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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
This one never really understood the 80s is over
Video Roundup...
This is your standard video format here (though with a minor twist at the end) but nonetheless... the first official video from fun. Finally.
Video :: All the pretty girls by fun.
The Pixies are touring Doolittle and sounding pretty decent (four free new live tracks available here via the usual circuitous route.) Live last Friday on Conan:
Video :: Here comes your man (live, 2009) by The Pixies
Mozzer got hit with a plastic cup two nights ago in Liverpool, on song number two, and immediately abandoned the show. Fans were not amused:
Video :: (18 seconds of) Black Cloud by Morrissey
No words can describe the brilliance:
Video :: Beat it (MJ cover) by Pomplamoose
This wouldn’t happen at one of those boring (and unhygienic) American football matches... While watching this live, it all seemed rather surreal and bizarre. But having viewed it again since this clip has gone viral, it now appears somewhat normal:
Video :: Orally responsible lad at footie match
Commentator :: "So you're in the football stadium, you have had your pie, you brush your teeth. I mean where do you rinse, or gargle?"
This is your standard video format here (though with a minor twist at the end) but nonetheless... the first official video from fun. Finally.
Video :: All the pretty girls by fun.
The Pixies are touring Doolittle and sounding pretty decent (four free new live tracks available here via the usual circuitous route.) Live last Friday on Conan:
Video :: Here comes your man (live, 2009) by The Pixies
Mozzer got hit with a plastic cup two nights ago in Liverpool, on song number two, and immediately abandoned the show. Fans were not amused:
Video :: (18 seconds of) Black Cloud by Morrissey
No words can describe the brilliance:
Video :: Beat it (MJ cover) by Pomplamoose
This wouldn’t happen at one of those boring (and unhygienic) American football matches... While watching this live, it all seemed rather surreal and bizarre. But having viewed it again since this clip has gone viral, it now appears somewhat normal:
Video :: Orally responsible lad at footie match
Commentator :: "So you're in the football stadium, you have had your pie, you brush your teeth. I mean where do you rinse, or gargle?"
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Dead Man's Bones

In time for Halloween... it's Dead Man's Bones. Released a few weeks back, DMB's debut, self-titled album is a monster ghost love story - that works!?! Don't be put off by the fact that this is Ryan Gosling's band - he can sing, he has a purpose, and he is no mere actor looking for some interesting little side project (hello Scarlett Johansson!). The entire album is a collaboration with the Silverlake Conservatory of Music Children's Choir (inspired by the Langley Schools Music Project) as seen here in the clip:
Video :: In the room where you sleep by Dead Man's Bones
There's a link to the mp3 of "In the room where you sleep" from the youtube page. Also, this is excellent:
Song :: My body's a zombie for you by Dead Man's Bones
Monday, October 26, 2009
Best of the Decade
Top 10 Albums of the 00's...
1. The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy (May, 2000)

2. Come on feel the Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens (July, 2005)

3. Takk... by Sigur Ros (September, 2005)

4. Chutes too narrow by The Shins (October, 2003)

5. Pleased to meet you by James (July, 2001)

6. Proof Of Youth by The Go! Team (September, 2007)

7. Waiting for the sirens’ call by New Order (March, 2005)

8. Oh, Inverted World by The Shins (June, 2001)

9. 23 by Blonde Redhead (April, 2007)

10. Talkie Walkie by Air (January, 2004)
1. The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy (May, 2000)

2. Come on feel the Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens (July, 2005)

3. Takk... by Sigur Ros (September, 2005)

4. Chutes too narrow by The Shins (October, 2003)

5. Pleased to meet you by James (July, 2001)

6. Proof Of Youth by The Go! Team (September, 2007)

7. Waiting for the sirens’ call by New Order (March, 2005)

8. Oh, Inverted World by The Shins (June, 2001)

9. 23 by Blonde Redhead (April, 2007)

