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Someone on this website was in this n 2008. Enjoy!
Friday, September 25, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Washed Out- Life of Leisure EP
This album really should've came out 3 months ago. Life of Lesiure, the new EP from the band Washed Out is probably the best 4 dollars I've spent on music period. The slow bass lines and melodies truly bring disco to the seashore. Definitely check out "Feel It All Around" and "You'll See It"- both were recently featured in Pitchfork's "Best New Music" section.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Chromeo teaches us how to wash our hands.
This video makes me wish I was 8 years old again. Enjoy one of my favorite bands, Chromeo, as they teach us the importance of washing our hands before we use the synthesizer.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A Few Things To Cover
Since everyone else won't post, I'm gonna cover a few things in brief that you could be looking for:
+ Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 dropped the other day and it was ... ok. Hova is still a great lyricist but I have to say he's losing steam. "On To The Next One" sampling Justice was a decent track but I didn't really find any mind blowing tracks this time around.
+ Raekwon's Only Built For Cuban Linx II dropped the same day as Blueprint 3 and it's better. Already praised a lot in advance from this blog, the new album is worthy of its inclusion in the Wu-Tang dynasty. Check out "10 Bricks." It will restore your faith in the Wu after 8 Diagrams' lukewarmness.
+The new HEALTH album, Get Color is my favorite record of the year. Please enlighten yourself.
+The xx are a pretty cool band too. Get their album, and check out "Crystalized."
+And finally by the time you read this it won't matter but Kid Cudi's album Man on the Moon: End of Day leaked. I haven't listened to it in full but the Ratatat produced tracks are pretty tight. Listen to "Pursuit of Happiness (feat. MGMT and Ratatat)." The full album is due on Tuesday.
Hopefully someone else covers these soon, or maybe I'll get more free time and do it.
+ Jay-Z's The Blueprint 3 dropped the other day and it was ... ok. Hova is still a great lyricist but I have to say he's losing steam. "On To The Next One" sampling Justice was a decent track but I didn't really find any mind blowing tracks this time around.
+ Raekwon's Only Built For Cuban Linx II dropped the same day as Blueprint 3 and it's better. Already praised a lot in advance from this blog, the new album is worthy of its inclusion in the Wu-Tang dynasty. Check out "10 Bricks." It will restore your faith in the Wu after 8 Diagrams' lukewarmness.
+The new HEALTH album, Get Color is my favorite record of the year. Please enlighten yourself.
+The xx are a pretty cool band too. Get their album, and check out "Crystalized."
+And finally by the time you read this it won't matter but Kid Cudi's album Man on the Moon: End of Day leaked. I haven't listened to it in full but the Ratatat produced tracks are pretty tight. Listen to "Pursuit of Happiness (feat. MGMT and Ratatat)." The full album is due on Tuesday.
Hopefully someone else covers these soon, or maybe I'll get more free time and do it.
Friday, September 11, 2009
This very well may be the worst song ever.
As mentioned numerous times in previous posts on this very website, I have an affinity against Steven Aoki of Dim Mak. While I have still tried to maintain respect for him to some degree, his new single "I'm in the House" featuring the worst named rapper of all time, "[[[Zuper Blahq]]]," is deplorable.
The title just screams "douche,' almost as if it were a movie starring Ryan Reynolds. In fact, I'm gonna start this rant by bashing the title alone. Do you get it? He's in the house haha, like house music. HAHAHAHAHA! For Christ's sake, he's amateur.
Let's shift focus here to Mr. Aoki's featured guest "[[[Zuper Blahq]]]." Unfortunately, the amount of brackets he added to his badly misspelled name couldn't make up for his lack of lyrical talent. Verses like "Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo" (That's the whole verse- and it even gets repeated twice in the song), are what transform this track from simply bad to miserably awful. He should've named himself "[[[Really Blah]]]." It would have been more fitting.
Here's the video if you really want to see it:
Funniest thing about this track, [[[Zuper Blahq]]] is actually will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas in disguise. Probably changed his name out of the sheer embarrassment of being involved with the creation of this song. Hope I didn't ruin your interest in music after letting you know that this track exists.
The title just screams "douche,' almost as if it were a movie starring Ryan Reynolds. In fact, I'm gonna start this rant by bashing the title alone. Do you get it? He's in the house haha, like house music. HAHAHAHAHA! For Christ's sake, he's amateur.
Let's shift focus here to Mr. Aoki's featured guest "[[[Zuper Blahq]]]." Unfortunately, the amount of brackets he added to his badly misspelled name couldn't make up for his lack of lyrical talent. Verses like "Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo" (That's the whole verse- and it even gets repeated twice in the song), are what transform this track from simply bad to miserably awful. He should've named himself "[[[Really Blah]]]." It would have been more fitting.
Here's the video if you really want to see it:
Funniest thing about this track, [[[Zuper Blahq]]] is actually will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas in disguise. Probably changed his name out of the sheer embarrassment of being involved with the creation of this song. Hope I didn't ruin your interest in music after letting you know that this track exists.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Too Many DJs? Revisit 2manyDJs
I'm getting sick and tired of all these mash-up DJs claiming to be better than other mash-up DJs. I was listening to Girl Talk before Feed The Animals and I'm sick of the same samples put to different songs, sometimes simply for novelty purposes and not to make better combinations. Super Mash Bros? Milkman? E-603? It's all the same! Enjoyable sometimes but still the same. This frustration made me want to revisit the classic album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Part 2 by 2manyDJs.
