Friday, February 25, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/02/25

blog 2011/02/25 - these silences are killing us!

Oh I have been gone.  Gone, but not too far away.
Well let's make wrong things right again and get straight in to another update.


A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Cervantine
A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Lazslo Lassú:  Was the big band sound of the last Beirut album making you drool?  You will probably love the new album Cervantine by A Hawk And A Hacksaw.  I wasn't in to the whole thing, but it does come at you with some incredible instrumental music.  These two tracks here are a delight.

Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime:  Yessssssss!  This song reminds me of my friend Adam.

Bombaman - Mmeelloo Ssttaarr:  From the new EP of the same name, a devastatingly sexy little stepper.  The pitched-all-over up breathey samples make it just irresistible.

Cloud Nothings - Should Have:  It's lo-fi, but more Eric's Trip and twee pop fun than Vivian Girls.  From the self-titled new album!

Crystal Fighters - At Home (Disclosure Mix):  The bloghousey wackiness is put in line for this great deep club killer.

Ghostface Killah - Mighty Deadly (4di Remix):  BEAT SO HOT!

Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX - I'm New Here
Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX - Running
Jamie xx - Rolling in the Deep (Remix ft Childish Gambino):  Jamie's been busy!  His remix album of Gil Scott-Heron ended up being better in theory, but still worth a listen.  When Jamie hits, it's golden.  That's why Yog Soggoth gave you a next track button.

Jenny and Johnny - Big Wave:  In the tradition of Metric and Beach House, off the new album I'm Having Fun Now.

Jenny O. - Won't Let You Leave (Spirit Animal Remix):  Sweet pop with sword of +2 bass beat.

Kathryn Calder - Arrow:  Calder's folk is wistful and romantic and oh keep singing for me fire pixie!

Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Penny Licks:  All of the plucky go-getter attitude of Tune-Yards with the surefire indie revelry of Yellow OStrich.  Delicious.

Love Axe - Never:  From last year's album Phenomenomenons.

Police Academy 6 - Wanting Something:  More of that merging of post-dubby Mount Kimbe clicks-a-lot with that down-pitched slowed out witchy business.  And a perfect tribute to a fabulous movie, to boot.

Pomplamoose - Hail Mary:  Reminds me of my favourite parts of My Brightest Diamond with a dash of Florence & The Machine.  Nice nice nice.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Mill Theme (Robotaki Remix):  Yeah, I wasn't expecting such a straight-up Bonobo-tribute downtempo number either, but there you have it.

Tim Hecker - Hatred Of Music II
Tim Hecker - In The Air II:    Man, I was so ready to snark.  I got really bored of Tim Hecker over the years.  A number of his albums just left me super flat.  And not like Murakami superflat either.  I was so ready to be all *yawn* next?
But no, the new album "Ravedeath, 1972" does not skimp, does not bore, and does not let anyone down.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Yosemite Jack & Afrojack - Double Rainbow Replica (Cave Cake Edit):  Yes yes, just had to end it with this.  YOU ARE WELCOME. 
Rave on.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Cervantine
A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Lazslo Lassú
Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime
Bombaman - Mmeelloo Ssttaarr
Cloud Nothings - Should Have
Crystal Fighters - At Home (Disclosure Mix)
Ghostface Killah - Mighty Deadly (4di Remix)
Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX - I'm New Here
Gil Scott-Heron And Jamie XX - Running
Jamie xx - Rolling in the Deep (Remix ft Childish Gambino)
Jenny and Johnny - Big Wave
Jenny O. - Won't Let You Leave (Spirit Animal Remix)
Kathryn Calder - Arrow
Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Penny Licks
Police Academy 6 - Wanting Something
Pomplamoose - Hail Mary
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Mill Theme (Robotaki Remix)
Tim Hecker - Hatred Of Music II
Tim Hecker - In The Air II
Yosemite Jack & Afrojack - Double Rainbow Replica (Cave Cake Edit)



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Monday, February 14, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/02/14

blog 2011/02/14 - kaboom!  --EXPLOSION--

Wow, what a crazy week for you all! 
New Akron/Family, new Iron & Wine, new Okkervil River, new Go! Team, new Mountain Goats...  *phew*
2011 is revving up!  Let's get right to it.

Akron Family - Another Sky
Akron Family - Canopy:  "S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT" is a fucking fabulous record.  It's the record you wished Flaming Lips made 2 years ago instead of that silly mess.
Highly recommended for fans of Flaming Lips, Yeasayer, Animal Collective and all that neckbeard ish.  Expect to see indie kids spontaneously ejaculating.