10. Talkie Walkie by Air (January, 2004)
Labels:
Air,
Blonde Redhead,
Grandaddy,
James,
New Order,
Sigur Ros,
Sufjan Stevens,
The Go Team,
The Shins
Saturday, September 26, 2009
I can be a frog
Not the biggest Lips fan out there, but this new one is intriguing ::
The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"
The Flaming Lips "I Can Be A Frog"
Thursday, September 24, 2009
The Avett Brothers

The Avett Brothers performing and being good ol' boys in the just released video for the excellent "I and Love and You"...
Video :: I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers
All is love
Three weeks to go until the long-anticipated "Where The Wild Things Are". This song is turning me into a Yeah Yeah Yeah's fan...
Video (unofficial) :: All is love by Karen O and The Kids
Video (unofficial) :: All is love by Karen O and The Kids
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Brooklyn
Brooklyn seems to be the place to be, and be from, these days. A cool lineup of hip Brooklyn born (or based) bands includes :: The Welcome Wagon, The National, Grizzly Bear, Vivian Girls, Vampire Weekend, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Au Revoir Simone, MGMT and Dirty Projectors.
The Hold Steady are also from Brooklyn but I don’t really care about The Hold Steady. On that note, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond also hail from New York’s most populous borough.
Vivian Girls provide some pretty standard rock (but with a stellar bass groove):
Next month Sufjan Stevens comes out with his BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) multi-media effort, which will include a “stereoscopic 3D View-Master reel”. The tunes are grand, orchestral efforts developed as a musical expression of the much-maligned BQE thorough fare. Reviews, of the music at least, have found Sufjan much-maligned as well. As in: get on with making the sequel to Illinoise and stop farting around!! At least there are hula hoopers:
Not bad. Music to drive to? I've tried and.... well.... meh!
The Avett Brothers are from North Carolina but the title track from their forthcoming album (September 29) references Brooklyn and it sounds like they'd like to live there too... so there ya go!
Song :: I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers
"I and Love and You" featurette ::
I and Love and You, the album, will be out next Tuesday. And, yes, it will be awesome!
The Hold Steady are also from Brooklyn but I don’t really care about The Hold Steady. On that note, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond also hail from New York’s most populous borough.
Vivian Girls provide some pretty standard rock (but with a stellar bass groove):
Next month Sufjan Stevens comes out with his BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) multi-media effort, which will include a “stereoscopic 3D View-Master reel”. The tunes are grand, orchestral efforts developed as a musical expression of the much-maligned BQE thorough fare. Reviews, of the music at least, have found Sufjan much-maligned as well. As in: get on with making the sequel to Illinoise and stop farting around!! At least there are hula hoopers:
Interlude I—Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.
Not bad. Music to drive to? I've tried and.... well.... meh!
The Avett Brothers are from North Carolina but the title track from their forthcoming album (September 29) references Brooklyn and it sounds like they'd like to live there too... so there ya go!
Song :: I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers
"I and Love and You" featurette ::
I and Love and You, the album, will be out next Tuesday. And, yes, it will be awesome!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The xx
They are brilliant. They are the current "it" band. They are from London. And, yes, they're frikin' young.
They are my band of the moment. I do like their style...
Video :: Crystalized by The xx
Video :: Crsytalized (acoustic/ playing to 3 people on a bridge in Amsterdam) by The xx
Song :: Basic Space by The xx
Song :: Crystalized by The xx
They are my band of the moment. I do like their style...
Video :: Crystalized by The xx
Video :: Crsytalized (acoustic/ playing to 3 people on a bridge in Amsterdam) by The xx
Song :: Basic Space by The xx
Song :: Crystalized by The xx
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Very Good Film
16: Moments... with music by Iceland's Parachutes (Alex from "Jónsi and Alex"... aka Riceboy Sleeps... Jonsi being the Jonsi from Sigur Rós)
More by William Hoffman: interesting takes on sitting, shooting and tanning here.
More by William Hoffman: interesting takes on sitting, shooting and tanning here.
Friday, September 11, 2009
I think about this world a lot - and I cry
Video :: You are the everything by REM for MoveOn (We Can’t Afford to Wait)
Why is this simply not a no brainer to all sane Americans who are not associated with any pharmaceutical or health insurance company?
Me Canadian. je ne comprends pas.
Do you know how much we love our universal public health care in this country? In 2004, we voted Tommy Douglas, the father of medicare, as the greatest Canadian ever. Gretzky came a lowly 10th!
Also, today when I noticed a headline that the Obama “you lie” heckler has raised over $200,000 I thought ,“what a splendid gesture, transforming your buffoon-based infamy into charitable donations... lovely”. Turns out, however, that the money raised is for himself. The dude aims to translate his new found glory status into cold, hard campaign financing. What, me apologize?
Why is this simply not a no brainer to all sane Americans who are not associated with any pharmaceutical or health insurance company?
Me Canadian. je ne comprends pas.
Do you know how much we love our universal public health care in this country? In 2004, we voted Tommy Douglas, the father of medicare, as the greatest Canadian ever. Gretzky came a lowly 10th!
Also, today when I noticed a headline that the Obama “you lie” heckler has raised over $200,000 I thought ,“what a splendid gesture, transforming your buffoon-based infamy into charitable donations... lovely”. Turns out, however, that the money raised is for himself. The dude aims to translate his new found glory status into cold, hard campaign financing. What, me apologize?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I told you I would stay
The best of the new music...
One of the songs of the year, Grizzly Bear's Two Weeks, gets a video reworking courtesy one Gabe Askew. This "fan video" is absolutely incredible and blows the official, unwatchable head popping video out of the water ::
Six months of shuffling legos has resulted in this piece of art - 8 Bit Trip by Rymdreglage ::
Air are back with a wonderful return to form in Sing, Sang, Sung...
"we talk about dishwasher tablets"...