As you can figure out from the title, 2manyDJs and Soulwax are the same people. Great record, never heard a more danceable version of Lou Reed or The Stooges anywhere else. The samples may be a little older as this dropped in 2003 but the record has aged very well in the last 6 years. Definitely a great change of pace from those who are sick of 2008's mainstream hits, "re-imagined." Check it out!
And here's a funny Lil' Jon Mash-up:
As you can figure out from the title, 2manyDJs and Soulwax are the same people. Great record, never heard a more danceable version of Lou Reed or The Stooges anywhere else. The samples may be a little older as this dropped in 2003 but the record has aged very well in the last 6 years. Definitely a great change of pace from those who are sick of 2008's mainstream hits, "re-imagined." Check it out!
And here's a funny Lil' Jon Mash-up:
Friday, September 4, 2009
Peace of Mind
Lazy Friday- here are a couple songs that you can sit back and just chill to on a nice afternoon.
1) Major Lazer- Can't Stop Now
2) Marcy Playground- Sex and Candy
3) Mos Def- Auditorium
4) Kanye West- Everything I Am
5) Diamond Rings- All Yr Songs
1) For some reason, everytime I listen to this song I feel like I'm sailing in the Florida Keys. This song evokes the feeling of being on a boat significantly more that that famous Lonely Island song (titled "I'm on a Boat") from last January.
2) A 90s classic. Great early morning, feeling drowsy song.
3) New jam off of Mos Def's The Ecstatic and easily his best track since Black on Both Sides. Hip-hop legend Slick Rick joins master-producer Madlib and Def to produce the best hip-hop jam of the year (Well at least until Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II hits this fall...)
4) Kanye West is a douchebag and this is his solemn reflection on that.
5) This song is the opening and closing credits to my life. So simple yet if you don't sing along with it, you clearly must be the most pessimistic person alive. This has been my jam all week honestly. Here's the video below:
1) Major Lazer- Can't Stop Now
2) Marcy Playground- Sex and Candy
3) Mos Def- Auditorium
4) Kanye West- Everything I Am
5) Diamond Rings- All Yr Songs
1) For some reason, everytime I listen to this song I feel like I'm sailing in the Florida Keys. This song evokes the feeling of being on a boat significantly more that that famous Lonely Island song (titled "I'm on a Boat") from last January.
2) A 90s classic. Great early morning, feeling drowsy song.
3) New jam off of Mos Def's The Ecstatic and easily his best track since Black on Both Sides. Hip-hop legend Slick Rick joins master-producer Madlib and Def to produce the best hip-hop jam of the year (Well at least until Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II hits this fall...)
4) Kanye West is a douchebag and this is his solemn reflection on that.
5) This song is the opening and closing credits to my life. So simple yet if you don't sing along with it, you clearly must be the most pessimistic person alive. This has been my jam all week honestly. Here's the video below:
5 "I CAN'T THINK OF A FREAKING TITLE" Playlist
1) Polar Opposite - Her Space Holiday
2) This Is Twice Now - Lydia
3) Dream Sequence - Arab Strap
4) Where Does The Good Go - Tegan And Sara
5) Little Motel - Modest Mouse
2) This Is Twice Now - Lydia
3) Dream Sequence - Arab Strap
4) Where Does The Good Go - Tegan And Sara
5) Little Motel - Modest Mouse
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
New Artist To Check Out: YACHT
YACHT is an indie pop duo recently signed on to DFA records and boy are they catchy. Think very simple music with non-complex bass lines and very structured sounds going to the beat. This all comes together to produce a simple sound that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Check out their song "Psychic City" below:
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Sondre Lerche - Two Way Monologue
This is the musician Sondre Lerche. He is also one of my personal favorites, and I put this song in one of my playlists earlier. But I saw this music video and his live stuff and thought I should post it. He's really got some great stuff. His acoustic sound is really unique, energetic and overall - fun. He did the soundtrack for the movie - Dan in Real Life, a great movie. Steve Carrell was in it. Overall, some great music.
Here is his music video, it's like his music, very unique, and also fun.
This is the song live and its just as good.
Enjoy.
Here is his music video, it's like his music, very unique, and also fun.
This is the song live and its just as good.
Enjoy.
5 Ladies Rocking Out Playlist
1) Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
2) Bad Reputation - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
3) Take It Off - The Donnas
4) Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
5) Call Me - Blondie
Here is the essential women rocking out playlist. Women with attitude, people you do not want to fuck with. Basically some of the coolest people on the planet. Enjoy.
2) Bad Reputation - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
3) Take It Off - The Donnas
4) Kool Thing - Sonic Youth
5) Call Me - Blondie
Here is the essential women rocking out playlist. Women with attitude, people you do not want to fuck with. Basically some of the coolest people on the planet. Enjoy.
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