Alan Pownall - Colourful Day (Seams Remix):   Delicate and emotive and wonderful.

Damien Jurado & Richard Swift - Be Not So Fearful (Bill Fay cover):  Ahhh the haunting choral organ sample, how I love thee.  I haven't heard you since that Monopuff album!

Delphic - Counterpoint (Doorly Remix):  Doorly gives the fabulous bouncey beat, Delphic hits us with that perfect pop bliss.  mmmmmm!

Garfunkel and Oates - Gay Boyfriend:  Hurray!  The tracks have been floating around and on youtube for a while, but All Over Your Face collects all of the favourites, recorded studio-crisp!  And yes, these songs helped land that woman a role on the show Raising Hope, and goddamn she deserves it.

High Highs - Open Season:  Pretty standard, but also pretty darn good.

Home Video - Every Love That Ever Was (You You're Awesome Remix):  Best name for a producer... EVER???

Hurts - Wonderful Life (Mantronix Remix):  HOLY SHIT THIS IS AWESOME.  First off, 80s synth beat superstar Mantronix ressurects all of the best of the electro beat groove for this remix, and on top of that the underlying song is brilliant to boot.

Iron & Wine - Rabbit Will Run:  This one is a tragedy...  Kiss Each Other Clean just isn't a good album.  There, I said it!
The Walking Far From Home EP had a triple threat of tantalizing biblically epic jams and it was GREAT.  This album?  A lot of meh.  Except this song is pretty good as well.  Le *sigh*

Okkervil River - Mermaid:  OH MY GOD NEW OKKERVIL RIVER!  I AM EXPLODING IN SLOW MOTION!!!!

Patrick Wolf - The City (Richard X Remix):  Glamour god Patrick Wolf sounds so sweet in remixes.  I've never been a huge fan of his original material, but every once in a while a good remixer will just make him perfect to my ear.

Piroth - Feelings (Harald Bjork Remix):  The sparse strings is what really does it for me here.  Truly under-utilized in minimal techno forms!

The Go! Team - Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix)
The Go! Team - Voice Yr Choice:  I have yet to grab the new CD Rolling Blackouts, but if these two tracks are any indicaiton, I am super psyched for it!

The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires:  DID I MENTION THAT I AM EXPLODING IN SLOW MOTION?????  So excited for All Eternals Deck to come out.

The Naked And Famous - Girls Like You:  Electro pop goodness!  That's it, that's all!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Akron Family - Another Sky
Akron Family - Canopy
Alan Pownall - Colourful Day (Seams Remix)
Damien Jurado & Richard Swift - Be Not So Fearful (Bill Fay cover)
Delphic - Counterpoint (Doorly Remix)
Garfunkel and Oates - Gay Boyfriend
High Highs - Open Season
Home Video - Every Love That Ever Was (You You're Awesome Remix)
Hurts - Wonderful Life (Mantronix Remix)
Iron & Wine - Rabbit Will Run
Okkervil River - Mermaid
Patrick Wolf - The City (Richard X Remix)
Piroth - Feelings (Harald Bjork Remix)
The Go! Team - Apollo Throwdown (Star Slinger Remix)
The Go! Team - Voice Yr Choice
The Mountain Goats - Damn These Vampires
The Naked And Famous - Girls Like You


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Friday, February 11, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/02/11

blog 2011/02/10 - SPECIAL POST of golden oldies for the ages!  Another dip in to the vault

DID YOU KNOW???
They actually made music in the 20th century?  Yes, it's true!
They had gizmos and watchamacallits and pots and pans and metal wires of whoosh and zing and it all came together and made the primitive sounds that helped define our modern culture.
Amazing, I know!  FUN FACTS ABOUND!

So to pay homage to the dusty ages of the 1990s and the times that came before then (And as well to demonstrate that I indeed do not just listen to "new music"...) let's dip in to some classic 20th century eclectica that has been tickling my toosh as of late.

This is a MEGA POST!  Over 2 hours of goodness.  Many years.  Some smash hits, some crate-digger rarities, some 78-rpm transfers, some timeless underground classics.

I have sorted the playlist based on year, so be sure to use the M3U file if you wish to proceed chronologically.



Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy - I Called You This Morning (1931):  Let's start with a fabulous roots blues duet, taken from the Last Kind Words collection.  It's the tried and true tradition of deliberating your relationship issues through song!

The Evening Breezes Sextet - The Coal Loading Machine (1933):  Hey, do you enjoy your weekends?  Then thank the labour movement, who struggled against bloody retribution to get the working conditions we have today.  The struggle also produced some absolute classics of Western folk music, too.

