June 30, 2008

John Darnielle Is My Hero

Of the Mountain Goats, of course. Nobody writes better songs. He's exactly the right mix of crazy and brilliant.

"The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton"
from All Hail West Texas

"Wild Sage"
from Get Lonely

"Dance Music"
from The Sunset Tree

"Sax Rohmer #1"
from Heretic Pride

June 29, 2008

Fun American Rock

Mid nineties garage stuff from a throwaway band called the Wrens. Great lyrics on this first one:

"I've Made Enough Friends" by the Wrens

These two are compelling and depressing. I like.

"Was There Ever"
"Happy"

June 27, 2008

LCD Soundsystem

Listen to the unstoppable build-up in these songs. It almost takes you by surprise. Also, the attention they give to production and recording is outstanding. Each instrument sounds exactly the way they want it to.

"Big Ideas"
off the 21 soundtrack

"New York, I Love You"
off Sound of Silver

"Tribulations (Shallow Version)"
off the Tribulations 7"

"Losing My Edge" and "Disco Infiltrator"
off LCD Soundsystem

But I'm losing my edge
To better-looking people
With better ideas and more talent
Who are actually really, really really nice

June 26, 2008

Summer in the City

by Styx
Awesome.

by Quincy Jones
Sampled in the Pharcyde's "Passing Me By".

by Incognito
Kinda weird.

by Regina Spektor
Completely different!

Also, comments are open!

June 24, 2008

Songs from the School Year

"Le Bonheur" by Berry
N'ayez pas peur du bonheur
Il n'existe pas


"Ali in the Jungle" by the Hours
It's not about the things you've done,
it's what you're doing now


"Bullets" by Tunng
You whisper prayers into the dark
Up to a god in whom you've never believed


"In Our Talons" by Bowerbirds
And no, you're not alone
No, my cousins, you're not alone
You're in our talons now and we're never letting go

June 22, 2008

Can't Write a Chorus to Save His Life

Seriously. Slug's flow is ridiculous, but any time he says the same thing twice in a song it sounds terrible.

Off the new album, "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold":
"In Her Music Box" by Atmosphere
"Yesterday" (not a cover)

Classic:

"Pour Me Another"
"One of a Kind"

"I'm different because I respect my audience, and I don't yell at them... and I'm special because I respect my audience."
"Yeah!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"

June 21, 2008

Bands I Used to Swear were Terrible, Part 2

"Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois" by Sufjan Stevens
"Til the End of Time" by Devotchka
"Cleanse Song" by Bright Eyes

and if life seems absurd,
what you need is some laughter,
and a season to sleep,
and a place to get clean, maybe
los angeles, somewhere no one's expecting



Coldplay will not be joining this list. Chris Martin's voice just irks me.

bonus: "UFO" by MC DJ

June 20, 2008

I Seriously Don't Know Where He Comes Up With This Shit

God damn. At around 2:30, Jimi Hendrix to Yael Naim behind Eminem doing the beginning of Shake That.

"No Pause" by Girl Talk

Lil Mama and some fucking ridiculous metal shit.

"Give Me A Beat" by Girl Talk

Sheeeeeeeeit. This guy makes music just to make me happy.

(full album download)

June 19, 2008

June 17, 2008

Bands I Used to Swear were Terrible

"Party Pit" by the Hold Steady
"Shankill Butchers" by the Decemberists
"Pioneers" by Bloc Party

And I'm pretty sure we kissed is such an epic line.

Coldplay might be added to this list. I'll give the new album half a chance.

June 16, 2008

What I'm Looking Forward To This Summer

7/17: Spoon at Lupo's

"Small Stakes" by Spoon

7/19: The Dodos, Annuals, and Broken Social Scene at Siren Music Festival
"Men" by the Dodos
"Bleary Eyed" by Annuals
"7/4 (Shoreline)" by Broken Social Scene

8/4: The National in Central Park
"Lit Up (Remix)" by the National

More to come!

June 12, 2008

Pandora Chicks

Pandora showed me new music! Here's some ladies who can sing pretty good.

"Gray or Blue" by Jaymay
"Sunny Road" by Emiliana Torrini
"New Soul" by Yael Naim

June 11, 2008

This is good! Also, my friends made it.

"Hurt Legs Walking" by Shake the Baron
Wearing the clothes you bought me last summer
'Cause it seems they're falling away


(source)

June 10, 2008

June 09, 2008

A Band with Bad Haircuts

"Young Love" by the Mystery Jets
Is that you on the bus, is that you on the train?
You wrote your number on my hand but it came off in the rain


(video)
(source)

June 08, 2008

Let's Get This Sucker Rolling Again

"Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse" by Minus the Bear
Hey, let's cross the sea, and get some culture.
Red wine with every meal, and absinthe after dinner.
We'd look good, side by side, walking back to the hotel.