My intent is to sway you into summer happiness, because these songs sound outstanding outdoors! So get outside and play, jump, splash, kick, swing, swim, eat, laugh until your body bursts from the swelter of the sun.
Tracklist:
Iron and Wine - Waiting for Superman
F.S. Merriwether - Paparazzi
Quasi - Beautiful Things
The Flaming Lips - Kundalini Express
Clem Snide - Hopelessly Devoted
Forest Swords - If Your Girl Only Knew
Jay Reatard - There Is No Sun
Cobra Verde - Temptations
Arcade Fire - Lenin
Franck Black Francis - Caribou
Acid House Kings - Almost
Angil - Saturday
Built to Spill - Ripple
The Handsome Family - Faraway Eyes
Lee Ranaldo - Stephanie Says
The Reflectors - Such Great Heights
Elk City - Close To Me
Nile Nash - We Can Change The World
Stars - Asleep
Jun 30, 2011
Neutral Milk Hotel - Live (King's Arms, Auckland, New Zealand 2001)
Genre: Indie
In anticipation of Jeff Magnus' live 2011 tour, I dug up this live performance from 2001 recorded in New Zealand. The quality is great and the emotion even better! Fabled to be one of Jeff's greatest shows and last… Until Now!
The Story of LOW (1993 to 2011)
Genre:
Slowcore / Indie
Low plays music for sub-basements. Most of the songs on this album sound as if they arise from somewhere deep below the floor and although they reach upwards, never are able to free themselves from the hole they’ve been trapped in. The percussion is sparse and minimalist, the guitar is gentle with barely a hint of hope, the bass is sub-terranean and the vocal harmonies endlessly haunt the soundscape. ”I Could Live in Hope” (1994), their first album, makes me feel like I’m driving alone in the dark on a desert highway and dawn is barely peaking over the horizon. The endless space is silent with the sounds of Low.
Jun 29, 2011
Screen Saver Mix 2011
Genre: Indie Pop / Indie Rock / Shoegaze / lo-fi / Experimental
Recently I was talking with a friend about the first half of 2011 music scene; what a year it has been and we are barely half way through. I have assembled a small offering from a small quantity of superb bands creating some tantalizing tunes in 2011. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed assembling it! It is entitled screen saver to save you from your screens; Listen to some music for awhile.
Jun 20, 2011
Culture of Fear [2011]
Thievery Corporation returns with Culture of Fear
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Genre: Trip-Hop
Have a sample of the title track from Thievery Corporation's new up and coming release.
SOunDs GReaT !
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