Leadbelly - Bottle Up And Go; Polly Polly Wee (Frog Song) (1948)
Leadbelly - Nobody Knows When Your Down And Out; Bully Of The Town (1948):  I download lots of random out-of-print albums to check out at later times, and was just floored when on came a rip of the old Folkways 4 LP set "Leadbelly's Last Sessions".  It was beautifully presented, with mostly just the raw tapes, giving you all the talking between songs.   These are from the end of his life, and he is recounting all of the classics for the magnetic tape of the ages.  What a blessing it is.

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (1950):  This piece intersects in the right way.  Imagine a Venn Diagram, one set of "top 10 Ella songs", "top 5 Armstrong songs", and "top 2 renditions of Dream A Little Dream"  and you'll find this classic.

Brother Willie Blue - I'm Pressing On (1950s):  Another root of Western music is the storied gospel traditions, and the compilation "Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Worldly African-American Gospel" gives a satisfying cross-section.  This song however just jumped out at me for it's fabulous delivery that transcends the simple melody by far.

Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1964):  Classic classic Cooke.

The Monkees - Shades Of Gray (1967):  As a kid, The Monkees re-runs were on constantly after school.  On their 3rd album, The Monkees actually started doing their own thing and tried to shed their manufactured image.  It was a friend in school who turned me on to this track, one of my first melancholic loves.

Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (1967):  Covered so often, I had to dig back to the original because I love it oh so so much.  Probably my most loved of earnest love songs, truly.

Mary Jane Hooper - I've Got Reasons (1969):  Sing it, sister!

Randy Newman - Let's Burn Down The Cornfield (1970):  If your only exposure to Randy Newman was the parody on Family Guy, oh man, there's a whole world of goofy sass to unearth.

Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol (1972):  All of the words are gibberish, sung in a quasi-American style and Elvis-heavy swagger.  I don't know much about Italy, but this is one of my top 5 favourite imports.

Aphrodite's Child - Four Horsemen (1972):  This is one of those songs that found my way all on it's own.  I don't know the band, don't know how big their hairdos are, but damn this is allllll bout what 70s rock did so right.

Liza Minelli - Cabaret (Cabaret OST) (1972):  DOESN'T MY BODY DRIVE YOU WILD WITH DESIRE?

Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - Rocket Number Nine (1972):  Space Is The Place is one of my favourite artefacts of the 70s, and the future jazz really shines here.

Temptations - Ain't No Sunshine (1972):  Classic extended funk jams!  Oh so delicious.

Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco - Quimbara (1974):  Another one where I have no idea about it, but oh I love.

Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974):  Gah, total gushing classic.  No, you can't do it at karaoke.  A few more rounds of drinks first, please.

Billy Squier - The Big Beat (1980):  oh gee, where have I heard this before?  Yeah that's right, Mr. Dizzee Rascal basically sampled the entire song for his Fix Up, Look Sharp hit.  How did like 25 years pass with no one doing the exact same thing before?

Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90, Go (1980):   You want candy?  YOU WANT SOME FUCKING CANDY?  Bow Wow Wow were not just a one-hit wonder, people!  They had some fabulous grooves.  Like Whale, 20 years beforehand.  And we all know candy meant cocaine.  So shove it.

The Normal - Warm Leatherette (1980):  A perfect follow-up to the above is probably my favourite true one-hit-wonder, and ultimate proto-industrial dancefloor single ever.  And it's about Ballard's Crash to boot!

Barnes & Barnes
- Fish Heads (1982):  YOUR HEAD IS NOW EXPLODING!  A favourite song from the early days of Much Music, back when there weren't actually that many music videos, is this oddball favourite.  It even came on a fishhead shaped vinyl.

Vangelis - Rachael's Song (Blade Runner OST) (1982):  Pretty much the best thing Vangelis ever did, and he's done a lot of good work.  But see, in the 90s the melodies here were orgasm enducing as they got sampled wholesale on one of the decades greatest electronica records.  Then when people went digging for the Blade Runner soundtrack, they were all WHAT THE FUCK because this song was somehow LEFT OFF OF IT.  Subsequent fan-built compilations cprrected those grave injustices.

Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984):  80s synth pop... with an edge of awesome!

Martin Galway - Arkanoid; Title (C64) (1986):  Did someone say proto-industrial?  Here, check the badass deep synths renched from the bowels of a Commodore 64 computer for one of the most popular games of 1980s.  Fire up those fruityloops, kiddos.

