In the early 70′s, Dust Commander, the only album recorded by Seattle based band The Slew was rejected by labels and has since remained an obscure obsession of record diggers/collectors and serious rock music fanatics. Jay Rowlands is the latter of these and he arranged to have a documentary made about the mysterious band and [...] Read More…
A brand new track from The Knux‘ upcoming album was leaked a little over a week ago. I don’t think the album has been announced yet but this new track makes me very anxious to hear some more. Unfortunately, the debut album, Remind Me In 3 Days, didn’t really live up to all the hype for a [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Dance, Electronic, Hard, Hip Hop, Rock, Weekly Dose
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Tagged Fink, Julian Plenti, Paul Banks, The Big Pink, The Knux, Washed Out
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Vosotros is exactly what it’s motto proclaims, “Vosotros is music for you all.” The latest project from the hyper-prolific crew is called The Years and each track sounds like it’s from a different decade while the album as a whole manages to retain a solid, unifying theme of soulful, funky jam music for everyone. ”Let’s [...] Read More…
A little over a week ago, I heard a great, new Thom Yorke track on the radio. The song Yorke’s version of Miracle Legion’s “All For The Best” that he recorded and contributed to the album Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy. The album is a tribute to Mark Mulcahy who lost [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Blues, Cover Songs, Electronic, Hard, Hip Hop, Remix, Rock, Soul, Sweet, Weekly Dose
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Tagged George Harrison, Jeremy Sole, Jim James, Mark Mulcahy, Marvin Gaye, Miracle Legion, Muse, Portugal The Man, Rakim, Thom Yorke, Yim Yames
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It took me a while but I finally got around to posting them all. In no particular order, here are my favorites from 2009, so far… Phoenix MP3: “1901” MP3: “Lisztomania” Dan Auerbach MP3: “When The Night Comes” Grizzly Bear MP3: “Two Weeks” Wilco MP3: “Solitaire” MP3: “One Wing” MP3: “I’ll Fight” Quantic and His [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Brass, Dance, Electronic, Folk, Hard, Hip Hop, Instrumentals, Jazz, Pop, R&B, Remix, Rock, Soul, Sweet, World
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Tagged 9th Wonder, Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Asa, Asher Roth, Band of Skulls, Bishop Allen, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Coconut Records, Curumin, Dan Auerbach, Daniel Merriweathr, Danny Chaimson, Doves, Eiliana Torrini, Empire of the Sun, Fight From Above, Franz Ferdinand, General Elektriks, Grizzly Bear, Hey Champ, Junior Boys, K'naan, Kutiman, Manchester Orchestra, Matisyahu, Matt and Kim, Mayer Hawthorne, Method Man, Minty Fresh Productions, Mocky, New Kingdom, Nickel Eye, One eskimO, Oren Yoel, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Quantic and His Combo Bárbaro, Redman, Silversun Pickups, St Motel, St Vincent, The Big Pink, The Black Crowes, The BPA, The Temper Trap, The Very Best, The Years, Thenewno2, TiRon, Tosca, Vosotros, Wale, White Rabbits, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zee Avi, Zion I
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Band of Skulls‘ debut album Baby Darling Doll Face Honey ias released in April on iTunes. My friend got me a copy last week and I now can’t stop playing the 2nd and 3rd tracks, “Death By Diamonds and Pearls” and ”I Know What I Am.” The songs combine the qualities of the White Stripes and [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Dance, Electronic, Hard, Hip Hop, Rock, Soul, Sweet, Video, Weekly Dose
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Tagged Air, Band of Skulls, Mocky, Nickodemus
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There are only a handful of albums I have ever really anticipated like Quantic‘s upcoming album, Tradition In Transition, due July 14th. This album could be truly amazing. ”The Dreaming Mind” is the song in the video teaser for the album below and it’s featured on Quantic’s myspace page as well. It might be one [...] Read More…
Here’s another pretty awesome music website that let’s you create playlists you can share with you friends. It’s called GrooveShark.com and it’s got a pretty big library of music. It allows you to upload your own songs so you can login from anywhere in the world and have all of your music. It also allows you [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Electronic, Hip Hop, Instrumentals, Jazz, Remix, Sweet, Websites, World
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Tagged Adrian Quesada & Ocote Soul Sounds, Beastie Boys, Bonobo, Greyboy, Heliocentrics, J Boogie's Dubtronic Science, Nico, Nightmares On Wax, People Under The Stairs, Pete Rock, Quantic, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, Thievery Corporation, Zero 7
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Back in February, an exclusive KCRW Femi Kuti remix album was released. Femi VS KCRW Soundclash features remixes from a bunch of the KCRW DJs. Some of them are really great. If you didn’t already know, Femi Kuti is the son of the late Afro-beat legend Fela Kuti. Check out Jeremy Sole‘s remix of “Tell Me” which [...] Read More…
About a month ago, a great remix album was released- Nat King Cole: Re: Generations. It features classic Nat King Cole songs remixed by a number of great artists like The Roots, Cee-Lo, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, Cut Chemist, Brazilian Girls, Nas & Salaam Remi, and TV on the Radio. It’s an unbelievable remix [...] Read More…
By Spencer
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Also posted in Cover Songs, Dance, Hard, Hip Hop, Jazz, Mash Ups, Remix, Rock, Soul, Sweet, Weekly Dose
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Tagged Beastie Boys, Cee-Lo, Cut Chemist, Manchester Orchestra, Mos Def, Nat King Cole, Rolling Stones, Sharon Jones, Shuggie Otis, Streetlab, The Beatles, The Blue Van
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