The usual creeposity from Fever Ray - the video for the excellent "Seven" ::
Via Pitchfork
The best damn tune TMBG have put out in a goodly long time. Perhaps its the female vocals (supplied by the wife of one of the Giants, Robin Goldwasser of "In the middle, In the middle, In the middle" fame)?
One of the songs of the year, Grizzly Bear's Two Weeks, gets a video reworking courtesy one Gabe Askew. This "fan video" is absolutely incredible and blows the official, unwatchable head popping video out of the water ::
Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear from Gabe Askew on Vimeo.
Six months of shuffling legos has resulted in this piece of art - 8 Bit Trip by Rymdreglage ::
Air are back with a wonderful return to form in Sing, Sang, Sung...
Sing Sang Sung from Colour Me In on Vimeo.
"we talk about dishwasher tablets"...

The usual creeposity from Fever Ray - the video for the excellent "Seven" ::
Via Pitchfork
The best damn tune TMBG have put out in a goodly long time. Perhaps its the female vocals (supplied by the wife of one of the Giants, Robin Goldwasser of "In the middle, In the middle, In the middle" fame)?
Labels:
Air France,
Fever Ray,
Grizzly Bear,
Rymdreglage,
TMBG
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Two (cool) videos
Flight Of The Conchords with a song about Brabaria (or was it Barbara?) and her lazy eye...
Buster Keaton comes to life (Wow - this guy was massive!) through the music of Radiohead...
Buster Keaton comes to life (Wow - this guy was massive!) through the music of Radiohead...
Monday, August 31, 2009
Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah

Paddy “Tevye” McAloon :: outstanding in his field
As a huge fan of
2001 was the last time PS put out a new collection of songs. Paddy did offer up a solo, largely instrumental “I Trawl The Megahertz” in 2003 (at the height of his vision troubles... and prior to his ear troubles) but this is largely unlistenable and bears little relation to the output of Prefab Sprout. This time around, the band once again comprises Paddy and brother Martin - two fourths of the original, hit-making lineup. Sadly, the harmonizing Wendy Smith appears to be shut out yet again.
“Let's Change the World With Music” is due for release on the 7th September 2009. Lead single can be heard, via youtube, here:
Listen :: Let there be music by Prefab Sprout
Sounds pretty decent!!! But when will musicians realize that it isn't 1984 anymore and that a "music video" does not need be a huge monetary investment. Sit in front of a camera and film yourself mouthing the words if need be, but give us something (and help yourself out at the same time)!
Here’s Prefab Sprout in their heyday, back when Paddy’s whiskers were in their controlled infancy and you could see his ears...
Video :: When love breaks down by Prefab Sprout
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
The death of a disco dancer

