September Playlist: 10 Songs Under the Influence of Music
Check out our monthly playlist that chronicles some of our favorite songs at the moment. These are the songs we can’t get out of our head–some of them are old favorites and some are newly discovered loved tracks. Here is our inaugural list. Enjoy! Twin Sister- Lady Daydream Active Child – Take Shelter The Swell...
Coincidental Rap: T-Pain Soundalikes Snatching People Up
“Obviously,” the infamous autotune digitally enhances the musical qualities of sound, and the Gregory Brothers invaded Youtube with it. Auto-tuning is most effective for transforming voices into electronic singers, but it could be used for anything, such as a national news segment of Antoine Dodson’s account of a rapist in Lincoln Park. The autotune effect...
Review of Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs”
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Arcade Fire’s 2010 album, The Suburbs, is a truly delightful piece of musical drama. It takes the band in a refreshing direction by leaving out the orchestration that was evident in Neon Bible. While Neon Bible had a power to it, the newest album steers in a more melancholic direction,...
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Mp3
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, “Round and Round” Rating 4.5 out of 5.0 My iPhone is stuck in the 1960s– or at least that is what someone might think if they listen to my recent playlist. With the wave of ’60s inspired tracks that have been reaching my radar lately, I really have been flooded with...
CoCoRosie gets Daytrottered
Shuffle on over to Daytrotter to download some fabulous recordings of CoCoRosie. Their refreshing tune to listen to first is the mis-titled track “R.I.P. Burnface” which is really the beautiful “Lemonade.” Often times CoCoRosie gets slammed as a worse version of Bjork. I don’t usually care for Björk, so the argument doesn’t stick. I would...
Lykke Li Trumps on Live Street Performances
It’s not often that an artist can jingle a chain necklace against the floor and somehow turn it into a tune, yet that is exactly what Lykke Li does. Whether she is jamming with Bon Iver in a park or getting her groove on in the back of a cab, she never disappoints. She manages...
Best Coast Free mp3 Download…and lolcatz!
Exclusive free download of “Boyfriend” by Best Coast. The album “Crazy for You” was released three days ago. Score: 4.5/5.0 Best Coast has been popping up on most cutting-edge music blogs. Why? Who knows… The song is good though. Not too good, just good. Download it and hear for yourself. Does it meet your standards?...
Going GaGa for Nada? Meet The Knife.
I find the Lady Gaga mania that is gripping our nation to be quite odd. Fans act like she is the most innovative performer since Ziggy Stardust. Well I take that back. It’s a bad comparison, because I doubt the majority of her fans actually know who Ziggy Stardust is (although she claims David Bowie...
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Andrew Bird expands your music vocabulary
I’ve noticed that the great Andrew Bird is great at pulling out words I rarely hear, often aesthetic exuberant sounding words. Sometimes I wonder if he is more focused at the pleasantry of auditory pronouncements or if these words are chosen because of the song’s communicative value. Noble Beast is an intellectual treat of dictionary...
Sparse Discovery: Owen, Carl Broemel.
Owen and Carl Broemel. These guys go well together, and they are both haven’t seen much fame compared to other things they’ve been involved in. I don’t think there is any known relationship between the two, but they would make a great split album together. And they’d do a fine job of making a smooth...
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