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June 28, 2009
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May 10, 2009
Little throwback to high school here
"Wrong Way" by Richard Cheese (lounge jazz Sublime cover)
"Chop Suey" by Richard Cheese (System of a Down cover)
"Chop Suey" by Richard Cheese (System of a Down cover)
May 09, 2009
Poker face on with a card up my sleeve
"Get Out the Way" by Classified
Nova Scotia rapper with some nice similes, and I'm pretty sure that's a Flight of the Conchords sample.
Nova Scotia rapper with some nice similes, and I'm pretty sure that's a Flight of the Conchords sample.
May 08, 2009
Something New
"Are You Unloved" by Years
Electroshoegaze side project of guitarist Ohad Benchetrit from Do Make Say Think. Good to get lost in while studying, or driving, maybe. No words, just guitar and horns and choppiness and fluidity.
(link)
Also, how do y'all like the built-in player?
Electroshoegaze side project of guitarist Ohad Benchetrit from Do Make Say Think. Good to get lost in while studying, or driving, maybe. No words, just guitar and horns and choppiness and fluidity.
(link)
Also, how do y'all like the built-in player?
May 05, 2009
sure wish i had a ukulele right now
"To Go Home" by M. Ward
This gets stuck in my head disproportionate to the number of times I've listened to it. He's playing the Central Park SummerStage on August 1st; Josh Ritter's playing the 12th of June.
Also: this is still an amazing song.
This gets stuck in my head disproportionate to the number of times I've listened to it. He's playing the Central Park SummerStage on August 1st; Josh Ritter's playing the 12th of June.
Also: this is still an amazing song.
May 04, 2009
The National @ Tibet House Benefit
Two excellent new songs from the show at Carnegie Hall in February. After crazy throat singing and horn blowing by Tibetan monks and a characteristically haunting Philip Glass performance, not to mention a couple of slap-happy guitar ditties by Vampire Weekend, the National came on stage and reminded everyone of the sadness at the depths of their hearts. Or something like that."Karamazov" by the National
"Wake Up Your Saints"
April 28, 2009
Josh with strings in San Francisco
"Another New World" by Josh Ritter (live with string quartet)
(see also a poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
"The Curse"
UPDATE: Shit, I have to put this version of Kathleen up. What a story in the middle.
"For a while I was going out with a modern art... dancer. It was a tempestuous relationship... that she didn't know about. Sometimes those are the best.
Her name was Vengeance. And Tuesdays through Fridays she would disappear at night from around 4 in the afternoon til about 1 in the morning, and I'd say, 'Vengeance, where have you been?' She was wearing her hair funny and she had these... spiky boots. Singin' Bob Seager songs. It's an interesting choice for a modern dancer. 'Down on main street...'
So I followed her... one day. And I was amazed when she went to the Great American Music Hall. I thought, "She's just a big music fan, and that's great." So I followed her in, and I brought my guitar... but I didn't actually go into the Great American Music Hall, I went into O'Farrell's Theater..."
(cue sweeping, epic string section and final verse)
Kathleen
April 20, 2009
So... yeah.
Sorry everyone for the lack of posts, but my hard drive called it quits a week and a half ago. Expect a glorious second coming once that particular situation is resolved.
Oh, also, here's who's coming for Floralia (May 2nd, all day, Conn College):
Santogold
B.O.B.
Welcome to Florida
Barefoot Truth
Orange Crush
Wicked Peach
MOBROC Bands
Oh, also, here's who's coming for Floralia (May 2nd, all day, Conn College):
Santogold
B.O.B.
Welcome to Florida
Barefoot Truth
Orange Crush
Wicked Peach
MOBROC Bands
April 12, 2009
Kid, you got a long way to go.
"Transistor Radio" by Cloud Cult
Just saw Cloud Cult at Toad's Place in New Haven. Weird venue - the area in front of the stage is split in half, under-21 and 21+, by these big metal barrier fences. Looked like someone got in trouble with our great state's liquor laws. Regardless, the show was amazing. In addition to the singer/guitarist, bassist, drummer, violinist, and cellist, there was a painter on the stage, with a canvas in front of him that had a nude female figure penciled in. On the first chord of the first song, he picked up his brush and started throwing paint onto the canvas, and throughout the show he developed and detailed the painting, all in crazy colors and in sync with the music. As soon as the last note of the final song was played, he put his brush down, nearly mid-stroke. The result was silent-auctioned on a sheet in the back and went for around $120. It's the type of thing that could be a gimmick, but the urgency and reckless abandon with which he painted stripped the act of any pretense. Good shit.
Oh, and the music was excellent as well.
"Million Things" by Cloud Cult
Just saw Cloud Cult at Toad's Place in New Haven. Weird venue - the area in front of the stage is split in half, under-21 and 21+, by these big metal barrier fences. Looked like someone got in trouble with our great state's liquor laws. Regardless, the show was amazing. In addition to the singer/guitarist, bassist, drummer, violinist, and cellist, there was a painter on the stage, with a canvas in front of him that had a nude female figure penciled in. On the first chord of the first song, he picked up his brush and started throwing paint onto the canvas, and throughout the show he developed and detailed the painting, all in crazy colors and in sync with the music. As soon as the last note of the final song was played, he put his brush down, nearly mid-stroke. The result was silent-auctioned on a sheet in the back and went for around $120. It's the type of thing that could be a gimmick, but the urgency and reckless abandon with which he painted stripped the act of any pretense. Good shit.
Oh, and the music was excellent as well.
"Million Things" by Cloud Cult
March 15, 2009
March 14, 2009
February 26, 2009
February 25, 2009
February 24, 2009
February 16, 2009
Two Songs in One and One Song in Two
"Mission: Sabotage" by DJ Zebra
Beastie Boys vocals over Lalo Schifrin's theme song from Mission: Impossible.
"Ballad of a Thin Man" by Jamie Saft Trio (alright)
"Ballad of a Thin Man" by Kula Shaker (awesome)
Bob Dylan cover. I'd love to hear the Cold War Kids cover this song.
Beastie Boys vocals over Lalo Schifrin's theme song from Mission: Impossible.
"Ballad of a Thin Man" by Jamie Saft Trio (alright)
"Ballad of a Thin Man" by Kula Shaker (awesome)
Bob Dylan cover. I'd love to hear the Cold War Kids cover this song.
February 15, 2009
February 11, 2009
January 29, 2009
Andrew Bird makes good noises
"Not a Robot but a Ghost" by Andrew Bird
"Why?" by Andrew Bird (live)
(gets real good after the 2 minute mark)
"Why?" by Andrew Bird (live)
(gets real good after the 2 minute mark)
January 23, 2009
January 22, 2009
Fionn Regan
Sometimes you just need to chill out and listen to a dude playing a guitar.
"Be Good or Be Gone" by Fionn Regan
"The Underwood Typewriter" by Fionn Regan
(m4a format)
"Be Good or Be Gone" by Fionn Regan
"The Underwood Typewriter" by Fionn Regan
(m4a format)