The new music...
This acoustic version of Anna Ternheim's "What have I done" is, I believe, far superior to the album version. Bjorn (Anna's producer/ the "Bjorn" in Peter, Bjorn and John) and his lovely peeano skills are to thank for this. The album version has violins, yes... but check this bit of awesomeness out (if only one could still find the MP3 ANYWHERE!):
Really into Swedish trio Miike Snow lately. Here's the not-too-shabby-at-all vid for "Animal":
Here's some more disco-infused pop wonder from the ever timeless Music Go Music...
Music Go Music - Live on Face Time - Just Me from music go music on Vimeo.
The video for Strictly Game by Harlem Shakes is pretty clever - upon close inspection it's a play on all those unofficial youtube vids where someone merely uploads the tune and mixes together a slide show:
Finally...
Video :: Born on a day the sun didn't rise by Black Moth Super Rainbow
Song :: What have I done by Anna Ternheim
Song :: Animal by Miike Snow
Song :: Strictly Game by Harlem Shakes
Song :: Born on a day the sun didn't rise by Black Moth Super Rainbow
Friday, August 21, 2009
The smell of today
Two must-have albums are set for official release next week ::
Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know by múm
Aim and Ignite by fun.
múm‘s Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know is a nice sideways departure for the long running Icelandic band. Still with their dancing bleeps and interesting instrumentation, múm now, apparently, has something to sing about. Fun, joyous, upbeat (and often silly) stuff... this is what happens when all the strange instruments in the world get together and party. It turns out we will not see "Sing along..." released this side of the pond next week. We get to wait until September... or buy it from here (gogoyoko - a fair trade music site).
I only first heard of The Format a year after their final album was released when they gave it away online for free. I find them decent enough - good tunes when you’re feeling like something a little more straight and narrow. They appear to have a huge following. People wept at their demise. However, this was the best thing that could have happened because co-Format leader Nate Reuss has gone on to form fun.... and they’re a blast. They have been working on this project for a while and it shows. Each fun. song must take forever to write since there is so much going on. Like Queen for the indie set. Soon to take the world by storm... fun.!
Song :: The smell of today is sweet like breast milk in the wind by múm
Song :: All the pretty girls by fun.
Neither band has been all that diligent about posting videos, other than live shows (fun.) and life on the road (múm). So here's a video for one of my favorite songs of the summer ::
Yes it's a commercial. She should really get some spandex for that bicycle.
Song :: Fabric of my life (full song version) by Zooey Deschanel
Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know by múm
Aim and Ignite by fun.
múm‘s Sing Along To Songs You Don’t Know is a nice sideways departure for the long running Icelandic band. Still with their dancing bleeps and interesting instrumentation, múm now, apparently, has something to sing about. Fun, joyous, upbeat (and often silly) stuff... this is what happens when all the strange instruments in the world get together and party. It turns out we will not see "Sing along..." released this side of the pond next week. We get to wait until September... or buy it from here (gogoyoko - a fair trade music site).
I only first heard of The Format a year after their final album was released when they gave it away online for free. I find them decent enough - good tunes when you’re feeling like something a little more straight and narrow. They appear to have a huge following. People wept at their demise. However, this was the best thing that could have happened because co-Format leader Nate Reuss has gone on to form fun.... and they’re a blast. They have been working on this project for a while and it shows. Each fun. song must take forever to write since there is so much going on. Like Queen for the indie set. Soon to take the world by storm... fun.!Song :: The smell of today is sweet like breast milk in the wind by múm
Song :: All the pretty girls by fun.
Neither band has been all that diligent about posting videos, other than live shows (fun.) and life on the road (múm). So here's a video for one of my favorite songs of the summer ::
Yes it's a commercial. She should really get some spandex for that bicycle.
