As far as I can tell, this has nothing to do with the lyrics, but then again what the hell do I know.
It's still pretty damn awesome video for one of my favorite songs of last year.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Decemberists, Grizzly Bear
The new Decemberists album The Hazards of Love fell from the skies last night and into my ipod. Anyone see them when they came to Madison's Barrymore and rocked us with a rare live encore performance of The Tain in its entirety? That was wicked.
It seems to this snooty blogger that each full album since The Tain has become more and more conceptual, and more and more sonically like that 20+ minute rock symphony, seemingly inspired equally by Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, creepy nursery rhymes and seafaring deckhands.
In any event, this album rocks and is just as creative as any of their other masterpieces. I don't care if you hate that they sound like pirate music. I love these guys and can't wait til they come to Wisconsin.
Go preorder the album from InSound right here
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This Grizzly Bear album has to be the most highyl anticipated album since tight-jeaned hipsters queued up online to download fake leaks of Animal Collective's album in January. Well, a 'ok-quality' rip of the album Veckatimest leaked recently, and I had to be all over it. Department of Eagles's In Ear Park was by far my favorite album of last year [you'd know that if you've been around these parts much, or if I ever got around to publishing a favorite albums list].
Anyway, it'll happen that this album will hit Pitchfork's end of year top 10, whereas DoEagles's beauty insultingly barely made their honorable mention. And the crazy part of that is that this sounds more like Department of Eagles than GBear's last album, Yellow House.
The cover art is beautiful, too.
Told ya.
Go preorder the album directly from the band via GB // Ed Droste's blog right here
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See, I haven't totally abandoned y'all.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
NASA: oh, holy crap, something worthy of a new ohwnt post
what do you get when you get two of the most unique, iconic and mysterious artists of the 80s and 90s? pure awesomeness. more on tom waits and kool keith later.
NASA, a collaboration of producers sam spiegel and dj zegon, has a new album. it is really really good. i had my doubts, partially because it's all guest spots and lots of hype and those kinda things usually kinda suck. but this doesn't.
the album is a who's who list of 00s indie and hip hop artists: kanye, santogold, spank rock, MIA, cool kids, lovefoxxx, amanda blank, etc, but also features david byrne [!!] on not one but two tracks. and the talking head delivers [much stronger than his appearance on this year's other superstar-laden guest-spot album by norman cook aka fatboy slim aka the BPA].
anyway.. then you got these two goofnuts:
NASA feat tom waits and kool keith - spacious thoughts
more from the album the spirit of the apollo:
NASA feat david byrne, chuck d, ras congo, seu jorge & z-trip - money
NASA feat sizzla, amanda blank & lovefoxxx - a volta
NASA feat spank rock, MIA, santogold & nick zinner - whatchadoin?
NASA feat the cool kids, ghostface killah, scarface & dj am - the mayor
puchase the album:
these tracks is hot.
these tracks is hot.
welcome back.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Te!am Playa @ Nattspil
I'm going to try and do something a little different with this one, so all of you "friends" who don't normally show up, maybe you should consider doing so.
Pow!
Download a nifty little mix I did last fall, entitled Hustlin. A seamless mix, it features awesome eclecticness by Warren G & Nate Dogg, Modest Mouse, CSS, Ratatat, TV on the Radio before getting into gritty electro house and finally into some jukin booty and b-more sweaty sex beats/jawns.
Teiam Player - Hustlin . ~120min, ~71mb
More muzics coming soon.
But for a refresher course on all things Teiam Player, to include awesome mixes and other mash-ups, take this link!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Monday, December 22, 2008
FaveSongs2008: Part Ocho
Sorry I missed another day.
Wow, I missed two days, didn't I?
Really sorry, faithful leechers.
I'll try to make two posts today,
or just make this a monster post.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
FaveSongs2008: Part Siete
Bon Iver is here in Madison, to play at the Barrymore.
My friend Julia has a final tonight at some crazy hour and so she can't see him.
I sent Justin an e-mail via MySpace, asking him if he'd stick around one more night and play at Julia's graduation party tomorrow night, at Cafe Montmartre.
That'd be one hell of a surprise performance.
And we'll just have to wait and see.
One Bon Iver song and several others, as I promised earlier today.
In case you hadn't noticed, by the way, all of the Bon Iver tracks I'm featuring in my FaveSongs series are from his MySpace Transmissions digiEP, which is available free right here.
The EP is comprised of four tracks from his wonderalbum For Emma, Forever Ago, which technically came out [at the very end of] last year. These MST versions are a bit tweaked and refreshing, though, and legit for this 2008 list.
Without further..
Bon Iver - Flume [MySpace Transmissions version]
Justice - Stress [live version]
Catch up! ohwnt FaveSongs2008 Parts:
Listmongers, get a clue and bookmark this.
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Oh, one more thing. Howabout allmighty Pitchfork's end of year list?
Department of Eagles album not cracking the Top 50? [whatever!]
Ratatat not on there at fucking all? [double whatever!]
TV on the Radio in the Top 10?
Kanye on the list period? And no comment about how the T-Paid/Akon sound is four years old?
Fleet Foxes at Numero Uno?
And of course we all expected to see No Age [eh] and Deerhunter [snore] in the Top 10.
So they didn't fail us there.
So.. what are your thoughts?
Sound off in comments below.
What are my thoughts?
Come back next week and see my FaveAlbums2008.
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Alright, I have one more final, tomorrow [Saturday] morning @ 10am.
After that, I'm enjoying a beer with lunch,
and then going snowboarding the rest of the day,
and then hopefully see Bon Iver make Julia's party the best ever.
A wonderful weekend, if all that happens.
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