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Song of The Day: [2/23]I realized this week that I have yet to write a post about Beach House. This struck me as being odd, because I have, after-all been listening to them constantly for some time now, and they’re music gets better and better with each listen…
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The Ettes : Chilled Hildebound HeartsThis is one of my favorite records of the past year. Every song is great. Pure retro-fun-dance goodness. Love playing this song when I DJ. Mmm, I miss DJing…I mean…enjoy the song! And download the whole album if you like what you hear. There’s plenty more where that came from.
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Song of the Day : [02/13]I always privately thought that Hot Chip were the electro equivalent to the Beatles. Many of their songs are have a simple beauty to them… their lyrics are repetitive and the melodies are uncomplicated, but teamed with some sort of magic, the music is irresistible. On Hot Chip’s frontman Alexis Taylor’s solo debut, ‘Rubbed Out‘, he finally gives me reason to voice the comparison out loud. Not only does he cover Paul Mccartney’s “Coming Up” beautifully…
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Song of the Day : [2/5]On their debut EP, Surf City find a perfect blend between the sounds of warm 1960′s California pop and raw, angry punk. The New Zealand foursome has been making a name for themselves on their home turf but they’ve yet to break through anywhere outside of that. Their songs are full of distortion and hazey/pretty melodies, tender emotions and anger. The video for ‘Dickshaker’s Union‘ features the band jamming in a cramped garage…
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Song of the Day : [2/3]Say What! Lupe Fiasco goes British on us?! This track is so rad, and apparently its Lupe Fiasco’s little side project entitled Japanese Cartoon, which he described as Post Punk/Alternative/Indie. if thats really Lupe with faking a British accent, then even more props to him.
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Song of the Day: [2/1]I just saw Kings of Leon play at Madison Square Garden this past weekend. As always, they were great live. But every time I see them play, I observe this fact: the song “Knocked Up” is absolutely epic live. Its an epic song all around. I mean every time he sings the line “people call us renegades, we like livin crazy”, with that sharp guitar noise accompanying it, I get the chills! So no surprise…
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Song of the Day : [01/12]I just discovered Bon Iver, and what a good day it will be. The man behind, Justin Vernon is a folk story teller through his neo-soul sound. His first album entitled For Emma, Forever Ago, was major in that it was a home-made album with no expectations of hitting so many major critics best of 2008 lists. “Skinny Love” is a track from his first album…
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Song of the Day : [12/27]Empire Of The Sun is a collaborative project between Pnau’s Nick Littlemore and Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson. Steele’s vocals were recently featured on Pnau’s self titled album. Empire of the Sun’s debut album was released on the 4th of October 2008. The first single, featured here, from the album is Walking On A Dream.
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Song of the Day : [12/22]My itunes was shuffling and suddenly it played one of my favorite tracks off one of my favorite mixed tapes ever! In 1999 DJ Z trip and DJ P recorded this genius mix, Uneasy Listening, of which only 1,000 copies of have been printed, likely because the roster of recognizable songs would never be approved for wide release in the litigious real world. This album is basically history lesson in music, which Z Trip and DJ P mixed in one week using records…
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Song of the Day : [12/20]Back to back French Artists. Mathieu Boogaerts upped sticks and moved to Brussels in February 2007, spending eighteen months working on his new album in a converted rifle range. Boogaerts radically altered his working methods on his fifth album, I Love You, composing all his material on drums. RFI Musique hooked up with the singer to find out why. see interview here…
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Song of the Day : [12/18]Thomas Fersen is a French singer-composer born in 1963 in Paris. His first album in 1993 brought him an immediate success. Fersen is a poet, who enjoys playing with language -he writes his lyrics exclusively in french-, using words, rhymes, symbols and images of vegetal or animal world. He tells strange and funny stories…
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Song of the Day : [12/17]This album is pretty hard to find. You may have heard some of Metromony’s remixes before but this track off their newest album, “Nights Out”, that dropped in September is ill.