If you’re not hip to Black Cab Sessions, you are in for a treat! …if you touch me, well i just think i’ll scream cuz it’s been so long, since someone challenged me. and made me think… about the way things are… made me think…about the way they could be. i believe it- why? oh…
Category: music
Down Under
Until today, I was not perfectly clear on the words to the iconic tune by Men At Work, let alone the subversiveness of them : Traveling in a fried-out combie On a hippie trail, head full of zombie I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast…
I Got Mine!
I just haven’t wanted to listen to much of anything besides these fellas lately. From wikipedia : The Black Keys are a blues-rock music duo consisting of Dan Auerbach (vocals and guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums and percussion) from Akron, Ohio. The band’s name was inspired by an artist friend of the band in Akron…
You Think You Really Know Me
The DVD is out for anyone who didn’t see the film in theaters. “In 1977, a 24-year-old musician from Endicott, NY released a wonderful, odd album, combining elements of pop, proto new wave, jazz, avant-garde composition and electronic music, alternately sweet and angst ridden, about the women in his life and his fantasies…†– The…
Radiohead better than Radiohead
Big Ideas (don’t get any) from James Houston on Vimeo. = c
Hips Don’t Lie
In addition to Black Blondie, co-composing an all original repertoire, Tasha Baron and Liz Draper draw elements from their combined eclectic musical backgrounds and power Hips Don’t Lie. This music draws elements from the electronically produced precision of a drum machine, to the sounds of quirky lopsided carnival rides and is composed for the timeless…
WuChess.com
RZA is a huge chess fan and plays not just for kicks but also in formal competition. For those of us who dig the game and the music, we have a new place to play online. WuChess.com is RZA’s latest project, bringing the cultures of hip-hop and chess together under one URL. = c
this one’s on trent
Nine Inch Nails released The Slip for free this week. Trent says, (thank you for your continued and loyal support over the years – this one’s on me) The CD and vinyl are due out later on. Anyone beginning to see a trend? ; ) = c
Word to the Bird
This one comes to us via Fwwank – thanks for this one, man [and, yes, these fellas [der Fall Böse] ARE playing that song live in a van] : = c
Buckley : Legacy
I just finished watching Tim Buckley : My Fleeting House, produced by my friend, Rick Fuller, a superb documentary about a true and fearless artist who resisted industry sensibilities and even Western culture at large and who remains a testament to the creative gifts that have influenced music. His son, Jeff Buckley, inherited these gifts…
Make a MUX!
Ok, enough complaining about this consumer state! We’re still free to make mixtapes! well, sorta ; ) Have you ever made a muxtape? Do it NOW while you still can! Or, try mixwit! It’s as fun as ever sharing music with pals. = c
Bon Iver : Flume
[from wikipedia] : Bon Iver is the stage and recording name of indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon. He independently released his debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007, the majority of which was recorded while spending four months in a remote cabin in Wisconsin. Vernon still resides in Eau Claire. Vernon’s debut album garnered…
MGMT : Electric Feel
My pal Alec turned me onto this vid the other day. Music videos were never like this growing up [note the mouse-clicking going on along the bottom of the frame as the user manipulates color palettes and such]: the lyrics of a great pop tune : all along the western front people line up to…
Yeasayer
Yeasayer is an experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York The band members are Anand Wilder, Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton, and Luke Fasano. They describe their music as “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel” The band first came to national attention after appearing at the SXSW festival in early 2007 Their first single consisted of the tracks “Sunrise”…
why Frank Black is a god among men
“Where is My Mind” Oh – stop With your feet in the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse But there’s nothing in it And you’ll ask yourself Where is my mind [3x] Way out in the water See it swimmin’ I was swimmin’…
White Stripes’ first Spanish single
Word is the White Stripes are releasing their first Spanish-language single – a reworking of their song ‘Conquest’. ‘Conquista’ will be issued in the US on CD and seven-inch vinyl under the name Las Rayas Blancas on February 19. The new ‘Conquista’ release will feature a mariachi version of the song, Conquest as a B-side….
Neon Bible
Just can’t seem to get enough of Arcade Fire : = c
Fonz sings the blues
I just found this footage in an old backup of a particularly beautiful afternoon this past summer when Fonz had his mojo workin’ on this little tune he sang for me: Thanks for the music, guey. : ) = c
minitropolis
this was put together this past year and it’s still one of my favorites: = c