Monday, July 12, 2010

Olives



1. So Weit--Urbs
2. Just a Lil' Lovin'--Outlines
3. Little Bit of Feel Good--SomethingALaMode
4. Star Scat--Caravan Place
5. Minor Swing--Belleruche
6. No One Knows--Asa
8. Follow Me--Red Astaire
9. Bluebird--One Self
10. Tightrope--Janelle Monae (feat. Big Boi)



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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Summer Time!


Yay! I love summer time! 


I like old timely music, but I eventually make my way over to remixed versions of songs, so that I publicly appear to be hip and modern.  Now that I have removed the smoke and mirrors of my inner-being--I hereby present some summer tracks combined with some of my latest genre cravings:

1. In The Summertime--Mungo Jerry
2. In The River--Fab Samperi
3. The Juxebox Tag--Gavin Glass and The Holy Snakers
4. Whistle--Sporto Kantes
5. Hustle--Tunng
6. Movie Loves a Screen--April Smith and The Great Picture Show
7. Kiss The Girl--Certified Bananas (Baltimore Remix)
8. Hey, Boy! Hey, Girl!--Louis Prima, with Keely Smith
9.Jolie Coquine--Caravan Palace
10.That Man--Caro Emerald
11. It Don't Mean a Thing--Club des Belugas (Remix)

I also want to introduce you to a local Westside band, The Leftover Cuties:




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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Red Flags

Oh my friend!
Advanced congratulations on a cycle broken! 

Your first drink is on me.



1. Giving Up on Love--Slow Club
2. She's Got a Hold on Me--Hacienda
3. I Melt With You--Nouvelle Vague (Modern English cover)
4. She Loves Everybody--Chester French
5. The Denial Twist--The White Strips
6. Cheated Hearts--Yeah Yeah Yeahs
7. Second Chance--Liam Finn
8. I Feel It All--Feist (Spoon Remix)
9. Bring It On Home To Me--Britt Daniel (Sam Cook cover)
10. Clean Getaway--Maria Taylor



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Monday, May 17, 2010

Around the Bend


1. She's In Love--Fourth of July
2. Wake the Sun--The Matches
3. Early Warnings--Foreign Born
4. Hold It In--Jukebox the Ghost
5. Ask--Reel Big Fish
6. This Will Be Our Year--The Zombies
7. Ladies (Let's Go)--Hula Hoop
8. When We Swam--Thoa and the Get Down Stay Down
9. My Boys--Taken By Trees (Animal Collective Cover)
10. Excuses--The Morning Benders

Check out this remake of "Excuses". I heart! :D






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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

dynamics of flight


 
1. Home—Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
2. Colors—April Smith & the Great Picture Show
3. Just A Boy—Angus & Julia Stone
4. Good Day—Jenny Owens Youngs/Jukebox The Ghost
5. Open Your Heart—Lavender Diamond
6. Shhh—Donora
7. Cousins—Vampire Weekend
8.  Those Dancing Days—Those Dancing Days
9. Animal—Miike Snow
10. Hannah—Freelance Whales




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Saturday, February 20, 2010

you are my kind of beautiful


1. Girls—Walter Meego
2. I’m Confused—Handsome Furs
3. Dominoes—The Big Pink
4. Black Gloves—Goose
5. Puakenikeni—Nicole Scherzinger
6. We Are Rock Stars—Does It Offend You, Yeah?
7. Pretend We’re Alala Dead—The Illuminoids
8. The Party—Justice
9. Ring Ring—Sleigh Bells
10. Womanizer—Timid Tiger (Britney Spears cover)



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Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Modern Baroque/Chamber Rock

(Re-post from 4/22/09)

Question: Are all indie music listeners pretentious?

Answer: Yes, we are. It’s hard for us to share our music because we know your commercial pop ridden ears can’t handle true awesomeness. It takes time to develop an exquisite indie palette and catching you up slows us down.

I’m feeling particularly bodhisttva after rereading “Living Buddha, Living Christ” by Thich Nhat Hanh, so I decided to temporarily leave some pretense behind and post some baroque/chamber rock music.

If you are already indie, or you’ve found enlightenment after listening to this post, then we may be music soulmates and we should probably exchange naked photos of each other over the internet (you first).

1. Percussion Gun—White Rabbits
This isn’t modern baroque or chamber rock, but it is very indie and awesome. Modern baroque and chamber rock music fuses orchestral instruments and arrangements with rock sounds, and/or instruments.

2. Pretty Ballerina—The Left Banke
Left Banke was a two hit wonder in the 1960s. Note the string arrangements—that’s early baroque rock!

