If It Ain't Freshhhhuh!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Yo we got lots of new music for you and your fin de semana. YAY! I can't wait. There's no particular theme today, just a buncha stuff to dump onto your iPods and jam with it! But just before you head out, please take time to read about Myanmar and how YOU can help victims who have lost their family members and homes. These are our brothers and sisters, and we have the tremendous opportunity and responsibility to respond to our fellow human beings. Give here, here, and here. Also you probably heard about the quake in the Sichuan Province of China. Read all about it and apply yourself. When you're done reading and educatin' up, get some music!
Metric - Monster Hospital (Mstrkrft Remix)
Jamie Lidell - Anohter Day
Shy Child - Drop The Phone
Mr. Hudson & The Library - Everything Happens to Me
Toi Et Moi - White Waves
Annie Stela - Keep Me Around
Soap & Foam - Everything Went Wrong
M83 - We Own The Sky
Husky Rescue - Summertime cowboy (Serge Santiago version)
Scratch Perverts - This Way (Dilated Peoples)
Kings of Convenience - Cayman Islands
Goldfrapp - Utopia (Tom Middleton Cosmos Vocal)
The Charlatans - Oh! Vanity
The Clock Work Army - Father Feed Me
Chin Chin - Appetite
Biography of Ferns - John The Barber
The Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Ur BF How 2 Dance w/ U (Twelves Remix)
From Bubble Gum to Sky - Even The Sunbeams
The Heliocentrics - Distant Star ft. MF DOOM & Percee P
Lullaby for the Working Class - Honey, Drop the Knife
MochiPet - Sharp Drest
Motocade - Soap Opera
The Courteeners - Not 19 Forever
PasCal - You Were Too Old For Me
Santogold - Your Voice
Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
Jayber Crow - Saint Anthony
Alive In Wild Paint - True Love Will Find You In The End
Pacifika - Me Cai
Head Of Femur - Isn't It A Shame
Also if you are in the SoCal area, check out the Talent 1 Media filmfestival. Admission is FREE and BBQ crew will be there.
Labels: Fresh Friday, MIX, News
Kuryakin's Still Here EP!!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
I've been a longtime fan of Kuryakin ever since they began making music in '03. The Swedes, Petter and Johan have been makin' some sweet pop music with their Macs and guitars with several small releases throughout the years but finally they've got a new one called Still Here released on Shelflife. It's an EP but it's got several brand new songs from the duo to accompany your on coming summer dayzzz. You can get the special 7" and EP here!
Still Here
Peace of Mind
Also check out the Bossa version of A Parade, from their 2005 Birds Demo.
FatCat's Neweset: Silje Nes
I think singer-songwriter Silje Nes is a perfect fit for Brighton's FatCat Records. She's recently released her full length debut, Ames Room, and the digital only EP Yellow, with songs she recorded in her own home between 2004-07. Her sound is nothing short of eclectic pieces with very subtle vocals and instruments including various percussions, cellos, a glock and melodica. It's very easy to listen to with melodies comparable to some of my favorite Japanese solo works. The multi-instrumentalist is currently on a short tour including the Kongsberg Jazzfestival. We got two songs, one off of each release!
Ames Room
Bright Night Morning
Yellow EP
Kast
Labels: acoustic
Sounds of Saxon Shore!!!
Philly's own Saxon Shore is making "movie scores without movies" packed with synthetics, drum machines, and lots of rad instrumentation. This vocal-less band is on commercials and plenty of other things these days like MTV, Toyota stuff, MLB and Payless! Their latest is called The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore with 10 beautiful new songs up to par with the likes of the old Mercury Program mixed with .Tape. craft. It's stuff you can definitely get lost in. We got two of these tracks and if you like what you hear...Get it here. Also go here for more.
The Revolution Will Be Streaming
Marked With Knowledge
Labels: Instrumental
Joseph Arthur, The Artist!
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
For those of you who haven't heard of Joseph Arthur's artistic endeavors outside of music, check out his new album/project that is a graceful collection of photography, art and music called Bag is Hot.
Bag is Hot is essentially an ongoing live album. Songs are recorded on the cusp and at a moments notice. These songs provide an ongoing soundtrack to photographs and artwork that Joseph himself has taken or made.
Check it out here.
I personally love the ethereal beauty captured in some of these black and white shots, like the grove of trees against a the backdrop of the sky, and even the gutted insides of an abandoned car. These striking images accompanied by his music is what makes this project a unique one, and also the fact that it is continuously updated makes Bag is Hot a live project, with no ending.
If you're more into seeing Joseph Arthur live, check out his tour dates, starting in June.
JOSEPH ARTHUR TOUR DATES (solo / acoustic unless otherwise noted)
June 11 Newcastle, UK - Cluny
June 12 Nottingham, UK - Maze
June 15 Manchester, UK - Night & Day
June 16 Glasgow, UK - King Tuts
June 17 Birmingham, UK - Glee Club
June 19 London, UK - Union Chapel
July 4 Montreal, QC - Club Soda
July 9 Boston, MA - Paradise
July 10 Philadelphia, PA - World Café Live
July 11 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (JA & the Lonely Astronauts)
July 12 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (solo)
July 15 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
July 18 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
July 21 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
July 22 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
July 24 Vancouver, BC - The Media Club
July 26 Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival
Labels: indie
Amplive Doin' Up What He Does Best!
Oakland's Radiohead remixer, Amplive, is rollin' out some new remixed and mashed tunage! This first one is called Future Fabrege and it's a mash between Of Montreal and MGMT! And then a Heiroglyphics remix with Jealous Girlfriends. Defintely check these out. If you haven't got the Rainydayz Remixes album by now, get it here via 1776. Enjoy!