The Art Of Noise - Paranomia (1986)
The Art Of Noise - Peter Gunn ft Duane Eddy (1986):  Continuing with the electronic revolution, I point to In Visible Silence as one of the timeless records of the 1980s.  The songs are so amazingly constructed that they are innovative beyond the days people will ever spend slaving over their Ableton Live effects chains.  The subtlety and imagination at play is enormous.  In the way that Kraftwerk's art transcended their peers in the 70s, the Art Of Noise did likewise here in the 80s.

The Pogues - The Body of an American (1986):  We now interrupt this blog posting to get right drunk.

Jim Henson & Ladysmith Black Mambazo - African Alphabet (1987):  Oh this is so beautiful it almost moves me to tears.  Kermit, as portrayed by Henson, in the classic piece LBM.  sooooo goooood

unknown composer - Shadowgate; Ending (NES) (1987):  The 2nd slice of videogame history, the ecstatic ending to Shadowgate!  Really, when this comes on, shit has been so tense and deep that it's like a baptism.   A baptism of awesome.

Jessica Rabbit - Why Don't You Do Right (1988):  Are we stuck on my childhood?  Sure.

The Thrown Ups - Traffic Accident Sex (1989):  After Warm Leatherette, this is just kinda perfect, k?

Yoshihiro Sakaguchi - Duck Tales; The Moon (NES) (1989):  We have here one of the great compositions coming out of the 8-bit video game era.  One of the greatest NES games, Duck Tales, surprised everyone with just how intelligent and fun it was.  Top it all off with loads of secrets, non-linear play, and a killer soundtrack and you have crack for children.

Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me (1991):  Growing up, I think song marked the first time for me when I really became aware of sarcasm, namely political sarcasm.  It is not quite Land Of Confusion in terms of classics, but shit, it's one damn fine Genesis song.

Built To Spill - Reasons (1994):  Awww man, over all ready?  So close to the end...  OK, here's a sweet little number from "There's Nothing Wrong With Love".

Cap'n Jazz - Oh Messy Life (1995):  And goodbye and so long for now.  I leave you with the greatest emo hardcore song of the 1990s, in my increasingly irrelevant opinion.  Time for some Thai food and gender theory.



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol (1972)
Aphrodite's Child - Four Horsemen (1972)
Barnes & Barnes - Fish Heads (1982)
Billy Squier - The Big Beat (1980)
Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90, Go (1980)
Brother Willie Blue - I'm Pressing On (1950s)
Built To Spill - Reasons (1994)
Cap'n Jazz - Oh Messy Life (1995)
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco - Quimbara (1974)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1974)
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Dream A Little Dream Of Me (1950)
Genesis - Jesus He Knows Me (1991)
Jessica Rabbit - Why Don't You Do Right (1988)
Jim Henson & Ladysmith Black Mambazo - African Alphabet (1987)
Leadbelly - Bottle Up And Go; Polly Polly Wee (Frog Song) (1948)
Leadbelly - Nobody Knows When Your Down And Out; Bully Of The Town (1948)
Liza Minelli - Cabaret (Cabaret OST) (1972)
Martin Galway - Arkanoid; Title (C64) (1986)
Mary Jane Hooper - I've Got Reasons (1969)
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy - I Called You This Morning (1931)
Randy Newman - Let's Burn Down The Cornfield (1970)
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
Sun Ra and His Astro Intergalactic Infinity Arkestra - Rocket Number Nine (1972)
Talk Talk - It's My Life (1984)
Temptations - Ain't No Sunshine (1972)
The Art Of Noise - Paranomia (1986)
The Art Of Noise - Peter Gunn ft Duane Eddy (1986)
The Evening Breezes Sextet - The Coal Loading Machine (1933)
The Monkees - Shades Of Gray (1967)
The Normal - Warm Leatherette (1980)
The Pogues - The Body of an American (1986)
The Thrown Ups - Traffic Accident Sex (1989)
unknown composer - Shadowgate; Ending (NES) (1987)
Vangelis - Rachael's Song (Blade Runner OST) (1982)
Yoshihiro Sakaguchi - Duck Tales; The Moon (NES) (1989)
Zombies - This Will Be Our Year (1967)


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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

MP3 blog 2011/02/09

blog 2011/02/09 - we're all evaporating.  slowly but surely.

Thought I wasn't come back, no?  Oh, you couldn't keep me away!


Beans - Mellow You Out ft Tunde Adebimpe:  Funky new Beans, and it's probably his most approachable venture yet!