3. Symphony 1 In a Barrel of a Gun—Emily Wells (Drat! No more link. See video below.)
Ms. Wells uses an electric violin and synthesizer—you know what, you have to see it. Prepare to be wowed:



4. Phenomena—The Section Quartet (Queens of the Stone Age cover)
This song is pure chamber rock. The Section Quartet strips the original song of all its rock instruments and lyrics, and it uses chamber instruments to maintain a quality rock sound.

5. In My Room—The Last Shadow Puppets (Drat! Another broken link! Click youtube vid to hear)
The Last Shadow Puppets emerged in 2008 with the song (and album) “The Age of the Understatement.” Alex Turner, of The Arctic Monkeys, is also a lend singer in this band. "In My Room" is my pick off the album. So dark and seductive! Oh the drama that those strings provide!



6. Black Mirror—Arcade Fire
You’ve heard of Arcade Fire, yes? C’mere, c’mere, come out from under your rock. You have to hear this band live! It took me two days, but after spamming the hell out of craigslist I convinced a girl to sell me a ticket for an awesome seat at the Hollywood Bowl for a mere $20. Once there, I also convinced her to pay for my beer (I assume she quickly realized that inebriation makes me tolerable).

7. Winter Windows—Sea Wolf
Alex Brown Church is the genus behind Sea Wolf. You *must* see Sea Wolf live; the more intimate the setting the better—was what I was thinking when he had an ultra hot cellist playing with him. I fall for female cellists and violists quite easily.

I’m drooling.

Um, here, watch “You’re a Wolf.” It’s Sea Wolf’s best-known song. (Hey where’d my hot cellist go? Sad Panda.) Also, look up “Black Dirt.”



8. Imitosis—Andrew Bird (Thanks AK G.)
Andrew has the subtlest string arraignments in mix, but much of his work is still considered baroque. I’m particularly intrigued by Andrew’s diction and metaphors. For some reason this song reminds me of Damien Hirst’s art: Mother and Child. Damien likes to combine science, religion and dead animals/bugs. He’s kinda creepy; no he’s really creepy.

(BTW, I recognize that referencing Damien Hirst makes me sound even more pretentious, but I can only let go of one pretense at a time. End note.)

9. Journey of the Feather—Cloud Cult
I LOVE this song. It makes me feel like a cheerful, successfully non-tragic, Icarus—just flyin’ around, seein’ what I can see.

10. Pioneer to the Falls (Orchestral)—Interpol
The indie darling, Interpol, moved to a major record label, but they were still able to maintain greatness, as noted in the orchestral version of "Pioneer to the Falls". This is a granddaddy of a modern baroque song. Really, the song requires a top-notch sound system and hours worth of repetition.


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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Reforesting


1. If Ever There’s A Reason—Derby
2. Closing The Doors—Caroline Smith and The Goodnight Sleeps
3. Honor Amongst Thieves—These United States
4. With A Giggle And A Hug And A Tickle And A Kiss—Alyssa A. Robbins
5. Niagara Falls—The Harlem Shakes
6. Waiting On The Stairs—Pela
7. The Walls Are Coming Down—Fanfarlo
8. Up To Our Nex—Robyn Hitchcock and The Venus
9. Relator—Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson
10. Cartoons and Forever Plans—Maria Taylor

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Monday, December 14, 2009

Not as Hip as I Am.


1. On a Cloud—PPP (Platinum Pied Pipers)
2. She Came Along (feat. Sharam)—Kid Cudi
3. Just So You Know—Helladope
4. Feeling Good—Nina Simone
5. Ordinary Man—Chinese Man
6. Ghostwriter—RJD2
7. This Beat—The Jazzual Suspects
8. Saturday Night--Ozomatli
9. Kids (Feat. MGMT)—Chiddy Bang
10. Two Weeks of Hip-Hop—The Hood Internet (Dead Prex vs. Grizzly Bear)

Drat! The number 5 link isn't working. Here's the song you missed:



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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Driven


1. Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody—Louis Prima
2. You’re Driving Me Crazy—The Ray Gelato Giants
3. I Got My Mind Set On You—George Harrison
4. Chick Habit—April March
5. Jeepster—T.Rex
6. Destination Unknown—Missing Persons
7. Once In A Lifetime—Talking Heads
8. Life Is A Highway—Rascal Flats
9. Driving Down Alvarado—Anne McCue
10. Hey Pretty (Drive-By 2001)—Poe


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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Getting Over It, Kinda

Not really.



1. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow—Amy Winehouse
2. Coffee—Motel Motel
3. Heart Skipped A Beat—The xx
4. Let Me Kiss You Now (And I Will Fade Away)—Plushgun
5. Can’t Stand The Rain—The Rescues
6. Grace Kelly—Mika
7. Say Yes—Langhorne Slim
8. Never Forget You—Noisettes
9. I’m Scared—Duffy
10. Only You—Joshua Radin

Bonus:

You Will Love This Song—Amber Rubarth



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