Of Montreal vs. MGMT
Jealous Girlfriends [Amplive Remix]
Off Rainydayz Remixes
Videotapez (Remix Ft. Del The Funky Homosapien)
Dignan Takes On Deeper Territory
Dignan is a little bit different from other bands I've heard. Rather than stick to one generic sound or one generic mood, these guys take it to another level, that is, a level of realness that one rarely has the courage to display or enter into. This is sacred territory, and sometimes and oftentimes it isn't very pretty, happy, or elevating. But it is honest. These are the kind of lyrics this five-member band creates on They're Outnumbered, "We're slaves to our worst fears, if our secrets are revealed, we'll sink deeper and deeper and still you won't listen... we need love."
Some of their songs have a musicality reminiscent to Album Leaf, due to the use of such instruments like the xylophone and steady, melancholic melodies. Other tracks, like Curtains, incorporates choral elements that resemble the congregational anthems used in Arcade Fire.
Whether or not you dig the resemblances, listen for yourself. Dignan is touring with All Get Out.
They're Outnumbered
Curtains
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Shawn Lee is one busy d00d rollin' out all these dope beats and doing projects left and right. The latest installment of Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Miles of Styles, is the 7th album on US label Ubiquity Records! This album is a reflection of his multicutural hometown London, the underground styles of Tokyo, the mega metro of NYC and elsewhere. Multi-instrumentalist Shawn Lee has, has yet again crafted a masterpiece of sound dedicated to the world. Definitely something to chill to and appreciate. Get Miles of Styles via iTunes or Amazon now!
Miles of Style
Tokyo Dancer
Lagos Calling
Strings & Things (2006)
Ballade De Mela
Cotton Jones is the New Michael Nau!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Michael Nau, former head of Page France, will be rollin' out two more EPs before the release of his debut full-length Paranoid Cocoon under his new title, Cotton Jones. He pushed it back so he could give you more sweet music through The Archery EP, which is out tomorrow via Quite Scientific records, and a currently untitled EP hopefully materialising this summer. The Cotton Jones Basket Ride will be touring so make sure you catch him here. I got some tracks for you to enjoy. Get the Archery EP here.
Archery EP
Midnight Monday & A Telescope
Paranoid Cocoon
To Death With You
Had Not A Body
Case of The Mondays w/ The New Frontiers!
This Texas 5-piece has a lot preceding them before their recently full length debut release including a small handful of EPs and unreleased stuff that got lots of buzz and play in 2007. Mending is their awesome debut via The Militia Group and it's got a great combination of country-ish rock with heavy emotion. It's got a lot of guts with the feeling you get when you hear something that sounds like a lot of heart was put into it. They are currently touring a some-a-some to support the release and I'm sure more dates are to come. Lucky you we've got two tracks, and links to get more FREE here and here. Get to Mending now!
Black Lungs
The Day You Fell Apart
Early Edition UK w/ DJ POPSICLE STICK HORSE!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
What up y'all I just want to drop you guys a new mix that I got early this morning in an e-mail. Apparently this d00d DJ PopsicleStick Horse (no idea what that name means) is resident for a month on UK's Early Edition, London Radio. I couldn't find much info on him but his 37 minute mix has got the likes of Daft Punk, Justice, M.I.A., Cut Copy, Shinichi Osawa, etc. It's pretty rad stuff. You should host your own party tonight! Lob that mix in!
DJ PopsicleStick Horse - Early Edition Set 5.08.2008
Pomegranates Debut Full Length!
Friday, May 09, 2008
I'm excited that these guys are finally comin' out! I heard them when they shared a stage with Jimmy Eat World (one of my all time old school favs). Pomegranates are rollin' out their full length Everything is Alive via Lujo Recs to follow their awesome Two Eyes EP. These Cincinnati guys are playin' some great indie pop, but I think what does it for me is Joey Cook and Isaac Karns' slightly higher and lower voices, are you hearin' that? I'm gunna say this album is a definite for your summer jams playlists. Everything is Alive will be available world wide on May 31th but you can get it here now! And of course to entice I leave you with these tracks:
Everything is Alive
Whom/Who
Thunder Meadow
Two Eyes Ep
We Could've Escaped, But No One Was Interested
Emanuel and the Fear, Soon Arriving
Thursday, May 08, 2008
For those of you who dig The National, Rufus Wainwright and Beirut, keep your ears open for Emanuel and the Fear. This Brooklyn-based, ten-piece band consists of orchestra members that have played and performed with the likes of Spoon, Mars Volta, and Sufjan too. All together they've produced a sound that can't be entirely described in one word because it's a grand fusion of horns, pop piano, lulling vocals, violin strains and hand claps.
Currently the band is hard at work recording their debut album in Brooklyn, but check out what they've got here.
Labels: Experimental, indie
Are U Excited 4 The Next D.A.N.C.E Season?
All the April auditions are over! Anyone else excited for the next crews who will be battling for the title of America's Best Dance Crew? (I am!) The second season is happenin this summer with the live Auditions on June 7th! Can you believe there were 38 million votes for the finale?! That's insane. Anyways I thought mentioning all this was a good excuse to drop some Justice related material. So whether you are having a Thursday night dance party, or in need of some good workout stuff, check these tracks.
D.A.N.C.E (Live)
L.E.S.D.A.N.C.E. (Santogold + Justice)
D.A.N.C.E (Diplo Remix Ext)
D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix)
D.A.N.C.E (Ur Dirty Habit Remix)
I Just Wanna D.A.N.C.E With U (Britney vs. Justice Neon Coyote Remix)
Holy crap there are a lot of versions out there. What's your favorite?
bbqchickenrobot
WideEyedEggplant
The GOOD Pants
2Scoops
El-izzle