Breathe Owl Breathe - Dogwalkers Of The New Age:  From the new album "Magic Central".

Das Racist - Ek Shaneesh
Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark
Das Racist - You Oughta Know:  I had forgotten to pass some love to Das Racist's first mixtape of 2010, so here are some hot hot hot tracks from "Shut Up, Dude".  Just dope dope dope.

Dom - Living In America (Remix ft Gucci Mane):  ZOMG!  Dream wave chillout witch business gets a total hiphop groove and Guccccccciiiiii slides in on top.  The future is awesome.  Wish you were here.

Early to Bed - Weathervane:  Brand new single be distributed, some adorable dreamy pop here.

Henrik Schwarz - Once Again (Kuniyuki Takahashi Version):  I've been on a huge Schwarz kick in the past month, and this is far and away one of my favourites.  Groovey piano samples, soulful house vocals that don't make me want to stab my eyes out, and a solid deep groove that is just delicious.

Hold Tight! - Virginia Is Beautiful, Wish You Were Here:  I don't listen to lots of punk, but every once in a while I find something that captures my childhood and synthesizes my favourite bits of NOFX and Fugazi and puts it in to a 90 second package.  From the new album Can't Take This Away.

Jacques Greene - The Look (Koreless Remix):  Smooth clicky Mount Kimbe-esque dubstep grooves!  A little more stripped down that MK, but should slot itself perfectly in the mix.

James Blake - Measurements
James Blake - To Care (Like You):  First, let me be the first to say it:  Pitchfork is bullshit and James Blake wasn't the genius of 2010 everyone there claims him to be.  He had a few good tracks, yes, but so did many equally great producers.  That said, the new self titled album has a few revelations on it that deserve your attention.   What's happening here is a maturation and development of an electronic artist not seen since Jamie Lidell in 2009.  When the soul takes the forefront, genius rises to the top.  Can't wait to hear these two tracks in the clubs.

Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (Caspa Remix)
Kid Sister - Work Them:  The new album Stoney Roads is perfect for your next dance party.  It's even built up like a DJ mix and the energy never wavers.  Get naked, get funky.  Get this CD.

Laura Peek - Stay Sharp:  Shades of Florence & The Machine, but with a few more handclaps for good measure.  From the new LP "Key".

Lee Webster - Just About Bread:  While a parody of deep house, also an amazing deep house track.  It takes mad talent to both excel at and poke fun at the same thing, at the exact same time.  Mad props.

Purity Ring - Ungirthed:  It's like The Sundays were ressurected in to the age of mutant bass beat awesomeness.  You, please go touch yourself while watching Gobble Gobble and Baths make out.  Oooooo hot.

Ryan Hemsworth - Benny Lava:  Solid overload breaks that rip some bollywood goodness and lay it out with just enough distortion.  So good.

White Sea - Mountaineer:  Off the 2010 "This Frontier EP", it reminds me of a more "indie rock" take on Bat For Lashes.  In the best possible way.

Who Knew - Sharpen The Knife:  From 2010's "Bits and pieces of a major spectacle", they totally remind me of Wolf Parade meets Walkmen, and are super duper satisfying.

Yellow Ostrich - Hold On
Yellow Ostrich - I'll Run:  Their EP made my "best of 2010" list, and here is their full length "The Mistress"!  It features the two hot tracks from the 7", Whale and Mary, and so much more.  The sound is uber indie, maybe to the point of turning some people off, but really if you like the organic sounds of High Places and Animal Collective, but want a bit more of a Modest Mouse framework, this band is for you.  Recommended!



THIS WEEK'S TRACKS

Beans - Mellow You Out ft Tunde Adebimpe
Breathe Owl Breathe - Dogwalkers Of The New Age
Das Racist - Ek Shaneesh
Das Racist - Rainbow in the Dark
Das Racist - You Oughta Know
Dom - Living In America (Remix ft Gucci Mane)
Early to Bed - Weathervane
Henrik Schwarz - Once Again (Kuniyuki Takahashi Version)
Hold Tight! - Virginia Is Beautiful, Wish You Were Here
Jacques Greene - The Look (Koreless Remix)
James Blake - Measurements
James Blake - To Care (Like You)
Kid Sister - Right Hand Hi (Caspa Remix)
Kid Sister - Work Them
Laura Peek - Stay Sharp
Lee Webster - Just About Bread
Purity Ring - Ungirthed
Ryan Hemsworth - Benny Lava
White Sea - Mountaineer
Who Knew - Sharpen The Knife
Yellow Ostrich - Hold On
Yellow Ostrich - I'll Run



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