Song :: Fabric of my life (full song version) by Zooey Deschanel
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
You had a new dream, it was more like a nightmare
It took me a while to get into The Antlers... their album "Hospice" came out in March and has received nothing but high praise. Well deserved high praise. They are now re-issuing the album and have a cool video for "two" now out... Video Premiere: The Antlers: "Two"
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Song :: Two by The Antlers
"Hospice" is not just a fancy, trendy title. The album is a concept one in theme - detailing one's stay in a hospice as a loved on dies. Uplifting? Perhaps not. Powerful? Yup.
You had a new dream, it was more like a nightmare.
You were just a little kid, and they cut your hair,
then they stuck you in machines, you came so close to dying.
They should have listened, they thought that you were lying.
Daddy was an asshole, he fucked you up,
built the gears in your head, now he greases them up.
And no one paid attention when you just stopped eating.
"Eighty-seven pounds!" and this all bears repeating.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
You saved my life
...ooh, that was a nice sleep... The New Music ::
Burial by Miike Snow
A band from Sweden currently burning up the blogosphere. Did they really take a film crew and their jackalope to India to shoot this? A great video:
You saved my life by Cass McCombs
The dyi clip matches the pace of the tune as a slowed down McCombs passes many beer-pitcher swilling 20-somethings (including, I couldn't help but notice, mothers and mothers-to-be) in a Chi-town square.
Pon de floor by Major Lazer
An energetic dance floor number recorded in Jamaica and featuring the creative, explosive sounds of, yes, marching-band drummers. The video is a bit off-putting and Not-Suitable-For-Anything really. It contains repeated displays of a bizarre new-fangled Jamaican dance style known as “daggering” which, unfortunately, has to be seen to be believed. The fact it takes place in the Blues Clues house does little to make it a comfortable viewing.
In the NA by The Hidden Cameras
Their song titles may not be as convoluted and strange as Of Montreal but.... what the hell is a NA? New album "Origin:Orphan" to be released September 22, 2009.
Warm in the shadows by Music Go Music
There is a reason why pop songs average 3 and a half minutes in length - short attention spans of listeners. “Warm in the shadows”, by 70’s revivalists Music Go Music, pretty much defies this logic at nine plus minutes of goodness.
Song (link) :: Burial by Miike Snow
Song :: You saved my life by Cass McCombs
Song (link) :: Pon de floor by Major Lazer
Song :: Walk on by The Hidden Cameras
Song :: Warm in the shadows by Music Go Music
Burial by Miike Snow
A band from Sweden currently burning up the blogosphere. Did they really take a film crew and their jackalope to India to shoot this? A great video:
You saved my life by Cass McCombs
The dyi clip matches the pace of the tune as a slowed down McCombs passes many beer-pitcher swilling 20-somethings (including, I couldn't help but notice, mothers and mothers-to-be) in a Chi-town square.
Pon de floor by Major Lazer
An energetic dance floor number recorded in Jamaica and featuring the creative, explosive sounds of, yes, marching-band drummers. The video is a bit off-putting and Not-Suitable-For-Anything really. It contains repeated displays of a bizarre new-fangled Jamaican dance style known as “daggering” which, unfortunately, has to be seen to be believed. The fact it takes place in the Blues Clues house does little to make it a comfortable viewing.
Major Lazer "Pon De Floor" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.
In the NA by The Hidden Cameras
Their song titles may not be as convoluted and strange as Of Montreal but.... what the hell is a NA? New album "Origin:Orphan" to be released September 22, 2009.
Warm in the shadows by Music Go Music
There is a reason why pop songs average 3 and a half minutes in length - short attention spans of listeners. “Warm in the shadows”, by 70’s revivalists Music Go Music, pretty much defies this logic at nine plus minutes of goodness.
Song (link) :: Burial by Miike Snow
Song :: You saved my life by Cass McCombs
Song (link) :: Pon de floor by Major Lazer
Song :: Walk on by The Hidden Cameras
Song :: Warm in the shadows by Music Go Music
Sunday, May 31, 2009
My concerns have been confirmed
See Jason’s mastery of his instruments below!?!
Video :: It's The Weekend by Jason Lytle
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